quick review

QUICK REVIEWREVIEW GAME

ROUND 1

QUESTION 1 (1 POINT)

Fossil evidence shows that the earliest humans originated in _________ and spread

across the globe.

QUESTION 1 ANSWER

Africa

QUESTION 2 (3 POINTS)

The word Mesopotamia literally means “land between rivers” in Greek. What

two rivers?

QUESTION 2 ANSWER

The Tigris and the Euphrates

QUESTION 3 (5 POINTS)

With over 3,000 years of history, Judaism is the oldest ______ religion in

the world.

QUESTION 3 ANSWER

Monotheistic

ROUND 2

QUESTION 1 (1 POINT)

This system of writing was invented in Sumer around 3000 BC. It uses wedge shaped writing drawn on a clay tablet.

QUESTION 1 ANSWER

Cuneiform

QUESTION 2 (3 POINTS)

A city-state or _____, is a city and its surrounding villages; 50 to 500 square miles and was the main

political unit in Greece.

QUESTION 2 ANSWER

Polis

QUESTION 3 (5 POINTS)

What roles do karma and reincarnation play into the Hindu caste system?

QUESTION 3 ANSWER

Good karma collected over your life helps you be reincarnated into a higher caste.

ROUND 3

QUESTION 1 (1 POINT)

All of the early, river valley civilizations were _________________, believing in many

gods.

QUESTION 1 ANSWER

Polytheistic

QUESTION 2 (3 POINTS)

Breakthroughs in technology came around 10,000 years ago when humans

___________.

QUESTION 2 ANSWER

Learned how to farm and domesticate animals

QUESTION 3 (5 POINTS)

Alexander the Great had conquered as far east as India. Following his

death, the lands he had conquered started adopting Greek culture. The blending of local and Greek cultures

created a new age known as the ____________________.

QUESTION 3 ANSWER

Hellenistic Era

ROUND 4

QUESTION 1 (1 POINT)

About 621 B.C., __________________ — rule by the people— develops in Athens

QUESTION 1 ANSWER

DemocracyDemos – People

Kratia - Power

QUESTION 2 (3 POINTS)

What was unique about the city of Harappa in the Indus Valley?

QUESTION 2 ANSWER

Well planned in a grid system and had plumbing.

QUESTION 3 (5 POINTS)

Which civilization is the oldest, continuous civilization in the world? It has been a settled society for over 4,000 years!

QUESTION 3 ANSWER

China

ROUND 5

QUESTION 1 (1 POINT)

______ are complex societies with cities, government, religion, jobs, public works,

social classes, arts and writing.

QUESTION 1 ANSWER

Civilizations

OrganizedReligion

SocialClasses

Art &Architecture

CitiesRoads,

bridges, temples,

etc

Systemof

writing

Jobs

Central Government

What is a civilization?

QUESTION 2 (3 POINTS)

Around 1650BC a people named the Shang created the first _______, or a

time period of a series of rulers from the same family.

QUESTION 2 ANSWER

Dynasty

QUESTION 3 (5 POINTS)

In ancient Egypt, the kings ruled as gods known as Pharaohs. This government based on religious

authority is called a ______________.

QUESTION 3 ANSWER

Theocracy