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WorksheetsInterim Review
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Worksheet time: 2hrs 20mins
innovations, cultivation
Old Stone
Paleolithic
Neolithic
River in China
Nile
Yellow
Mesopotamia
Indus
Indus River
India
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
New Stone
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Polytheistic
one god
many gods
People who make pottery, woven goods, etc.
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Warriors
the belief that spirits indwell animals, rocks, trees, etc.
Animism
Complex Religion
Mesopotamia means
below the rivers
above the rivers
between the riveres
beside the rivers
people who move from place to place in search of food
nomad
urban dweller
a problem of river valleys
too much food
flooding
too many animals
Monotheistic
one god
many gods
River in Egypt
Nile
Amazon
Yangtze
Ganges
In the Neolithic Revolution, people started to settle down and grow crops.
True
False
The Mesopotamian Civilizations are associated with which river(s)?
Indus and Ganges
The Nile
Yangtze and Yellow
Tigris and Euphrates
The ______ were the first to settle in Mesopotamia and establish a civilization.
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Sumerians
One reason for the development of an early civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys was that
the location protected the people from land invasion
periodic flooding left rich soil, which was ideal for farming
these rivers provided a direct trade route between Europe and Asia
these rivers flowed into the Mediterranean Sea
What is one accurate statement about Mesopotamian religion?
It did not go as in depth as nomadic religions
The people in Mesopotamia did not take it very seriously
They were polytheistic and believed in a very extensive afterlife
They believed that they did not need to worry about a good life to prepare for an afterlife
What is the correct form of writing matched with its user that is considered the first writing system?
Sumerians / hieroglyphics
Sumerians / cuneiform
Babylonians/ cuneiform
Akkadians/ hieroglyphics
All of the following are requirements of civilization EXCEPT
Culture
Coined Money
Society (social classes)
Political Organization
Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.
Beard
Code
Consequences
Sword
Who was Hammurabi?
Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
Hammurabi was a warrior
Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia
If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver." --Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
All men are equal under the law.
Violence must always be punished with violence.
Fines are preferable to physical punishment.
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
it was used by many later civilizations as a model
It treated all people the same under the law.
It was carved in stone.
Which of these statements best describes "eye for an eye" justice?
Crimes against someone's eyes are punished by death.
Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed.
Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal.
Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal.
India is a large landmass that is like a continent, only smaller. Which term best describes the region of India?
Subcontinent
Monsoon
Natural Barrier
Island
Following Chandragupta Maurya's death, his grandson _________ brought the Mauryan empire to its greatest heights.
Imhotep
Seleucus
Chandra Gupta I
Asoka
What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism?
Dharma
Moksha
Nirvana
World Peace
What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism?
Nirvana
Moksha
World Peace
Dharma
Which of the following strengthens the belief in the caste system in Hinduism?
Communism and Socialism
Karma and Reincarnation
Feudalism and Autocracy
None of the Above
What was the name for the first major civilization in India where they planned their cities out and had their own bathrooms with a plumbing system?
Gupta
Harappa
Assyrian
None of the Above
Which empire is being described below...
● It was started by Chandragupta
● Asoka Expanded the Empire to its largest height.
● Buddhist Stuptas were built all over the Empire.
● Asoka's death left a power vacuum.
Han
Gupta
Qin
Mauryan
What is the writing Ancient Egyptians wrote with
Numbers
Drawing
Modern day alphabet
Hieroglyphics
What is the longest river in the World?
Amazon River
Tigris River
Nile River
Euphrates River
The following picture shows what of ancient Egypt?
Religon
Social Structure (Social classes)
Inventions
Geography
What religious belief in Ancient Egypt is connected to mummies?
belief in the sun god
belief in the afterlife
belief in many gods
belief that the ruler was a god
The___________controlled all the land and all of the people.
pharaoh
priest
slave
scribes
Government records were written in_____________________
words
hieroglyphic
letters
numbers
A family of kings or other rulers who have ruled over a country for many years.
Monarch
Theocracy
Regent
Dynasty
The Rosetta Stone is the stone tablet that…
on which the oldest written record is found.
that contains Ramses II’s treaty with the Hittites.
on which the first legal code is written.
that helped to decipher hieroglyphics.
A state controlled by religious leaders.
monarchy
theocracy
democracy
aristocracy
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of civilization?
organized religion
writing & record keeping
military conquest of others
a system of government
Who started the Gupta Empire
Ghandi
Chandra Gupta
Samudra Gupta
Aryabhata
The _______was the Golden Age of Indian culture.
Gupta Empire
Mauryan Empire
Vaishyan Empire
Buddhist Empire
What effect did the geography of Greece have on its early development?
Greece had lots of natural resources, so they never had to trade with other nations
Being located on the Mediterranean Sea limited cultural diffusion
75 % of Greece was covered by mountains, which led to independent city-states (called polis)
Its location limited colonization outside of Greece
Which form of government involves all people who are residents of said location by giving each citizen the right to vote? (Used primarily in Athens)
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
How would someone from Athens describe Sparta after visiting it?
“The Spartans are so strict. Their military is what dominates their society.”
“It’s interesting how both the rich and poor can be rulers in Sparta."
"This society has so many personal freedoms, unlike in Athens.”
“Sparta is exactly like Athens."
Which of the following did Sparta and Athens have in common?
Both Favored Democracy
Both were dominated by their military
Both were Greek city-states
They fought on the same side in the Peloponnesian Wars
In a comparison between the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens, Sparta placed more importance with ___
Equality and voting rights
Art and culture
education
the military
Why is Ancient Greece considered important to Western Civilization?
Greek culture influenced today’s democracy, architecture, and entertainment
Athens defeated Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars
The Greeks borrowed ideas from Rome and improved upon them
The Greeks invented the world’s first monotheistic religion
Which of the following is NOT a Greek achievement?
Mathematics, such as the formula for pi
Philosophy, such as the work of Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato
Medicine, such as the Hippocratic Oath
Government, such as using Confucius as the basis for the exam system
What were two regions conquered by Alexander the Great?
Egypt and Persia
China and Egypt
Persia and China
Macedonia and Germany
Who conquered all of Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
Alexander the Great
King Xerxes of Persia
King Darius of Persia
King Phillip of Macedonia
Why was the city of Alexandria in Egypt important?
It was the center of Hellenistic culture and the center of trade in the Mediterranean area
As a military power, Alexandria was second only to Sparta
The Greeks destroyed all of Egyptian culture
It was the military headquarters for the Macedonian Army
Based on this image, Hellenism was the result of ___
military strength
combining cultural ideas (cultural diffusion)
isolation of Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece
urbanization
Based on this image, what is “Hellenism”?
Separation of cultures to prevent the mixing of ideas
The study of Greek culture
The spread and blending of Greek culture with other cultures
A nation along the Mediterranean Sea
Which great leader is most closely associated with the spread of Hellenistic civilization?
Augustus Caesar
Chandra Gupta
King Phillip II of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Greek cities had a(n) ________, a massive marketplace that was the center of trade and government.
Acropolis
Coliseum
Palace
Agora
What was Justinian's original main goal?
He wanted to restore the Old Roman Empire
He wanted to restore Alexander the Great's Empire
He wanted to spear Islam
He wanted to clear Bosporus
The city of Constantinople was in key location on the strait that links the Mediterranean Seas with the _______.
Black Sea
Red Sea
Sea of Azov
Aegean Sea
What is the Hagia Sophia?
A church
A castle
A towering statue
Shrine to Sophia I
The form of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire became known as ___________.
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Western Church
Judaism
In 1054, a schism, or complete break, separated
the Eastern and Western Churches
The South Slaves
Greeks and Byzantines
Browns with Cleveland
Which of the following issues divided the Western and Eastern Churches?
practices of animal sacrifices
practices such as scalping
authority of the pope
belief in Jesus
Leader of the Western Church was called:
Patriarch
Pope
Pastor
Father
Leader of the Eastern Church was called:
Patriarch
Pope
Pastor
Father
Istanbul
Which of the following statements completes the diagram?
A. Prosperity of the Byzantine Empire
B. Collapse of the Roman Empire
C. Prosperity of the Roman Empire
D. Collapse of the Byzantine Empire
What is an icon?
A famous painter
A religious image
An emperor who governs an army
A relic
the punishment of an individual by depriving him of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the Church.
Matrimony
Excommunication
Execution
Interdict
Vocabulary: One God of Islam
Allah
Muhammad
Islam
Muslim
Vocabulary: Pilgrimage to Mecca
Mosque
Hajj
Qur'an
Shari's
Who founded The Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
Donkey Kong
Donovan
Kublai Khan
As a byproduct of the increased interregional connections they caused, the Mongols were probably responsible for this
the Hundred Years War
the Norman Conquest of 1066
Global Warming
the Black Death
This grandson of Genghis Khan finished the conquest of China defeating the Song Dynasty and founding the Yuan Dynasty.
Möngke Khan
Ögedei Khan
Kublai Khan
Timur
This European trader and explorer wrote of his journey and time in the court of Kublai Khan?
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
Vasco de Gama
What was the Silk Road?
used by Marco Polo in his travels.
used to spread Christianity
used for trade between Europe and China.
used by Mongols in the creation of their empire.
What are historians describing when they use the term "Pax Mongolica"?
the Chinese defeat of the Mongol empire.
the defeat of the Mongols by a unified Europe.
the cultural diffusion that took place as a result of Genghis Khan.
the stabilizing effects created by the domination of the Mongols in Eurasia.
The Mongols conquered vast parcels of Asian land in part due to employing a large cavalry, skilled bowman and the use of
stampedes
advanced technology
trench warfare
trade blockade
All of the following are attributed to Genghis Khan except
He promoted his people based on merit not seniority
Women were permitted to serve alongside men in the military
He allowed religious freedom in his empire
He succeeded in conquering India
Which did the Mongols NOT do?
Destroyed whole villages that fought back
Spread across and united almost all of Asia
Forced nomadic way of life on conquered people
Established a peaceful period of trade known as Pax Mongolica
What was the dynasty of Kublai Khan called
The Yuan
The Song
The Tang
None of the other answers
What invention helped China to become a great sea power?
magnetic compass
printing press
porcelain
moveable type print
What was the name given to the top ruler of Mongol clans, tribes, or groups?
Genghis
King
Daimyo
Khan
