World History
Quarter 1 Review Guide
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Why do scholars think early humans might have believed in life after death
Which of the following advances in farming was most important in the development of cities?
Early humans living during the Stone Age most likely
The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is called the Neolithic Revolution because it
Why did Ancient civilizations wage war
Cultural diffusion may have affected an early civilization
The first civilization arose in Mesopotamia because
Why did the Phoenicians turn to the Mediterranean sea for their livelihood?
Why did the pharaoh in Egypt make the Hebrews slaves?
The geography of Mesopotamia led people to
Why did pharaohs of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom improve defenses along the Nile?
Which of the following organs was left in the body when mummifying it and why?
Scholars believe that Indus civilization was a single society rather than a collection of
independent city-states because?
Mountains, hills, and deserts helped the Chinese to thrive because
The presence of valuable items and sacrificed prisoners of war in Chinese royal tombs indicates
that the Chinese?
Which of the following is the most sacred text of Judaism?
Hindus believe that the atman is released from the body at death and later reborn in another body
in a process called?
A Muslim who states, “There is no god but God [Allah], and Muhammad is the messenger of
God,” has fulfilled the?
Why was Nubia’s location important for trade?
Greeks tried to ensure that the gods and goddesses would protect them and their city-states by do
what?
Read the excerpt from the Republic. Who was the writer of this work?
New schools of philosophy developed during the Hellenistic period, in part because
Spartan society revolved around training for war because
Macedonia was able to take control of all of Greece in the 340s BC because
During the Roman civilization the phrase “bread and circuses” helped to create?
Why did the power of the Roman government shift from the city of Rome in the Western Roman
Empire to the city of
Constantinople in the Eastern Roman Empire?
Wealthy Romans dominated politics during the Pax Romana because?
What was the motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?
What was a characteristic of all classical empires?
ESSAY QUESTION:
What role did trade and assimilation have on the ancient and/or classical civilizations?
Choose one of the following: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, China, Greek and Roman. Provide evidence
and examples to support your answer.
Use 5-10 sentences- 1 point for civilization, 4 points for two specific examples of trade, 4 points for two
examples of assimilation.