Quarterly Exam I

The two rivers around whose fertile soil civilization arose in Mesopotamia

Tigris and Euphrates

The first people to form a city-state, civilization, in Mesopotamia

Sumerians

Formed an alliance with Egypt by marrying a daughter of Pharoah

Solomon

The ruler of Persia when it was an empire

Xerxes

One of the wonders of the ancient world

Pharos Lighthouse

When did Alexander the Great conquer Greece?

Macedonian Period

What was torn down as a concession of war?

Long walls

What philosophy is focused on ethics?

Socrates

Who conquered Italy?

Etruscans

Who built the Flavian Amphitheater?

Ancient Rome

Mesopotamia is known for the development of a complex culture

True

Ur is located in present-day southern Syria

False

The Code of Hammurabi stresses the importance of the law over a ruler

True

Eschatology is the study of end times or final events of history

True

Northern Egypt was known as Upper Egypt

False

All males had a representative vote in ancient Athens

False

The Greeks started the Persian Wars

True

Penultimate truth is relative and depends on one's personal worldview

False

The Romans highly influenced the Greeks

False

St. Augustine believed that Christianity and philosophy were equally important

True