Semester Review

2. The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the
3. Which of the following is a study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?
6. The Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to
7. Which good was commonly traded throughout the region during the Gupta Empire?
8. How did Constantine help to spread Christianity in the Roman Empire?
11. The lowest level of Ancient Indian society who were given tasks seen as menial and degrading, such as collecting trash and handling dead bodies, were the
13. The Diary of Anne Frank is a
15. What development of the Song dynasty had a profound impact on the economic growth of Eastern Asia?
16. Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys?
18. During the Tang dynasty, what invention provided new ways to communicate?
20. Why did the Great Schism contribute to the end of medieval Europe?
22. What does the term “vassals” mean?
23. Where was the Fertile Crescent located?
24. Who serves as the head of the Eastern Orthodox church?
25. What was the name of the Aztec capital?

1. Early Indian writings that reveal that India was a world of many small kingdoms between 1500 b.c. and 400 b.c. are called the
4. In Hammurabi’s code, punishments generally follow the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must
5. In which form of government does a select group of few people exercise control?
9. After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire, the people who spread over northern India as far as the central Ganges Valley into modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia were the
10. What similar factor led to the collapse of Rome and Han China?
12. How did the Phoenician culture influence classical Greek civilization?
14. What did early civilizations develop to explain the forces of nature and their roles in the world?
17. Which collection of laws is one of the earliest examples of a written law code in history?
19. In what form of government did ancient rulers believe that they derived their powers from the gods?
21. In which legal tradition did the influential idea of the right to a trial by a jury of peers originate?