Social Studies Quiz Review

You need to be able to answer these questions:

Over civilizations...
1. What is a civilization?
2. What does a civilization need?
3. What evidence to we have of the Cro Magnon people?
4. What were the first four ancient civilizations we know about?
5. What was the same about all of the first four civilizations?

Questions about Mesopotamia...
1. What was the civilization in Mesopotamia called?
2. What are some things the people in Mesopotamia invented?
3. What rivers ran through Mesopotamia?

Questions about Egypt
1. What river ran through Egypt?
2. Who ruled Egypt?
3. How did Egyptians write?

Questions about the Indus River Valley
1. What country is the Indus River in now?
2. What did the Indus River Valley civilization invent?
3. The Indus River Valley had more of one thing than any other civilization. What was it?

Questions about the Yellow River Valley
1. What country is the Yellow River in now?
2. How did people in the Yellow River Valley write?
3. Who ruled the Yellow River Valley?

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
1. What is the only original seven wonder of the world that still exists?
2. Why weren't any of the original seven wonders of the world in China or South America?

Ancient Greece
1. Where was ancient Greece?
2. What kind of government did Greece have?
3. What are some types of art that Greece had?
4. What special sporting event did Greece have?
5. What was the most important city in Greece?

Ancient Rome
1. What kind of government did Rome have?
2. Where was the Roman Empire?
3. Why did the Roman Empire end?
4. What is one famous thing the Romans built?
5. What was the most important city in Rome?

The Middle Ages
1. What was the most important part of life in the Middle Ages?
2. What kind of government did countries have in the Middle Ages?
3. What kind of economy did people have in the Middle Ages?
4. What killed almost half the people in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Religion
1. What is monotheism?
2. What is polytheism?
3. What did the religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome share? (What was the same?)
4. Which two religions in the Middle Ages were monotheistic?
5. Why were the gods in Egypt kind, but the gods of Mesopotamia were mean?

You need to be able to label the First Four Civilizations on a map. See if you can do it here:


You need to make a timeline of the historical periods we have learned about.


That's all. Good luck!