World History - TEST 1 (Ch. 1-3; GP1)

Question 1

a large group of people who think of themselves as one; act as a unit (match)

Answer 1

nation

Question 2

the way of life of a group of people (match)

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

the scattering of people over the earth (match)

Answer 3

dispersion

Question 4

a wedge-shaped writing (match)

Answer 4

cuneiform

Question 5

the rule by one city over other cities (match)

Answer 5

empire

Question 6

a group of people living in its own land with its own government (match)

Answer 6

nation-state

Question 7

organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern (match)

Answer 7

bureaucracy

Question 8

a payment from one nation to another (match)

Answer 8

tribute

Question 9

the greatest turning point of history (choice)

Answer 9

the birth of Christ

Question 10

group in history known to have first used the wheel (choice)

Answer 10

Sumerians

Question 11

the first pharaoh of all Egypt (choice)

Answer 11

Menes

Question 12

a female pharaoh of Egypt (choice)

Answer 12

Hatshepsut

Question 13

Egyptian Empire reached its greatest extent under this pharaoh (match)

Answer 13

Thutmose III

Question 14

this group of items best describes Egyptian civilization (choice)

Answer 14

dynasties, hieroglyphics, medical advances, pyramids

Question 15

where Noah and his family settled after the Flood (choice)

Answer 15

Shinar

Question 16

led in the building of the Tower of Babel (choice)

Answer 16

Nimrod

Question 17

the greatest gift of the Nile River to the Egyptians (choice)

Answer 17

fertile soil

Question 18

from whom did the Egyptians descend (choice)

Answer 18

Mizraim

Question 19

this word best describes the structure of the Egyptian society and government (choice)

Answer 19

bureaucracy

Question 20

what Hammurabi is best remembered for (choice)

Answer 20

laws

Question 21

because man was made in the image of God, what did man’s special characteristics allow for? (choice)

Answer 21

fellowship with God

Question 22

in the center of the ancient world, this was the land that God promised to Israel

Answer 22

Canaan

Question 23

the most important part of culture is how people relate to …

Answer 23

God

Question 24

he was chosen by God to be the father of the nation of Israel

Answer 24

Abraham

Question 25

Sumerian’s greatest accomplishment

Answer 25

writing

Question 26

Sumerian religion could be described as humanistic and ___________.

Answer 26

polytheistic

Question 27

the process used by the Egyptians to preserve bodies

Answer 27

mummification

Question 28

the Patriarchs of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and _______.

Answer 28

Jacob

Question 29

“Tigris” means…

Answer 29

arrow

Question 30

the study of the relics and ruins of ancient cultures

Answer 30

archaeology

Question 31

The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms are the three divisions of ancient (Sumer’s, Egypt’s) history.

Answer 31

Egypt’s

Question 32

name of Jacob’s son sold into slavery and became chief assistant to an Egyptian kings

Answer 32

Joseph

Question 33

Be able to label GP 1 “Fertile Crescent” map