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Year in Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an artifact?

a)

a type of rock that modern gorillas find and use

b)

a type of rock that was especially useful to chimpanzees

c)

an object that occurs naturally in the world and is useful to humans

d)

an object made by humans from a past culture

2.

What is a fossil?

a)

the remains of organisms that lived long ago

b)

the remains of old rocks that splintered falling from mountains

c)

a landform like a river or lake

d)

a landform like a mountain or hill

3.

What is megafauna?

a)

large plants

b)

large computer chips

c)

only large deer

d)

large animals

4.

What was the name of the ancient land bridge that connected the continents of Asia and North America?

a)

Beringia

b)

Bora Bora

c)

Brasilia

d)

Big Bridge

5.

What does "lithic" mean?

a)

stone

b)

old

c)

new

d)

modern

6.

What is the agricultural revolution?

a)

the gathering of berries and nuts that grow wild

b)

the spiritual practice of ancient people worshipping the sun and moon

c)

the seasonal change from living in summer hunting territory to winter hunting territory

d)

the shift from hunting and gathering to growing crops and raising animals

7.

What is the process of humans learning to raise and control plants and animals?

a)

paleolithic

b)

hunting and gathering

c)

domestication

d)

nomad

8.

What does "neolithic" mean according to ancient Greek root words?

a)

old style

b)

new stone

c)

hunting animals

d)

gathering berries

9.
A scribe is a
a)
writer
b)
ruler
c)
worker
d)
farmer
10.
What was an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government ?
a)
City-State
b)
Civilization
c)
Social Structure
d)
Ziggurat
11.
What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    
a)
city-state
b)
scribes
c)
cuneiform
d)
ziggurat
12.
What is a seven story temple built to honor their chief god?
a)
ziggurat
b)
city-state
c)
colony
d)
palace
13.

Mesopotamians wrote on

a)

animal hides

b)

lava rocks like obsidian

c)

paper or papyrus

d)

clay tablets

14.

What is irrigation?

a)

a natural water source like a stream or lake

b)

watering fields using human made systems

c)

a type of radiation used for dating ancient civilizations

d)

large gates on ziggurats

15.

Rapids along a river

a)

noble

b)

cataract

c)

ka

d)

obelisk

16.

Series of rulers from the same family

a)

pharaoh

b)

dynasty

c)

noble

d)

delta

17.

Object inscribed with hieroglyphics that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

a)

papyrus

b)

obelisk

c)

Rosetta Stone

d)

delta

18.

Long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds that Egyptians used to write on

a)

obelisk

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

papyrus

d)

delta

19.

Triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river

a)

obelisk

b)

papyrus

c)

delta

d)

spinx

20.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)
rocky and mountainous
b)
flat
c)
desert
d)
rolling plains
21.
A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.
a)
Athens
b)
Delphi
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
22.
A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Delphi
d)
Corinth
23.

Polytheistic means...

a)

worshipping only one god

b)

worshipping multiple gods

c)

only one ruler (king)

d)

rule by a few powerful people (like rich merchants

24.

Where did ancient Greek city-states build their acropolis?

a)

at the highest point of the city

b)

in the center of the city

c)

in the marketplace of the city

d)

where the warriors lived in the city

25.

What is true about early Greek city-states?

a)

They all had different languages that made it hard to create alliances.

b)

They all had very different religious practices (monotheism and polytheism)

c)

None of them wrote any history down, which makes it hard for historians to know much about them.

d)

They developed their own systems of government.

26.

Who were Darius I and Xerxes?

a)

Athenian philosoophers

b)

Spartan kings

c)

Persian emperors

d)

Trojan warriors

27.

What is Leif Erikson famous for?

a)

for settling in France and converting to Christianity

b)

for starting the first permanent settlement in Iceland

c)

for being the first European to land in North America

d)

for being the first European to settle in Greenland

28.

In which century did vikings start settling in Iceland?

a)

9th century CE (800s)

b)

10th century CE (900s)

c)

11th century CE (1000s)

d)

12th century CE (1100s)

29.

Did Viking helmets have horns?

a)

Yes

b)

No

30.

What was the name of one of the most important gods worshiped by the Olmec?

a)

The Lion God

b)

The Jaguar God

c)

The Leopard God

d)

The Cheetah God

31.

In which geographical area did the Olmec live?

a)

Lowlands

b)

Highlands

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Oaxaca Valley

32.

What culture made giant stone heads that we can still see today?

a)

The Olmec

b)

The Toltec

c)

The Zapotec

d)

The Maya

e)

The Aztec

33.

This civilization built its capital city of Tenochtitlan on an island in a lake.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

34.

This civilization settled in the Yucatan peninsula in the modern-day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Hondruas.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

35.

This civilization settled in Western South America, mainly in the country of modern-day Peru.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

36.

This civilization is credited with being one of the first to use the number zero.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

37.

Which civilization built a 10,000 mile road system without using wheels or work animals?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

38.

In which civilization did farmers build terraces to grow crops on steep mountainsides?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

39.

Who lived in the Andes Mountains?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Mayans

d)

Olmec

40.

Inca capital

a)

Cuzco

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Pacal

41.

The Mayans were located at what letter on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

42.

The Aztec were located at what letter on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

43.

The Inca were located at what letter on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

44.

This civilization was the earliest (oldest).

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

45.
1.  What was developed as a result of the Mayan study of the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets?
a)
a.  horoscope
b)
b.       calendar
c)
c.       special type of corn
d)
d.      an accurate road system
46.

The ______________ Empire used chinampas to grow their crops.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Maya and Inca

47.

Which empire was taken over by Hernan Cortes?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

All of the above

48.

Which empire was polytheistic (believed in many gods)?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

All of the above

49.

Saint-Domingue (Haiti) was a colony of what country?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

50.

The number of enslaved Africans on Haiti was about ________ people, whereas the white/European population was about 30,000.

a)

2,000

b)

150

c)

500,000

d)

30,0000

51.
Father Miguel Hidalgo on September 16, 1810 gave a speech called?
a)
Grito de Gina
b)
Grito de Dona
c)
Grito de Dolores
d)
Grito de mama
52.

Who declared himself emperor of Mexico in 1822?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Jose Morelos

c)

Colonel Iturbide

d)

Santa Anna

53.

What was Simon Bolivar's nickname

a)

The Colonizer

b)

The Conquerer

c)

The Liberator

d)

The Freedom Fighter

54.

What Was Simon Bolivar's dream

a)

Bolivar dreamed of uniting all of northern South American into on large nation

b)

Bolivar dreamed of ridding South America of European Powers

c)

Bolivar dreamed of uniting North and South America

d)

Bolivar dreamed of liberating Europe

55.

What (modern-day) country was Simon Bolivar from?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Colomubia

d)

Peru