1. Unit One Review

2. Format 15 Multiple Choice 10 True or False
3 Short Answer (worth 5 marks each, choice from six questions)
Long answer (10 marks): Question provided
Total: 50 marks

3. Marking
Hypothetical answer to the question: “Do you think aliens are visiting our planet? Why?”
What follows are samples of answers to that question, and the answers they would receive.

4. 5 marks
There may be aliens somewhere in space, but they’re probably not coming to Earth. The Drake equation tells us that there should be thousands of civilizations out there. But the Fermi Paradox points out that, if there are thousands of civilizations, it’s concerning that they’re so quiet. We haven’t heard radio signals or seen any kind of evidence that aliens have come to Earth that can’t be explained away through other means (like the weather balloon in Roswell). So spacefaring civilizations must be more rare or distant than we think.

5. 4 marks
There may be aliens somewhere in space, but they’re probably not coming to Earth. There should be thousands of civilizations out there. But if there are thousands of civilizations, it’s concerning that they’re so quiet. We haven’t seen any kind of evidence that aliens have come to Earth that can’t be explained away through other means. So spacefaring civilizations must be more rare or distant than we think.

6. 3 marks
There may be aliens somewhere in space, but they’re probably not coming to Earth, because they don’t feel like it.

7. 2 marks
Probably.

8. 1 mark
Purple.

9. Why was agriculture so important to the formation of cities?

10. When and where did the first hominids emerge?

11. What's an artifact?

12. What's the relationship between Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalensis?

13. Who's Menes?

14. Why was it hard to unite the Fertile Crescent?

15. Put these in order. Egypt went to war with:
The Hyksos
The Romans
The Greeks
The Hittites

16. Why is Hammurabi such a big deal?

17. Why was Egypt more stable than Mesopotamia?

18. Why did governments emerge?

19. If you were the ruler of an ancient civilization, what would you like to have going for you?

20. Mesopotamia?
Pyramids?
Nubia?

21. When did history start?

22. Why were the Indo-Europeans important to the study of history?

23. Why did religion emerge?

24. Who invented writing?
What was it first used for?

25. Long answer: 10 marks
Of all of the technologies and developments we’ve discussed in class so far, which one do you consider to be the most important, and why?