World History Chapter 1:
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World History Introduction Part 1:
1. What is the period of time before people kept written records called?
2. Who studies the physical remains of people to determine how they looked?
3. What is real Archaeology?
4. Define Geology.
5. How old is the Earth?
6. What are Amphibians?
7. Pre-human hominids called ___________________________________ used fire and
made tools. They lived approximately 2 million years ago.
8. ________________________, true humans, first appeared approximately 100,000
years ago.
9. List the two types of Homo Sapiens and circle the one that is our ancestor.
10. When did the last period of the Ice Age end?
11. List the 3 Stone Ages?
12. Which Stone Age were agriculture, crops, and livestock developed in?
13. How was bronze made?
14. What is the significance of the bronze plow?
15. The making and shaping of metal is called?
The First Civilizations Part 2:
16. B.C. stands for __________________________________________.
A. D. stands for _________________________________________.
17. What are the replacements for B.C. and A.D. and what do they stand for?
18. List the Four great river valleys where the first civilizations developed along with
the modern day countries that these rivers are located in.
19. What are the three things that these great river valleys had in common?
20. Define civilization.
21. List the 5 Characteristics of Civilization.
22. What river valley did the Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia developed in?
23. Ancient Egypt developed along __________________________, the longest river
on Earth.
24. Which river valley invented the 1st calendar?
25. The Pharaohs ruled and built the pyramids during what period of Ancient Egyptian
history?
26. What is the name given to Ancient Egypt’s form of picture writing?
27. Ancient Egyptians used _____________________ to preserve the body for the
afterlife after death.
28. What was Confucianism and what did it stress?
The Ancient Greeks Part 3:
29. Where is Greece located and how did geography influence its history?
30.What present-day world recognized sporting event did the ancient Greeks contribute
to the modern world?
31. Define philosophy.
32. What was the Socratic Method? Who came up with it?
33. What did stoics believe?
34. Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey depicting the Trojan War?
35. What 3 things did the Greeks ask from their religion?
36. How did Sparta develop differently then Athens?
37. What city-state in Greece is considered the birthplace of democracy?
38. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes the king of Persia lead 200,000 Persians
against 300 Spartans and 7,000 other Greeks. Who was the King of the Spartans?
39. What were the results of the Greek victories during the Persian Wars?
40. What was the war between Athens and Sparta called and why was it fought?
41. What took place in Alexander the Greats’ empire after his death?
42. What spread throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East because of
Alexander’s conquest?
The Roman Empire Part 4:
43. Where was Rome built and why was it built there?
44. Who did Rome come in conflict with as it expanded its economic power into the
Mediterranean Sea?
45. What was the war between Rome and Carthage called and why was it called that?
46. Who was assassinated after he became military dictator of Rome?
47. Why was the Roman Empire so successful? (There are 7 reasons)
48. What was the name of the 200 year period of peace throughout the Roman Empire?
49. What brought about the fall of the Roman Empire?
50. Whose teachings is Christianity based on?
51. Who took over the roles of government in Western Europe after the Roman Empire?
fell?
52. Locate the following places: place the # by the location.
China, Balkan Peninsula, Tigris River, Euphrates River, India, Pakistan, Yellow
River, Iraq.
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