Mr. Notowitz’s World Cultures Final Exam Study Guide
1. Who started the Yuan dynasty and how long did it last?
2. What items were traded by the Chinese?
3. Who invented Gunpowder?
4. Mongols were known for?
5. Who founded Daoism?
6. The Zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule.
7. Which Chinese philosophy taught that people need a strong ruler to maintain order?
8. This emperor based his rule on the ideas of legalism.
9. What country today has the largest Muslim population (hint: p.381)?
10. One of the largest and most powerful Muslim empires was (hint: p.384)
11. What belief do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
12. What does Islam mean (hint: p.374)?
13. How did Arab merchants transport goods across the desert?
14. The belief that people pass through many lives is called ____________.
15. Many Indian marriages, even today are ____________.
16. Name one right that Indian women had (hint: p.201)?
17. This Indian religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire.
18. This Indian system determines a person’s job, social group, and marriage.
19. This Indian religion believes that all life is sacred.
20. Buddhism became popular in part because it did not defend ________
21. The caste system helped these people to rule peoples who outnumbered them.
22. Upper caste boys in India often had a(n) ________ to teach them until they went to the city.
23. Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws is called
24. The Jews met here on the Sabbath to pray and discuss their religion.
25. Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Sinai Desert?
26. The wise sayings of Solomon were written down and are called
27. A person thought to be instructed by God is a
28. The faith of the Israelites became known as
29. _________ was the warrior-farmer anointed king by the prophet Samuel.
30. What are 2 benefits of the Nile River’s flooding?
31. The chief god of the Egyptians was
32. The place where Egyptian families spent time together was their
33. The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was
34. A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
35. The capital of Kush, located on a trade route, was
36. The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called
37. ________ was an Egyptian collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife.
38. The land around the Nile River delta is known as
39. ____________ was famous European traveler who visited China.
40. What crops did the Egyptians grow (hint: p.41)?
41. The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was (hint: p.61)
42. The Nile River’s flooding could be described as
43. The natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south was the
44. Also known as Menes, he united Upper and Lower Egypt
45. Chinese inventions that allowed soldiers to fight on horseback are
46. ___________ are people that regularly move from place to place.
47. ___________ is the ancient city that became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and
was later renamed Constantinople and is now modern-day Istanbul, Tukey.
48. He had himself declared Roman dictator for life in 44 B.C.
49. How did Roman statues and Greek statues differ?
50. The war between Carthage and Rome for control of Sicily was called ___________.
51. The Turkish Empire that seized the Byzantine capital was the ___________ empire.
52. The ________ contains a holy stone that was thought to have fallen from heaven, landing in
Makkah.
53. A long era of peace that began with Augustus in Rome.
54. ___________ is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
55. ____________ are religious officials who conduct services in the Christian church.
56. Language that influenced many languages in the Europe and the rest of the Western world.
57. A human-made channel for carrying water is a
58. Another name for the Yellow River valley
59. This material gave early armies superiority over most others
60. Greeks and Mesopotamians lived in these tiny independent countries.
61. Difference between direct democracy and representative democracy.
62. Many early civilizations began around these geographical features.
63. Athens became more democratic and it was an age of learning and creativity during this
persons reign.
64. A democratic Greek city-state ________
65. Ancient Egyptian writing was called
66. Scribes were people who could
67. This alphabet was the basis for many western writing systems
68. What was the Torah Covenant?
69. Ancient Sumerian writing was called
70. Identify the major world religions and their holy text
71. Identify the leaders of the major world religions
72. Examine holy places and sites of the major world religions
73. Identify Greek and Roman rulers
74. Explain how geographical features plays a role in creating ancient civilizations (describe the geographical
features)
75. Describe the class structures of the civilizations that have been studied
76. Identify the progression of technology in ancient societies (rock, bronze, iron, etc)
77. Explain the different routes of trade used in ancient societies and the roles they played to spread change
78. Who was Augustus? Why was Augustus and his rule important to Rome?
79. Examine Chinese inventions and how they changed Western societies
80. Identify the dynasties of the old, middle, and new kingdoms of Egypt. Explain what the major pharaoh’s
accomplishments were.
81. Examine and explain the rights of women in ancient societies
82. Identify the differences between the teachings of Confucius, Daoism, and Legalism
83. Explain the teaching each Chinese rulers used
84. Examine and explain the Mandate of Heaven
85. Identify what the Mongols were known for in China