Historical Thinking Skills & Content Review

3.5 mil sq mile desert in northern Africa, naturally (mostly)protected Egypt from invaders

Among 1st western ethical philosophers - put on house arrest by Athenian gov't for "corrupting the youth"

Indus River is associated with with River Valley civilization?

Used Quipu for counting & record keeping

The oldest evidence of city planning comes from which civilization?

T/F -Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a god in human form

Nile River is associated with which River Valley civilization?

T/F - I know where the map labels go :-)

Egyptians used __ for writing & painting surface, made out of river plants

T/F - I know my key terms :-)

Thought to be the route people took to the Americas during the last Ice Age

Pictographs, Cuneiform, Phoenician Alphabet, Heiroglyphs would be example of which feature of civilization

T/F - Egyptians believed if the body was preserved, a person would live on in the afterlife

City-states of Greece, ancient China, Mesopotamian city-states, ancient Egypt are examples of states

What is the Nile's delta?

Dominance of Christianity from late Roman Empire to today's Western countries would be an example of

Student of Socrates who created the 1st school of higher thought in western world

Royal Roads, Silk Roads, Trans Saharan trade would be examples of

Trade routes from China, connected Asia, Europe, & Africa via exchange of goods & culture

T/F - When calculating years, you subract when crossing the year 0

Time is typically ______ in the western world, from a fixed point to the future

Fine sand or clay carried by rivers that helped make ancient river valleys fertile is called __

Tigris & Euphrates Rivers are associated with which River Valley civilization?

Yellow & Yangtze Rivers is associated with which River Valley civilization?

Hieroglyphs weren't translated until 1799CE when the ____ was discovered w/ 2 other languages inscribed in it

Oldest surviving literature that gives insight into Mesopotamian culture w/themes of love & friendship

Indian & Hindu cultures typically view time in a cyclical manner - the world comes into being & then dissolves

T/F - The 1st set of written laws was the Twelve Tables

T/F - Gender relations before the 1st Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution were patriarchal

Alphabet of 22 letters on which Greek & Roman languages are based

Trans-Saharan trade routes criss-crossed the desert starting about ______

The time before written records is known to historians as

The oldest civilization in the Americas, known for the giant jade/stone heads & use of rubber

T/F - the people who existed in the Paleolithic & Mesolithic Ages were settled civilizations

Ancient Egyptian writing is known as ____

T/F - Art, writing, government,religion, cities, & a social structure are features of civilization

Transition from pre-historic nomadic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic settled agricultural civilizations is an example of

Highway system of Persia built to facilitate rapid communication & intelligence gathering

Philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great as a child

T/F - Classical Greece was split into many city-states instead of 1 large state due to its geography