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Ancient world History Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term “civilization” mean?

a)

Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.

b)

The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.

c)

A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

d)

A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.

2.

How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations?

a)

Societies developed near oceans.

b)

Societies developed in river valleys.

c)

Societies developed in the desert.

d)

Societies developed in the tundra.

3.

River valleys offer societies access to water and fertile soil for highly productive agriculture as well as large mammal and plants suitable for domestication.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Because of intense farming, civilizations required more people to live in an area, which of the following developed:

a)

Culture

b)

Law

c)

Written Language

d)

All of these

5.

Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?

a)

Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia

b)

The Nile in Egypt

c)

The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan

d)

The Amazon in Brazil

6.

What is social hierarchy?

a)

A rule of conduct or action that is binding and enforced by a controlling authority.

b)

A type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations.

c)

An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

d)

A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

7.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

Worshipping or believing in more than one god.

b)

A person who was able to read and write, allowing for the creation of written records and messages.

c)

Large groups of domesticated animals like sheep or goats.

d)

A series of rulers in a particular place considered members of the same family.

8.

What is intensification?

a)

An organizing structure where the main unit has the power, right, and ability to control smaller units.

b)

When people begin to live permanently in one place instead of moving around to find food

c)

Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways.

d)

An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

9.

How did intensification effect early civilizations?

a)

More people moved away from the cities.

b)

Increase in the number of people in a particular place.

c)

It put people out of jobs.

d)

It increased the number of Pastoral Peoples.

10.

Writing systems and laws developed over time in the exact same way for each society.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Both writing and legal systems helped to firmly establish social hierarchies and divide power up in different ways.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How did nomadic people survive once civilizations started to emerge?

a)

They didn’t survive and died out.

b)

They raised and herded animals, which provided food, transportation, and trade.

c)

They created small farms along trade routes.

d)

They eventually gave up being nomads and moved into the news towns and cities.

13.

How did the nomadic peoples affect the growing civilizations?

a)

They had no effect on the growing civilization.

b)

Spreading of diseases.

c)

They spread technology, goods, and ideas between civilizations.

d)

Created trading posts so people form the civilizations could travel long distances.

14.

Climate features and natural resources where the early civilizations developed allowed for the intensification of agriculture which allowed for what?

a)

Larger groups to live in a single area.

b)

Over use of the natural resources forcing people to leave cities.

c)

Pastoral Nomads to stop trading and farm.

d)

Living conditions to get worse.

15.

What were some significant technological advances developed in Afro-Eurasia during Era 2 .

a)

Pottery and Woven Textiles

b)

Plows and Irrigation

c)

Steam Ships

d)

Metallurgy and Bronze

e)

Wheels

16.

People developed better technology because they needed to solve new problems such as how to farm more efficiently, or how to better fight to defend a city.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

The process of different cultures adopted ideas and technology from other cultures over time.

b)

A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.

c)

Livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasture for their animals.

d)

Worshipping or believing in more than one god.

18.

Which of the following characterized The Bronze Age (Era 2 )?

a)

Rise and fall of kingdoms with strong monarchs

b)

Powerful militaries and rigid social hierarchies

c)

Growing Cities and Population

d)

Monotheistic religions such as Islam

19.

The Bronze Age (Era 2) was also a time of increasing interaction between farming societies and pastoral nomads, which lead to conflict.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Other than Afro-Eurasia, three other world zones developed civilizations during Era 2. Which of the following NOT one of those zones:

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

The Americas

c)

Antarctica

d)

Oceania

21.

The ruler of the Mayan government was a(n)

a)

emperor

b)

king

c)

president

d)

lord

22.

The ruler of the Indian government was a(n)

a)

president

b)

lord

c)

king

d)

emperor

23.

The ruler of the Roman empire was a(n)

a)

president

b)

lord

c)

king

d)

emperor

24.

Ancient Greece used which types of government?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

25.

Which continent is #1

a)

North American

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

26.

Which continent is #2

a)

North American

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Asia

27.

Which continent is #3

a)

North America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

28.

Which continent is #4

a)

North America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

29.

Which continent is #5

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

30.

Which continent is #6

a)

America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

31.

Which continent is #7

a)

Australia

b)

America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

32.

Which type of government means "people rule?"

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyranny

33.

Which type of government means "few to rule?"

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

34.

Which type of government means "one to rule?"

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Monarchy

35.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A lower ranking officer that takes over when the king dies

b)

A sequence of rulers from the same family ruling the same country

c)

Rulers of differing countries that are related by marriage

d)

A higher ranking official overthrowing the king's thrown

36.

Which Chinese Dynasty was the first, which many historians consider could be legend?

a)

Qin

b)

Shang

c)

Xia

d)

Ming

37.

Why might a Chinese emperor lose the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

They dreamt they would lose it

b)

They practiced "jen"

c)

A natural disaster

d)

They were conquered

38.

Which kingdoms were the Dynasties divided into in Ancient Egypt?

a)

New Kingdom

b)

Old Kingdom

c)

Median Kingdom

d)

Middle Kingdom

39.

Egypt was divided into two parts geographically, what were they called?

a)

Northern Egypt

b)

Southern Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Lower Egypt

40.

What river is this?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Nile River

d)

Mississippi River

41.

Identify the continent labeled as A.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

North America

42.

Identify the body of water labeled as 4.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Black Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

43.

Early man emerged from which continent?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

F

44.

Identify the continent labeled as D.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

45.

Identify the body of water labeled as 3.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

46.

Identify the body of water labeled as 2.

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

47.

Identify the body of water labeled as 5.

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

North Sea

48.

Identify the mountain ranges protecting the Indus River Valley.

a)

Hindu Kush and Himalaya

b)

Hindu Kush and Alps

c)

Pyrenees and Himalaya

d)

Caucasus and Hindu Kush

49.

Identify the early civilization and river located at A.

a)

Egypt / Nile River

b)

Egypt / Tigris River

c)

Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

d)

India / Indus and Ganges

50.

Identify the two rivers found in India important to early civilizations.

a)

Indus and Huang He

b)

Ganges and Nile

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Indus and Ganges

51.

Identify the two rivers associated with the letter B.

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Danube and Euphrates

c)

Dneiper and Tigris

d)

Nile and Indus

52.

Identify the individual who conquered the location at number 3 after winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

a)

William the Conqueror

b)

William of Orange

c)

King Harold

d)

Hugh Capet

53.

Identify the body of water located at C.

a)

Black Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Aral Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

54.

Identify the body of water located at B.

a)

Black Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

North Sea

55.

The country labeled 2 was united by this man.

a)

France / Hugh Capet

b)

France / William of Normandy

c)

Spain / Ferdinand and Isabella

d)

England / William the Conqueror

56.

Identify the nation labeled as 4, AND identify the civilization that had the GREATEST influence on its development.

a)

Spain / Byzantine Empire

b)

Russia / Byzantine Empire

c)

Russia / Roman Empire

d)

France / Roman Empire

57.

The mountain range that protected Italy is known as -

a)

Alps

b)

Pyrenees

c)

Hindu Kush

d)

Caucasus

58.

The city located at number 2.

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Cordoba

d)

Carthage

59.

Identify the body of water labeled 1.

a)

Aegean Sea

b)

Adriatic Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Tyrrhenian Sea

60.

The city at B that challenged Rome for control over trade in the Mediterranean.

a)

Cordoba

b)

Carthage

c)

Athens

d)

Florence

61.
The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.
a)
transportation
b)
glaciation
c)
Paleolithic
d)
migration
62.
Monotheistic
a)
The belief in a single all-powerful god.
b)
The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
c)
A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
d)
The worship of or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.
63.
This is the name of the social system in India.
a)
Untouchables
b)
ancient
c)
caste
d)
Vedas
64.
What were the important philosophies and religions in China?
a)
Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism
b)
Hinduism, Polythesism, Christianity
c)
Monothesism, Paganism, Catholic
d)
Islam, Judaism, Shintoism
65.
trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia
a)
filial piety
b)
Silk Road
c)
Great Wall
d)
Anyang
66.
What Mountain Range is located in the Northern part of India
a)
Himalayas
b)
Alps
c)
Cacuses
d)
Rocky 
67.
Government with "rule by the people"
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Tyranny
68.

Mountains on the west coast of South America

a)

Himalayas

b)

Andes

c)

Rockies

d)

Appalachian

69.

The system where the king owns all the land. He gave his nobles land to gain their loyalty, then they could give land to others to gain their loyalty.

a)

empire

b)

monarchy

c)

feudalism

d)

dictatorship

70.

The prophet and founder of Islam

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

c)

Muhammad

d)

Isaac

71.

a laborer in the feudal system of Europe

a)

knight

b)

lord

c)

serf

d)

artisan

72.

What is this?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Stoneybrook

c)

Pyramid

d)

Great Wall of China

73.

What is this?

a)

White House

b)

Taj Mahal

c)

Buckingham Palace

d)

Forbidden Palace

74.

Tall mountains in Europe that run through Austria, Switzerland, and northern Italy

a)

Himalayas

b)

Rockies

c)

Alps

d)

Andes

75.

Religious wars of the Medieval period to force the Muslims out of the Holy Land

a)

Crimean Wars

b)

Crusades

c)

Civil War

d)

Thirty Years War

76.

What was the name of the voyage that took slaves from Africa to the Americas? Select two

a)

Trans Continental Slave Trade

b)

Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

c)

The Long Voyage Home

d)

Middle Passage

77.
The worship of many gods is known as...?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Ziggurat
c)
Priests
d)
Polytheism
78.

"Medieval" means?

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Evil behavior

c)

Like a Sea

d)

Prehistory

79.

How many continents are there?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

80.

What country is not in Europe?

a)

England

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Egypt

81.

What country is not part of North America?

a)

Canada

b)

The USA

c)

Colombia

d)

The USA

82.

In which area of the world did the Ancient Mayan population live?

a)

Southern Mexico, South America

b)

Eastern Peru, South America

c)

Western Japan, East Aisa

d)

Northern Hungary, Eastern Europe

83.

What does the term “civilization” mean?

a)

Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.

b)

The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.

c)

A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

d)

A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.

84.

Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?

a)

Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia

b)

The Nile in Egypt

c)

The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan

d)

The Amazon in Brazil

85.

Who is the historical leader who is said to have been responsible for the deaths of anywhere between 10 and 70 million people?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Ganghis Ken

c)

Napolean Bonaparte

d)

Fu Sheng

86.

The native religion of Japan was developed in prehistoric times. What is it called?

a)

Sikhism

b)

Zen

c)

Shinto

d)

Mayan

87.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

Worshipping or believing in more than one god.

b)

A person who was able to read and write, allowing for the creation of written records and messages.

c)

Large groups of domesticated animals like sheep or goats.

d)

A series of rulers in a particular place considered members of the same family.

88.

What is social hierarchy?

a)

A rule of conduct or action that is binding and enforced by a controlling authority.

b)

A type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations.

c)

An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

d)

A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

89.

Who is the ex-US President pictured here? (Clue: he was a TV actor before becoming president and he was friends with Margaret Thatcher)

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

George Bush Senior

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Jimmy Carter

90.

Ancient Egyptians and Greeks were BOTH

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Of Japanese Descent

d)

Of Arabian Descent

91.
Egyptian Pharoes were commonly buried in a 
a)
Canyon
b)
Pyre
c)
Sarcophagus 
d)
Trojan Horse
92.
The earliest populations were 
a)
Farmers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores 
d)
Hunter-Gatherers 
93.
Before Rome became an Empire, it was a 
a)
Republic
b)
Democracy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Oligarchy 
94.
The river that split Ancient Egypt was the 
a)
Tigris 
b)
Euphrates
c)
Babylon
d)
Nile
95.
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the 
a)
Cradle of Civilization
b)
Fertile Crescent 
c)
Land of the Lost
d)
Assyrian Empire
96.
Julius Caesar was assassinated by
a)
His family
b)
Barbarians
c)
The senate
d)
Greeks
97.
The world's first democracy was created in 
a)
Greece
b)
Athens
c)
Sparta
d)
Thebes
98.
Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates were all famous Greek
a)
Emperors
b)
Soldiers
c)
Architects
d)
Philosophers 
99.
The Persian Empire sought to increase its miltary strength by
a)
Recruiting defeated enemies into the army
b)
Killing civilians 
c)
Conquering Rome
d)
Only fighting within the mountains 
100.

Which trade route is depicted in the map?

a)

Timbuktu Trade Route

b)

Trans-Saharan Trade Route

c)

Maritime Trade Route

d)

Silk Road

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