World History Midterm Review

Midterm Review Jeopardy Prehistoric People Mesopotamia EgyptAncient Greece Ancient India Ancient China

Prehistoric People: 100 Describe Paleolithic People: ANSWER: Hunter/ Gatherers, Nomadic people

Prehistoric People : 200 Describe Neolithic people: ANSWER: Settled in one spot. Farmers/domesticated animals.

Prehistoric People : 300 What is the main difference between Paleolithic and Neolithic people? ANSWER: How they got their food.

Prehistoric People : 400 What is pre history? ANSWER: The time before writing occurred.

Prehistoric People : 500 What is the Agricultural Revolution? ANSWER: Growing of food on a schedule (farming), made it possible for prehistoric people to settle down in one spot and develop villages.

Mesopotamia: 100 This modern day country is located where Mesopotamia once was: ANSWER: Iraq

Mesopotamia : 200 Why is Mesopotamia known as the “Fertile Crescent?” ANSWER: Fertile land (Excellent farming land) and crescent shape gave the “cradle of civilization” its nickname.

Mesopotamia : 300 What did Sumerians invent that helped alter their environment? ANSWER: Irrigation systems (Controlled floods on the rivers)

Mesopotamia : 400 What is Hammurabi most famously known for? ANSWER: Creating a code of written laws.

Mesopotamia : 500 What did the people of Mesopotamia invent that helped the modern world? ANSWER: Cuneiform writing, wheel, sailboat, plow.

Ancient Egypt: 100 Why were the pyramids built? ANSWER: To honor pharaohs of the Old Kingdom.

Ancient Egypt : 200 What method did the Egyptians use to prepare bodies for the afterlife? ANSWER: Embalm the bodes because the soul needs a body in the afterlife.

Ancient Egypt : 300 What two important subjects did the ancient Egyptians contribute greatly to the modern world? ANSWER: Math and Medicine

Ancient Egypt : 400 True or False: The Nile River flowed into the center of Africa. ANSWER: False

Ancient Egypt : 500 Name 3 things pharaohs were responsible for: ANSWER: building granaries, repairing irrigation systems, and performing important religious rituals.

Ancient Greece: 100 What was the main interest of Sparta: ANSWER: Military

Ancient Greece : 200 What type of government did Sparta have? ANSWER: Oligarchy

Ancient Greece : 300 Who was the great leader of the city-state Athens? ANSWER: Pericles

Ancient Greece : 400 What was the last city-state to take over Greece? ANSWER: Thebes

Ancient Greece : 500 What civilization did Greece and the modern world get the alphabet from? ANSWER: Phoenicia

Ancient India: 100 What river did the ancient Indians settle on? ANSWER: Indus River

Ancient India : 200 What two ancient Indian cities are known for their streets being laid out in a grid pattern? ANSWER: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

Ancient India : 300 What was the first major, modern city? ANSWER: Harappa

Ancient India : 400 What natural resource did people of the Indus River depend on? ANSWER: Rivers

Ancient India : 500 How did people move around in the Caste System? ANSWER: You Karma was decided on if you followed your dharma

Ancient China: 100 What ancient Chinese philosophy says people should live by the Golden Rule : ANSWER: Confucianism

Ancient China : 200 What are oracle bones? ANSWER: Kings would scratch questions 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.

Ancient China : 300 What nickname have the Chinese given the Huang He River? ANSWER: China’s Sorrow

Ancient China : 400 Which two ancient Chinese philosophies want to improve society? ANSWER: Confucianism and Daoism

Ancient China : 500 The great differences between the rich and the poor weakened this Chinese dynasty: ANSWER: Shang Dynasty

The power of the Supreme Court to review government actions to see if they are allowed under the constitution is called: Judicial Review