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World History test 1 Study Guide

Total questions: 121

Worksheet time: 3hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?
a)
a.  Hunters & Gathers
b)
a.  Toolmakers
c)
a.  Farmers
2.
1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?
a)
a.  Storms
b)
a.  Drought
c)
a.  Agriculture
3.
One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.
a)
They no longer were nomads
b)
Life expectancy was shorter
c)
They had to move around to new farms
4.
During the Neolithic Revolution
a)
People learned to grow food
b)
People migrated to find food
c)
People were nomadic
5.
Nomadic means to
a)
Sleep in tents
b)
Move around frequently
c)
Stay in one place
6.
Record Keeping,  Advanced Technology, Complex Institutions, Advanced Cities, and Specialized Workers are all
a)
Characteristics of Hunting and Gathering Societies
b)
Characteristics of Civilizations
c)
Characteristics of Nomadic Tribes
7.
A example of technology for the earliest civilizations was the
a)
Hammer
b)
Wheel
c)
Matches for fire
8.
Before the _______________________ Revolution, people were  _______________________.
a)
Paleolithic, monsters
b)
Neolithic, nomads
c)

innovations, cultivation
d)
Neolithic, hunter-gatherers
9.
They lived the life of a  _______________________, constantly on the move in search of food, water, and  _______________________.
a)
hunter-gatherer, wigwam
b)
nomad, shelter
c)
nomad, settlement
d)
hunter-gather, shelter
10.
During Neolithic times, people engaged in  _______________________ of the land and  _______________________ of animals and plants. Because people could now grown their own food, known as farming or  _______________________, they were able to establish permanent settles, develop many  _______________________, or improvements, to make their lives easier.
a)
innovations, shelters, cultivation, migration
b)
settlements, cultivation, innovations, shelter
c)
cultivation, migration, shelters, domestication
d)
cultivation, demestication, agriculture, innovations
11.
Put the following dates in order:
1.  3,200 BC – Sumerians invented Cuneifor
2. c. 8,000 BC – Agriculture was invented.
3. 100 AD
4.  4,000 BC – Plow is invented. Humans use bronze and writing
5. 6,500 BC – 5,500 BC Wheel invented
6. 2,000 BC –  Codes of Law are written
a)
1,2,3,4,5,6
b)
2,5,4,1,6,3
c)
3,4,1,2,5,6
d)
6,3,1,4,5,2
12.
study prehistoric and historic people and their cultures by studying artifacts
a)
Archaeologist
b)
Paleontologist
c)
Geographer
d)
Anthropologist
13.
study humans from beginnings to present
a)
Archaeologist
b)
Paleontologist
c)
Geographer
d)
Anthropologist
14.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Neanderthals?
a)
They walked on their hands and feet
b)
They used fire & simple tools
c)
They were nomads
d)
They existed during the last ice age.
15.
Early human settlements settled along major rivers.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Resources are items that are essential to life (food, water, shelter).
a)
False 
b)
True
17.
What happens to the population when a hunter gatherer community is healthy (there are enough resources for everyone) ?
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
18.
What happens to the population when a hunter gatherer community runs out of resources?
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
19.
The taming of animals for personal use.
a)
domestication
b)
domination
c)
animalization 
d)
petting zoo
20.

__________________ refers to farming and growing food

a)

aquaculture

b)

agriculture

c)

honuculture

d)

happyculture

21.

It is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools and the invention of writing systems,

a)

History

b)

Prehistory

c)

Old Stone Age

d)

New Stone Age

22.

He is British scientist who pioneered the Theory of Evolution

a)

Charles Bonnet

b)

Charles Barkley

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Charles Darwin

23.

It is the process where organisms can perfectly adapt to the environment through survival and reproduction.

a)

Natural Election

b)

Natural Deletion

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Natural Sedition

24.

It is the term used to describe pre-human creatures whose term means “two-legged primates"

a)

Homo

b)

Hominid

c)

Homo Habilis

d)

Homo Erectus

25.

It is the oldest Austrolopithicenes skeleton to be found complete.

a)

Lucy

b)

Loki

c)

Lucky

d)

Luci

26.

This human species literally means " man of skills or handy man".

a)

Ausrtrolopithicenes

b)

Homo Habilis

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Home Sapiens

27.

This human species literally means "upright man".

a)

Ausrtrolopithicenes

b)

Homo Habilis

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Home Sapiens

28.

This human species literally means "thinking man".

a)

Ausrtrolopithicenes

b)

Homo Habilis

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Home Sapiens

29.

In this age, humans learned how to make use of animal skin for clothing.

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Metal Age

30.

In this age, humans learned how to farm and herd animals.

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Metal Age

31.

In this age, humans learned how to build better permanent houses.

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Metal Age

32.
Paleolithic
a)
Relies on hunting and gathering for survival.
b)
The early  Stone Age.
c)
The leftover resources after one's needs are met.
d)
The later Stone Age.
33.
Cultural Homogeneity
a)
How culturally similar a people can be.
b)
The spread of cultural beliefs.
c)
How peoples express themselves unique to their background and ideas.
d)
The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
34.
Subsistence Economy
a)
The most advanced stage of human society and organization.
b)
Relies on farming and ranching.
c)
Relies on hunting and gathering for survival.
d)
Doing one specific thing in order to get the most benefit out of it.
35.
Civilization
a)
The later Stone Age.
b)
Someone who lives by traveling from place to place.
c)
The spread of cultural beliefs.
d)
The most advanced stage of human society and organization.
36.
Cultural Diffusion
a)
The spread of cultural beliefs.
b)
How culturally similar a people can be.
c)
How peoples express themselves unique to their background and ideas.
d)
Bartering goods and services for mutual advantage.
37.
Sedentary Lifestyle
a)
Doing one specific thing in order to get the most benefit out of it.
b)
A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
c)
Relies on farming and ranching.
d)
Someone who lives by traveling from place to place.
38.
Culture
a)
How peoples express themselves unique to their background and ideas.
b)
The spread of cultural beliefs.
c)
How culturally similar a people can be.
d)
The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
39.
Surplus
a)
A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
b)
The early Stone Age.
c)
The most advanced stage of human society and organization.
d)
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
40.
Job Specialization
a)
The spread of cultural beliefs.
b)
Doing one specific thing in order to get the most benefit out of it.
c)
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
d)
Relies on hunting and gathering for survival.
41.
Which development was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
Machines were used to mass- produce goods for markets
b)
a surplus of food led to more complex societies
A surplus of food led to more complex societies 
c)
Feudal manors provided the necessities of life.
d)
the centers of trade moved from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean
42.
The best way to describe the Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them 
a)
artifacts
b)
hominids
c)
nomads
d)
prehistoric
43.
Where did the first civilizations rise?
a)
On rivers
b)
Near mountains
c)
In North America
d)
Near Seas
44.
What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
Surplus Food Supply
b)
Specialization of Jobs
c)
Permanent Settlements
d)
All of the above
45.
People in the Paleolithic Era were nomads because
a)
they did not know how to build sturdy houses.
b)
they were easily bored and wanted to see the world.
c)
they followed the herds of animals in order to get food to survive
d)
None of these
46.
The first humans were found in....
a)
America
b)
Earth
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
47.
Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Metal Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Fire Age
48.

Neolithic Age means....

a)

"New bronze" Age

b)

"New stone" Age

c)

"Old stone" Age

d)

"New gold" Age

49.

Agriculture creates more food quantity and stable availability. Because of this, not everyone has to spend time finding and/or growing food. This gives them time to concentrate of other, maybe new tasks. What concept does this create?

a)

division of labor

b)

sedentary lifestyle

c)

complex government

d)

altruistic economy

50.

What is Evolution?

a)

When only people change.

b)

When people change from a monkey to a person.

c)

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

d)

When animals change to a human.

51.
When an organism is no longer in existence……..
a)
lost
b)
hibernation
c)
extinct
d)
found
52.
What is the BEST definition for Evolution?
a)
Change
b)
Adaptation
c)
Nature's power
d)
Change over time
53.
What causes evolution?
a)
Natural selection
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
Charles Darwin
54.
What species of hominid are we?
a)
Homo Sapien
b)
Homo Neanderthalensis
c)
Sahalenthropis Tchadensis
d)
Homo Erectus
55.
What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?
a)
homologous
b)
vestigial
c)
variation
d)
adaptation
56.
States that God created life in a specific design according to the Bible.
a)
Micro-evolution
b)
Macro-evolution
c)
Intelligent design
d)
Creationism
57.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammarabui
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
58.
Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group
a)
Lower Class
b)
Upper Class
c)
Middle Class
d)
Pass Class
59.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
English
d)
Sargon
60.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
61.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
62.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
t was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
63.
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
a)
scribe.
b)
cradle.
c)
Gilgamesh.
d)
ziggurat.
64.
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
a)
artisans
b)
scribes
c)
heads of households
d)
merchants
65.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
66.
Why was Sargon important?
a)
He united Babylon to create the first empire
b)
He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
c)
He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
d)
He united Babylon and created the first civilization
67.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
68.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
69.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
70.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
71.
The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was
a)
iron ore
b)
cedar wood
c)
fertile soil
d)
gold and silver
72.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet? 
a)
Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services they needed
b)
Trade increased in places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used.
c)
The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes. 
d)
Phoenicians would only trade with people who could write in Phoenician.
73.

Pyramid shaped temple

a)

Ziggurat

b)

City-state

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Cuneiform

74.

First known written laws

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Epic of Gilgamesh

75.

Land between two rivers

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Cuneiform

d)

City-state

76.

Place from which culture spreads

a)

Epic of Gilgamesh

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cultural Hearth

77.

Long, fictional story written in cuneiform

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Cultural Hearth

d)

Epic of Gilgamesh

78.

World’s first writing system

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Epic of Gilgamesh

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Ziggurat

79.

What does letter A represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

80.

What does letter B represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

81.

What does letter C represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

82.
Which invention greatly increased farm production?
a)
Plow
b)
Lawnmower
c)
Ax
d)
Tractor
83.
Which body of water was NOT near Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Amazon River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Mediterranean Sea
84.
What provided silt?
a)
Irrigation
b)
Floods
c)
Monsoons
d)
Lakes
85.
What would be another word for barter?
a)
Sell
b)
Buy
c)
Trade
d)
Rent
86.
This was used to control flooding and provide water to crops?
a)
Ziggurats
b)
Domestication
c)
Agriculture
d)
Irrigation
87.
Which of the following is NOT a name for Mesopotamia?
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Cradle of Civilization
c)
Center of Life
d)
Land Between the Rivers
88.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
89.
Why was writing developed in Mesopotamia?
a)
Keep business records
b)
Write folk tales
c)
Write holy texts
d)
Keep a record of laws
90.
What was most likely the reason ziggurats were tall?
a)
To display the work of architects
b)
So they could be easily found
c)
To honor the gods
d)
To mark the center of the city
91.
Hammurabi's Code is important in world history because it was a __________.
a)
Form of writing that could be used to record important events
b)
Written list of laws that contained ideas still found today
c)
Record-keeping system that enabled the Phoenecians to become great traders
d)
Set of symbols that allowed the Sumerians to communicate with other people
92.
This picture shows an area known as the..
a)
Farming Curve
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Green C
d)
Fertile Curve
93.

Sumerian kings derived their authority from

a)

the will of the people.

b)

the gods.

c)

success in athletic tournaments.

d)

parliamentary councils which selected their leaders.

94.

The civilization of Sumer developed

a)

between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

b)

in the present day country of Israel.

c)

in Egypt.

d)

along the Nile River.

95.

The basic unit of government in Mesopotamia was the

a)

land owned by an individual.

b)

village.

c)

county.

d)

city state.

96.

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

a)

were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

b)

stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

c)

did not cover domestic/family concerns.

d)

did not apply to the upper class.

97.

Slavery in Sumer was

a)

the result of capture during war or the in ability to pay off a debt.

b)

uncommon and very seldom practiced.

c)

based on race.

d)

strictly forbidden by the Code of Hammurabi.

98.

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

a)

because the women had a lot of babies

b)

because the animals had a lot of babies

c)

because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

d)

The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

99.

Who were considered the first civilized people?

a)

the Egyptians

b)

the Babylonians

c)

the Americans

d)

the Sumerians

100.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
101.
What were pyramids?
a)
temples to the gods
b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
102.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
103.
What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
polytheism
c)
mythology
d)
monotheism
104.
Why was papyrus important to ancient Egyptians?
a)
it made it easier to keep records and communicate
b)
it allowed them to sail too far away ports for trade
c)
it allowed them to create a system of writing
d)
it kept mice out of the granaries
105.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
106.
An example of a delta is 
a)
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
b)
A plane formation
c)
a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
d)
The rapids along the Nile
107.
Polytheism is the belief in 
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)
The flying spaghetti monster
108.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)
So they stay nice and juicy
c)
Because Otzi was mummified
d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
109.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
110.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
111.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
112.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
113.

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

a)

fresh drinking water

b)

floods destroyed homes and crops

c)

floods provided silt

d)

papyrus grew near the river

e)

a waterway for transportation

114.

The Nile River's flooding could be described as

a)

unpredictable

b)

destructive

c)

predictable

d)

rare

115.

A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is called a

a)

dynasty

b)

theocracy

c)

bureaucrat

d)

pharaoh

116.

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the...

a)

Book of the Dead

b)

Book of Spells

c)

Book of Prayers

d)

Book of Life after Death

117.

The ancient Egyptians believed that their pharaohs were...

a)

unfair and cruel

b)

gods in human form

c)

greedy and selfish

d)

the best rulers in the whole wide world

118.
This is what the river is called when it fans out into the sea
a)
The Delta
b)
The Smelta
c)
The Red Sea
d)
The Euphrates
119.
This is a strong, rapid of water found in the river
a)
river
b)
waterfall
c)
cataract
d)
flood
120.
What is Ancient Egypt surrounded by?
a)
deserts
b)
desserts
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
121.
What is one small area in the desert that water and or a few palm trees might be found
a)
mirage
b)
desert
c)
oasis
d)
cataract

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