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World History & Geography I – Semester 1 Midterm Review Packet

In order to prepare for your Semester 1 World History & Geography Exam, you should study the following:

Early History, River Valley Civilizations, Classical India and China, Greece, and Rome ***************************************************************************************

1. What is the meaning of the term nomadic?

2. What is the meaning of the term domesticated?

3. What was the Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution)?

4. The earliest civilizations were located near ______(geographic feature).

5. How do archaeologists find out about early people?

6. Why did the ancient Egyptians build pyramids?

7. What was the purpose of oracle bones?

8. Why did Shi Huangdi order the burning of Confucian books?

9. Which TWO rivers influenced the early Indian civilization? ______and the ______10. Who was Hammurabi? Explain the significance of Hammurabi’s Code.

11. Why did the ancient Greeks establish colonies?

12. After the Peloponnesian War, what happened to Athens?

13. Which civilization is associated with Zoroastrianism? ______

14. Sumer was made up of ______, instead of being united under one centralized government.

15. The caste system brought to India by the Aryans was based on ______

and ______.

16. What is an aristocrat?

17. What are the three major accomplishments of the Phoenicians?

18. What are the three ways Darius united the Persian Empire? 19. Identify which civilization/empire/dynasty is shown in each of the following maps:

20. Identify the religion associated with each of the following images:

______21. In the Aryan and Hindu caste system, can people change their caste during this lifetime? ______

Can people change their caste from one life to the next? ______

22. What geographic feature helped to protect ancient Egypt from invasion? ______

23. Be able to identify the locations of the civilizations of Sumer, ancient Egypt, the Indus River Valley civilization and the Huang He River Valley civilization on a map:

24. Was one reason that river valley civilizations formed along rivers because the rivers provided fresh drinking water?

23. Another name for the civilization of Mesopotamia is ______.

25. wrote the a famous Roman epic poem.

26. Why are the Phoenicians the “carriers” of civilization?

27. What are the major characteristics of Buddhism? 28. What were the teachings of Confucius? What effect did they have on society?

29. The following civilizations and empires were located in what region: Indus Valley, Mauryan, and Gupta?

30. What is/are the major river(s) for the following civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and Chinese?

31. What are the five characteristics of a civilization?

32. Compare the Paleolithic and Neolithic time periods. What are the major characteristics of each?

33. What were the accomplishments of the Gupta empire?

34. Who is Asoka? How is he responsible for the spread of Buddhism in Asia? 35. What is a centralized government? Which early civilizations had a central government? Give an example of evidence of a centralized government in an early civilization.

36. What four cultures made up the Hellenistic culture? Who helped create the Hellenistic culture?

37. How were women treated in Ancient Athens? How were they treated in Sparta?

38. How did the geography (sea, mountains, and climate) affect the development of Greece?

39. What is the definition of: monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy (indirect and direct)

40. What caused the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage?

41. What civilization was located south of Egypt, traded with Egypt and protected Egyptian culture? 42. What are the Upanishads and Vedas?

43. What is the difference between a Patrician and Plebian?

44. Who is Moses? What did he do?

45. What are the main differences between Athens and Sparta?

46. What are the levels of the Caste system?

47. What are the five themes of geography? (Describe each briefly)

48. What are the four parts of the Roman Republic?

49.What is the name of the Roman temple with the dome located in Rome?

50. Good Luck!!!! 