Name ____________________________
Period ___________
Unit Review
In addition to the activities on the following pages, if you can answer the following questions,
you are ready for the Unit Test!
1. What does GRAPES stand for? Give an example of what would go under each letter.
2. What does STAIR stand for? Give an example of what would go under each letter.
3. How does the Dynastic Cycle work? How does the Mandate of Heaven relate to it?
4. What were the earliest sites of agricultural villages?
Pre-AP World I
Unit 1 Review
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Unit: River Valleys
Review Stations
Matching
Matching: Write the letter of the definition on the right next to the term on the left.
1. ___ Sumer
A. A belief in more than one god
2. ___ Mesopotamia
B. A government controlled by religious leaders
3. ___ Fertile Crescent
C. The first civilization; near the Tigris River
4. ___ Homo Sapiens
D. The first Egyptian king
5. ___ Silt
E. Dirt/mud left behind by flooding rivers
6. ___ Polytheism
F. Created a famous legal code
7. ___ City-state
G. A curved region of quality farm land
8. ___ Menes
H. Independent city controlling surrounding land
9. ___ Hammurabi
I. Land between the rivers
10. ___ Theocracy
J. Modern humans
Choose the River Valley Civilization most closely associated with each of the following items
(one correct answer for each).
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
11. Huang He River
12. Ziggurats
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
13. Hieroglyphics
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
14. Oracle bones
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
15. Planned cities
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
16. Harappans
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
17. Pharaoh
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
18. Zhou Dynasty
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
19. Monsoon
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
20. Cuneiform
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
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Early Humans
Complete the following chart contrasting the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras, with at least 3
facts for each.
P A L E OL I T H IC E RA
NEOLITHIC ERA
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Explain what caused the differences you identified above.
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Review Stations
River Valley Geography
In the table below, add the four major River Valleys to the leftmost column. Then, describe the
three key geographic features of each River Valley as indicated by the other columns.
R I V E R V A L L EY
FLOODING
NATURAL
RESOURCES
NATURAL
DEFENSES
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Review Stations
On the map below, draw a compass. Next, label the FOUR oceans and SEVEN continents. Then,
draw in the FIVE major rivers in this unit and label the FOUR River Valleys.
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Review Stations
Multiple Choice Practice
For the following questions, analyze what the question is asking and determine the best
answer. For each of the wrong answers, explain with details why it is wrong. For the correct
answer, write how you know it is correct.
1. _____. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all early civilizations
A. An agricultural surplus that contributed to the development of trade
B. Some economic specialization
C. Water resources
D. Common social bonds
E. Unified rule of people who shared cultural characteristics
2. _____. Which of the following most likely accounts for the growth in human population
after 3000 B.C.E.?
A. The invention of spoken language
B. The development of plant and animal domestication
C. The use of more efficient methods of warfare
D. The decline of species that competed with humans for food
E. The increase in the availability of wild game
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Review Stations
3. _____. What did the pyramids show about the Old Kingdom dynasties of Egypt?
A. The leadership, economy, and government were strong
B. They had access to a good supply of stone, both limestone and granite
C. They had well-developed mathematical and engineering skills
D. All of the above are true
4. _____. Each of the following is a benefit to ALL civilizations established near a river
EXCEPT:
A. Floods that brought rich soil to plant crops on
B. Water for crops
C. Protection from outside invasion
D. Transportation for trade
5. _____. Early people stopped roaming with the —
A. Development of agriculture
B. Building of aqueducts
C. Invention of the wheel
D. Discovery of iron
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