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Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Primary Source

a)

a document or object from the era being analyzed (i.e., made or written AT that specific historical time)

b)

society dominated or influenced primarily by men

c)

a document analyzing a previous era or time (such as a textbook)—even if the document is quite old

d)

explaining the how or the why of a document or topic rather than just what, who, or where

2.

Secondary Source

a)

a document analyzing a previous era or time (such as a textbook)—even if the document is quite old (i.e., a historical paper written in the 17th century about the 14th century)

b)

a document or object from the era being analyzed (i.e., made or written AT that specific historical time)

c)

how certain eras are defined in European or World History--usually ended / begun by certain ‘turning point’ event

d)

a brief and general statement/argument that answers the question

3.

Define Cultural Diffusion

a)

A group of people who stayed in one area together growing crops and having domesticated animals.

b)

The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

The cultivation of a plant for food.

c)

Relating to or occurring between different regions.

d)

The spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.

4.

Define Direct Democracy

a)

Relating to or occurring between different regions.

b)

All laws and policies imposed by governments are determined by the people themselves, rather than by representatives who are elected by the people.

c)

A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.

d)

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

5.

Define Domestication

a)

The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

The cultivation of a plant for food.

b)

Livestocks herded in order to find pasture to graze on. They follow irregular patterns.

c)

The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

d)

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

6.

Define Hunter-Gatherer

a)

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

b)

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

c)

A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.

d)

Livestocks herded in order to find pasture to graze on. They follow irregular patterns.

7.

Define Republic

a)

A group of people who stayed in one area together growing crops and having domesticated animals.

b)

The spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.

c)

All laws and policies imposed by governments are determined by the people themselves, rather than by representatives who are elected by the people.

d)

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

8.

Define Dynasty

a)

All laws and policies imposed by governments are determined by the people themselves, rather than by representatives who are elected by the people.

b)

A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.

c)

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

d)

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

9.

Define Civilization

a)

Relating to or occurring between different regions.

b)

The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

c)

A group of people who stayed in one area together growing crops and having domesticated animals.

d)

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

10.

The study of past events.

a)

evidence

b)

history

c)

timeline

d)

place

11.

A person that studies the events of the past.

a)

movement

b)

geography

c)

historian

d)

location

12.

Proof that something happened or is true.

a)

geography

b)

timeline

c)

evidence

d)

cause

13.

Information from someone who witnessed an event.

a)

primary sources

b)

geography

c)

cause

d)

movement

14.

Information from someone who did NOT witness an event.

a)

place

b)

secondary sources

c)

timeline

d)

historian

15.

A sequence of events in the order that they happened.

a)

physical characteristics

b)

primary source

c)

point of view

d)

chronological order

16.

A diagram listing important events within a particular historical period.

a)

history

b)

timeline

c)

evidence

d)

place

17.

The way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person.

a)

point of view

b)

chronological order

c)

human characteristics

d)

historian

18.
is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common.
a)
culture traits
b)
 Culture 
c)
culture region
d)
ethnic group 
19.

Someone in a person's family who lived long ago

a)

Heritage

b)

Historic person

c)

Culture

d)

Ancestor

20.

archaeologist

a)

rule by one person whose actions are not restricted by law or custom

b)

subtle difference in meaning

c)

a person who studies human history by excavating sites and analyzing artifacts

d)

to get a general agreement from all parties

21.

An item left behind from the past that can be studied and used to understand what happened in history.

a)

natural resource

b)

statue

c)

ambulance

d)

artifact

22.

Leaders from the same family. Usually power was passed down from father to son.

a)

Civilization

b)

Empire

c)

Hierarchy

d)

Dynasty

23.

How a society is organized based on groups usually with the wealthy at the top and poor at the bottom. Determine how people in a society interact with one another.

a)

Hyksos

b)

civilization

c)

colony

d)

Social Structure

24.

Belief in many gods

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

myth

d)

delta

25.

Belief in one god.

a)

Monotheism

b)

Tritheism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Hydratheism

26.

A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

a)

Epic

b)

Myth

c)

Tragedy

d)

Comedy

27.

Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Homer

d)

Helot

28.

A cruel and oppressive ruler.

a)

Polis

b)

Tyrant

c)

Delta

d)

Pharoah

29.

The world's longest river which the Ancient Egyptians settled around. It flows south to north into the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Indus River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Amazon River

d)

Nile River

30.

The land between two rivers.

a)

Harappa

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia

31.

What is religion?

a)

A trait of a group of people

b)

The beliefs of the existence of gods or a god

c)

The average wellness or poorness of people's living

32.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

The spread of culture through places

b)

The differences of culture inside the borders of a country/civilization

c)

The aspects of culture in a region

33.

What is irrigation?

a)

The differences in culture inside the borders of a country/civilization

b)

The supply of water to crops

c)

The knowledge of the natural world

34.

The _____________________ allowed for large scale farming and the development of civilizations.

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

caravan

c)

trans-Saharan

d)

city-state

e)

trans-Atlantic slave trade

35.

The large group of people created a ___________ to travel safely in a large group.

a)

caravan

b)

trans-Saharan

c)

city-state

d)

trans-Atlantic slave trade

e)

malnutrition

36.
The _____________ trade allowed for new items and cultural exchange from across deserts and faraway lands.
a)
trans-Saharan
b)
city-state
c)
trans-Atlantic slave trade
d)
malnutrition
e)
incentive
37.

The ___________ allowed for governing a large group of people from surrounding areas.

a)

city-state

b)

trans-Atlantic slave trade

c)

malnutrition

d)

incentive

e)

Middle Passage

38.

People who trade or buy and sell goods are called ___________.

a)

merchants

b)

traits

c)

nourishment

d)

humid

e)

(prefix) mal-