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Final Exam Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to some scientists, how did ancient people cross from Asia to North America?

a)

across a large glacier

b)

by Viking ship

c)

using a land bridge

d)

using a primitive raft

2.

The religion of ____________________ spread along the Silk Road from India to China.

a)

Polytheism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Daoism

d)

Buddhism

3.

Pick the Answer that correctly shows India’s four social classes in ORDER FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST.

a)

Kshatriya, Brahmins, Vaisyas, Sudras

b)

Sudras, Vaisyas, Kshatriya, Brahmins

c)

Rome, America, Egypt, Mesopotamia

d)

Slave, Commoner, Noble, Priest

4.

What does “Pax Romana” mean?

a)

Roman Peace

b)

King

c)

Roman Army

d)

Roman Ruler

5.

tools and methods to perform tasks

a)

swords

b)

staffs

c)

agriculture

d)

technology

6.

What is the largest continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

South America

d)

North America

7.

What was the main language of the people of ancient India?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Quechua

8.

What is an example of cultural diffusion?

a)

One Chinese person and one Vietnamese person share their diets with each other

b)

Sharing beliefs with one another

c)

Discussing favorite car types

d)

Helping each other with homework

9.

What ancient civilizations are in Asia?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Greece

10.

What is latitude?

a)

The line thingy across the world

b)

The lines that go from east to west

c)

The lines that go from north to south

d)

The line the goes across the middle

11.

______________ is the study of the people and events of the past.

a)

History

b)

Technology

c)

Archaeology

d)

Paleontology

12.

Who created Daoism?

a)

Confucius

b)

Hanfezi

c)

Laozi

d)

Ms. Crayon

13.

Paleolithic people were __________

a)

Nomads

b)

Farmers

c)

Vikings

d)

Traders

14.

What did Hanfeizi believe?

a)

The rules are getting enforced enough

b)

He believed his government and his army needs to get better

c)

all humans are naturally evil

d)

Every is naturally nice

15.

What are lines of longitude?

a)

Lines that run east to west

b)

Lines that run north to south

c)

Lines that divide lanes on a highway

d)

Lines of students in the hallway

16.

What was the Mesoamerican culture dating back to 1200 BC famous for their colossal heads?

a)

Mayans

b)

Aztecs

c)

Olmecs

d)

The Hooligans

17.

Where is the Great Wall Located?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Hawaii

18.

What was early Rome’s Government?

a)

Republic

b)

Democratic

c)

Monarchy

d)

Theocracy

19.

What is the most popular and the first religion in India?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

20.

What is the Capital city of Zapotec ?

a)

Moche

b)

Monte Alban

c)

Teotihuacan

d)

Chavin

21.

What is archaeology?

a)

archaic biology

b)

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

c)

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

d)

caves and cliffs

22.

What is a city-state?

a)

a city and a state

b)

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress

c)

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

d)

Kings cross

23.

What is the Silk Road?

a)

a road

b)

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives

c)

a network of trade routes connecting the East and West, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century

d)

a clothing store

24.

What are hoplites?

a)

A servant

b)

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water

c)

a heavily armed foot soldier

d)

a Warrior

25.

What continents is #3?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

South America

26.

What continents is #4?

a)

Africa

b)

Antarctica

c)

North America

d)

Asia

27.

What continents is #6?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

North America

d)

Asia

28.

What continents is #2?

a)

Australia

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Asia

29.

What are the four cardinal directions?

a)

North, southwest the airline, east

b)

north, south, eat, west

c)

north, south, east, and west

d)

north, south, east and wets

30.

True or false: the Egyptians used pyramids to protect the pharaohs from tomb robbers

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or false: Plebeian is the highest class in India

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Who is the wealthy class in Rome?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patrician

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Pax romana

33.

The earth can be divided into four halves known as _____.

a)

fractions

b)

semaphores

c)

moieties

d)

hemispheres

34.

The 0 degree line of latitude is known as the _____.

a)

prime meridian

b)

hemisphere

c)

equator

d)

bisection

35.

What divides a globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

a line of longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

36.

What divides a globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

a line of latitude

b)

equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

37.

The United States of America is in which two hemispheres?

a)

North and West

b)

South and East

c)

North and South

d)

East and South

38.

Which continent is in all four hemispheres?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

Africa

39.
What is this object known as?
a)
Map symbol
b)
Map key
c)
Map scale
d)
Compass rose
40.
Which answer is not a Cardinal
direction?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
Northeast
d)
South
41.

The cinema is ______________ of the zoo.

a)

Southeast

b)

North

c)

West

d)

Northwest

42.
________ is southeast of Dayton.
a)
Toledo
b)
Cleveland
c)
Cincinnati
d)
Portsmouth
43.

BCE represents the same era of time as

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

CE

44.

Which of the following dates is the OLDEST?

a)

AD 220

b)

AD 110

c)

2019 CE

d)

1500 CE

45.
Anno Domini means
a)
Year of the lord
b)
After Death
c)
Domino Effect
d)
After Dominic
46.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins
47.
B.C.E. stands for
a)
Common Era
b)
Best Common Era
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Before Christ
48.
A.D. means
a)
Anno Domini
b)
Add Dictator
c)
After Columbus
d)
Animal Dominoa
49.
C.E stands for...
a)
Before common Era 
b)
Common Era
c)
Christ Evolution 
d)
Coming Entrance 
50.
On a timeline, C.E. is represented
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year zero
d)
C.E. is never on a timeline
51.
What is an artifact
a)
something a paleontologist finds 
b)
Any object made by  humans left behind
c)
The remains of an animal or plant that died and  left a bone or imprint long ago.
d)
a book
52.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
53.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
54.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
55.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
56.

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

57.

Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

58.

A journal written by Sequoyah about how he created the Cherokee alphabet.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

59.

A textbook describing the civil war.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

60.
Which were hunter-gatherers?
a)
Paleolithic 
b)
Neolithic
61.
Who farmed and domesticated animals?
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
62.
Which group traded?
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
63.
Who spent most of their time searching for food and didn't have many other jobs?
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
64.
Why did farming lead to permanent villages? 
a)
people grew too much food to travel 
b)
people needed to build storage for crops
c)
people needed to stay and tend their crops
d)
people had to make pottery to hold fo
65.
People who migrate from place to place are called...
a)
farmers
b)
paleolithic
c)
laborers
d)
nomads
66.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture and settled down.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
67.

Monotheism is the belief in

a)

one god

b)

many gods

c)

all gods

d)

all of the above

68.

Polytheism is...

a)

a religious belief system involving many gods and goddesses.

b)

a practice of taking care of parrots.

c)

a religious belief that aliens built all the temples of the ancient world and that the Earth is flat.

d)

the belief that Mr. Sullivan is all powerful and knowing.

69.

Ziggurats were located in the center of the towns?

a)

True

b)

False

70.

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

a)

it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

b)

it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

c)

it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

d)

it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

71.

How was Hammurabi's code displayed?

a)

Scholars are not sure but many believe that the laws were kept secret

b)

The laws were placed in public so that all people could see them

c)

the laws were carved into hundreds of different stones along the road to the city

d)

nobody knows because the original code was destroyed

72.

What do the Egyptians remove when they're making a mummy

a)

Brain

b)

Liver

c)

Lungs

d)

All of the above

73.
Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?
a)
So no other human would ever use them
b)
To keep thieves from stealing them
c)
To prevent his servants from stealing them
d)
So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life
74.

The River Nile flooded every year.

a)

True

b)

False

75.
When the soul comes back in the next life it is called
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Karma
c)
Sudras
d)
Vedas
76.
Hindus need to follow their job in life, this job or duty is called
a)
Karma
b)
Dharma
c)
Reincarnation
d)
Vedas
77.
Your good or bad actions in this life is called your ___________________, you should always try to have the good kind.
a)
Karma
b)
Dharma
c)
Reincarnation
d)
Vedas
78.
People of India were divided into social classes called the ___________________ system
a)
Economic
b)
Caste
c)
Political
d)
School
79.
A person with good Karma will be reincarnated into a
a)
New Job
b)
Lower caste
c)
Higher caste
d)
Unicorn 
80.

What is nirvana?

a)

a state of perfect peace

b)

heaven

c)

paradise

d)

a state of perfect pizza

81.

What was taught by the Buddha, the path one must follow to achieve nirvana?

a)

The Five Pillars

b)

The Four Noble Truths

c)

The Eightfold Path

d)

Ten Commandments

82.

What are the sacred writings of Buddhists?

a)

Vedas

b)

Qur'an

c)

sudras

d)

stupas

83.
India is called a sub-continent because:
a)
It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean.
b)
It is separated from the rest of Africa by rivers.
c)
It is separated from the rest of Asia by mountain ranges.
d)
The Himalayas run down the middle of it.
84.

Indians made advancements in which of the following areas?

a)

fashion

b)

cooking

c)

mathematics

d)

astrology

85.
Confucius said people with ____________ must set a good example.
a)
authority
b)
jail
c)
love
d)
trouble
86.
Confucius had very strict ideas about how people should what?
a)
Cook their food
b)
worship 
c)
behave to develop moral character
87.
The civil service exams were based off of the teachings of which person?
a)
Kublai Khan
b)
Prince Zheng
c)
Li Yuan
d)
Confucius
88.
How were Ancient Greek city-states different from modern U.S. states?
a)
Each city-state had its own laws; US states do not
b)
No central government united the Greek states
c)
All Greek city-states were ruled by kings; US states are run by elected officials
d)
Each Greek city-state had its own language; each US state does not
89.
Which phrase best describes Ancient Athens?
a)
The capital of Greece
b)
A cultural and artistic capital
c)
The birthplace of capitalism
d)
The capital of ancient Europe
90.
Greek word for city 
a)
polis 
b)
agora 
c)
acropolis 
d)
oligarchy 
91.
What are the two types of democracy? 
a)
žrepublican/democratic
b)
representative/direct
c)
representative/democracy
d)
fair/unfair
92.
In a direct democracy_________.
a)
ževery citizen gets to vote.
b)
žonly chosen representatives get to vote.
c)
žonly the Kings get to vote.
d)
žonly males get to vote.
93.

What type of democracy does the united states have?

a)

Direct

b)

Autocratic

c)

Judicial

d)

Representative

94.
In the Colosseum arena fought...
a)
Gladiators
b)
Footballers
c)
Baketball players
d)
Emperors
95.
How did aqueducts help Roman society?
a)
they could reach places faster
b)
they helped protect the city
c)
by providing water for drinking, baths, fountains, & more
96.

What are the three branches of the Roman government? (select all three)

a)

executive

b)

judicial

c)

agricultural

d)

legislative

e)

parliament

97.

What group of people did the giant stone heads belong to?

a)

Mexica

b)

Aztec

c)

Olmec

d)

Maya

98.

Why did the Mayan civilization disappear in 869?

a)

The Spanish came looking for gold and riches

b)

Smallpox killed off the population

c)

We don't know!

d)

The Aztecs conquered them

99.

How did the geography of the Andes affect the Incas?

a)

It was so cold that the Incas could not grow crops.

b)

The steep hills forced the Incas to build terraces to farm.

c)

The large mountain forests provided most of their needs.

d)

The Incas had to rely almost totally on fishing for their food supply.

100.

Which characteristics make up the religious beliefs of the civilizations of Mesoamerica?

a)

human sacrifice

b)

polytheistic

c)

sun worship

d)

pay charity tax