WorksheetsWorld History Unit 1 Study Guide
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a country?
A country is a nation with its own government occupying a specific territory
What is a continent?
A continent is one of the large, main continuous landmasses on Earth.
What is an ocean?
A large expanse of sea that covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is a river?
A river is a natural stream of water flowing into another body of water
What is a hunter-gatherer or forager?
A hunter-gatherer or forager moves from place to place to find food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants for sustenance.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
Discovery of and transition to farming and agriculture
What did the Neolithic Revolution allow early humans to do?
Invent electricity
Fly to the moon.
Settle and build permanent settlements, specialize jobs
What was a benefit of farming?
Not having enough food.
Following wild animals.
Control over food supply and food surplus
Less free time.
The Tigris River and Euphrates River are in what civilization?
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
Cuneiform was the written language of which civilization?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Aztec
Olmec
Which river valley civilization built pyramids?
China
Egypt
Indus Valley
Europe
Which river is in Egypt?
Nile
Ganges
Yellow and Yangtze
Mississippi
What two rivers were prominent in ancient China?
Missouri
Ganges
Indus
Yellow and Yangtze
What was the philosophical belief system that was important to ancient China?
Confucianism
Islam
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
The Indus River and Ganges River were in what civilization?
Aztec
Mesopotamia
China
Indus Valley
Which civilization's language can we still not read?
Indus Valley
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
Which empire was Alexander the Great the leader of?
Inca
Macedonian
Roman
Aztec
Which empire had coins, roads, and a 200 year time period of peace called Pax Romana?
China
Inca
Macedonian
Roman
Which empire had windmills, extensive irrigation, and King Cyrus?
Persian
Aztec
Inca
China
Which Mesoamerican society was a warrior society built on Lake Texcoco?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Mississippian
Which Mesoamerican society adapted to their land so they could grow crops, created calendars, and a sophisticated writing system?
Mississippian
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Which Mesoamerican society created extensive systems of roads and canals through their mountainous terrain?
Aztec
Inca
China
Egypt
This large carving of a head is from which civilization?
Olmec
Inca
Egypt
China
What structures remain from the North American Mississippian culture?
Underground tunnels
The Great Bath
Earthen mounds
Pyramids
Why did humans want to settle near rivers?
Fresh water for crops, animals, and drinking
Salt water for energy
Floods to clear the land
They didn't
