stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Unit 1 Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Unit 1 Review
Unit 1 Review
42 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
1,118 plays
A #worldhistory review for HighSchool students
Flashcards
42 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
42
Answers
1
The Chinese developed an ideographic simple script during the
Xia dynasty
Qin dynasty
Shang dynasty
Zhou dynasty
2
Early civilizations societies were organized like a
pyramid
cycle
square
religion
3
Paleolithic peoples were nomads because they had to
move on after they had depleted the land
flee from the wooly mammoth
escape the pollution they caused
follow animal migrations and vegetation cycles
4
Hieratic script was used
for everyday purposes
for the blind
by nobles
by peasants
5
The Sumerians invented
pyramids
the sundial
calculus
irrigation
6
The idea that the king was the link between Heaven and Earth occurred during the
Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Shanh dynasty
Qin dynasty
7
The longest river in the world
Amazon
Indus
Nile
Huang He
8
The principle of and eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth was established by
Hammurabi
The Zhou Dynasty
Akkenaton
Hatshepsut
9
Writing system developed in Sumeria
Hieratic
Cuneiform
Script
Hieroglyphics
10
a basic principle the allows for the Dynastic Cycle
aristocracy
The Mandate of Heaven
ancestor worship
filial piety
11
The group of nomads who settled in India were called
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
Sumerians
Aryans
12
An object that sheds light on the past
artisan
empire
artifact
museum
13
Anthropology is the study of
tools and weapons
ancient texts
human life and culture
underground insects
14
What was the longest lasting Chinese dynasty?
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Qin
15
The first empire in the world
Egyptians
The Chinese
Sumerians
The Akkadians
16
The cradle of civilization and the human race
Mesopotamia
India
Africa
Egypt
17
The history of Egypt begins when
Menes unites Upper and Lower Egypt
a volcano at Giza erupted
The Nile River flooded
the first pyramid collapsed
18
The basic political units of Sumerian civilization were
monarchs
empires
ziggurats
city-states
19
Food surpluses in Neolithic farming villages
made the village susceptible to raids from nomadic tribes
caused the entire population to become obese
made it possible for people to do things other than farming
were not stored properly and spoiled
20
The first hominids to learn to make fire
Australopithecus
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
21
1. The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
The Fertile Crescent
The Yellow River Valley
The Indus Valley
The Nile Valley
22
1. The period before writing was developed was known as
Neolithic Era
prehistory
Anno Domini
Common Era
23
1. Where do scientists believe that
Homo sapiens sapiens
first appeared?
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
24
Hatshepsut was most known for being
the first pharaoh
uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
building the Great Pyramid
a woman
25
Hammurabi
was the first emperor
established a code of laws
overthrew the Sumerian Empire
cut off his sons hand
26
1. A massive stepped tower
ziggurat
stronghold
pillar
pyramid
27
The site of the discovery of a 1.8 million-year-old hominid
The Nile Valley
Indus Valley
Fertile Crescent
Olduvai Gorge
28
The key to China's social system was
the Mandate of Heaven
the aristocracy
divine right
filial piety
29
What century is the 1400's?
13th
14th
12th
15th
30
The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans could
use fire to cook their food
could use animals as pets
give up nomadic ways of life
have less control over the environment
31
The Chinese dynasty that divided territory into sections managed by war lords
Xia
Qin
Shang
Zhou
32
The main economic focus of early river valley civilizations was
gathering
farming
hunting
trade
33
A skilled worker is known as an
artisan
warrior
monarch
farmer
34
The cradle of Indian civilization
Indus Valley
Yellow River Valley
Nile Valley
Fertile Crescent
35
Which of these events occurred circa 8000 B.C.?
Both 1 and 2
Grain crops are cultivated in Nile Valley
Animals are domesticated
The last ice age ended
36
How did humans in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?
using irrigation and drainage
hunting and gathering
sifting through the silt
abandoning the river valley when necessary
37
A main characteristic of civilization is
fire
family
tools and weapons
art
38
A theocracy is a government in which
leaders rule by divine authority
the military ruled the people.
only women could rule
a council of elders makes all the laws.
39
The inhabitants of what are now Mexico and Central America
sumerians
priests
neanderthals
mesoamericans
40
The first dynasty in China
Zhou
Shang
Xia
Qin
41
Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another
conflict often occured
the transfer of new technology and ideas often occurred
painting and sculpture were developed
civilizations developed independently
42
Egypt was divided into three major periods,
the Re, Menes, and Tut Kingdoms
Osiris, Axis, and Isis Kingdoms
the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
the old, new, and young