Name Date Period World History Unit I Review Worksheet Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Civilization What methods are used to study the distant past? Anthropologists Archeologists The First People What does evidence suggest about human origins? Key discoveries Later Hominids Modern Humans How did early people spread around the world? The Ice Ages Out of Africa Adapting to New Environments How did early people adapt to life in the Stone Age? People Technology Art and Religion What new tools and technologies did early humans develop during the Neolithic (or New Stone) Age? How did early agriculture develop and spread? Tools Technology Plants Animals Growth of Agriculture The Beginning of Agriculture
Early farming societies In what ways did the development of agriculture change Stone Age society? New technologies Çatal Hüyük Ötzi the Iceman Advances in Farming Foundations of Civilization Why did some early villages develop into cities? Changing Economies Characteristics of Cities Developed Cities Organized Government What characterized the world s first civilizations, and where did they develop? Formalized Religion Specialization of Labor Social Classes Record Keeping and Writing The Arts Environmental Influences What factors cause civilizations to change over time? Spread of People and Ideas Expansion and Warfare
Name Date Period World History Unit I Review Worksheet Chapter 2: The Ancient Near East Mesopotamia and Sumer How did geography promote civilization in Mesopotamia? The Cities of Sumer What features defined the civilization of Religion and Government Sumer? Writing What were Sumer s main cultural achievements? Math and Science The Arts Trade and Society Sargon s Empire What events led to later empires in Mesopotamia? The Babylonian Empire Fertile Crescent Empires Indo-Europeans What military advantages helped the Hittites establish an empire in Asia Minor? Hittite Military Might Hittite Culture
The Assyrians What events led to the rise and fall of the Assyrian and Chaldean empires? The Assyrian War Machine Assyrian Rule The Chaldeans main achievements of the Phoenicians? Growth of a Trading Society The Phoenician Alphabet The Persian Empire Persia under the Medes Who shaped the growth and organization of the Persian Empire? Cyrus the Great Darius I Persia in Decline Teachings main teachings of Zoroastrianism? Spread Communication most significant Persian achievements? Art and Architecture
Name Date Period World History Unit I Review Worksheet Chapter 3: Nile Civilizations The Kingdom of Egypt The Geography of Egypt How did geography influence Egypt s early history? Two Kingdoms Unification Pyramids What achievements were made in the Old Kingdom? The Pharaohs Egyptian Bureaucracy What happened during the Middle Kingdom? Securing Egypt The Reign of Hatshepsut What was Egypt like during the New Kingdom? Monotheism in Egypt Ramses the Great Egypt s Decline Egyptian Culture main principles of Egyptian religion? Chief Gods and Goddesses Temples and Religious Practices
Teachings of the Afterlife Why did Egyptians practice mummification and burial? Mummification Burial Social Structure What was daily life like in ancient Egypt? Home and Family Life Women and Children Appearance and Customs What advances did Egyptians make in art, writing, and science? Egyptian Art Egyptian Writing Egyptian Math and Science The Nubian Kingdoms A Wealth of Resources lands and people of Nubia like? Nubia s People Early History The Beginnings of Kushite Power How did Kush grow into a major civilization? The Kushites in Egypt Kushite Culture The City of Meroë How did Kushite society change in its later period? Iron Industry Later Kushite Culture & The Decline of Meroë