History semester exam

Open Response Question: Discuss and describe the brief but important life of Jesus

a)The birth of Jesus-Born in Bethlehem. Born from Virgin mary/ wealthy family

b)His teachings-said most important was 2nd commandment-love god with your heart, soul, and mind, and to love your neighbor

c)His death-he was crucified by pontius pilate and was resurrected on the third day

d)What were the consequences of his life-started a new religion called christianity

Multiple choice questions

1. Define complex societies. Society characterized by a large urban center with specialized labor and social stratification, as well as the belief that rulers and deities were entitled to the surpluses the society produced. Large population with people that have specialized jobs.

2.What rivers were located in Mesopotamia?Tigris and Euphrates

3.Who was Ishtar?The daughter of the storm god and deity of Uruk

4.Where was the first documented language located?Sumer

5.What was it written on?Clay Tablets

6.What did the writing allow the people of Sumer to do?Improve trading and record keeping

7.What does Cuneiform mean and what was it?Wedged shaped and it is phonetic writing first form of writing.

8.What is Hammurabi famous for?His codes

9.What was included in the Hammurabi Code?

10.What was the person called that rule Egypt?Emperor

11.What 3 things did the Egyptians want the Nubians to learn?Their culture, religion, and customs

12.What was the first group to practice monotheism?Jewish People

13.What group recorded the Bible?Exiled Hebrews

14 Who was Ashoka?Emperor during Mauryan dynasty

15.What decision did Ashoka make that would impact world history?He accepted Buddhism

16.What is the significance of Monsoon Season?It affected how they grew their crops

17.What was the first Indo-European language?Sanskrit

18.What is an Aryan?A group of people from central asia, settled in india, established sanskrit, founded vedic religion and social structure

19Who presided over the rituals honoring the gods?Priests and Rulers

20What was the position of women in the Vedic society?They had the same rights as now.

21.What is karma?The sum of your actions in your current life that would mean what your next life will be.

22Who were the four men that Buddha encountered in his dream?An old man, a sick man, a nomadic man, and a corpse

23.What was the Noble Eightfold Path?It was the four truths that when achieved would end suffering and achieve Nirvana.

24.What was Nirvana?A state where there is no karma and you aren’t part of the birth rebirth cycle.

25.What things did the Mauryan leaders control?Trade and taxes

26.What was the name of the guidebook for trade to india?

27 _______Sima Quan_____________ known as the Grand Historian, he completed the history of the world, much about his native China.

28.The ______Qin______________ was the first to vanquish all of its rivals, including six individual kingdoms.

29.On his deathbed, the First Emperor stated that his _descendants_ should rule forever.

30.The production of ________paper__________ increased during the Shang Dynasty.

31.Early writing was found on _________bones__________ in the city of Anyans.

32.The Shang Dynasty was China’s first ______historic_____________ dynasty.

33.The major religion of the Shang Dynasty was ___ancestor worship_________

34A _____________mandate from heaven____________________ means that you become ruler because that is what heaven wants

35The final centuries of the Zhou was a very violent period known as the _Warring period_

36 Confucius’ given name was _Qiu_

37Confucius did not advocate _violence_

38.Daoism spoke about the _way_

39The invention of _________paper_______________ furthered the study of Confucian texts.

40___________Ban zhou________________ was the most famous female writer of her day.

41 Were the Achaemenids nomadic or stationary?Nomadic

42.Where was the water located in Iran and where did it drain to?Located in tall mountains and drained to plateaus

43What was a Satrap?A governer

44.What did the Satra do for his community?They collected taxes and brought them to Susa

45.Where do we get the information on the early migrants to Iran?The Aventa

46.Who is Zoroastrian named after?Zoro Thrustra

47.What makes Zoroastrianism dualistic?The belief in good and evil

48.What are the two entities in Zoroastrianism?

49.What did people who choose good have to do?

50.What happened if anyone lied or committed bad deeds?The evil gained power or control over the good spirits

51.What was a Magi?Male hereditary priests

52.What did the practice of reciting prayers do for the sacred hymns?Made sure they were remembered for 2000 years before being written down

53.Who were the Parsis

54.Who was Cyrus?ruler or achaemenids

55.Describe the Persian road system?The persian road system was well maintained and a grid like structure

56.What is the Cyrus Cylinder?A babylonian count of the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus

57.Describe Darius’ Coup?

58.How was Darius chosen as leader?By a horse

59.What was Darius’ title once he was made leader?

60. What country was Rome located in?Italy

61.What were the names of the two brothers involved in the myth of the founding of ROme?Romulus and Remus

62.What were the Wars called that the Romans fought Carthage in?Punic Wars

63.Who ruled Roman families?Paterfamilias

64.What was Roman Peace called?Pax Romana

65.What type of religion was the Roman religion?Polytheistic

66.Who was the most powerful god in Rome and which god was the equal in Greece?Jupiter Zeus

67.Who was the god of war in Rome?Mars

68.What type of religion was Judaism?Monotheistic

69.What discovery was made that revealed the diversity of the Jewish faith?dead sea scrolls

70.Where did the earliest sources of Jesus’ life appear?The Gospels

71.What city was Jesus born in?Bethlehem

72.Who baptized Jesus?John Paul

73.Where was Jesus baptized?River of Jordan

74.Who urged the Jews to undergo a 1 time baptism in preparation for the kingdom of God?John Paul

75.What did Jesus’s followers call him?The Christ

76.Who was the governor that tried and convicted Jesus?Pontius Pilate

77.How long had Jesus been teaching at the time of his death? 3 years

78.The teaching that Jesus died so that all believers would be able to overcome death is known as Atonement

79.What was the turning point of Paul’s life?The Vision

80.Where did Constantine move the capital to?Constantinople

81.What did the Romans use when papyrus was not available?Parchment

82. What were the men that became leaders in the Muslim community called?Khalifs

83.How were the first four caliphs chosen?They were people from different clans that all had a relationship with muhammad in some way

84.What kind of family was Muhammad born into?Merchants

85.Who were the two major powers that were in place when Muhammad was born?Byzantine and Sasanian

86.What language was used in Mecca?Arabic

87.What were Nomads called?Bedouins

88.What was the most revered large black rock in a cube-shaped shrine called? kaaba

89.What were Muhammad’s visions about?a figure

90.What did the Muslims believe that God did to Muhammad?God spoke to him through angel Gabriel

91.What was the angel’s name that spoke to Muhammad?Gabriel

92.What was the religion called that Muhammad preached about?Islam

93.What does Islam mean?submission

94.What is the Arabic word for God?Allah

95.What did the muslims believe about God’s teachings?They are timeless

96.Who was the last messenger from God in the Islamic belief system?Muhammad

97.Was Islam monotheistic or polytheistic?monotheistic

98.What does individual choice mean?you have the choice to practice islam

99.What did men who converted to Islam have to do?They had to have circumcision

100.How many wives did Muhammad limit Muslim men to?4

101.What did women have to wear when receiving guests?a veil

102.How many days did each month in the Muslim calendar have?29

103.What is the period of fasting called in Islam?Ramadan

104.What is Jihad?military campaign against non muslims

105.Where did Muhammad preach his last sermon?Mt serakit

106.Who was Abu Bakr?The successor to Muhammad

107.Who was Umar Ibn?He was khalif after Abu

108.What is a Qadi?jurists who listened to disputes

109.What is the Quran?book by muslims that was all of muhammad’s teachings, said to be word of Allah

110.What is the Hadith? A book that was more Muhammad’s own words and is where muhammad listed primary obligations of muslims-5 pillars of Islam

111.List the 5 pillars of Islam.1.To bear witness to allah as the sole god and to accept Muhammad as his messenger.

2. To pray five times a day in the direction of Mecca.

3. To pay a share of income to the state to support the poor.

4, To refrain from eating and drinking during Ramadan.

5.make pilgrimage to Mecca-Hajj

112.What is a Zakat?⅕ of seized wealth would go to khalif

113.What two types of taxes were assessed in early Muslim communities? Harvest Tax and Zakat tax

114.What were the 3 groups that the Caliphate’s army divided the conquered people into?People who converted into Muslim, Protected(jewish and christian), Non religious-lowest group.

115.What was Damascus?Capital of umayyads

116.What is the significance of the Great Mosque?The first place to practice washing hands and feet.

117.What is the Maghrib?A part of North Africa

118.What did visitors have to do in front of the throne of the caliph? They had to lick the floor

119.What did the Caliph want to be addressed as?The shadow of God on Earth

120.What did you get for being a descendant of Muhammad?You got respect but not money

121.Who stood at the right of the caliph?An executioner