Ancient Civ.NAME:

Early Civilizations & Early Man Study Guide

Our Unit 1 Test is this Thursday!

Your test will be 20 matching, 5 short-answer and 1 essay question. You will only have one period to finish…you must be prepared, otherwise you will not finish. Therefore, please use this study guide, along with your unit overview, and any other handout from this unit to help you prepare.

Please be aware of the following topics for the test:

  1. Material objects such as tools and weapons, shaped by humans are called ______.
  1. Four times within the past 1.7 million years, Earth has had periods of extremely cold weather. Together, these four periods are known as the ______.
  1. People who wander in search of food are called ______.
  1. The four river valleys in which people made major settlements in ancient times were:
  2. ______located in ______
  3. ______located in ______
  4. ______located in ______
  5. ______located in ______
  1. Early governments probably developed from the need for cooperation among ancient peoples to build ______systems for their crops.
  1. As people began to specialize in work other than farming, a class of skilled craft workers, or ______, developed.
  1. The need for farmers in ancient times to predict when seasons would change led to the development of the ______.
  1. The need to preserve and pass on information about a culture to future generations required the development of a ______.
  1. What is the difference between History & Pre History?
  1. What is the difference between Archeologist & Anthropologist AND how they help historians?
  1. Describe the steps in the invention of writing.
  1. What is the Neolithic Revolution & its significance to civilization.
  1. Describe the importance of Lascaux caves (Hall of Bulls) to the Cro-Magnons and how they were found. Include a discussion of details within the caves.
  1. How are Civilization & Culture related to each other? What is the difference between the two?
  1. Describe the Four types of Homies & include 3 details about each.
  1. What major occurrence/event do river civilizations depend on each year?
  1. What specific 3 characteristics do all river civilizations have in common?
  1. Below, write in the 3 stone ages in order and write achievements of the prehistoric people of that period. Then, fill in at least 3 achievements for each Stone Age.

AGE / ACHIEVEMENTS
  1. We know every civilization has the following characteristics. For each, explain why a civilization must have this to survive.

Characteristic of a Civ.: / Why is this important to the survival of a civilization? Fully Explain!
  1. Bureaucratic gov’t.

  1. Written Language

  1. Surplus of Crops

  1. Division of Labor

  1. Calendar

20. G.R.A.P.E.S. is a mnemonic device that stands for the 6 elements of CULTURE. Explain what each one is AND why each is important to a civilization.

Achievement / What is it? / Why would this be important for a civilization to have?
Geography
Religion
Achievements
Political systems
Economy
Social organization