World History Unit 1 Test

Question 1

What two subjects are interconnected?

Answer 1

Geography and history

Question 2

What is the time period that is prior to writing?

Answer 2

Prehistory (historians must focus on clues left behind)

Question 3

What is the most important history book?

Answer 3

The Bible

Question 4

What is Anthropology?

Answer 4

Study of origins of development

Question 5

What is Archaeology?

Answer 5

Study of past people and cultures

Question 6

What are artifacts?

Answer 6

Old objects made by humans

Question 7

What are three examples of artifacts?

Answer 7

tools, weapons, pottery, clothing, jewelry, etc…

Question 8

What is 3-D imaging?

Answer 8

3-D imaging has helped analyze artifacts

Question 9

What is the purpose of Aerial Photography in history?

Answer 9

It helps get a scale of the land

Question 10

What is a major piece of evidence that historians use?

Answer 10

Written evidence

Question 11

What were smaller groups of people, and what did they do?

Answer 11

The were called nomads and they hunted and gathered

Question 12

What was the Biblical event that spread people and languages?

Answer 12

The Tower of Babel

Question 13

What was the primitive religious belief that many people believed in (believing in gods being plants, animals, and other objects)?

Answer 13

Animism

Question 14

What are some examples of Animism?

Answer 14

Afterlife, sun god, mood god, etc…

Question 15

What was that major Revolution?

Answer 15

Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

Question 16

What are some examples of the revolution?

Answer 16

1. Instead of moving, people stayed in place.2. Farms existed with domesticated (tame) animals. 3. Allowed first cities/towns to develop 4. Caused more farm related technologies to developMore food = more population

Question 17

What is a civilization?

Answer 17

A complex, highly organized social order

Question 18

Where did most of the civilizations form?

Answer 18

River valleys

Question 19

What are some positives of starting a civilization in river valleys?

Answer 19

Pros: good for drinking and farming

Question 20

What are some negatives of starting a civilization in river valleys?

Answer 20

Cons: flooding and possible enemy destruction

Question 21

What are the eight features of a civilizations?

Answer 21

1. Cities: Organized group of citizens2. Organized government: Who is in change, what laws exist3. Complex religion: Mostly polytheistic (many gods) 4. Job Specialization: Each person no longer in charge of food - working toward greater good5. Art/Architecture: Express beliefs and values6. Public Works: Irrigation, roads, walls, etc… benefit the city7. Writing: Keeping records, expression, generally pictograms8. Social Classes: Priests toward the top, most people (farmers) toward the bottom

Question 22

What did some early cities grow into?

Answer 22

Empires (multiple city-states joined forces)

Question 23

What is cultural diffusion?

Answer 23

Cultural ideas also spread quickly, skills and resources were also exchanged