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WH Fall Unit 1 Review 2022_2023

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period of time when there was a shift from hunting and gathering to farming for food production

a)

Paleolithic Revolution

b)

Neolithic Revolution

c)

Jurassic Revolution

d)

Mesolithic Revolution

2.

The belief in many gods is known as

a)

Monotheism

b)

Theocracy

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Polytheism

3.

A belief in one god is known as

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Theocracy

4.

A system of roads, bridges, and lodging needed for travel and communication

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

Pony Express

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Dynastic Rule

5.

When you have more (food) than what you need, this is known as

a)

Surplus

b)

Walmart

c)

Diffusion

d)

Infrastructure

6.

The spread of ideas, goods, and customs from one society to another is called

a)

River civilizations

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Egyptian and Sumerian Influence

d)

Dynasties

7.

Cro Magnon people appeared around 200,000 BCE and they were

a)

Farmers and carvers

b)

Hunter/gatherers and painters

c)

Unskilled

8.

People who study artifacts of the past are known as a/an

a)

Psychologist

b)

Sociologist

c)

Anthropologist

d)

Archaeologist

9.

Which method do scientists use to track evolutionary changes over time?

a)

DNA analysis

b)

Paleomagnetic dating

c)

Potassium argon dating

d)

Radio carbon dating

10.

Which most directly helped early humans develop agriculture, especially in the river valleys?

a)

Domesticated animals

b)

Bronze tools

c)

Access to water

d)

Trade with neighbors

11.

The training and breeding of plants and animals allowed people to stay in one spot. What is this known as?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Out of Africa Theory

c)

Domestication

d)

River influence

12.

When jobs were split among people and they had more time to do other jobs, this was known as

a)

Division of labor

b)

Matriarchy

c)

Patriarchy

d)

Domestic tranquility

13.

Economic specialization refers to social status and the people who have

a)

the more important jobs usually has higher status

b)

the less important jobs, become the rulers

c)

to do the military jobs

d)

to do the household chores

14.

What was the main result of interactions between villages?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Architecture

c)

Shared knowledge

d)

New taxes

15.

When there is economic specialization, technological innovations, written language, trade, social class, government and religion - these are all characteristics of a

a)

Nomadic group

b)

Civilization

c)

Neanderthal society

d)

Cro Magnon society

16.

Why were the early groups of hunter/gatherers NOT considered civilizations?

a)

They did not build towns or cities.

b)

They did not have art.

c)

They made use of the resources around them.

d)

They hunted animals for food.

17.

Which river civilization built Ziggurats and developed Cuneiform writing?

a)

China

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

India

18.

Which river civilization built Pyramids, mummified their leaders and used Hieroglyphic writing?

a)

India

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

China

19.

Which best describes WHY the Neolithic Revolution was such an important turning point in history?

a)

It led to the development of irrigation systems.

b)

Religion emerged as people planted and harvested crops.

c)

Metal tools allowed strong rulers to conquer new territory.

d)

People began to control their physical environment for the first time.

20.

Which two groups migrated into Anatolia (Turkey) and Iran from what is now southern Russia and later formed empires?

a)

Egyptians & Akkadians

b)

Persians & Visigoths

c)

Hittites & Aryans

d)

Sumerians & Hebrews

21.

Which empire, led by Hammurabi, produced the first code of laws available for everyone to see?

a)

Babylonian

b)

Persian

c)

Egyptian

d)

Chinese

22.

Which empire's accomplishments included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and a knowledge of astronomy and medicine?

a)

Chaldean

b)

Hittite

c)

Akkadian

d)

Roman

23.

Which describe the accomplishments of the Persian Empire?

a)

building the Ishtar Gate & the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

b)

opening trade routes to China, India & Japan

c)

inventing bronze and the wheel

d)

using governors & infrastructure to maintain control

24.

Which civilization put home and family at the center of life and produced silk cloth?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Mohenjo Daro

d)

China

25.

What was the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten known for?

a)

building the Giza pyramids

b)

changing society from a polytheistic to a monotheistic religion

c)

establishing the New Kingdom

d)

having 30 children

26.

Which New Kingdom pharaoh built several large temples and monuments including Abu Simbel?

a)

Akhenaten

b)

Ramses II

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Tutankhamen

27.

Why is Hammurabi's Code important?

a)

the laws ensured equality among the classes

b)

everyone in the empire could see the laws

c)

the ruler could not change the laws

d)

every citizen was assured a fair trial

28.

Most scholars agree that modern humans originated on which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Texas

d)

Antarctica

29.

When did ancestors of humans first appear?

a)

10,000 BCE

b)

3,500 BCE

c)

200,000 BCE

d)

4 million years ago

30.

Why were farming communities able to focus on different kinds of work?

a)

changing climate caused people to adapt

b)

improved farming techniques resulted in food surpluses

c)

they started trading with neighboring communities

d)

they began to domesticate tigers and rhinoceroses

31.

What is a major effect of the division of labor in early farming communities?

a)

social roles began to change

b)

irrigation techniques were developed

c)

religion developed in patriarchal cultures

d)

wild animals were no longer sacrificed for holy days

32.

Which characteristics does a "civilization" have?

a)

art & literature

b)

armies & navies

c)

government, social organization & trade

d)

one leader, one religion, at least one farm

33.

Which river valley civilization is located at letter D?

a)

Nile River - Egypt

b)

Indus River - India

c)

Huang He - China

d)

TIgris/Euphrates - Mesopotamia

34.

Which civilization is located at letter C?

a)

Huang He River - China

b)

Indus River - India

c)

Tigris/Euphrates River - Mesopotamia

d)

Nile River - Egypt

35.

What was the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) known for?

a)

demanding everyone worship one god (monotheism)

b)

building the sphynx

c)

establishing irrigation

d)

disguising herself as a man

36.

Early civilizations used armies, appointed leaders and taxed their citizens in order to

a)

to gain and maintain power

b)

to expand the spice trade

c)

to gain new territory in the 1800s CE

d)

to educate the masses