Transcript World History Midterm Proficiency Review

World History
SGO Post Test Review
Prehistoric People to Ancient Rome
1. What are the main
differences between
Paleolithic and
Neolithic people?
How they obtained
their food
2. What is prehistory?
The time in human
history before writing
occurred.
3. What made it
possible for Neolithic
people to settle in one
place and develop
villages?
 Food production
(farming/ agriculture).
4. Mesopotamia was
once located in which
present day country?
Iraq
5. How did the Sumerians
(Mesopotamia) change
their physical
environment?
6. Who is Hammurabi
and what is he known
for?
controlling floods on the
Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers (Irrigation).
A Babylonian king
who created a strict,
written code of laws
(Hammurabi’s Code).
7. List the
contributions of
Mesopotamia:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Wheel
Plow
Sailboat
Writing
8. How did Egyptians benefit
from the Nile River?
 Besides providing water for
drinking, cooking, bathing,
and farming, it also…
1. It’s yearly predictable flooding
left rich soil on the river banks
for farming.
2. Irrigation systems to help
farm the land during dry
seasons.
3. Cataracts, waterfalls or
rapids in the river, made it hard
for invaders to travel up the Nile
and kept Egypt isolated.
9. What were Egyptian
pharaohs responsible for?
1. Building granaries to
store food for the people so
they wouldn’t starve during
hard times.
2. Repairing irrigation
systems so the crops
wouldn’t dry out.
3. Performing important
religious rituals.
10. Why did ancient
Egyptians build the
pyramids?
 To honor the
pharaohs of the Old
Kingdom.
11.
Math and Medicine
are ancient Egypt’s
biggest
contributions to the
world.
12. How did the ancient
Egyptians prepare
bodies for the afterlife
and why?
Bodies were
embalmed because
the soul needed a
body in the afterlife.
13. What do
Mesopotamia and
ancient Egypt have in
common?
1. They worshiped many
gods (polytheism).
2. Relied on the river for
irrigation to grow crops.
3. Expanded their
territory by conquering
new lands during their
history.
14. The oldest river in
ancient India
developed along the
Indus River.
15. The ancient cities of
Harappa and MohenjoDaro are unique because:
The streets were laid out
in a grid pattern.
16. What are oracle bones and
why did the Chinese use
them?
 The Chinese use oracle
bones to ask advice from
their ancestors.
Kings turned to their
ancestors for answers to great
questions in life. They would
scratch these questions on
oracle bones and heat them
over a fire. They believed the
pattern of cracks in the bones
were the answers to their
questions from the gods and
ancestors.
17. What weakened the
Shang civilization?
The great difference
between the wealthy
and poor people.
18. Why is the Huang He
River nicknamed “China’s
Sorrow?
The Huang He River, or
the Yellow River, is
nicknamed for its yellow
soil. Although the
flooding Huang He river
has provided China with
rich soil for farming, it
has also taken millions of
lives which is why the
river was nicknamed
China’s Sorrow.
19. Confucianism and Daoism
are Chinese philosophies that want to improve society.
20. Who said the golden rule: “Do unto others as you
would want them to do unto you?”
Confucius
21. What was the main
idea in the Greek city
state Sparta?
Military strength
22. Who did the
Olympic Games honor?
The Olympics were
held to honor the god
of all gods, Zeus.
23. What happened to
weak Spartan babies?
They were left on a
hillside to die.
24. Sparta’s
government and army
was run by what type of
government?
An oligarchy- a
small group of
wealthy people with
control of the
government. They
were a very strict
society.
25.
Pericles
was a Greek leader who
made Athens a great
city state.
26.
Thebes
was the last city state to
take over Greece.
27. The
Patricians
were wealthy families
who held government
office in ancient Rome.
28.
Carthage
and Rome fought each
other during the Punic
Wars.
29.
Land and Resources
were the main causes of
the Punic Wars.
30. The Pax Romana
was a period of
Peace
in ancient Rome.
31. Who is Caesar
Augustus and what is
he best known for?
Maintaining peace
during his reign (Pax
Romana).
32. What event caused
the collapse of Rome?
Invaders such as
Germanic tribes.
33. What is the
Praetorian Guard?
They protected the
Emperor.
34. What is so
important about the
twelve tables?
It supported the idea
that all Roman
citizens had the right
to be treated equally.
35. How did Julius
Caesar become a
dictator?
He refused to turn
over his army to
Rome’s Senate.
36. How did Julius
Caesar use reforms to
help Greeks, Spaniards,
and Gauls living in
ancient Rome?
He offered them
citizenship
37. What type of people
in ancient Rome
benefitted the most
from the Five Good
Emperors?
38. Why were Roman
Roads important?
 The Poor
2. It allowed for goods to be
traded easily and quickly
throughout the Roman
Empire
1.It allowed for ideas and
communications to spread
quickly and easily.
3. It allowed for the quick
movement of the military
throughout the empire.
39. How did Emperor
Justinian change
Rome’s laws?
He created a more
organized code of
laws.
40. Which religion did
Rome convert to?
 Christianity