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World History Semester 1 Exam
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History
10th Grade
12/11/2015

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Prehistory
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________ refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing.
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Neolithic
Definition
The change from nomadic life to farming began in the ______ age.
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Paleolithic
Definition
Historians call the earliest period of human history the Old Stone Age, or _______ age.
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Nomads
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________ went place to place in search of food
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Archeologists
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___________ have learned about human past through study of artifacts.
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Africa
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The earliest people lived in East ________.
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Equator
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Latitude is measured north and south from the _________.
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Prime Meridian
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Longitude is measured east and west from the ____________.
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Are Parallel
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Latitude line ____________.
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90
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The north and south pole represent ______ degrees latitude.
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180
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Longitude is measured from 0 degrees to ______ degrees east or west.
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Where one place is located in relation to another
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Relative location is a term used to indicate
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They did to find artifacts
Definition
How do archaeologists find out about early peoples
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Tool Making
Definition
Which of the following was characteristic of the Old Stone Age?
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Location, Place, Region, Environment Changes, and Movement
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List the five themes of Geography?
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Job Specialization, Social Classes, Complex Governments, Arts and Architecture, Writing, Religion, Cities, and Public Works
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Name the 8 Characteristics of a Civilization
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Technology
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Tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs
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City - State
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Political unit that includes a city and its surrounding villages
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Cultural Diffusion
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The spread of ideas, customs, and technology for one people to another
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Geography
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The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them
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Glacier
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A huge sheet of ice
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Old Stone Age
Definition
The earliest period of human history
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Empire
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Group of states controlled by one ruler
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Pictogram
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Drawings that represent words
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Polytheistic
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Believing in many gods
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Nile
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The _________ River is located in Africa and helped Egyptians farm and transport.
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
The meaning of hieroglyphics was later interpreted with the help of the ______________.
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Tigris and Euphrates
Definition
The ______ and _________ flow from modern day Turkey through Iraq and into the Persian Gulf.
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Mesopotamia
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The area between Tigris and Euphrates is called ___________.
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Moses
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_________ led the Hebrews to escape enslavement in Egypt.
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To serve as tombs
Definition
Why did the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom design and build the pyramids?
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It was a turbulent time
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Which statement best describes the period known as the Middle Kingdom?
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For centuries, Egypt and Nubia traded with and fought against each other
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Which statement best describes the relationship between Nubia and Egypt?
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Peasant farmers
Definition
What social class were the majority of Egyptians?
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Using the stone, Jean Champollion unlocked the meanings of many hieroglyphic symbols
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Why was the Rosetta Stone important?
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Were surrounded by high, wide walls
Definition
Built largely out of clay and bricks, Sumerian cities
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It was the first major collection of laws in history
Definition
What was the significance of the Code of Hammurabi?
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Despite a reputation for brutality, Assyrian rulers led a well-ordered society
Definition
Which statement best describes life in Assyrian society?
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He set up a common set of weights and measures
Definition
How did the Persian emperor Darius improve trade under his rule?
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An alphabet using symbol store present sounds
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What did Phoenician traders develop to help them do business
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Menes
Definition
King who first untied Upper and Lower Egypt
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Ramses II
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Expanded Egyptian ruled North through Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria
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Hatshepsut
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Queen of the New Kingdom who declared herself pharaoh
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Darius
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Hammurabi
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Zoroaster
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Cyrus
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Solomon
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David
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King "Tut"
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