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WH 1st F. Rev.
World History 1st Sem. Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| __________________________________ led to a more steady and dependable supply of food for early humans | The domestication of animals and farming |
| _________________________ led to the growth of cities. | Agriculture, the invention of new tools, and a plentiful supply of food |
| Advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and advanced technology are _____________________. | the five characteristics of a civililzation |
| _______________________ study and date fossils. | Paleontologists |
| ______________________ study culture. | Anthropologists |
| ______________________ examine artifacts to learn about trade. | archaeologists |
| Clearing land for farming by early humans is known as ___________________________. | slash and burn |
| Skilled workers who make goods by hand are known as ___________________. | artisans |
| A way of trading goods and services without money is ________________________. | barter |
| The development of skills in a specific kind of work is _______________________. | specialization |
| A pyramid shaped monument built in the Sumerian civilization was a ________________. | ziggurat |
| Manhy of the earliest human civilizations developed __________________________________. | along river valleys |
| A civilization that developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq was ____________________________. | Mesopotamia |
| A civilization that developed along the Nile River was the ____________________________. | Egyptian |
| A civilization that developed near the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers (Yangtze and Yellow Rivers) was in ___________________. | China |
| The system of writing developed by the Sumerians which was "wedge-shaped" and written on clay tablets was known as _______________________. | cuneiform |
| The land between the Persian gulf and the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia was known as the __________________________. | Fertile Crescent |
| ________________________ are seasonal winds that bring large amounts of rain to parts of Southeast Asia. | monsoons |
| The ______________________ was discovered by the French which enabled us to translate Egyptian heiroglyphics into Greek. | Rosetta Stone |
| The list of laws in the Babylonian Empire that helped to unify the people was known as ______________________________. | Hammurabi's Code |
| The process of mixing the various aspects of life and technology among different peoples as ideas and humans spread is known as ________________________________. | cultural diffusion |
| A powerful city that might rule and control a large area much like a state or county is a ____________________________. | city-state |
| A family of rulers is known as a _____________________. | dynasty |
| Belief in more than one god is ____________________________. | polytheism |
| Belief in one god is _______________________. | monotheism |
| The Egyptian process of preserving the dead was known as __________________________. | mummification |
| A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river is known as a _____________________. | delta |
| Egyptian kings who were thought of as gods were _______________________. | pharaohs |
| Immense Egyptian structures that were built as tombs are known as ______________________. | pyramids |
| Egyptian picture writing was known as ________________________. | heiroglyphics |
| _______________________ emphasized education and philosophy in early China. | Confucius |
| The first culture to arise in ancient Greecde was the _________________________. | Mycenaean |
| Religion that believes in one god, the Bible is the holy book, Jesus was the greatest prophet, there is a heaven and hell and salvation, and the followers are called Christians is __________________________. | Christianity |
| The religion that has Muhammed as its greatest prophet, believes in one God (Allah), is centered in the Middle East and North Africa, and the followers are called Muslim is _______________________. | Islam |
| The religion that has a belief in one god, the holy book is the Tora or the first 5 books of the Old Testament, and believe that Jesus was a prophet but not the Son of God is _______________________. | Judaism |
| The religiion that is centered in India, believe in reincarnation, believe in a system of social classes known as "castes", and has many gods is known as _________________________. | Hinduism |
| The religion that has Buddha as the greatest prophet, some belief in reincarnation, had "nirvana" as a type of heaven or awareness, and is centered in India and China is ________________________. | Buddhism |
| The basic law for civil and religious law in Judaims and Christianity is _____________________________. | the Ten Commandments |
| Money paid from a weaker power to a stronger power is __________________. | tribute |
| A mutual promise between God and his people is a ________________________. | covenant |
| The movement of people from one region to another is ______________________. | migration |
Created by:
Alan Gillespie
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