■Essential Question:
–How did early humans change
through the Neolithic Revolution,
rise of river valley civilizations, &
expansion of empires?
■Warm-Up Question:
–?
World History Unit 1 Review
■Groups will be presented a prompt and
will list as many correct answers as
possible within 1 minute
–Groups earn 1 point for each correct
answer
–If any part of the response is incorrect,
teams receive no points for that round
■The winning group earns 105 points,
others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…
Prompt
Identify each of the following stages of
early human development
#1
#2
#3
#4
#1 People were nomadic hunters & gathers
#2 The Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of
farming villages; People were farmers
#3 River valley people became civilizations
#4 Civilizations expanded into empires
#1
#2
#3
#4
Prompt
Name the 4 river valley civilizations
#2
#1
#4
#3
#1 Egypt
#2 Mesopotamia
#3 India
#4 China
#2
#1
#4
#3
Prompt: Identify the characteristics of
river valley civilizations
#1 Give a specific example of writing
(name the writing & the river valley)
#2 Name 1 example of an advancement
in a city (and name the river valley)
#3 Describe specialized workers in one of
the four major river valley civilizations
#4 Describe one key technology of a river
valley civilization
#1 Writing: cuneiform (Mesopotamia);
Hieroglyphics (Egypt); pictograms (India, China)
#2 Cities: Walls (all); Ziggurats (Mesopotamia);
Temples (Egypt); Brick sewers, plumbing (India);
Wood buildings (China)
#3 Sp Workers: Kings, skilled workers, farmers,
slaves (Mesopotamia & Egypt); Priests above
kings (India); Peasants above merchants (China)
#4 Ziggurats (Mesopotamia); Pyramids,
calendar (Egypt); Plumbing (India); Coins, paper,
Grand Canal, Great Wall (China)
Prompt
Identify these key government ideas:
#1
#2
#3
#4
Mesopotamia: First written law code
Egypt: Rulers who were king-gods
China & Egypt: Ruling families
China: System by which kings gain the
mandate of heaven & are overthrown
when they lose the mandate of heaven
#5 China: Ethical system that guided
Chinese rule based on 5 relationships
based upon respect
#1 Hammurabi’s Code
#2 Pharaohs
#3 Dynasties
#4 Dynastic Cycle
#5 Confucianism
Prompt
Identify these key religious ideas:
#1 Mesopotamia: 1st monotheistic religion
#2 Egypt: The term that means “the
worship of many gods”
#3 India: Religion based on the caste
system, reincarnation, & moksha
#4 India: Religion based on Four Noble
Truths, Eightfold Path, & nirvana
#5 China: Honoring of deceased family
members
#1 Judaism/Hebrews
#2 Polytheism
#3 Hinduism
#4 Buddhism
#5 Ancestor worship
Prompt
Identify these key ideas:
#1 Mesopotamia people that simplified
cuneiform & spread their alphabet
#2 Name the 1 river valley civilization that
lacked natural, protective boundaries
#3 What was the nickname of the Yellow River?
#4 Which river had the most predictable flood
cycle?
#5 In Hinduism, what was the term for
someone’s “duty” in the caste system?
#1 Phoenicians
#2 Mesopotamia
#3 “China’s Sorrow”
#4 The Nile in Egypt
#5 Dharma
Prompt
Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name 1 difference between an empire
and a river valley civilization
#2 Which empire? King Darius, conquered
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India
#3 Which empire? First empire in India; King
Ashoka converted & spread Buddhism
#4 Which empire? Second empire in India;
Golden Age included math, astronomy
#5 Which empire? Classical China
#1 Empires expand; Strong armies;
Centralized governments
#2 Persia
#3 Mauryan Empire in India
#4 Gupta Empire in India
#5 Han Dynasty in China
Prompt
Identify these key ideas:
#1 What Persian religion introduced the
idea of good & evil and heaven-hell?
#2 In the Persian Empire, what was a
“satrap”?
#3 What approach did the Persians use to
govern their diverse empire?
#4 Name 1 of the 2 technologies that the
Persians used to connect their empire
#1 Zoroastrianism
#2 A province managed by a governor
#3 Tolerance
#4 Standardized coins & roads
Prompt
Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name the key difference between the
Mauryan kings Chandragupta & Ashoka
#2 What is the key difference between
Chandragupta & Chandra Gupta?
#3 How did the Chinese ensure the best
people would get government jobs?
(Be specific)
#4 What was the trade route that connected
the Mediterranean, Persia, India, China?
#1 Chandragupta was Hindu & started the
Mauryan Dynasty; Ashoka was Buddhist
& expended the empire
#2 Chandragupta led the Mauryan Empire;
Chandra Gupta led the Gupta Empire
#3 Confucian Examination System
#4 The Silk Road
Prompt
Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name the 2 things on the unit organizer
that need to be completed for extra
credit on the test
#2 How many bonus points on the test
is the unit organizer worth?
#3 Name 2 types of questions you expect
to see on the Unit 1 Test
#1 Key Terms and the Essential Questions
#2 Five bonus points
#3 Multiple choice questions &
short answer written responses