WorksheetsWH Fall Unit 1 Review 2022_2023
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 12mins
The period of time when there was a shift from hunting and gathering to farming for food production
Paleolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Jurassic Revolution
Mesolithic Revolution
The belief in many gods is known as
Monotheism
Theocracy
Aristocracy
Polytheism
A belief in one god is known as
Polytheism
Monotheism
Aristocracy
Theocracy
A system of roads, bridges, and lodging needed for travel and communication
Committees of Correspondence
Pony Express
Infrastructure
Dynastic Rule
When you have more (food) than what you need, this is known as
Surplus
Walmart
Diffusion
Infrastructure
The spread of ideas, goods, and customs from one society to another is called
River civilizations
Cultural Diffusion
Egyptian and Sumerian Influence
Dynasties
Cro Magnon people appeared around 200,000 BCE and they were
Farmers and carvers
Hunter/gatherers and painters
Unskilled
People who study artifacts of the past are known as a/an
Psychologist
Sociologist
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Which method do scientists use to track evolutionary changes over time?
DNA analysis
Paleomagnetic dating
Potassium argon dating
Radio carbon dating
Which most directly helped early humans develop agriculture, especially in the river valleys?
Domesticated animals
Bronze tools
Access to water
Trade with neighbors
The training and breeding of plants and animals allowed people to stay in one spot. What is this known as?
Cultural Diffusion
Out of Africa Theory
Domestication
River influence
When jobs were split among people and they had more time to do other jobs, this was known as
Division of labor
Matriarchy
Patriarchy
Domestic tranquility
Economic specialization refers to social status and the people who have
the more important jobs usually has higher status
the less important jobs, become the rulers
to do the military jobs
to do the household chores
What was the main result of interactions between villages?
Monotheism
Architecture
Shared knowledge
New taxes
When there is economic specialization, technological innovations, written language, trade, social class, government and religion - these are all characteristics of a
Nomadic group
Civilization
Neanderthal society
Cro Magnon society
Why were the early groups of hunter/gatherers NOT considered civilizations?
They did not build towns or cities.
They did not have art.
They made use of the resources around them.
They hunted animals for food.
Which river civilization built Ziggurats and developed Cuneiform writing?
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
Which river civilization built Pyramids, mummified their leaders and used Hieroglyphic writing?
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
Which best describes WHY the Neolithic Revolution was such an important turning point in history?
It led to the development of irrigation systems.
Religion emerged as people planted and harvested crops.
Metal tools allowed strong rulers to conquer new territory.
People began to control their physical environment for the first time.
Which two groups migrated into Anatolia (Turkey) and Iran from what is now southern Russia and later formed empires?
Egyptians & Akkadians
Persians & Visigoths
Hittites & Aryans
Sumerians & Hebrews
Which empire, led by Hammurabi, produced the first code of laws available for everyone to see?
Babylonian
Persian
Egyptian
Chinese
Which empire's accomplishments included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and a knowledge of astronomy and medicine?
Chaldean
Hittite
Akkadian
Roman
Which describe the accomplishments of the Persian Empire?
building the Ishtar Gate & the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
opening trade routes to China, India & Japan
inventing bronze and the wheel
using governors & infrastructure to maintain control
Which civilization put home and family at the center of life and produced silk cloth?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Mohenjo Daro
China
What was the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten known for?
building the Giza pyramids
changing society from a polytheistic to a monotheistic religion
establishing the New Kingdom
having 30 children
Which New Kingdom pharaoh built several large temples and monuments including Abu Simbel?
Akhenaten
Ramses II
Nefertiti
Tutankhamen
Why is Hammurabi's Code important?
the laws ensured equality among the classes
everyone in the empire could see the laws
the ruler could not change the laws
every citizen was assured a fair trial
Most scholars agree that modern humans originated on which continent?
Europe
Africa
Texas
Antarctica
When did ancestors of humans first appear?
10,000 BCE
3,500 BCE
200,000 BCE
4 million years ago
Why were farming communities able to focus on different kinds of work?
changing climate caused people to adapt
improved farming techniques resulted in food surpluses
they started trading with neighboring communities
they began to domesticate tigers and rhinoceroses
What is a major effect of the division of labor in early farming communities?
social roles began to change
irrigation techniques were developed
religion developed in patriarchal cultures
wild animals were no longer sacrificed for holy days
Which characteristics does a "civilization" have?
art & literature
armies & navies
government, social organization & trade
one leader, one religion, at least one farm
Which river valley civilization is located at letter D?
Nile River - Egypt
Indus River - India
Huang He - China
TIgris/Euphrates - Mesopotamia
Which civilization is located at letter C?
Huang He River - China
Indus River - India
Tigris/Euphrates River - Mesopotamia
Nile River - Egypt
What was the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) known for?
demanding everyone worship one god (monotheism)
building the sphynx
establishing irrigation
disguising herself as a man
Early civilizations used armies, appointed leaders and taxed their citizens in order to
to gain and maintain power
to expand the spice trade
to gain new territory in the 1800s CE
to educate the masses
