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9 Weeks Exam Review
Review Questions for 1st quarter of World Studies I -Virginia SOL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The word Paleolithic means? | Old Stone Age |
| What area of the earth's surface was the Ice Age LEAST likely to affect? | Lands near the Equator |
| The site where many of the earliest hominid remains were found is known as? | Oludvai Gorge |
| In order to survive, early hominids depended on the availability of? | Wild Plants and Animals |
| The hominid known as Homo habilis is also known as "Handy Man" because it was? | the first hominid to have inward facing palms |
| The development of oral language allowed humans to? | Communicate |
| On what continent did humans first appear? | Africa |
| Early humans who traveled around in search of necessities for survival were? | Nomadic |
| When humans learned how to make fire they could? | move to cooler climates |
| Example: Maury High School is falling down | Push Factor |
| Example: Maury High School serves McDonalds for lunch | Pull Factor |
| If a people bury their dead they believe in | life after death |
| Farming provides people with a | Stable Food Supply |
| An archeologist examines and searches for | Artifacts |
| Allows us to determine the date of an object that contains carbon | Radio Carbon Dating |
| Examples: Animal Bones, Leaf Imprint, Animals in Amber | Fossils |
| This structure was started in the neolithic age and was finished in the Bronze age. Why it was built is unkown. | Stonehenge |
| Early civilizations developed near | Rivers |
| Examples:Food Surplus, Cities and Government, Specialized Jobs | Characteristics of a Civilization |
| Family of rulers who right to rule is hereditary. | Dynasty |
| The spread of ideas and culture through trade and travel. | Cultural Diffusion |
| Used to schedule the beginning and ending of floods for the purpose of farming. | Calendar |
| Written language was developed to help | spread ideas and information |
| The belief in one god. | Monotheism |
| The belief in multiple gods. | Polytheism |
| In ancient Egypt’s social and business affairs, women ranked as the equals of their husbands. They could own property and leave that property to their daughters. These legal rights meant that | Egyptian women had more freedom and power than other women in the region. |
| Form of government that includes a town or city and the surrounding land controlled by it. Developed by the Sumerians | City-State |
| One of the first written law codes. | Code of Hammurabi |
| The belief that people should live in harmony with nature was part of the philosophy of | Daoism. |
| Belief in the rebirth of souls | Reincarnation |
| Major cities of Indian Civilization | Harappa, Mohenjo Daro. |
| winds that mark the Indian seasons | Monsoons |
| nomadic peoples who invaded India from the northwest | Indo-Aryans |
| A belief in reincarnation, karma, many forms of one major deity, and a caste system are all characteristics of which of the following religions? | Hinduism |
| a sacred writing of Hinduism | Upanishads |
| The basic beliefs of Buddhism are found in the | Four Noble Truths |
| contributions attributed to Ancient Chinese civilization | Porcelain, Silk, Civil Service Exam |
| The Huang River was called “China’s Sorrow” because | it often flooded the land and caused death and devastation. |
| Belief that one rules by divine right | Mandate of Heaven |
| The Great Wall of China was built to | defend China against invasion |
| During a peaceful period, c. 140 B.C.-87 B.C., trade prospered along the famous Silk Road, which was | a trade route between China and the Mediterranean region. |
| government organized into different levels, each with specific tasks | complex bureaucracy |
| Raising of crops and food | Agriculture |
| Belief that spirits inhabit everything | Animisim |
| Skilled workers | Artisans |
| Arch | Curved structure over an opening |
| To exchange one good for another | Barter |
| Complex form of social organization that began after the Indo-Ayran migration | Caste System |
| Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge shaped tool into clay | Cuneiform |
| Characteristics of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs. | Division of Labor |
| Form of government that unties different territories and peoples under one ruler. | Empire |
| System of ditches and canals that transports water from a source into an agricultural field | Irrigation |
| Kind of paper made by Egyptians from the stem of the papyrus plant | Papyrus |
| Egyptian Rulers Title | Pharaoh |
| Black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek. Gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. | Rosetta Stone |
| Written explanations of the Vedic religion | Upanishads |
| Social classes of Indian society | Varnas |
| Zoroastrianism’s central beliefs included | the universal struggle between good and evil and the idea of final judgment. |
| a characteristic of Persian rule? | Development of imperial bureaucracy |
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