World History First Semester Exam Review

Egypt Fertile Crescent Ancient Greece Hellenistic Greece Grab Bag

Question I united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt

Answer 1 – 10 King Menes

Question These were built as tombs for Egyptian rulers

Answer 1 – 20 Pyramids

Question This was the spiritual idea of faith, justice, and order and harmony in Egypt

Answer 1 – 30 Ma’at

Question We invaded from West Asia, bringing the compound bow and horse drawn chariots

Answer 1 – 40 the Hyksos

Question These are the three parts of the soul according to ancient Egyptians

Answer 1 – 50 the Ba, the Ka, and the Akh

Question This word means “land between two rivers”

Answer 2 – 10 Mesopotamia

Question Without this civilization’s inventions, we wouldn’t have cars, trains, or wagons

Answer 2 – 20 The Sumerians

Question I was built by the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar II as a gift for his wife

Answer 2 – 30 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question I was a great prophet of Persian religion.

Answer 2 – 40 Zoroaster

Question I tell the story of a fictional Sumerian king

Answer 2 – 50 The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question The Palace at Knossos was built on this island

Answer 3 – 10 Crete

Question I am known as the “Father of Democracy”

Answer 3 – 20 Pericles

Question My code was known for its harsh laws

Answer 3 – 30 Draco

Question We were teachers of higher education in ancient Athens

Answer 3 – 40 Sophists

Question There were 5 of us who oversaw the General Assembly in Sparta

Answer 3 – 50 Ephors

Question This temple to Athena was at the top of the acropolis in Athens

Answer 4 – 10 the Parthenon

Question DAILY DOUBLE!!! This is the cause of a Greek hero’s fall from grace in a typical tragedy

Answer 4 – 20 Hubris

Question I am famous for making this sculpture

Answer 4 – 30 Myron

Question I came up with the idea that the Earth rotated around the sun

Answer 4 – 40 Aristarchus

Question These four schools of philosophy originated in Hellenistic Greece

Answer 4 – 50 Skepticism, Stoicism, Cynicism, Epicureanism

Question Early civilizations needed to develop calendars for this reason

Answer 5 – 10 To predict the yearly floods

Question These long tales tell of heroes and teach moral lessons

Answer 5 – 20 Epics

Question Xerxes led thousands of Persians in a victory at this mountain pass

Answer 5 – 30 Thermopylae

Question I created the theory of the Golden Mean

Answer 5 – 40 Aristotle

Question If not for me, the world would not have found the tomb of the “Boy King”

Answer 5 – 50 Howard Carter

FINAL JEOPARDY What three seas border the Greek peninsula?