<p> World History & Geography I – Semester 1 Midterm Review Packet</p><p>In order to prepare for your Semester 1 World History & Geography Exam, you should study the following:</p><p>Early History, River Valley Civilizations, Classical India and China, Greece, and Rome ***************************************************************************************</p><p>1. What is the meaning of the term nomadic?</p><p>2. What is the meaning of the term domesticated?</p><p>3. What was the Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution)?</p><p>4. The earliest civilizations were located near ______(geographic feature).</p><p>5. How do archaeologists find out about early people?</p><p>6. Why did the ancient Egyptians build pyramids?</p><p>7. What was the purpose of oracle bones?</p><p>8. Why did Shi Huangdi order the burning of Confucian books?</p><p>9. Which TWO rivers influenced the early Indian civilization? ______and the ______10. Who was Hammurabi? Explain the significance of Hammurabi’s Code.</p><p>11. Why did the ancient Greeks establish colonies?</p><p>12. After the Peloponnesian War, what happened to Athens?</p><p>13. Which civilization is associated with Zoroastrianism? ______</p><p>14. Sumer was made up of ______, instead of being united under one centralized government.</p><p>15. The caste system brought to India by the Aryans was based on ______</p><p> and ______.</p><p>16. What is an aristocrat?</p><p>17. What are the three major accomplishments of the Phoenicians?</p><p>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:</p><p>20. Identify the religion associated with each of the following images:</p><p>______21. In the Aryan and Hindu caste system, can people change their caste during this lifetime? ______</p><p>Can people change their caste from one life to the next? ______</p><p>22. What geographic feature helped to protect ancient Egypt from invasion? ______</p><p>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:</p><p>24. Was one reason that river valley civilizations formed along rivers because the rivers provided fresh drinking water? </p><p>23. Another name for the civilization of Mesopotamia is ______.</p><p>25. wrote the a famous Roman epic poem. </p><p>26. Why are the Phoenicians the “carriers” of civilization?</p><p>27. What are the major characteristics of Buddhism? 28. What were the teachings of Confucius? What effect did they have on society?</p><p>29. The following civilizations and empires were located in what region: Indus Valley, Mauryan, and Gupta?</p><p>30. What is/are the major river(s) for the following civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and Chinese?</p><p>31. What are the five characteristics of a civilization?</p><p>32. Compare the Paleolithic and Neolithic time periods. What are the major characteristics of each?</p><p>33. What were the accomplishments of the Gupta empire?</p><p>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.</p><p>36. What four cultures made up the Hellenistic culture? Who helped create the Hellenistic culture?</p><p>37. How were women treated in Ancient Athens? How were they treated in Sparta?</p><p>38. How did the geography (sea, mountains, and climate) affect the development of Greece?</p><p>39. What is the definition of: monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy (indirect and direct)</p><p>40. What caused the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage?</p><p>41. What civilization was located south of Egypt, traded with Egypt and protected Egyptian culture? 42. What are the Upanishads and Vedas?</p><p>43. What is the difference between a Patrician and Plebian?</p><p>44. Who is Moses? What did he do?</p><p>45. What are the main differences between Athens and Sparta?</p><p>46. What are the levels of the Caste system? </p><p>47. What are the five themes of geography? (Describe each briefly)</p><p>48. What are the four parts of the Roman Republic?</p><p>49.What is the name of the Roman temple with the dome located in Rome?</p><p>50. Good Luck!!!! </p>