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World History Unit 1 Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a country?

a)

A country is a nation with its own government occupying a specific territory

b)
A country is a region with a distinct culture and language.
c)
A country is a group of people living in a specific area.
d)
A country is a landmass surrounded by water.
2.

What is a continent?

a)
A continent is a man-made structure on land.
b)

A continent is one of the large, main continuous landmasses on Earth.

c)
A continent is a type of weather phenomenon.
d)
A continent is a small island in the ocean.
3.

What is an ocean?

a)
A vast expanse of fresh water
b)

A large expanse of sea that covers most of the Earth's surface.

c)
A small body of saltwater
d)
A large body of land
4.

What is a river?

a)
A river is a large body of saltwater.
b)
A river is a man-made canal.
c)
A river is a type of tree.
d)

A river is a natural stream of water flowing into another body of water

5.

What is a hunter-gatherer or forager?

a)

A hunter-gatherer or forager moves from place to place to find food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants for sustenance.

b)
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies on farming for sustenance.
c)
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies solely on gathering wild plants for sustenance.
d)
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies solely on hunting for sustenance.
6.

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

a)
Transition from agriculture to hunting and gathering.
b)
Transition from settlement to hunting and gathering.
c)
Transition from agriculture to nomadic lifestyle.
d)

Discovery of and transition to farming and agriculture

7.

What did the Neolithic Revolution allow early humans to do?

a)
Hunt and gather food.
b)

Invent electricity

c)

Fly to the moon.

d)

Settle and build permanent settlements, specialize jobs

8.

What was a benefit of farming?

a)

Not having enough food.

b)

Following wild animals.

c)

Control over food supply and food surplus

d)

Less free time.

9.

The Tigris River and Euphrates River are in what civilization?

a)

China

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

Indus Valley

10.

Cuneiform was the written language of which civilization?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

11.

Which river valley civilization built pyramids?

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Europe

12.

Which river is in Egypt?

a)

Nile

b)

Ganges

c)

Yellow and Yangtze

d)

Mississippi

13.

What two rivers were prominent in ancient China?

a)

Missouri

b)

Ganges

c)

Indus

d)

Yellow and Yangtze

14.

What was the philosophical belief system that was important to ancient China?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Zoroastrianism

15.

The Indus River and Ganges River were in what civilization?

a)

Aztec

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

China

d)

Indus Valley

16.

Which civilization's language can we still not read?

a)

Indus Valley

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Mesopotamia

17.

Which empire was Alexander the Great the leader of?

a)

Inca

b)

Macedonian

c)

Roman

d)

Aztec

18.

Which empire had coins, roads, and a 200 year time period of peace called Pax Romana?

a)

China

b)

Inca

c)

Macedonian

d)

Roman

19.

Which empire had windmills, extensive irrigation, and King Cyrus?

a)

Persian

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

China

20.

Which Mesoamerican society was a warrior society built on Lake Texcoco?

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Mississippian

21.

Which Mesoamerican society adapted to their land so they could grow crops, created calendars, and a sophisticated writing system?

a)

Mississippian

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

22.

Which Mesoamerican society created extensive systems of roads and canals through their mountainous terrain?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

China

d)

Egypt

23.

This large carving of a head is from which civilization?

a)

Olmec

b)

Inca

c)

Egypt

d)

China

24.

What structures remain from the North American Mississippian culture?

a)

Underground tunnels

b)

The Great Bath

c)

Earthen mounds

d)

Pyramids

25.

Why did humans want to settle near rivers?

a)

Fresh water for crops, animals, and drinking

b)

Salt water for energy

c)

Floods to clear the land

d)

They didn't