Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization
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Global History and
Geography
Review
Unit 1: Beginnings of
Civilization
Answers
Name______________
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Chapter 1:
Unit 1 Section A: Early Peoples
1) The study of human culture is known as ___anthropology___.
2) The study of past human life and culture by examining material evidence
is known as __archaeology______.
Paleolithic Age
spanned from
_2.5 million_ to
3) A human made object is called an ___artifact______.
A) Examples of artifacts are ____tools and weapons________.
4) A person’s unique way of life is called ____culture______.
Achievements of the Paleolithic period:
_8000 B.C._
Another name for
Paleolithic Age is
1. Tools: stone, bone, and wood was used to fashion 100 different
types of tools.
Old Stone Age
A form of culture noted for five characteristics is civilization.
A) Five characteristics of a civilization are:
1)_specialized workers_______
2)_complex institutions
Neolithic Age
spanned from
3)_record keeping_______________
4)_advanced cities________________________
_8000 BC_ to
_3000 BC_
Another name for
Neolithic Age is:
_New Stone Age__
5)_advanced technology___________________
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Comparing the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
(Paleolithic Age)
Old stone chipping tools
Exclusively hunters and gatherers
New Stone Age
(Neolithic Age)
Polished stone tools
Made pottery
Grew crops
Raised animals
Give reasons why you believe that life expectancy might be shorter during the
New Stone Age than the Old Stone Age
During the New Stone Age people began to settle in larger population groups and
closer together. This would result in the spreading of new diseases which could wipe
out entire settlements.
Turning Points in Global History
The Neolithic Revolution
Describe How Each of These Five Helped the Neolithic Revolution Become a Turning Point
Population stays in one place. Settlements are formed. Land ownership occurs.
Permanent
Soon, religion and government will be established. Civilization
Settlements
Agricultural
Revolution
Domestication of
Animals
Food production, quantity, and farming techniques will improve. There will be a
surplus of food. Specialized labor will occur as not everyone has to be a farmer.
The Use of
Pottery
Pottery will be used to store surplus food (grains).
The Use of
Tools
Improved tools will help with improved farming techniques resulting in greater
food production.
Instead of hunting, animals will be available on hand. Animals will be used for
food as well as a source of labor.
The Neolithic Revolution would lead to permanent settlements and finally civilizations. The first
permanent settlements were found near _____rivers_______.
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Chapter 2 Early
River Valley
Civilizations
1) Mesopotamia
River Valley Civilizations
Flooding proved both beneficial and disastrous. Too much rain would
destroy ___crops___ and __villages____. Too little would lead to
__drought___ and famine. The flooding did leave a layer of silt which
provided ___fertile___ ___soil___ for crops.
Mesopotamia
_Tigris_ and
__Euphrates__
rivers
Egypt
1) Curved shape and richness of
1) Egypt was ruled by god-kings
land led it to be called the
known as __pharaohs____.
__fertile__ ___crescent___.
2) The Egyptian form of writing was
2) The city-state in southern
called ___hieroglyphics______.
Mesopotamia was known as
Indus River Valley
__Sumer_______. This city-state
1) Indus civilization is best known
had few ___natural___
for their ___plumbing
__resources __and had to trade
and their __planned_____
with other regions for lumber and
______cities_________.
other goods
2) Indus Valley civilization is also
3) The Sumerians would soon be
known as _Harappa__ because of
conquered first by Sargon of Akkad
the many archaeological discoveries
3) Indus River Valley
and then by Hammurabi of
made at that site.
__Indus__ and
___Babylon____.
____Ganges_____.
4) The Mesopotamian form of
1) Floods on the Huang He were so
writing is called __cuneiform__
disastrous that they were given the
which translates to ___wedged___
name _China’s___ __Sorrow___
____shaped_____.
2) Only about 10% of China’s
5) The religious temple was known
heartland is suitable for
as the __ziggurat____.
____farming___.
2) Egypt _Nile_ river.
____
China
3) Divine approval to rule is known
4) China _Yangtze__
and _Huang_ He_.
as _Mandate__ of _Heaven__.
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Chapter 2-4
The pattern of rise,
decline and the
replacement of
dynasties is known as
the __dynastic__
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The Zhou and the Dynastic Cycle
Step 1: New dynasty
Step 2: Strong dynasty Step 3: In time dynast
gains power – restores
establishes peace and
declines and becomes
peace, claims to have
prosperity
corrupt; taxes are
mandate of heaven
raised
Step 4: Disasters such
Step 5: Old dynasty is Step 6: Dynasty is
as floods, famines,
seen as having lost
overthrown through
peasant revolts, and
Mandate of Heaven
rebellion and
invasions occur.
bloodshed; new
dynasty emerges.
BACK TO STEP 1!
___cycle___.
1) Seafaring traders who developed
2) The _____Hittites___ were
Chapter 3 People
an alphabet that is the basis for ours
known for their iron working
On the Move
were the __Phoenicians__.
capabilities.
3) The __Aryans______ settled in
4) The seafaring traders known as
the area of the Indus River Valley
the _______Minoans________ had
and set up a strict social system
a significant impact on the Ancient
known as a ______caste_____.
Greeks.
1. Persian Empire Darius extended
2. The Assyrians accomplished their
Phoenician Alphabet
empire for 2,500 miles. His main
large empire by means of a highly
Chapter 4 The
failure however, was his inability to
advanced ___military____.
First Age of
conquer _______Greece_______.
Empires
Shi Huangdi and the Qin Dynasty Unifies China
1) Legalism provided that a ruler
3) Shi Huangdi had citizens work on
Darius
should provide rich rewards for
great projects such as the
those who carry out their duties and
_____Great______ ____Wall___
punish those who do not.
and an irrigation system. Peasants
2) __Book__ ___Burning ____
would soon rebel. The dynasty
was used to control ideas.
lasted only 40 years.