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Calvin Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is irrigation?

a)

the change from hunting and gathering to farming

b)

a use of canals to water crops

c)

making bricks out of mud

2.

What are nomads?

a)

people who have no permanent home

b)

artisans

c)

people who create civilizations along rivers

3.

How did Stone Age people clear land for farming?

a)

plowing with oxen

b)

digging with sharp sticks

c)

slashing and burning vegitation

4.

What was the list of laws and punishments in Mesopotamia?

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

the Twelve Tables

c)

the Ten Commandments

5.

Ancient Greeks explained events in the natural world through

a)

fables

b)

myths

c)

parables

6.

Who are people who live off the animals and and plants that exist naturally in an area?

a)

nomads

b)

plebians

c)

hunter-gatherers

7.

What is the change from hunting and gathering to farming known as?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

specialization

c)

Agricultural Revolution

8.

Who was one person the Chinese turned to to help restore order during the time of the warring states?

a)

Confucius

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Cyrus the Great

9.

What developments in ancient history were examples of achievements in the development of written language?

a)

planting seeds to grow crops and irrigation

b)

controlling fire and improving technology

c)

cuneiform and hieroglyphics

10.

Which development most helped early peoples settle down in permanent settlements?

a)

advances in agriculture

b)

written language

c)

democracy

11.

What are the largest bodies of water on Earth?

a)

rivers

b)

Seas

c)

Oceans

12.

What are the largest landmasses on Earth?

a)

islands

b)

continents

c)

Austrailia

13.

What development allowed people time to specialize?

a)

the development of strong governments

b)

the creation of surpluses

c)

the improvements in religions

14.

What was one famous hominid skeleton?

a)

Lucy

b)

Darius

c)

Isis

15.

Where would you find the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Turkey

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

16.

Where was Mesopotamia located?

a)

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

b)

the land surrounding the Nile River

c)

The land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea

17.

What was created by early civilizations to keep records?

a)

surpluses

b)

writing

c)

bronze

18.

Which river is considered the world's longest?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Nile River

19.

In what way were the Egyptian and Greek civilizations similar?

a)

They both were polytheistic

b)

They both were democracies

c)

They both had many islands

20.

How were early civilizations organized?

a)

city-states

b)

states

c)

counties

21.

What are social classes?

a)

polytheistic groups

b)

groups with similar philosophies

c)

groups with similar jobs

22.

What is a period of time with developments in arts and sciences?

a)

a Golden Age

b)

the Dark Ages

c)

a time of warring states

23.

We have our three branches of government from which early civilization?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

India

c)

Rome

24.

Silk came from which early civilization?

a)

Egypt

b)

China

c)

India

25.

Which war was fought between Athens and Sparta?

a)

the Persian War

b)

the Peloponnesian War

c)

the Warring States

26.

Who, according to legend, started the city of Rome?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

King Phillip ll

c)

Romulus

27.

Which city did Athena protect?

a)

Sparta

b)

Marathon

c)

Athens

28.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

the blending of cultures

b)

the development of cultures

c)

the fall of cultures

29.

Drama and democracy are part of the legacy of which early civilization?

a)

Rome

b)

Greece

c)

Egypt