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Unit 1 Review - World History
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The Nile River flows South to North
Unit 1 Review - World History
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The Nile River flows South to North
True
False
2
What did this help us translate?
Chinese
Egyptian hieroglyphics
Cunieform
The Indus writings system
3
The
Persian empire
conquered neighboring lands and were generally tolerant to the natives.
False
True
4
A material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.
Plaster
Cunieform
Papyrus
Clay tablet
5
An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
Dictatorship
Empire
Civilization
Colony
6
A complex, highly ordered, social order.
Civilization
Empire
Satrap
City-State
7
What did places like Egypt, Indus, China, and Mesopotamia rely on?
Specialized Jobs
Animals
Writing
Rivers
8
What were the four river valley civilizations?
American, Brazilian, Mesopotamia, Indus
Indus, Mesopotamia, Chinese, Canadian
Arabian, Egypt, Chinese, Russian
Indus, Mesopotamia, Chinese, Egypt
9
What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?
There was no major advantage.
Mathmatical advancements
Unity
Internal Conflict
10
How many years ago did history begin to be written down?
3,000
10,000
8,000
5,000
11
Farming is one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization.
False
True
12
The area that surrounds Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt is called...
Indus River Valley
The dry roll
The Fertile Crescent
Assyria
13
What color dye were the Phoenician Sea Traders famous for creating and trading?
Red
Blue
Green
Purple
14
Sumer was a city state in Ancient Egypt
True
False
15
What does
Mesopotamia
mean?
The Land Between Two Rivers
Great soil
Agricultural Safe Haven
Fertile Crescent
16
How many years had Otzi the Iceman been frozen in the ice?
Over 5,000
2,534
1,500
3,000
17
Hammurabi's Code contained both Civil and Criminal Law
False
True
18
How old was King Tut when he died?
19
15
45
33
19
Zoroastrianism is a ...
Polytheistic Religion
Monotheistic Religion
20
Which one of the following is not one of the 3 moral laws of Zoroastrianism?
Interact with those different than you
Preserve nature
Selflessly love others
Destroy Evil
21
Which empire was responsible for creating the first alphabet?
Persia
Assyria
India
Phoenicians
22
Both Mesopotamia and Indus River Valley Civilizations were __________________
In Europe
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Atheistic
23
Where was the Indus River valley?
Mexico
Andes
China
India
24
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?
Government
Writing
Religion
Technology
25
Civil Law deals with the offenses against others such as murder.
True
False
26
Recreation is one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization
True
False
27
What do we call the time before history was written down?
A good guess
Recorded History
Prehistory
Hypothesis
28
People are always adapting to the world around them.
True
False
29
Deals with the private rights and matters of people
Civil Law
Criminal Law
30
Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?
The Nile flooded irregularly
The Nile flooded regularly
31
Which empire covered over two million square miles and held nearly half of the world's population?
Phoenicians
China
Persia
Assyria
32
I would REALLY recommend knowing the 7 Characteristics of a Civilization......
No thanks
Ok, I'll study!
33
Iron working was NOT a valuable skill
False
True
34
Hieroglyphics are to Egypt as _____________ is to Sumer
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Sumerian
Pictograph
35
Why was Egypt the gift of the Nile?
It flowed from the south to the north
The fish it provided
Water to drink
It flooded and gave their crops fertile soil
36
Another word for Neolithic Revolution is...
Iron Revolution
Nomadic Revolution
Civil Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
37
The Indus River valley civilization had a very complicated and efficient
Postal system
Trade system
Plumbing system
Election system
38
How would you describe the code of Hammurabi?
A waterpark
A gentle set of laws
A type of morse code
A harsh set of laws
