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WorksheetsUltimate Study Quiz (Units 1-6) - First Semester
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 37mins
What civilization is in the red box?
China (Huang He)
Egypt
India (Indus)
Mesopotamia
Scientists believe this hominid learned how to control fire.
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Madrid is located at 40.4 ºN , 3.7ºW is an example of which geography theme?
Region
Place
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Our textbook "Ancient Civilizations" is an example of what type of source?
Primary
Secondary
The study of the rights and duties of citizenship is an example of
Economics
Civics
Democracy
Civilization
This image is an example of which type of Map Projection?
Mercator
Mollweide
Robinson
Other
This key terms deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Civics
Economics
Labor
Buying & Selling
The main difference from Australopithecus to homo habilis?
walking on two feet
teeth and jaw size
brain size
language
The first civilizations all develop along
(a)
Which of the following is NOT one of the first river valley civilizations?
Mesopotamia
Indonesia
Indus
China (Huang He)
The area of fertile land in which the first civilizations developed was called the
Great Plains
Sahara
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
He created the first written code of laws.
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Confucius
Moses
The first Indian civilizations were located along which river?
Indian Ocean
Yellow River
Indus
Tigris & Euphrates
In ancient India what was the name of the class structure that was determined by birth.
Varnas
HIerarchy
Caste System
Social Pyramid
Siddhartha Guatama was the founder of which religion?
Taosim
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
What civilization is in the red box?
China (Huang He)
Egypt
India (Indus)
Mesopotamia
The geography of China is made up of:
desert
mountains
rivers
icebergs
volcanos
"Spain is bordered by Portugal to the West and the Balearic Sea to the East" is an example of which geographical theme?
Absolute Location
Place
Region
Relative Location
All of the following are examples of
resources
landforms
climate
trade
The following definition: a life that some people believe begins when you die is an example of which key term?
karma
nirvana
afterlife
reincarnation
When two or more metals are mixed together what is created?
atom
alloy
metallurgy
compound
Which religion is based on the Eightfold path and reaching nirvana?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Which religion is based on the following beliefs: karma and joining ones soul with Brahmin.
Hinduism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Taoism
A __________________ is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its territory.
settlement
civilization
city-state
country
____________________ are complex societies that first grew from the development of cities after the Neolithic Revolution.
city-states
settlements
towns
civilizations
Taming and dominating plants and animals to cultivate what you want is also called...
farming
agriculture
domestication
babysitting
When there is no water in a certain place or zona for a long period of time, this is called a ______________.
famine
drought
arid
desert
What are the two branches of geography called?
People
Physical
Human
Landforms
The time before written history.
History
Prehistory
Hominids
Cavemen
The firsts groups of hominids appeared about ________________ years ago.
2000
3,000,000
40,000,000
300
People who settled down in one place were called
nomads
hunter-gatherers
sedentary
nomads
The belief in one god?
Polytheism
Monotheism
How people use their environment for moving people and goods.
Human-environment interaction
Movement
Trade
Region
Materials or substances that occur normally in nature which can be used to make or create things?
land
natural resources
trade
water
In Mesopotamia these people were known as writers and recorded important information.
historians
scribes
wise men
priests
Put the following prehistoric periods in the correct order from earliest to latest:
A. Ancient Age
B. Mesolithic
C. Neolithic
D. Paleolithic
*Write your answer like this: A B C D
(a)
What civilization is in the red box?
China (Huang He)
Egypt
India (Indus)
Mesopotamia
Which of the following is NOT an example of job specialization?
craftsmen
artisans
masons
nomads
Which of the following helped connect ancient China to the rest of the world?
Gobi Desert
Silk Road
Himalayas
Pacific Ocean
Who was Confucius?
teacher
scientist
doctor
priest
The Neolithic Revolution was the beginning of agriculture & ________________ which eventually made population growth & ______________ possible.
domestication, housing
settlements, cities
farming, cities
settlements, housing
This is a picture of which ancient settlement?
Sumer
Phoenicia
Çatalhoyük
Mohenjo Daro
The following early river valley civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China, all developed along
oceans
rivers
mountains
deserts
What did we learn about the Babylonian people from reading Hammurabi's Code?
social hierarchy
equal society
harsh laws
lived & worked in the countryside
Where does silk come from?
the ground
a plant
a worm cocoon
we make it
What civilization is in the red box?
China (Huang He)
Egypt
India (Indus)
Mesopotamia
Which of the following is NOT one of the rivers of the River Valley Civilizations?
TIgris
Huang He
Nile
Amazon
What was impressive about some of the homes in ancient India?
chimneys
central heating
indoor plumbing
wells
This is an example of a ______________ map projection and was used for __________________.
Mercator, distance of continents
Mercator, navigation
Robinson, navigation
Robinson, area of continents
The first modern humans first appeared on which continent?
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
What resource allowed early humans to make fire?
lodestone
granite
flint
mercury
Which feature of a civilization do you think is the most important and why?
What things were traded along the Silk Road?
Explain which factors you think helped unify early civilizations (i.e. Mesopotamia, India, and China)
How ready/prepared do you think you are for the Midterm?
100% Ready - let's go 😃
75% Ready - need to brush up on some things 🙃
50% Ready - need to study some more 🤓
25% Ready - I don't remember many of these topics 😔
0% Ready - I don't remember anything 😶
