SOCIAL STUDIES

Question 1

Why did civilizations rise along river valleys?

Answer 1

It had fertile soil for them to plant crops, and it gave them access to water.

Question 2

Cardinal Directions

Answer 2

North, South, East, West

Question 3

Intercardinal Directions

Answer 3

Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Southwest (SW), and Northwest (NW).

Question 4

What is the importance of the Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

This area was the birthplace of a number of technological innovations, including writing, the wheel, agriculture, and the use of irrigation.

Question 5

Cuneiform

Answer 5

Writing system of Mesopotamia

Question 6

What did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers allow?

Answer 6

They allowed for the development of the world’s first civilization.

Question 7

Mesopotamia was found where?

Answer 7

In Modern day Iraq (the Middle East and part of Asia)

Question 8

Peninsula

Answer 8

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 9

Strait

Answer 9

Narrow waterway with land on both sides

Question 10

Isthmus

Answer 10

Narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land

Question 11

Delta

Answer 11

Triangular shaped marshland at the end of a river

Question 12

Domestication

Answer 12

The training of animals to help and live with humans.

Question 13

Artifact

Answer 13

Something that is shaped by the hands of humans

Question 14

Fossil

Answer 14

Fossils are the geologically altered remains of a once-living organism

Question 15

Obedience

Answer 15

To obey

Question 16

Surplus

Answer 16

More than you need

Question 17

Barrier

Answer 17

Something that stands in the way of you getting where you need to go

Question 18

Isolation

Answer 18

To keep alone, by yourself

Question 19

Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?

Answer 19

To preserve them for the afterlife.

Question 20

What was the Pyramid of Power?

Answer 20

Pharaoh on top, followed by Vizier, Priests and Nobles, Merchants, farmers and fisherman and slaves

Question 21

Vizier

Answer 21

Pharaoh’s assistant

Question 22

Hatshepsut

Answer 22

Regent to her stepson and later became the first female Pharaoh

Question 23

Regent

Answer 23

An advisor to a young Pharaoh

Question 24

What was the importance of the Silk Road?

Answer 24

Allowed China to sell its silk and other goods to civilizations outside of China without having direct contact. Made China wealthy.

Question 25

How did the work of Confucius influence China?

Answer 25

Only the best educated people should get the best jobs. Treat others the way you want to be treated. (Golden Rule).

Question 26

How do the legacies of China impact us today?

Answer 26

Many inventions like gunpowder, paper, umbrella, wheelbarrow, compass, acupuncture, acupressure, medicinal herbs (plants).

Question 27

Great Wall of China

Answer 27

Protect from Mongols, created by connecting smaller pieces together, was a barrier between Northern and Southern China.

Question 28

Confucianism

Answer 28

The philosophy is based upon Confucius beliefs (civil service, the golden rule, family, the 5 relationships)

Question 29

What was Athens like in the golden age?

Answer 29

They were an open society welcoming trade with all. Athens was also a Democracy.

Question 30

What was Sparta like?

Answer 30

Closed society, no one was allowed in or out. It was also an Oligarchy.

Question 31

What are the Legacies of Ancient Greece on Western Civilization?

Answer 31

Architecture, Democracy, Olympic Games, Theatre, Philosophy, Hippocratic Oath and Mythology

Question 32

Helot

Answer 32

Slave

Question 33

Monarchy

Answer 33

A government ruled by a King or Queen.

Question 34

Oligarchy

Answer 34

A government ruled by a small group of wealthy men

Question 35

City-State

Answer 35

Small independent nations led by a King or Queen.

Question 36

Citizen

Answer 36

In Athens, only men whose parents were born in Athens, owning land, had to be at least 18.

Question 37

Assembly

Answer 37

The body of government in which citizens debated and voted on decisions.

Question 38

Plato

Answer 38

A philosopher who was a student of Socrates.

Question 39

Aristotle

Answer 39

Philosopher who was a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great.

Question 40

Alexander the Great

Answer 40

Macedonian conqueror who was responsible for spreading Greek culture throughout the Ancient world.

Question 41

Roman Republic/government

Answer 41

Developed a government in which no one person would have too much power. 2 Consuls at the top, a senate and assembly along with the magistrates. The real power was the Senate. Consuls only ruled for 1 year.

Question 42

How long did the Roman Republic/government last?

Answer 42

About 500 years, it ended after Caesar's assassination.

Question 43

How has the legacies of ancient Rome impacted the world today?

Answer 43

(Law, Government, Architecture, Roads, Concrete, Domes.)

Question 44

Plebeians

Answer 44

Common people of Rome.

Question 45

Patricians

Answer 45

The wealthy Romans who lived on estates and called Villas.

Question 46

Aqueduct

Answer 46

Man made structure that could bring water from long distances into Rome

Question 47

12 Tables

Answer 47

A code of laws used to established law and order in Rome

Question 48

Pax Romana

Answer 48

A time of “Roman Peace”.

Question 49

Colosseum

Answer 49

A stadium for gladiator matches.

Question 50

Consul

Answer 50

2 consuls were appointed to rule over the Republic for 1 year. Each had veto power

Question 51

Latin

Answer 51

Official language of the Roman Republic and Empire.

Question 52

Senator

Answer 52

The real power in the Roman Republic. Senators served for life.

Question 53

Julius Caesar

Answer 53

Dictator of Rome whose death ended the Roman Republic.

Question 54

Augustus Caesar

Answer 54

First Emperor of Rome