WorksheetsWH Prologue Unit Test: Prehistory to Empires
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following was NOT an advancement made by early prehistoric hominids?
Fire
Clothing
Weapons
Agriculture
Early hominids became hunters and gatherers, and they were _____________, which meant that they moved from place to place.
Agricultural
Gypsies
Nomadic
Outlaws
Early domestication of plants and animals in Mesopotamia signified the beginning of the ______________ Revolution.
French
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Industrial
Check all that apply to civilizations after the Neolithic Revolution:
There were no rules or leaders in the communities, other than men being heads of their household.
Domesticated animals
Crops grown for food
Hunting and gathering were the predominant way of survival
People never stayed in one place very long.
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where civilization first began.
The Sahara Desert
Central America
The Fertile Crescent
The Nile River Delta
Ancient Egypt was split between the Upper Kingdom in the South, and the Lower Kingdom in the North. Why are they named in this way?
The Upper Kingdom is more powerful and therefor the "upper" of the two.
The elevation of the Lower Kingdom is far below that of the Upper.
The Upper Kingdom came first.
The Upper Kingdom is located on the "upper" Nile River, and the Lower is located on the "lower" Nile River.
Conquered the Akkadians; Led the Babylonian Empire; Created a harsh/strict code of laws for his empire.
Tutankhamen
Hammurabi
Soloman
Alexander the Great
Religion practiced by the early Persian Empire
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Ancestor Worship
Mediterranean Civilization responsible for the first known alphabet.
Greeks
Israelites
Atlantians
Phoenicians
Mediterranean Civilization that was enslaved under the Egyptians, escaped with Moses, thrived under David and Solomon, and were divided and conquered by Babylon.
Israelites
Germans
Muslims
Christians
Describe Suttee/Sati (early tradition in India)
the widower/husband sacrifices himself on the funeral pyre of his dead wife
the widow/wife sacrifices herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
the ceremonial ritual having to do with reincarnation
the process of achieving enlightenment through the eightfold path
Which of the following were causes of the decline of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro in early India?
floods, earthquakes, and migration
war, famine, and tigers
volcanic eruption, tidal waves, and suttee
the spread of Islam into the territory
Which of the following castes is the highest in India?
Sudra
Warriors
Folk
Priests
The ultimate goal of achieving union with Brahman, reincarnation, karma, and dharma are all aspects of what religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Siddhartha Gautama, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and reincarnation toward the path to Nirvana are all aspects of what religion?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Jesus's death and resurrection, the gospels, obedience to God, kindess and forgiveness toward others, are all aspects of what religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, was known for this in his rule over India?
secret police force
monopoly on iron and salt
the Great Wall
Buddhism
Which statement best describes the Dynastic Cycle in China?
New Dynasty is inept, loses the mandate of heaven, more experienced Aging Dynasty takes over and fixes things, they die out, mandate of heaven passes to a New Dynasty.
New Dynasty rules efficiently, generations pass, becomes and Aging Dynast that is lazy and corrupt, loses the mandate of heaven, and falls to a New Dynasty.
A New Dynasty must take over under Chinese Law every 100 years, or the country loses land to India.
An Aging Dynasty falls to a new Dynasty every 27 years, in the same exact interval as Pennywise the Clown invades Derry, Maine.
Which of the following early Central American civilizations came first?
Aztec
Mayan
Olmec
Moche
The Nazca people are known mostly for .......
skills working with gold, ceramics, and woodcarving.
building a 14,000 mile network of roads connecting to Cuzco.
carving lines/geogliphs in the desert.
keeping track of knotted strings called quipu.
Ancient civilization that built their capital of Tenochtitlan on an island in the middle of a lake.
Olmec
Inca
Mayan
Aztec
Ancient North American civilization that built homes in the cliffs of Colorado.
Hohokam
Mississipian
Aztec
Puebloans
Mound-building civilization in early North America.
Inuit
Mississippian
Iroquios
Aristotle
Native American league of five tribes in the Northeastern region of what is now the US.
Potlach
Inuit
Adena
Iroquios
The idea of "government by the people" that first originated in Greece
Legislature
Empire
Democracy
Republic
Greek state that was 100% focused on military, and had no arts of any kind.
Athens
Sparta
Macedonia
Peloponnesus
Greek state that is responsible for much of Greece's arts and culture, such as philosophy and drama.
Athens
Sparta
Macedonia
Rome
Why did the Greeks defeat the Persians in 486 BC?
They combined under the military leadership of Athens.
They combined under the military leadership of Sparta.
They combined under the military leadership of the Romans.
They combined under the military leadership of Alexander the Great.
What is the most significant thing to come out of Alexander the Great's Empire?
The spread of Roman culture and the Roman acceptance of local cultures.
The spread of Greek culture to the entire empire.
The spread of local cultures to the Roman empire.
The spread of Greek culture throughout the empire, and the spread of local cultures to the Greek people.
The war between Athens and Sparta.
The First Punic War
The Second Punic War
The Peloponnesian War
The Civil War
Rome originally had this form of government, which is similar to what we have in America.
Dictatorship
Republic
Democracy
Oligarchy
The Roman Senate was made up of 300 ____________, or members of the wealthy land owning class.
vassals
patricians
plebians
buerocrats
Two nominated supervisors of the government and military that worked alongside the Roman senate
patricians
plebians
tribunes
consuls
Elected by the plebeians, had the power to veto any law made by the senate that could harm the plebeians.
dictator
Caesar
tribunes
consuls
Took over power of the Roman government in 47 BC; assassinated in 44 BC.
Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus
Nero
Octavian
Emperor of the Roman Empire who changed his name to Caesar Augustus and ruled for 45 years.
Brutus
Nero
Octavian
Hadrian
200 year period of peace within the Roman Empire with no civil wars.
Pax Romana
Punic Wars
Era of the Roman Decadence
Peloponnesian Peace Party
Roman emperor who divided the empire into a western and eastern region, and appointed a co-emperor.
Constantine
Nero
Hadrian
Diocletian
Moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and renamed the city after himself; granted freedom of religion throughout the empire.
Hadrian
Diocletian
Constantine
Istanbul
Who conquered Rome in 476?
Britain
Germans
The Huns
The Greeks
Which of these is NOT a Roman invention?
aqueducts
The Colosseum
innocent until proven guilty
paper
The theory that the Earth is the center of the universe originated in.....
Greece
Rome
Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Which of the following is not a claim of the Gospels?
Jesus was crucified and resurrected 3 days later.
Jesus emphasized a message of love, forgiveness, and obedience to God.
Jesus commanded all Israelites to leave Jerusalem for Europe.
Jesus was the Son of God.
Apostle most responsible for the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.
John
Peter
Paul
Matthew
Select the statement that best analyzes the critical role that the structure shown in the photo plays in Islam.
Muhammad destroyed the idols at the Kaaba and rededicated it to Allah, making it the holiest place in Islam.
Muhammad dedicated the Kaaba to his wife, Kadijah, who was the first to convert to Islam after hearing Muhamma's message
Muhammad received holy messages from an angel of God at this sacred site, making it the birthplace of Islam
Muhammad dedicated the Kaaba to his military victory at the site over Arab tribes who had opposed his religious messages
Which answer best categorizes the importance of the items listed in the chart?
commandments from each of the five books comprising the holy Quran
duties common to Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
the fundamental duties comprising the Pillars of Islam
the most important laws comprising Islamic Sharia
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are influential world religions. Which of the following is a similarity all three religions share?
the same sacred text
Sunday as the main day of worship
belief that Church and State should be kept seperate
all trace their roots to Abraham
Following the death of Muhammad in 632, what problem did Muslims have to solve immediately?
how to develop new trade routes to provide more taxes and income
how to establish a royal family to rule the Islamic state from Mecca
how to choose a leader who would follow the teachings of Muhammad
how to locate prophets Muhammad to help expand the Islam
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Islam and the government?
the legal system and religion are kept seperate
Religious leaders elect the government's leaders
Government deicisions are based on Islamic laws and beliefs
Islamic rules of social justice are applied to create a strong economy
Which there are similarities between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, there are also many differences. Which of the following is ONLY a Christian belief?
Jesus is considered an angel
Jesus is considered the Messiah
Jesus is considered the last prophet before Muhammed
Jesus is considered a historical figure, but not the Messiah
