Quarter 1 assessment
Study Guide
World History 1
Name________________________________
Block_____________
1. Lines of latitude measure North to South in degrees.
2. Lines of longitude measure East to West in degrees.
3. Define the term Pre-History- Time before written records
4. Hominids that lived 1-4 million years ago were called Australopithecus Afarensis.
5. This was the first hominid to leave Africa Homo Erectus
6. Define Nomad- Hunter gatherer
7. An Archeologist studies fossils, artifacts and human remains to reveal information about past
cultures.
8.
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The invention of farming
Domestication
Slash and burn farming
Permanent agricultural societies
The above characteristics describe the Neolithic age.
9. Define the term
Artifact: something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art
10. What were some effects of the Neolithic age
-Settlements develop
-Specialization of labor
-increase in trade
11. Mesopotamia was settled thanks to these two rivers
Tigris & Euphrates
12. Place the following in correct order on the timeline below. 513 BCE, 757 BCE, 302 CE, 1492 CE, 3200
BCE, 2016 CE
3200
757
513
302
1492
3200
BCE
BCE
BCE
CE
CE
CE
13. Who is Donald Johanson- Discovered the remains of “Lucy”
14. What is the difference between C.E. and B.C.E.
C.E.= Common era, all dates after zero on a timeline
B.C.E= Before common era, all dates before zero on a timeline
15. Compare/contrast the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages in the following categories.
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Food Supply/ Populations
Smaller populations lower food supply
Larger populations greater food supply
Temporary shelters
More permanent housing
Shelter
Tools/ Occupations
Specialization of labor
Spears for hunting / hunter gathering
16. Identify the following people:
Sargon of Akad______________________________________________________________________________
Hammurabi______________________________________________________________________________
Pharoah Menes______________________________________________________________________________
17. Define Peninsula- a piece of land bordered by water on three sides
give an example of one-India
18. Name two of the early Chinese dynasties we discussed in class:
Shang
Zhou
19.
Paleolithic Age
Australopithecus
Time Frame
4mill-1mill B.C.E.
Homo Habilis
2.5 mill-1.5 mil
B.C.E
Homo Erectus
1.6 mill- 30,000
B.C.E
Neanderthal
Cro-Magnon
200,000 – 30,000 40,000 – 8,000
B.C.E
B.C.E
First to make
stone tools
First to migrate
out of Africa
First to hunt
Use fire
And complex tools
First to have burial
rituals
Simple language
Hunted with flint First to appear
knives
identical to modern
Cared for sick
humans
Innovations
(Important Firsts)
First hominid to
walk upright.
20. Fill in the following chart based off your notes.
Rivers (names)
Type of Flooding
(U or P)
Mesopotamia
Tigris & Euphrates
(Unpredictable)
Egypt
India
Indus and Ganges
(Unpredictable)
China
Yangtze and Huang
He
(Unpredictable)
Nile
(predictable)
none
Sahara desert
Hindu kush and
Himalayan mts
Himalayan mts and
the Gobi desert
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
none
Oracle bone script
Hammurabi
Sargon of Akad
Menes
List the Natural
Barriers
Writing Style
Important Rulers
Type of Religion
(poly or mono)
and Main God
poly
poly
poly
poly
Wheel, sail, plow,
bronze weapons
Geometry,
Surgury,
Calendar system
Irrigation ditches,
plumbing system,
Grid system,
Citadel,
Mandate of heaven,
Oracle bone script
Innovations
21. Who led the Hebrew out of captivity in Egypt? Moses
22. On the map to the right, the letter A represents the ancient
homeland of the Hebrews, also known as Canaan