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SS Mid Term Review
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name all the rivers we have discussed so far this year. | The Nile River, Tigris River, Huang River, Indus River, Ganges River, and Euphrates River. (NIGHTE) |
| What is an archaeologist? | A scientist who uncovers, evidence, or proof from the past. |
| Why does studying history help us? | To learn about the world and how we can help it. |
| Define culture: | The way in which individuals and groups react to their environment including their technology, customs, beliefs, and art. |
| What is a primary source? | A term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to he person, information, period, or idea. |
| What is an artifact? | An object made by people long ago. |
| What does a physical geographer study? | The earth's surface. |
| What are the four major landforms? | Hills, plains, mountains, oceans, volcanoes |
| Define climate: | The average weather conditions place over a long span of time. |
| What are the two types of location? | longitude and latitude |
| Define society: | An organized community with established rules and traditions. |
| What are hunters and gathers? | human beings who obtain their food from the bounty of nature, hunting animals and gathering wild plants. It is a subsistence lifestyle, practiced by all early human societies. Such people are generally nomads, moving on as food suppl |
| What is the earliest civilization known? | South Africa |
| What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia? | Tigris and the Euphrates. |
| What is the difference between canals and rivers? | Canals are channels of water which people have made. Rivers are natural watercourses. Their course may be altered by people for various reasons but they are essentially natural. |
| Define geography: | The study of the relationship between physical and features, climate, and people. |
| What is absolute location? | a location on earth |
| Slow moving sections of the earth that usually cause volcanoes and earthquakes are called? | Plates. |
| What are the five themes of geography? | Location , human-environment interaction ,movement , region an place. |
| The process in which rock and soil are moved from one place on the earth’s surface to another called? | Erosion. |
| The pattern of weather of a place over many years is called? | Climate. |
| The falling of moisture such as rain, snow, sleet or hail is called? | Precipitation. |
| What connected Africa to both southern Europe and southwestern Asia? | Earth's Plates |
| What were the first tools the Paleolithic people used? | Stone Tools. |
| What allowed people to live in cooler and wetter places rather than in just warm and dry ones? | Because of the climate |
| What were two important discoveries that brought on the Neolithic Revolution? | Fire and hunting. |
| What civilization is the earliest known civilization on the earth? | Mesopotamia. |
| A city and the farmland around it is called a(n)? | City-State. |
| A skilled worker is known as a? | |
| A temple or “mountain of God” is called a(n)? | church |
| Who went to school in the Sumerian civilization? | The boys. |
| Sumerian writing that is made up of wedge like symbols is called? | Cuneiform. |
| A Sumerian governmental and religious leader is? | King or Queen |
| A group of city-states under one ruler is called a(n)? | empire |
| Who created the world’s first empire? | Sargon |
| The ___________ River flows north 4,145 miles, from the mountains of central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. | Nile. |
| What is a delta? | A triangular-shaped area at the mouth of some rivers. |
| At first there were only 2 kingdoms in Egypt, what were they? | The old and new kingdoms. |
| Who was Narmer or Menes? | A king. |
| What is a pharaoh? | The king Egyptian title of Egypt. |
| What is a pyramid? What was placed in the pyramid with the pharaoh? | A large stone building to serve as a house for the dead with all the pharaoh's organs. |
| Who built the pyramids and what were the made of? | Egyptians made the pyramids and the pyramids were built out of stone. |
| Preserving the bodies of the dead was done by? | Egyptians. |
| Who invaded Egypt in 1786 B.C. and how long did they rule? | Alexander The Great and he ruled for 33 years. |
| Who was Amon-Re? | A pharaoh. An egyptian god. |
| What are hieroglyphics? | A form of writing based on pictures. |
| What is papyrus? | A plant used to make paper. |
| What contributions did the Egyptians make in the field of medicine? | Use a plant called papyrus to make medicines. |
| Who was the first female ruler? | Hapshepsut. |
| The mountains in northern India are called? | The Himalayas. |
| Define monsoon: | The rainy season. |
| Who were the Aryans? | Nomads who traveled in India from place to place. |
| Define Hinduism: | The main religion of India that is based on Aryan beliefs. |
| What are the guiding principals of Buddhism? | Sanskrit |
| Why is so little known about the early life of people in the Indus River and Huang He valleys? | Because these river valleys were new lands. |
| Why were the Harappa and Mohenjo-daro healthy places to live? | They had good rules and laws about being healthy. |
| Why were family ties important to the Shang people? | The Shang worshipped spirits and had respect for ancestors forged strong family ties amongst the Shang people. |
| How did kings of the Shang use oracle bones? | to predict peoples future. |
| What cultural contribution did the Shang leave to the world? | Shang Dynasty. |
| What is a nomad? | A person that travels from place to place with no permanent home. |
| Define descendants: | A person who was born later into the same family. |
| Kush was located south of Egypt on the Nile River in present-day _______________. | 1400 BC. |
| The first Kushite king was __________. | Thutmose III. |
| Identify Confucius: | He believed in peace. |
| Ying Zheng gave himself the name Shi Huangdi, which means? | First Emperor. |
| Why did Shi Huangdi have the Great Wall of China built? | To keep invaders out. |
| What led to China making contact with other cultures? | Education. |
| The Silk Road began in China and ended | Central Asia. |
| What is the most sacred text in Judaism? | Torah. |
| A Jewish house of worship is called? | A synagogue. (church) |
| What are the 2 most famous Greek city-states? | Athens and Sparta. |
| What does democracy mean? | A government by the people. |
| From an early age, Spartan boys were trained to be: | In the army. |
| Compare the life in Sparta vs Athens: | Spartans lived in a strict military city-state. Athens lived in a city state of responsibility and citizenship. |
| What was the relationship between Philip II of Macedonia and Alexander the Great? | They were both Kings. |
| What happened to Alexander’s Empire after he died? | Three of his generals divided the empire among themselves. |
| The Parthenon is a famous Greek what? | A temple in the Athenian Acropolis, Greece. |
| Why were early Greek philosophers important? | Because of their education and knowledge. |
| Greek philosophers believed that on thing was more important that anything else in life. What was it? | Asking questions. |
Created by:
Joshua Brown
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