Second Nine Weeks Benchmark
Study Guide
Mrs. M. Brown
Ms. C. Barnes
People
archaeologist is a a person who
1. A/an ____________
studies ancient forms of government,
pottery pieces
______________,
clothing, and artifacts
2. Greeks strongly influenced our
language because many English
________
words and expressions come from
Greek mythology
___________________
3. In the first democracy (created by
Athenians
the ________),
aristocrats
___________
have more power than
did NOT
citizens.
4. Despite his harsh ways, we know that Shi
Huangdi was __________
for China
good
because the country
____________________
after his death.
fell into civil war
5. People outside of China began to learn
about ________________
when the Han
Chinese goods
armies conquered
___________ lands deep in
central Asia
6.This group of ancient people bragged
about their government, celebrated
games, sacrifices, and lived exactly as
Athenians
they pleased____________
7. This group of people were the lowest in
the Indian Caste system _______________
untouchables
Spartans
8. The _____________
believed in war, living
a simple life with no luxuries, and that
boys should enter the military at the age
of 7 and their slaves were called
_____________.
helots
scribes
9. In Sumerian society, _________
had
power because people who could
________________
were very important.
read and write
philosophers believed in using
10.Greek ____________
the human mind to
think and understand
____________________________
Trade
11. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa were able to
develop _____________
economic systems because they
were both located in the
___________________
Indus River Valley
12. The _____________
connected Europe to
Silk Road
China. People from Europe traded
____________
and lumber for __________
horses
silk
13. The Kushites would ______________
NOT have been
trade
able to ___________
if they had not had
Items to trade and been located on the
Nile River
_______________
Religion
Hinduism to India, the
14. The Aryans brought _________
caste system supports the basic ideas of
___________,
reincarnation and Aryans holy books, called
the _______,
are written in Sanskrit.
Vedas
15. Buddhism is based on the question, “Why
is there so much pain and suffering in the
world?” and was created by
__________________________
Siddhartha Gautama
Abraham
16. The nomad, __________,
founded
Judaism which is based on the belief that
_________
Torah
there is only one god, the ________
is their
Ten Commandments
holy book, and the _____________________
are a set of rules for responsible behavior.
Writing
17. Egyptians began to create
________________________
poems and other written works when
they developed ____________.
hieroglyphics
18. _____________
was developed by
Cuneiform
the Sumerians/Mesopotamians to
_______________
keep
track of trade and show
__________ by creating wedgeownership
shaped figures in clay tablets
19. Writing was originally created to
keep
track of records
_______________.
20. Cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and
pictographs are all systems of
______________. An ________
is a
writing
epic
____________
of writing.
type
Myths and Legends
21. The Iliad and the Odyssey were written
by Homer and told about
the Trojan War and its aftermath
________________________________
22. The myth, “Demeter and Persephone”
have seasons
tell why we ______________
because
Demeter is separated from her daughter
during the winter.
sports teams
23. Some _______________
are named after
figures from _________________
in
Greek mythology
today’s popular culture.
This and That
24. In the first democracy in Athens, all
citizens had the right to participate in the
speak
assembly, _________
and serve on
Aristocrats
smaller councils. _____________
did NOT
have more power than citizens!
ancient bones today to find
25. We study ____________
information about our _________________
human ancestors
shipping for trade
26. Greeks relied on _________
mountainous terrain
because the ___________________
made
overland trading difficult.
Know How to Identify Egyptian,
Greek and Chinese artifacts!
China
Greece
Egypt
China
Greece
Egypt
Know how to read graphs!
Be
SURE to Study!
Bushels Produced
Farming Production
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
800
500
500
300
300
200
Family
Produced
Family
Used
Surplus
Surplus
Surplus
Surplus
A family produced 500 bushels of wheat but
only used 300 bushels. what does this mean?
A. a surplus of 800 bushels
B. a surplus of 500 bushels
C. a surplus of 200 bushels
D. a surplus of 300 bushels
C