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Unit One Test: Ancient Civilizations
Study Guide #1
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1. Study the following terms…
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Prehistory
Archaeology
Anthropology
Hominid
Paleolithic Age
Hunter Gatherer
Nomad
Neolithic Age
Systematic Agriculture
Domestication
Civilization
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
City-States
Polytheistic
Ziggurat
Theocracy
Cuneiform
Hammurabi’s Code
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Aryans
Sanskrit
Suttee
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Varnas
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaisyas
Sudras
Caste System
Xia Dynasty
Aristocracy
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
The Mandate of Heaven
Pictographs
Ideographs
Christianity
Buddhism
Four Noble Truths
Eight Fold Path
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Karma
Dharma
Islam
Five Pillars
Confucianism
2. How did historians learn about Prehistoric times?
3. What do we know about hominids?
4. Who discovered the first hominid remains?
5. Who discovered Lucy? Why was her discovery so important? What did it teach historians?
6. Which hominid is most similar to humans today?
7. Please fill in the following timeline on the Prehistoric Era.
PREHISTORIC ERA
2,500,000
BCE
10,000
BCE
8,000
BCE
4,000
BCE
8. What major change occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?
9. What characteristics does a culture need to have to be considered a civilization?
10. Where is Mesopotamia today?
11. Fill in the following chart on MESOPOTAMIA.
RELIGION
GOVERNMENT
WRITING
ADVANCEMENTS
12. Where is Egypt today? How was ancient Egypt protected from intruders?
13. Fill in the following chart on EGYPT.
RELIGION
GOVERNMENT
WRITING
14. What do we know about Harappa and Mohenjo Daro’s city set up?
SOCIETY
15. What probably happened to the Indus Valley People?
16. Fill in the following chart on THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION.
GOVERNMENT
ECONOMY
WRITING
SOCIETY
17. Explain the strict Caste System & the ability for people to move varnas within it.
18. Describe the movement from Dynasty to Dynasty in Ancient China.
19. Fill in the following Chart on WORLD RELIGIONS.
CHRISTIANITY BUDDHISM
ISLAM
WHO DO THEY
WORSHIP?
SACRED TEXTS
SACRED
SYMBOLS
SACRED
PLACES
PRACTICES OR
GOALS
SIMILARITIES:
HINDUISM
CONFUCIANISM