1. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY
DO NOW: Complete the “Primary OR Secondary Source?” Worksheet that you were given when you arrived. Do NOT write your answers on the worksheet; record them on a separate sheet of paper.

2. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 1***
What are the four major eras of history? Point Value: 2 Points
Answer: Prehistory—Ancient History—Middle Ages—Modern History

3. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 2***
Fill in the Blank: In the Gregorian Calendar, events are dated either before or after the birth of __________________. Point Value: 1 Point
Answer: Jesus Christ

4. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 3***
What is a group of 100 years known as? Point Value: 1 Point
Answer: a century

5. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 4***
Who was Lucy? Point Value: 3 Points
Answer: a hominid species that lived 3.2 million years ago; her remains were discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley by a team of scientists.

6. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 5***
What is the study of human culture and how it develops over time called? Point Value: 2 Points
Answer: anthropology

7. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 6***
Which calendar is still in use today: the Julian Calendar OR the Gregorian Calendar? Point Value: 2 Points
Answer: Gregorian Calendar

8. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 7***
Which of the four major eras of history occurred BEFORE the invention of writing? Point Value: 2 Points
Answer: prehistory

9. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 8***
What type of source is a cave painting from prehistory: primary OR secondary? Point Value: 1 Point
Answer: primary

10. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 9***
What is a group of 10 years known as? Point Value: 1 Point
Answer: a decade

11. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 10***
Paleontologists study these. They are the remains of plant and animal life from an earlier time. What are they? Point Value: 1 Point
Answer: fossils

12. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 11***
Lucy’s body, brain, and skull resembled a chimpanzee. What about her was human-like? Point Value: 3 Points
Answer: She walked upright.

13. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***QUESTION 12***
Which of the following is an example of a secondary source: a biography of a famous general; a hand-drawn map by an explorer; the election records from a presidential race in 1860; OR a letter written from the battlefield to a soldier’s wife ? Point Value: 2 Points
Answer: a biography of a famous general

14. LESSON 1-1 & 1-2 QUIZ REVIEW ***BONUS ROUND***
Put these dates in chronological
order:
1962 A.D./C.E.
1874 B.C./B.C.E.
72 A.D./C.E.
48 B.C./B.C.E.
86 B.C./B.C.E
248 A.D./C.E.
Answer: 1874 B.C.—86 B.C.E.—48 B.C.—72 A.D.—248 A.D.—1962 A.D.

15. How Geography Savvy Are You?
1. List the seven continents.
2. List the five major oceans.
What imaginary line divides the globe into northern and southern hemispheres?
What imaginary line divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres?
5. Which continent is the largest?
6. List the four cardinal directions.