Geography
The oldest evidence of humans has been found on what continent?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Europe
D) South America
A) Africa
What is the word that means "worshipping many gods?"
A) Monotheism ; B) Taoism ; C) Hinduism ; D) Polytheism
D) Polytheism
What major achievement allowed early people to settle in one place and create villages?
The development of agriculture.
This type of government is usually ruled by a king or queen.
A)Theocracy ; B)Monarchy ; C)Democracy D)Republic
B)Monarchy
This is the term for someone who buys and sells goods.
A)Trader ; B)Seller ; C)Customer ; D)Merchant
D)Merchant
All of the first civilizations settled near this landform, because it provided many resources they needed to survive.
A))Deserts ; B)Rivers ; C)Peninsulas ; D)Mountains
B) Rivers
The primary sources of information about daily life during this time period were all in the form of bones, weapons, cookware, and other artifacts.
A) Renaissance B) Middle Ages C) Paleolithic
C) Paleolithic
This civilization developed one of the first forms of writing, called cuneiform.
A)Egypt ; B)Greece ; C)Mesopotamia ; D)China
C)Mesopotamia
This civilization is known for inventing 3 branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative.
This is the term for extra food that can be stored for hard times and traded with other civilizations.
surplus
Greece and Italy both make this landform, which maked it much more efficient to trade with other civilizations.
peninsula
This polytheistic civilization believed that, after death, you must weigh your heart against the feather of the goddess Ma'at. If your heart was too heavy, you were not virtuous enough to enter the afterlife.
Egypt
Name one major achievement of Ancient China.
Great Wall, gunpowder, paper, porcelain, silk, seismograph...
Which two ancient civilizations influenced the development of the United States government system?
Greece (democracy) and Rome (dividing up the power of the government into 3 branches)
Name an example of a well-known trade route that we studied this year.
Inca roads, Roman Roads, silk road, Indian Ocean trade routes, Mediterranean Sea Trade routes, Nile River, Euphrates River
The Nile river flows from south to north, and was the home of which ancient civilization?
Egypt
How were Mayan kings similar to Egyptian pharaohs?
A)The rulers were believed to be gods. ; B)The rulers were elected to lead by the people. ; C)The rulers were selected by the Senate to control the territory. ; D)The rulers inherited their power from their mother’s side of the family.
A)The rulers were believed to be gods.
Name one of the civilizations that are famous for their roads, and what the roads were used for.
Inca: Government and messengers transported armies, small goods, and information (no civilians!)
Athens and Sparta were two city-states in Ancient Greece. What is a major difference in their governments or citizenships?
Athens was democratic, while Sparta was a military state.
In Athens, all free men were considered citizens. In Sparta, soldiers were considered citizens.
Athenian women had not citizenship rights.
Spartan women had some rights.
Name 2 civilizations that used the Silk Road to trade goods and ideas.
China, India, Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt
Name the three ancient civilizations from the Western Hemisphere that we studied this year.
Aztec, Maya, Inca
What was the main difference in the lifestyles of the Paleolithic and Neolithic people?
The Paleolithic people were nomads. Neolithic people developed agriculture and were able to settle in villages.
This civilization's achievements include philosophy, the scientific method, central heating, the first alphabet, and medicine.
Greece
The Magna Carta (1215) was the first document to put into writing that the king and his officials must follow the same laws as the citizens. Name one current document that was inspired by the Magna Carta.
US Constitution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This civilization's trade routes were mainly in the Mediterranean sea, due to the rough terrain of their peninsula.
Greece