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Review – More Early Years
Global History and Geography
Date: _____________________
Part I: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
Complete the following sentences by using the Word Bank:
Name: _________________
E. Napp
Word Bank:
Cities, Hunting, Migrate, Africa, Plant, Neolithic,
Permanent, Animals, World, Religion, Civilization
1. The first human beings appeared in East ___________ between 200,000 and 400,000
years ago.
2. Gradually, humans spread around the _____________.
3. Early human beings passed on their culture to their children. Culture refers to a
people’s way of life, including their language, _____________ and systems of
government.
4. Early humans relied on ___________, fishing, and gathering wild plants for food.
5. The search for food led people to ______________ from Africa to other parts of the
world.
6. About 10,000 years ago, people in the Middle East discovered how to _________
seeds of grain to grow their own food.
7. They also learned to raise ___________ such as sheep, goats, and cattle.
8. These advances of domestication of plants and animals are referred to as the
__________________ Revolution.
9. The Neolithic Revolution allowed people to build __________ homes and villages
and adopt a settled way of life.
10. As people settled, ____________ developed.
11. A civilization is an advanced form of human culture in which some of the people of a
society live in ____________, have a form of writing, and are skilled at science and
technology.
Part II: Practice Multiple-Choice Questions
1. In its broadest sense, the term
3.
“culture” refers to
 Living in cities
A- Art museums and symphony
 Having a form of
orchestras
writing
B- The complex languages that are
 Being skilled at science
used by developing societies
and technology
C- A centralized form of government
D- A distinct way of living and
The above examples are the essential
behaving by members of a society characteristics of a
A- Civilization
2. During the Neolithic Revolution,
B- Culture
people learned how to
C- Time period
A- Create writing systems
D- Political system
B- Grow food and raise animals
C- Build fires
D- Make bronze weapons
Part III: River Valley Civilizations
Complete the following sentences by using the Word Bank:
Word Bank:
Hieroglyphics, Sumerians, Harappa, Nile, Hammurabi, Urban,
Class, Euphrates, Pyramids, Pharaoh, Cuneiform, Yellow, Shang, Dynasty
1. Ancient Mesopotamia was the region between the Tigris and ____________ Rivers,
in present-day Iraq.
2. The ___________, one of the first peoples in this area, invented the wheel and the
sailboat, created a twelve month calendar, developed ____________ symbol-writing
on clay tables, and made the first objects of copper and bronze.
3. Babylonians later conquered this region and developed the world’s first law code –
the Code of ______________.
4. The Code of Hammurabi had harsh punishments and ________ divisions; rich
people were punished differently than common people.
5. Egyptian civilization developed along the banks of the ____________, in North
Africa.
6. Egypt was controlled by an absolute ruler, called the _________. This ruler was
considered divine or a god.
7. Egyptians believed in life after death. They buried their pharaohs in large tombs
called ____________.
8. The Egyptians also developed their own form of picture writing, called
_________________.
9. The Indus River Valley was another important center of civilization. Food
surpluses people to build cities like ___________ and Mohenjo-Daro. The cities of
the Indus River Valley demonstrate ________ planning or carefully planned cities
where every brick in every building was the same size.
10. China’s first civilization developed around the Huang He or ___________ River.
Around 1700 B.C., a _________ or ruling family known as the Shang took control.
Part IV: Practice Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which heading would be most
3. Our modern-day alphabet is based in
appropriate on the blank line below?
large part on the alphabet of the
ancient
I. _____________
A. Phoenicians
A. Code of Hammurabi –
B. Chinese
Mesopotamia
C. Egyptians
B. Alphabet – Phoenicians
D. Sumerians
C. Wheel – Sumerians
4. Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are
A. Economic changes in the ancient
similar in that they were both
world
A. Religious temples
B. Buildings of ancient civilizations
B. Inventions of the Chinese
C. Contributions of ancient civilizations
C. Holy books of ancient Egypt
D. Religions of ancient civilizations
D. Written forms of communication
2. The river valleys of the Tigris and
Euphrates, the Nile, and the Indus
became early centers of civilization
because they
A. Had rich deposits of iron ore and
coal
B. Were isolated from other cultures
C. Had rich soils from annual floods
D. Were easy to defend from invasions
5. Which statement about Egyptian
civilization is an opinion rather than
a historical fact?
A. The Egyptians had a written
language.
B. Ancient Egypt was protected
from invasion by the surrounding
Desert.
C. The Egyptians had beautiful art.
Part V: Matching -Place the Correct Letter in the Correct Definition or Term:
A. Mountainous Letter _______
Athenians excelled in commerce, and developed a unique form of
government by male citizens, known as __________ (rule by the
people).
B. Invaders
Letter _______
The ________ Tables of Roman Law established a system of
written laws to protect the plebeians. Judicial concepts such as
innocence until proven guilty and equality before the law were
included in the Tables.
C. Hindu
Letter _______
__________ led to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.
While this was not the only cause, it certainly was a significant
cause.
D. Asoka
Letter _______
Life in __________ was organized around military needs. Strict
obedience and self-discipline were highly valued.
E. Gupta
Letter _______
The first Roman emperor was Augustus Caesar. Augustus began a
long period of peace known as the ________ Romana.
F. Sparta
G. Pax
H. Mandate of
Heaven
I. Democracy
J. Hellenistic
K. Twelve
Letter _______
Alexander the Great created a vast empire by conquering Egypt,
Mesopotamia, and Persia. Alexander’s conquests helped spread
Greek culture and traditions. _____________ culture, a blend of
Greek, Persian, and Egyptian influences, spread throughout the
Mediterranean world.
Letter _______
The ___________ caste system is a rigid and fixed class system. A
person can only perform certain jobs based on caste and cannot
marry outside caste.
Letter _______
King ________ of the Mauryan Empire converted from Hinduism
to Buddhism. He was a tolerant ruler who improved roads, built
hospitals, and spread Buddhism
Letter _______
A golden age of Sanskrit culture occurred in the ______ dynasty.
The concept of zero, the decimal system, and the concept of infinity
were created during this period.
Letter _______
This Chinese belief maintains that the gods select the Chinese
emperor to rule but the gods can remove a corrupt emperor. This
creates a dynastic cycle.
Letter _______
Ancient Greece consisted of a large ___________ peninsula
(mainland Greece) and a large number of islands.
Part VI: Belief Systems
Complete the following sentences by using the Word Bank:
Word Bank:
Nirvana, Inferior, Gods, Judaism, Five, Islam, Desires, Filial, Reincarnation,
Eightfold, Pilgrimage, Ganges, Jesus, Siddhartha, Ethical, Mecca, Confucius,
Resurrected, Ramadan, Torah, Pillars, Muhammad, Daoism
1. Hindus believe in many ______, all of which are manifestations of a single Supreme
Being. They believe in ____________, meaning that after death a person’s soul is
reborn as another person or living thing. Hindus believe that cows are sacred. The
__________ River is also sacred to followers of Hinduism
2. An Indian Prince, ___________ Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism. He came
to believe that human ____________ caused all human suffering, and that to find
inner peace one must renounce all desires. Gautama became known as the Buddha,
meaning the “Enlightened One.” To five up desires, Buddhists follow the _________
Path, in which they meditate and respect all living things. According to Buddhists,
____________ is the end of suffering.
3. _________ lived in a time of civil war and disruption in Zhou China. He founded a
philosophy based on respecting traditional ways and meeting one’s social
obligations. Confucius believed in ________ Relationships. In each relationship, the
_________ must obey the superior. ________ Piety is the belief in respecting and
honoring parents and ancestors.
4. _____________ is the first monotheistic religion. Jews believe in one God and follow
_________ rules like the Ten Commandments. The __________ is the first five
books of the Bible.
5. Christians believe that _________ Christ was the son of God and sacrificed himself
to save humankind from punishment for their sins. Christians believe that after his
death, Jesus was __________ and then rose to Heaven.
6. ___________ was founded by Muhammad in Mecca, Arabia. Muslims believe in the
Five ____________ of the Faith. A Muslim must believe in ______ God, pray five
times a day facing the holy city of __________, give charity or alms to the poor, fast
during the month of ___________, and make a ___________ to Mecca.
7. ______________ is a Chinese philosophy based on the importance of nature. This
philosophy encourages people to live naturally.
Part VII: Reading Comprehension – Byzantine Empire
Although the western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the 5th century, the eastern
half, known as the Byzantine Empire, lasted for another thousand years. The Byzantine
emperors ruled from the capital city of Constantinople, with the help of a powerful army
and an imperial bureaucracy. Constantinople was located between Eastern Europe and
Asia. It had a great location for trade which allowed the city and the empire to prosper.
Emperor Justinian codified Roman laws (Code of Justinian) and built a magnificent
church, the Hagia Sophia. The Byzantines were greatly influenced by Greek and Roman
culture, and in fact spoke mainly Greek. They prospered from their location at a
crossroads of trade. The Byzantines developed their own form of Christianity, known as
Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The Byzantines controlled Egypt, the Middle East, and
Eastern Europe. Gradually the empire declined as it lost territories to its neighbors,
especially the Islamic Empire. Constantinople finally fell in 1453.
Questions:
1- What happened to the western half of the Roman Empire in the 5th century?
2- What happened to the eastern half of the Roman Empire in the 5th century?
3- What was Constantinople?
4- Why was Constantinople significant (Think Location)?
5- Who was Emperor Justinian and what did he do?
6- What was the Code of Justinian?
7- What was the Hagia Sophia?
8- Which cultures influenced the Byzantines?
9- What religion did the Byzantines practice?
10- What lands did the Byzantines control?
11- What eventually happened to the Byzantine Empire in 1453?