World History 1 Semester Exam Review

Where were the earliest human remains found?

• North Asia

• South Australia

• Western Europe

• Eastern Africa

What does "prehistory" mean?

• The events of the Old Stone Age

• The time known as the Neolithic Era

• Everything that happened before writing

• The civilizations that existed before iron was invented

The practice pictured below began during what time period?

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Bronze Age

• Historical Period

People living in the Paleolithic Era did NOT know how to get food by _.

• Planting and harvesting

• Hunting wild deer

• Gathering nuts

• Foraging for berries

Why were the earliest humans nomadic?

• To flee warring clans

• To reach the best clay for pottery

• To find better building sites

• To follow food

What is the name of the wedge-shaped writing below?

• Alphabet

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictograms

• Cuneiform

Since Indus cities are all planned the same way, historians think they had what type of government?

• Centralized

• City-State

• Theocracy

• Representative

What term best describes the area between the Tigris and Euphrates?

• African Plain

• Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia

• Chinese Civilization

What civilization used the writing below?

• China

• Egypt

• Sumer

• Indus

In China, a family that ruled for a long time was known as a ___.

• Mandate

• Oracle

• Theocracy

• Dynasty