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Quarter 1 Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An autobiography is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
2.
A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
3.
A dictionary, an almanac, and an encyclopedia are all examples of
a)
Primary Sources
b)
Secondary Sources
4.
A reliable source is
a)
biased.
b)
trusted.
c)
promoting a product.
d)
google.
5.
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
a)
Bias
b)
Propaganda
c)
Symbolism
d)
Media
6.
Which of these MUST you do to determine if a source is reliable?
a)
checking to see if you like the website
b)
make sure the site looks legit
c)
verify the author's expertise
d)
make sure the domain is .edu
7.

Who would ask the question "How is the government planning to help people after this natural disaster?"

a)

Anthropologist

b)

Political Scientist

c)

Historian

d)

Economist

8.

Who would ask: What happened in the past?

a)

archeologist

b)

historian

c)

geographer

9.

Objects that are made and used by people in the past are called _________________.

a)

prehistoric

b)

ancient

c)

ritual

d)

artifacts

10.

What natural features would a geographer study?

a)

water

b)

landforms

c)

plants

d)

All of the Above

11.

An economist studies

a)

governments

b)

human and natural features on Earth's surface

c)

the way people use resources to meet their needs and wants.

d)

the past.

12.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
13.
Culture is a set of learned behaviors passed down through generations.
a)
True 
b)
False
14.
Defined as values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, beliefs, behaviors, and customs
a)
Ethnicity
b)
Race
c)
Culture
d)
Heritage
15.

Which of the following is a feature that could define a cultural region?

a)

a mountain range

b)

a monsoon

c)

a desert climate

d)

a language

16.
Which feature is a land mass surrounded by water but smaller than a continent?
a)
Island
b)
peninsula
c)
Gulf
d)
Lake
17.
What are pieces of land surrounded by water on three sides?
a)
Island
b)
Hill
c)
Gulf
d)
Peninsula
18.
What landforms extend above the surrounding terrain?
a)
Hill
b)
River
c)
Mountain
d)
Peninsula
19.

Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

a)

island

b)

glacier

c)

volcano

d)

Isthmus

20.
Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? 
a)
They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
b)
They migrated, or moved, from place to place
c)
They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
d)
They lived in small villages and farmed the land. 
21.
What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? 
a)
the shelters people used
b)
the way people got food for themselves
c)
the tools people used
d)
the clothes people wore 
22.
Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies?
a)
The population steadily decreased.
b)
People were not able to specialize in just one trade. 
c)
Agriculture made it harder to find food. 
d)
The population steadily increased. 
23.
Agriculture made it necessary for people to develop which of the following?
a)
ways to move water to their fields such as channels, canals, and dams 
b)
language
c)
stone tools 
d)
ways to work together to bring down large animals like mammoths 
24.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
25.
What is a group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society?
a)
society
b)
civilization
c)
country
26.
Where were cities first developed around?
a)
rivers/water source
b)
highways
c)
farms
27.
How was writing used in the past as a feature of a civilization?
a)
newspapers
b)
pictures representing words
c)
email
28.
Which feature of a civilization is shown here?
a)
government
b)
art & architecture
c)
system of writing
d)
religion
29.
What feature creates and keeps order in society through rules, and protection through the military?
a)
Cities
b)
Public Works
c)
Government and Laws
30.
What type of religious beliefs were more common in ancient times?
a)
monotheistic
b)
antitheistic
c)
polytheistic
31.
All civilizations have an organized central _____________.
a)
government
b)
religion
c)
class
32.
What rivers are not paired correctly?
a)
Euphrates- Mesopotamia
b)
Tigris- Mesopotamia
c)
China- Indus
d)
Indus- Indus
33.
What river valley would have been here?
a)
China
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Indus
d)
Egypt
34.
What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
a)
Egypt
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Indus
35.
Who made a written Code of Laws?
a)
Sargon
b)
Abraham
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Gilgemesh
36.
Wedge-shaped writing in Mesopotamia is?
a)
cursive
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
cuneiform
d)
print
37.
The building of a canal to bring water to farms is an example of _____.  
a)
domestication 
b)
diasphora
c)
transferance
d)
irrigation 
38.
The Haung He and Yangtze rivers are located in
a)
Egypt
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Mesopotamia
39.
Where did the first civilization occur?
a)
river valleys
b)
deserts
c)
coastlines
d)
chokepoints
40.
What were the capital cities of ancient Indus Valley?
a)
Ur and Sumer
b)
Babylon and Thebes
c)
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
d)
Harappa and Memphis
41.
Why do we know less about the Indus Valley than other civilizations?
a)
We haven't found ancient artifacts and ruins.
b)
We have not discovered the location of the civilization.
c)
We can't interpret their writing.
d)
We do not have anyone who has survived from the civilization to ask.
42.
Mohenjo-daro designed and built one of the first 
a)
building complex
b)
park system 
c)
drainage and sewage system
43.
Buildings and streets in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a 
a)
mountain
b)
grid
c)
circle
44.
What were two things that these ancient people developed in the Indus River Valley?
a)
sewer system, grid - like streets
b)
written language, temples
c)
roads, irrigation
45.

a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

a)

Absolute Authority

b)

City-state

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Hammurabi

46.
Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?
a)
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
b)
It's raining cats and dogs.
c)
Break a leg!
d)
The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.
47.
What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
a)
He had scribes write and display them for all to see
b)
He required fathers to teach the code to their children
c)
He had teachers make students memorize them
d)
He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship
48.
How would you describe his laws?
a)
Fair and balanced.
b)
Very harsh by our modern standards.
c)
 Too lenient (easy on the offender)
d)
complicated
49.
If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.  If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
a)
Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
b)
All men are equal under the law.
c)
Violence must always be punished with violence.
d)
Fines are preferable to physical punishment.
50.

What is one thing the Shang dynasty is known for?

a)

building China's first cities

b)

building the Great Wall

c)

using the Silk Road

d)

using Daoism

51.

What is the Chinese idea that rulers were commanded to rule by gods and that kings were to take care of the people?

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Divine Right Theory

c)

Filial Piety

d)

Homage

52.

Along which river in China did the first cities develop?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Gobi River

53.

What are deposits of yellow silt that make the soil fertile?

a)

Delta

b)

Yangtze

c)

Loess

d)

Terrace Farming

54.

To prevent erosion, Chinese farmers use a method called

a)

no till

b)

hole farming

c)

fertilizer spreading

d)

terrace farming

55.

Due to their central location, the Chinese call their country

a)

the Central Kingdom

b)

the Center of the Universe

c)

the Best Kingdom

d)

the Middle Kingdom

56.

A family of rulers is called a(n)

a)

heir

b)

monarch

c)

dynasty

d)

judiciary

57.
What does monsoon mean?
a)
Extreme weather
b)
prolonged drought
c)
storm surge
d)
seasonal wind
58.

How many "seasons" are there in Monsoon Asia?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

59.

Droughts, which can lead to famine, happen when the monsoon does not bring...

a)

Heat

b)

Dry Winds

c)

Rain

d)

El Nino

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