HI 101 Midterm review (Chapters 1-8) terms Pensacola Christian College 낱말 카드 | Quizlet

Nimrod

The first great empire builder

Nation

A group of people who think of themselves as one and act as a single entity

Sumer

Is the first great post-diluvian civilization

The Fertile Crescent

The Cradle of Civilization

What does "Tigris" mean

Arrow

What does Euphrates mean?

Sweet Water

What civilization was started by Ham's descendants?

Sumer

Three oldest cities of Sumer

Eridu, Uruk, and Ur

What was the Sumerians greatest contribution to civilization?

Writing(Cuneiform)

What were the three types of writing the Sumerians impemented?

Pictograms, Ideograms, and Phonograms

Who cracked the Cuneiform writing?

Sir Henry Rawlinson

What was the peak of Sumerian History?

The Early Dynastic Age

Sargon of Akkad

World's second greatest empire builder

Ur-Nammu

Initiated the Neo-Sumerian Empire and a golden age. Also wrote the world's most ancient law code

What is a way of life for a group of people?

Culture

What is the process of transmitting the cultural heritage from one generation to the next?

Education

Who were the first people to develop a formal way of training children

The Sumerians

What were the Sumerian temples?

Ziggurats

What is the two-word definition of "lugal"

"Big man"

What is the worship of one god?

monotheism

Humanism

Is humanizing gods

Naturalism

Is the worshipping of Nature

Polytheism

Is the worship of many gods

What is the oldest book of literature outside of the Bible

Epic of Gilgamesh

What was the first empire to rule the middle east after Sumer?

The Old Babylonian Empire

Who invented place-value notation

The Babylonians

What was the Old Babylonian empire's greatest achievement?

Law and Government

What was the Old Babylonian Empire's greatest contribution?

Collected and Codified law

What is the use of power or authority to uphold

Justice

Who destroyed Babylon?

The Hittites

Tiglath-Pileser I established what?

The Assyrian Empire

Who built the world's first great library

Ashurbanipal

Who were the descendants of Shem

The Chaldeans

Who did the Chaldeans destroy

Ninevah

Who established the New Babylonian Empire?

Nabopolassar

What two things is Nebuchadnezzar known for?

The Babylon Captivity and Babylon

Who conquered the Medes and the Persians?

Belshazzar

Who built the Persian Empire?

Cyrus the Great

Who does Isaiah call "My shepherd" and "My anointed?"

Cyrus the Great

Under who did the Persian empire reach its greatest extent

Darius I

Zoroastronism

dualistic religion expressing the constant struggles between good and evil

What is the main highway of the ancient world?

The Holy Land

Who are the Two Great Monarchs?

David and Solomon

Whose followers are called muslims?

Mohammed

What is the largest continent?

Asia

What are the three great river valleys in Asia?

The Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, and the Huang He

What is the most populous and mountainous continent?

Asia

What are the three major land regions in India

The Himalayan Mountain System, the Northern Plains, and the Deccan Plateau

What is another term for the early inhabitants of India other than the Indus River Valley People?

The Dravidians

What were the Aryans

Pre-literate Japhetic People

Who defeated the Dravidians

The Aryans

What are the two distinct cultural features introduced by the Arians and the Dravidians?

The caste system and hinduism

What are the four castes?

Brahmans, Priests; Princes and warriors; landowners and merchants; farmers, laborers, and servants

Who drove the Greeks out?

The Mauryas

For what empire did Asoka rule

The Maurya

Who ruled at the height of the Maurya empire?

Asoka

Who ushered in India's "Golden Age"

The Guptas

Who were muslims from Afghanistan

The Moguls

Who built the Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan

Who is the Father of Modern Missions?

William Carey

Who is the Father of American Foreign Missions

Adoniram judson

Who originally went to China but later became a missionary to India

Amy Charmichael

What country has the world's largest population?

China

What two rivers are in China

Haung He and the Yangtze

What is the world's oldest living civilization

China

What was China originally called

"Chung kud" or middle country

What dynasty developed a writing system and was the first to use silk

Shang dynasty

What was the longest ruling dynasty

Chou dynasty

Under what dynasty was the Great wall of China created.

Ch'in dynasty founded by Shi Haung Ti

What dynasty ruled at the height of China's power

The Han dynasty

Who was the leader of the mongals

Genghis Khan

Who founded the Yaun dynasty

Genghis Khan

Who was the greatest mongol ruler

Kublai Khan

Who was the Father of Faith missions and the founder of the China Inland mission

James Hudson Taylor

Who were the original inhabitants of Japan

The Ainu people

What is the oldest form of religion

Shinto

What were the four divisions of fuedalism

mikados, shoguns, daimios, and samurai

What was Japan's imperial clan

Yamato

Who was the founder of Japanese civilization

Prince Shotoku

Who opened Japan to missionaries

Townshend Harris

Who was the first baptist missionary to Japan

Jonathan Goble

Who opened Japan to trade

Commodore Matthew Perry

When does recorded history begin in South Korea

108 B.C.

At which parallel is Vietnam divided?

the 17th parallel

What is the only Southeast Asia country not to be controlled by a western power in its history

Thailand, which used to be called Siam

What is the second largest contininent

Africa

What is the most well-known African nation

Egypt

Who founded Egypt

Mizraim

What were Egypt's earliest inhabitants called?

Copts

Who was the first ruler of a united Egpyt

Menes

When was the Egyptian Empire at its height

During the Exodus

Who coined the term "Egypt--The Gift of the Nile"

Herodotus

Who is the Father of History

Herodotus

What were the ancient Egyptians called

Copts

Who cracked the heiroglyphics

Jean Francis Champollion

What is the most important Egyptian work?

The Book of the Dead

Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?

Menes

Name the kingdom Khafre, Khufu, and Menkaure were from

The old kingdom

In what kingdom was Mentu-hotep and Joseph from?

The middle kingdom

During what kingdom did the Hyksos introduce the chariot and the end of the famine take place

The middle kingdom