World History Part 1 (Early Civilizations) 4000 BCE - 500 BCE

World History Review (Pretest)

What do you know???

PreHistory

Human History Before Writing

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What is prehistory?

• period of history when hieroglyphics were used

• period of history when cuneiform was used

• period of history before written language was invented

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What was the most important discovery in human history?

• ice

• water

• stone

• fire

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Archaeology means:

• the study of ancient people and their culture

• the study of the human brain

• the study of the past

• the study of social interactions

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The Stone Age was three periods including the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and ___________ period.

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

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Which continent do historians believe all human beings originate from?

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Asia

• Africa

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Which prehistoric gender were most responsible for hunting animals for food?

• males

• females

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Which prehistoric gender were most responsible for gathering fruits, nuts and seeds?

• males

• females

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Radiocarbon Dating tells scientists:

• how big something is

• how old something is

• how to dig

• where to dig

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The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.

• transportation

• glaciation

• Paleolithic

• migration

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The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.

• transportation

• glaciation

• Paleolithic

• migration

River-Valley Civilizations

Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Indus Valley

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What made Hammurabi famous?

• He was a powerful king who built an empire.

• He had some harsh laws.

• He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.

• He created the first written laws.

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The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Iranians

• Sumerians

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Cuneiform is...

• a system of government

• the world's first system of writing

• a type of poem or story

• a seal

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What did early Chinese writing look like? (Hint: they still use this method today!)

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictographs & ideographs

• Cuneiform

• Phonetics

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Name the civilization:

- Huang He (Yellow) River

- Calligraphy writing

- Paper and Silk

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia/

  Sumer

• India

• China

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How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Atheistic

• Agnostic

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What two rivers are associated with the Indus River Valley?

• Ganges and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Ganges

• Nile and Indus

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Name the civilization:

- Nile River

- Hieroglyphics

- Pyramids

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia/

  Sumer

• India

• China

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Which of the following means one god?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

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What river valley would have been here?

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

• Egypt

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Which factor influenced the development of ancient civilizations along river valleys?

• fertile soil

• dry climate

• dense rain forests

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Which of the following ancient civilizations was the first to develop a writing system, build an empire, and establish a law code?

• Egyptian

• Mesopotamian

• China

• India

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Which group traded within the Fertile Crescent?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

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What was Egypt's writing system called?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• pictograghs

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The mountains in that separate India from the rest of Asia are the

• Khyber Pass

• Himalyayas

• Rockies

• Cascade

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What society was known as the Gift of the Nile?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• The Indus Valley

• China

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What did all four of these civilizations NOT have in common?

• They all formed near rivers

• They all had their own written language

• They all had the same type of government

• They all believed in many gods

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Specialization of labor means that people had different

• jobs

• religion

• homes

• governments

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Who was a ruler of ancient Egypt?

• pharaoh

• scribe

• noble

• mummies

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as

• irrigation

• architecture

• fishing

• cuneiform

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Where did the first civilizations rise?

• Along river valleys

• Near mountains

• Along the ocean front

• Near Seas

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Where did the first civilizations rise?

• Along river valleys

• Near mountains

• Along the ocean front

• Near Seas