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EAHS World History Unit 1 Review
EAHS World History Unit 1 Review
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Culture, Neolithic & River Valley Civilizations
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How did natural barriers impact, or influence, the history of many regions and cultures?
Provide Protection & Isolation
By allowing trade
By allowing invasions
Provide Cultural Diffusion
2
What civilization developed the calendar?
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
3
What did the caste system promote?
Discrimination
Integration
Peace & Harmony
Acceptance
4
What is cultural diffusion?
Ethnocentrism
Spread of culture through interaction and trade.
5
Which is
not
considered a natural barrier?
Plains
Mountains
Oceans
Deserts
6
What is silt and its importance?
Silt is a fabric that creates silk.
Silt is a river in Northern China that provides protection.
Silt is fertile mud that provides good soil.
Silt is a metal that makes iron.
7
Which is
not
a basic detail about hunter-gatherers?
Migrated to Follow Animals
Farmed Crops
Hunted Animals
Gathered Vegetation
8
What is the
“gift of the Nile”
?
The Nile predictably flooded fertilized the lowlands.
The Nile unpredictable flooded fertilized the lowlands.
The Nile predictably flooded fertilized the highlands.
The Huang He predictably flooded fertilized the lowlands.
9
What is the
caste system
?
Division in class that a person is born into.
Division in class that a person worked into.
Division of class between Hindus & Buddhist.
Division in class that a person was enslaved.
10
What is the significance of the
monsoon cycle
in India?
The winds cause flooding during the wet season.
The monsoons provide protection from invaders.
The floods do not provide fertile land.
The floods provided fertile soil good for agriculture.
11
What is an example of a high moral standard of Confucianism?
The individual was to know and do what was expected of them.
The individual is to worry only about themselves.
The individual is to question and rebel against authority.
The individual is to be aggressive towards those in charge.
12
The development of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia & Egypt indicates the importance of?
Heavy Forestry
Mountain Passes
Rugged Coastlines
River Valleys
13
Does geography influence how civilizations develop and change over time?
No
Yes
14
Where do archaeologists believe that early humans first lived?
Eastern Africa
The Middle East
Eastern Asia
Australia
15
Which characteristic was common to ancient civilizations in Egypt, Sumer, India, and China?
Each had the same Culture
Each had the same Language
Each had a written language.
Monotheism
16
What is Confucianism?
Philosophy based on relationships and keeping order.
Philosophy based on nature and Wu Wei.
Philosophy based on harsh penalties and strong government.
Philosophy based on nirvana.
17
What is the significance, or importance, of mountain passes such as the
Khyber Pass
?
It allowed traders and invaders into India
It prohibited traders and invaders into India
It prevented traders and invaders into India
It allowed traders and invaders into Egypt
18
What is reincarnation?
Cycle of death.
Cycle of knowledge.
Cycle of rebirth
Cycle of karma.
19
What is a
nomad
?
Merchants
people or person on the move, no permanent settlements
people or person who has permanent settlements , no movement
Farmers
20
Who were the husband / wife team that found these earliest bones?
Mary & Louis Leakey
Mary & Louis Sepulveda
Michael & Alice Nielsen
Donald & Melania Trump
21
Which is
not
an accomplishment of prehistoric man?
Fire
Use of steel
Domestication of animals
Tool making
22
Population density
was commonly the highest around which geographic feature?
Rivers
Swamps
Deserts
Mountains
23
What is a
scribe
?
Person who writes professionally.
Person who fights professionally.
Person who farms professionally.
A type of priest.
24
What is the similarity between a theocracy and the Mandate of Heaven?
Power comes from the people.
Power comes from god/gods.
Power comes from the rich.
Power comes from the elite.
25
Civilization in Egypt developed early and rapidly due to?
The influence of the Chinese
Extreme climatic conditions
Favorable geographic conditions in the country.
Trade with India
26
What
geographical feature
did early civilizations first develop near?
Mountains
Islands
Rivers
Rain Forests
27
What is irrigation?
Ditches that are dug to carry river water to crops.
A religion where karma and reincarnation are basic beliefs.
A type of government that is ruled by a god.
The act of spreading culture.
28
What is the primary
difference between
Hinduism and Buddhism?
Hinduism rejects the caste system.
Buddhism rejects the caste system.
Hinduism's founder was Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhism is polytheistic.
29
Which Civilization does not match to its respective river?
China: Huang He & Yangtze Rivers
Mesopotamia = Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Indus River Valley = Ganges River
Egypt = Nile River
30
What is the
significance
of the Ganges River in India?
It is a sacred river (a goddess) in Buddism.
It is a sacred river (a goddess) in Christianity.
It is a sacred river (a goddess) located in Egypt.
It is a sacred river (a goddess) in Hinduism.
31
What is
karma
?
Meditation and Daoism
Reincarnation and Dharma
Good or bad deeds that determine your reincarnation.
Good or bad deeds that determine your afterlife.
32
What impact did the development of
farming
, or agriculture, lead to?
The establishment of nomadic settlements.
Food shortages.
A population decrease.
The establishment of permanent settlements.
33
What is an
artisan
?
A person who sells and trades items.
A skilled adviser to a leader.
Skilled worker who farms the land.
Skilled worker that uses their hands.
