WorksheetsMidterm
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 42mins
-located in England
-may have been a ritual gathering place for early societies
-begun in the Neolithic Era
-completed in the Bronze Age
What is the name of the Neolithic Megalith shown above?
Roman Colosseum
Stonehenge
Pantheon
Asoka's Stone Edicts
Mesopotamia, in the Fertile Crescent, is known as the first permanent agricultural community and are located on the:
Nile River and Red Sea
Amazon River systems
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Zambezi and Limpopo River Systems
Which letter shows the location of the Indus River, the river system on which Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro were built?
A
B
C
D
King Hammurabi of Babylon (in Mesopotamia) is known for
conquering the Indian subcontinent
leading Athens during the Golden Age
establishing the first written code of laws
developing cuneiform writing
Name the civilization:
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
Egypt
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
India
China
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States
Sumer
- Indus River
- Harappa
- Mohenjo Daro
Sumer
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
Sumer
Most early religious traditions of early civilizations can be categorized as -
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Atheistic
Agnostic
Discovery of streets arranged in a grid-like pattern and a system of pipes for moving water in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro suggest that these ancient river valley cities in South Asia had
organized governments
subsistence-based economies
polytheistic beliefs
rigid social classes
Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations?
recording events in cave paintings
using irrigation systems
developing democratic traditions
spreading monotheistic religious customs
How did the Phoenicians adapt to their location near the Mediterranean Sea?
They irrigated their farmland.
They traded on the seas.
They lived in ice houses.
They developed a strong army.
Having turned the Persian Empire into the largest the world has ever seen, Cyrus ruled by...
Granting tolerance of local people so they could follow their own customs and traditions
Incorporating terror like deportation and slavery to keep people from rebelling
Using all the land he acquired for his own use, to undermine his rivals
Establishing a limited democracy for all adult males
An example of a road system in Persia was
The Royal Road
The Great Road
The King's Road
The True Road
Persian was known for establishing an imperial bureaucracy. Select all the leaders (king of kings) of the Persian Empire:
Xerxes
Darius the Great
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great
Examine the map. What superpower ancient empire (centered in Iran) is represented in the map?
Persian
Phoenician
Assyrian
Sumerian
Which empire warred frequently with Persia (called the Persian Wars)?
Rome
Mauryans
Han
Greek City-States
Examine the Map. Which of the following was a result of the Diaspora of the Jewish people?
The Jewish religion died out for hundreds of years.
Many Jews converted to Christianity.
Jews formed communities across Europe.
Jews settled primarily in regions throughout Asia.
Ancient Egyptians were ________________.
Monotheistic
Monistic
Atheistic
Polytheistic
The Egyptians eventually gained land further south along the Nile River, and controlled what other African Civilization?
Nubia/Kush
Ghana
Mali
Great Zimbabwe
Both the Code of Hammurabi (Mesopotamia) and the imperial bureaucracy (Persia) represent advancements in what areas
religion and polytheism
technology and tools
medicinal practices
law and government
What is a ziggurat?
a tomb for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, preserving him for the afterlife
a temple where the priests of Mesopotamia worshiped their gods
a temple where the priests performed human sacrifices in Mesoamerica
an Inca version of terracing and quarrying
Examine the journey of Abraham, founder of Judaism.
What geographic feature did Abraham follow and where was he going?
the Royal Road, Persepolis
the Euphrates River, land of Canaan
the Zagros Mountains, Iran
the Red Sea, Egypt
Mohenjo-Daro was an Ancient India civilization that had an ____________________.
algebraic system of math
advanced plumbing system
advanced university systems in monasteries
innovative way of domesticating maize
What physical feature gave the Indus valley natural protection?
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
Himalayan Mountains
What is the name of the writing system of ancient India (and the writing system the Vedas was written in)?
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
sanskrit
calligraphy
Where did all of these civilizations develop?
● Mesopotamia
● Egypt
● China
● India
in river valleys
in the mountian range
in the coastal region
in the rain forest region
The four classes (varnas) in the caste system of Ancient India (centered in Aryan traditions) are:
Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves
Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras
King, queen, princes, lords
Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans
A social group that one is born into and cannot be change is called a
missionary
upanishads
vedas
caste/jati
Which of the following describes the greatest effect the Hindu caste system had on India:
Different castes shared the same rules for governing their behavior
foreigners were treated as members of the lowest caste
People had to stay in the same caste to which they were born
Caste were encouraged to interact with one another
Why we know very little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
They did not have a system of writing
It was a society based upon oral history-- they didn't write down any records
We cannot decipher their script or written language and disappeared
Only writings translated on the Rosetta Stone can be deciphered.
During the Qin Dynasty, the ruler Shi Huang-di began construction of the..
Great Wall
Pyramid of Giza
Ziggurat Temple
Fleet of Zheng he
The rulers of ancient China believed that they were destined to rule by the ___________.
Masters of Kung Fu (Confucius)
Eightfold Path
Mandate of Heaven
Mandate of Pharaohs
What Ancient Chinese emperor commissioned the building of thousands of terracotta warriors to help protect him in the after life?
Shi Huang-di
emperor of the Shang Dynasty
Chandragupta I
emperor of the Zhou Dynasty
The ancient Chinese were able to flourish independently, and without much interference from outsiders due to...
their reputation and strength as a military power
the outsiders not wanting what the Chinese had
their geography providing many natural barriers
their rivers being very difficult to navigate
What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
To stop flooding
To protect against invasion
To stop the Chinese from leaving the area
To aid in trade
How were oracle bones used in Ancient China (called divination)?
to predict the future
to teach scribes how to write
to record laws and official decrees
to pass down dynastic history
The legacy of the Silk Road is best described as the spread of goods and ideas between cultures.
-Buddhism, silk, and inventions are examples
This exchange is called...
Specialization and masonry
Irrigation
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Propaganda
Merchants and traders used overland routes (called the Silk Roads) as well as _________________ to trade goods and spices.
Mountainous routes through the Himalayas
Sailing east from China across the Pacific Ocean
the Orient Express rail system
Maritime routes on the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea
The Silk Road is best described as...
One road that was the color of silk.
A network of roads used for trading between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
A road that only silk was traded on.
The name of the first road in Asia.
Which is the most important fact that makes the Silk Road significant to history ?
It was the first 100% paved road.
Marco Polo used the Silk Road.
It was one on the first times Europe and Asia were connected and products and cultures were exchanged.
No part of it exists today.
Which of the following goods and ideas came TO China FROM India?
horse domestication and silk
porcelain and irrigation
Shintoism and Zen Buddhism
spices, the lanteen sail, and Buddhism
The highest ranking member of Japanese feudal society was the
Emperor
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
What are two geographic terms to describe Japan?
Mountains and deserts
Archipelago and Volcanoes
Peninsula and Rivers
Volcanoes and Plateau
Japan's island location had what impact on its civilization?
It had all of the resources it needed to become a farming civilization.
It was invaded by China.
It was isolated from foreign powers and developed its own unique culture.
It dominated trade in the Pacific Ocean.
What archipelago is marked in green?
Indochina
Japan
Korea
Hawaii
-city of Chichen Itza
-System of Mathematics including Zero
-Temple of the Jaguar
-polytheistic
Which civilization is located in the Mexican and Central American rain forests and in the Yucatan Peninsula?
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
Canadian
-Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
-Templo Mayor
-Economy based on the 3-sisters (farming and agriculture)
Which civilization is located in the arid (dry) valley of Central Mexico on Lake Texcoco?
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
Roman
Which civilization is located in the Andes Mountains of South America? HINT: Machu Picchu is located here!
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
Byzantine
Which 2 civilizations were known building extensive road within their empires?
Mayan and Aztec
Incan and Persian
Zimbabwe and Aksum
Ghana and Mali
Which American civilization-
Kept records with knotted string
used advanced medical practices including brain surgery
used terrace farming
Incan
Mayan
Egyptian
Persian
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of...
calendars
printing
ocean navigation
manufactured goods
The African kingdom of Axum was located near the
Red Sea
Zambezi River
Limpopo River
Niger River
Which river was important to the development of the kingdom of Zimbabwe?
Limpopo and Zambezi
Nile
Niger
Senegal
What was a major river associated with Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
Nile River
Niger River
Zambezi River
Limpopo River
Which empire was a Christian kingdom?
1
2
3
4
The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefited from being near the...
largest European cities
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea coast
Trans-Saharan trade routes
West Africa was rich in several commodities (natural resources) including...
iron ore and grasslands
gold and salt
horses and spices
maize and beans
What is the largest desert in Africa?
Gobi
Sahara
Mojave
Taklamakan
The trading empire of Great Zimbabwe relied on maritime trade across which body of water?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
