quick review
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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