Worksheets1st Semester Review - 2019-20
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 39mins
What discovery started the Neolithic Age?
fire
farming
metal tools
currency
Why did people in the Neolithic Age live together in larger groups, compared with earlier times?
They found better ways to get along with others.
They made special goods like baskets and pottery.
They needed more people for hunting and gathering.
They could grow enough food to support more people, and more people meant more protection.
How did dividing up the work in Neolithic communities produce more to meet everyone's needs?
Everybody did the same job.
Most people enjoyed working alone.
Villagers learned to make stone tools.
Individual developed a variety of skill and could become more efficient.
Which is NOT a disadvantage that resulted from agriculture?
inequality
war
less food
damage to the environment
Why did Neolithic people trade?
to learn other languages
to get resources they lacked
to ride across deserts
to show off their good crafts
Why did people move to Mesopotamia?
there was a food shortage
the rivers in Mesopotamia were very calm
there were more caves in the Mesopotamian mountains to live in
attacks from the first empires forced them to move there
Why did Sumerians have to learn to work together in ancient Mesopotamia?
to solve conflicts related to water supply
to manage their ever growing families
to unite against the Romans when they attacked
to learn to write a new language
What was a type of writing the Sumerians used where wedge-shaped symbols stood for certain sounds?
archetype
cuneiform
lyre
hieroglyphs
The person at the top of a social structure has the most...
power.
jobs.
difficulties.
candy corn.
Which of these is NOT a requirement for a group of people to be considered a civilization?
social structure
government
writing
fashion
Who led the first empire, the Akkadians?
Sargon
Hammarabi
Ashurbanipal
Gilgamesh
What was Hammurabi's Code?
A written set of laws that applied to everyone.
A Babylonian code for entering the afterlife.
A tablet that contained writings of ancient gods.
The very first written document.
What system, started by the Akkadians, did the Mesopotamian empires use to make money and get resources for their empires?
taxes and tributes
trading
mining
offerings and sacrifices
What system of warfare did the Assyrians invent that allowed them to brutally destroy the other walled city-states?
blitzkrieg warfare
guerilla warfare
siege warfare
defensive warfare
What do you call a group of different people groups or territories ruled by one leader?
empire
city-state
civilization
clan
Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?
Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 years.
Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb, and they hadn't been stolen.
Trade expeditions made Tut famous in faraway lands.
Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt.
Why did ancient Egyptians make mummies?
to decorate the palaces of the pharaohs
to preserve the dead bodies for the afterlife
to transport goods up and down the Nile
to educate and protect royal children
What was the major purpose of the pyramids?
temples for religious worship
storehouses for reserves of grain
tombs for the pharaohs
homes for pharaoh's servants
How did Khufu make sure that his power would be accepted by the people?
He declared that he was a god.
He had many children.
He made strong treaties.
He killed his rivals.
Hatshepsut was the first confirmed pharaoh who was...
a god.
a child.
a priest.
a woman.
Look at the picture. Under what famous pharaoh's reign would this picture have been made?
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Khufu
Sensuret I
Which pharaoh signed the world's first peace treaty?
Ramses I
Hatshepsut
Khufu
Tut
Which of these Egyptian social classes had the most power, or was highest on the social pyramid?
priests
artisans
scribes
peasants
Which of these was NOT an important Egyptian government official job?
general of the army
chief treasurer and tax collector
advisor to the pharaoh
harvester of grain
Why did Egyptians bury their dead with bread, wine and other foods?
to show how much they were loved
to avoid the risk of poisoning
to feed them in the afterlife
to perform a sacrifice to the gods
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
Papyrus was very difficult to write on.
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.
Students had to save money to buy a position.
Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.
Egyptians scribes wrote on a special type of paper, made from plants from the Nile, called...
clay
papyrus
hieroglyphs
copurnicus
Which would NOT be a job of an Egyptian artisan?
weaving baskets
making statues
building furniture
judge court cases
Which class of Egyptian helped build the pyramids?
Khufu
the peasants
the artisans
the government officials
What is a disadvantage of a social pyramid?
Decisions can be made quicker.
Everyone knows their place.
There is less fighting for power.
There is little flexibility and there are more opportunities for disrespect.
Believes that peace can be achieved through five basic relationships.
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Hindusim
Which region is marked with a star?
Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
Taklamakan Desert
North China Plain
Chang Jiang Basin
Which region is marked with a star?
Taklamakan Desert
Chang Jiang Basin
Northeastern Plain
East China Sea
Which region is marked with a star?
North China Plain
Northeastern Plan
Chang Jiang Basin
Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
What region is marked with a star?
Gobi Desert
Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
Northeastern Plain
Taklamakan Desert
What region is marked with a star?
Chang Jiang Basin
Gobi Desert
North China Plain
Turfan Depression
What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world?
bandits and nomadic tribes
wild animals near the rivers
sandstorms and shifting dunes
flash floods and thunderstorms
How did the natural vegetation of the Northeastern Plain affect the lives of the ancients settlers there?
Fruit trees attracted settlement around oases.
Varieties of plant life encouraged rotating crops.
Dense woods supporting hunting and gathering.
Prairie grass provided food for horses and sheep.
How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was real and not just a myth?
They read old books.
They found artifacts.
They learned the language.
They asked Chinese elders.
Which of these Shang people had the LOWEST social status?
merchants
jade carvers
stonemasons
grain farmers
For what purpose would a Shang leader MOST LIKELY use an oracle bone?
to serve a ceremonial meal
to make music for his family
to send messages to the nobles
to ask advice from his ancestors
What technology did the Shang use to make strong helmets?
soaking wood in salt water
letting pottery harden in a mold
weaving bamboo strips into mats
shaping a mixture of copper and tin
Which of the following is true of Shang farmers?
Shang farmers' land was controlled by the king or the nobles.
Shang farmers had to give most of their harvest to the nobles.
Shang farmers used very simple tools made of wood and stone.
all of the above
What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin’s system of government?
Under feudalism, lords met with the king; the Emperor of Qin did not have meetings.
Under feudalism, leadership came from a few men; the Emperor of Qin had many leaders.
Under feudalism, power was held locally; the Emperor of Qin held all the power.
Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shi Huangdi’s style of rule?
Daoism
Legalism
Confucianism
What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?
to keep invaders out
to provide employment
to punish critics of the emperor
Why did many people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?
They decided to live near the wall.
They died under harsh conditions.
They ran away to other countries.
In the Emperor of Qin's tomb, what was discovered?
a terra-cotta army of life-size figures
the skeletons of many animals
everything had been taken by thieves
the mummies of many emperors
Which of these was NOT invented by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty?
paper
gunpowder
seismograph
acupuncture
What dynasty had a government based on Confucius?
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
What was the advantage of fish-scale armor produced by Han ironworkers?
It allowed soldiers to float if they fell into water.
It produced a smell that overpowered their enemies.
It was flexible enough to move with the body.
It allowed warriors to withstand very cold water.
Which of the following best describes the Silk Road?
a single road that extended across Asia
a route that connected western Europe to eastern Europe
a route that was used to bring silk from Rome to China
a network of trade routes that extended across Asia
