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1st Quarter World History Study Guide
1. Once you have 8 unexcused the highest class participation grade you can earn in class is ____.
2. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 best answers which of the following
questions?
3. When looking for the details in the reading to add to your notes it is important to ______.
4. If you are removed from class you will lose ___ on your class participation grade.
5. A good way to test if you have well written notes is to __________.
6. Early man created fire and it allowed the people of his time to live longer. This is an example of
information that best answers which of the 6 questions?
7. The Colonists won the Revolutionary War; therefore, the United States does not belong to England
today. This is an example of information that best answers which of the 6 questions?
8. How many points will it cost you if you need to go to your locker for something, after you have used
your quarterly free pass?
9. The best way to figure out what a word means is by using ______.
10. If you are absent you have 5 days after returning to receive full credit for your work, in order to
receive at least ½ credit you need to hand it in by ______.
11. When looking for vocabulary words you need to look for bold printed words, italicized print words,
and ________.
12. The tomb was found in the Valley of the Kings. This is an example of information that best answers
which of the 6 questions?
13. George Washington was the General who lead the attack. This is an example of information that best
answers which of the 6 questions?
14. The Romans attacked the enemy with great force and defeated their enemies. This information best
answers which of the following questions?
15. What is the first step to taking notes when reading?
16. How did Paleolithic people create fire?
17. Other than the fact that they made tools out of stone, what characteristic do all humans from the
Paleolithic Age have in common?
18. The Neanderthals used _____ to hunt larger animals.
19. _____ allowed Paleolithic humans to be able to pass ideas onto younger generations for making
civilization better.
20. Cooking food allowed humans’ _____ to grow larger and become more highly functional.
21. After the Paleolithic humans moved out of Africa, Earth’s climate ____.
22. When the food supply is high, population is _____.
23. What did the invention of the axe help the Cro-Magnons to build?
24. Archaeologists think that cave drawings were used by the Cro-Magnons as part of their ______.
25. The Neanderthals were the first humans to ______.
26. The Paleolithic people lived and hunted in ____.
27. _____ were the first domesticated animals.
28. The native tribe was upset when we entered their _____.
29. Where did the Paleolithic people take shelter after they moved into Europe and Asia?
30. The birds ____ from north to south for the winter.
31. Where were the first humans found?
32. Why did Paleolithic people invent clothing?
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What made hunting safer for the Cro-Magnons?
Where were the Cro-Magnon remains first found?
Where were the Neanderthal remains first found?
_____ was discovered when seeds were found sprouting in the trash, and someone had the idea to
plant them on purpose.
37. The ancient village of _____ was easy to study for archaeologists because it was preserved in a fire.
38. _____ was discovered when hunters trapped wild animals in a deep ravine and killed them one at a
time.
39. The invention of ____ lead to humans living in permanent settlements.
40. The ____ of the Neolithic village decided that the two brothers should split the land evenly.
41. E-Coli is an example of a bacteria that is spread as a result of farming. It caused _____.
42. ______ is the name that scientists give to the person who discovered farming.
43. When the Neolithic people had more food because of farming, then the population _____.
44. When less people were needed to obtain food, people learned how to do other jobs. This is called ___.
45. The most important goddess in Neolithic times was the _____ goddess.
46. With the discovery of farming, the ___ was a new occupation that became very important because the
Neolithic people needed storage for their food.
47. The _____ became an important profession during the Neolithic Age because they were not obtaining
as many hides for clothing.
48. In the city, the ____ is higher.
49. The deer became more ____ as people started to feed them.
50. Another name for the Neolithic Age is ______.
51. What is the type of building structure that used a horizontal piece of lumber placed across two
upright poles?
52. The time period before written language is called _____.
53. Mesopotamia is located present day _____.
54. ___ is considered to be the first major civilization.
55. Sumerians built __ to protect themselves from floods.
56. To irrigate their crops the Sumerians built ____.
57. The ___ consisted of a major urban area with all of the land around it.
58. The largest city in Sumer was __.
59. The main difference between the upper class homes and the middle class homes was ___.
60. The lower class lived on the outside of the city walls because most of them were ___.
61. At the center of the Sumerian Cities stood a ___ which was the home of the city’s chief god.
62. Only the wealthy men could attend school and upon graduation they would become ___.
63. Only a man could get a divorce in Sumerian Culture; in order to do so he would have to ___.
64. Sumerian writing was called ___.
65. The most famous of the Priest Kings was ____.
66. One Sumerian legend involving a Sumerian Priest King is very similar to the story of ____.
67. Kingship was given to someone through ___.
68. ___ built the first empire in Mesopotamia.
69. ___was the ruler of Babylon.
70. The wheat crop was very plentiful for the town had a __ of wheat.
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71. Under the ___ everyone was innocent until proven guilty.
72. Hammurabi created a unified empire by creating a code of law and making the god of ___ the highest
god.
73. Celebrating holidays, singing songs, and dancing dances are all parts of a groups ____.
74. Mesopotamia is also known as the _____.
75. They Sumerians invented the ____ and the ____ to make farming and transportation easier.
76. The early Mesopotamian Empires invented a 12 month calendar based on the moon
77. The early Mesopotamians created a number system based on ___.
78. Hammurabi’s rule was known as ____.
79. Hammurabi appointed ___ to oversee his code of law and make sure punishments were handed out
fairly.
80. Hammurabi created ___ to help the poor.