MYP World History First Semester Exam Review

Most ancient people were polytheistic. What does this term mean?

• Simple drawings that looked like the objects they depicted.

• A belief in many gods.

• A belief in only one supreme, all-powerful god.

• A complex, highly organized social order.

• The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies.

Which writing system, the oldest known, was developed by the Sumerians?

• hieroglyphics

• pictographs

• cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Etruscan

What were the two main cities of the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Cairo and Thebes

• Anyang and Luoyang

• Babylon and Ur

• Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

• Karnak and Giza

A complex, highly organized social order is a ________________.

• city-state

• empire

• civilization

• tribe

• monastery

Which of the following led to the emergence of the first cities?

• religion

• agriculture

• warfare

• hunting and gathering

• disease

Which of the following is a reason to study history?

• It helps us to understand people and societies

• History helps to provide identity

• We can avoid the mistakes of the past

• It can help to increase cross-cultural awareness and understanding

• All the above

Which ancient civilization are the structures in the picture associated with?

• Indus River Valley

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Mesoamerica

• Incan

The period characterized by an interest in classical Greek and Roman literature, art, culture and civic virtue.

• Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Dark Ages

• Sumerian

Where did the Renaissance, that eventually spread to the rest of Europe, begin?

• Germany

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

• Italy

Which of the following is not a reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire

• The cities of Italy had survived the Middle Ages

• A powerful and wealthy merchant class promoted cultural rebirth

• Humanists believed that a person's focus should be on serving the Church

• There was a spirit of adventure and curiosity