Test Practice Sheet - First Trimester
- 1. 8th E.G.B. – First Trimester Exam – Teacher: Mauricio Torres
- 2. Instructions We have very short time to do this practice so try to do your best in the least amount of time. Write the answers and questions on a sheet of paper or on your notebook. Think your answers well, be cool and remember what you have learned in class. Use your own words. Pay attention: follow instructions carefully. Don’t shout out the answers! Concentrate on your test, be quiet and… GOOD LUCK!
- 3. 1.- List Using the list below with the following inhabitants of the Fertile Crscent, fill in two important details about each of them. Babylonians Hittites Phoenicians
- 4. 2.- Locate Locate, very clearly, on the Mesopotamia map, the following items: Tigris and Euphrates Rivers The Fertile Crescent Persian Gulf Asia Minor Phoenicia Ur and Uruk
- 5. 2.- Locate
- 6. 3.- Identify 1. Which of the following is a Babylonian invention? Code of Law Purple Dye Battle Chariot Credit
- 7. 3.- Identify 2. Which of the following developments and innovations occurred during the Neolithic? Sewers Writing Agriculture The Wheel
- 8. 3.- Identify 3. Who developed bipedalism? Australopithecus Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens
- 9. 3.- Identify 4. Who developed agriculture? Australopithecus Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens
- 10. 3.- Identify 5. ”land with relative low relief" is? Fertile Crescent Plain Plateau None of the above
- 11. 3.- Identify 6. Which of the following applies to Polybius? Greek General Taken hostage by the Romans Student of Socrates None of the above
- 12. 4.- Explain What is the difference between cuneiform and an alphabet?
- 13. 5.- Infer Why do you think people settled in the Fertile Crescent. What characteristics made it so special?
- 14. 6.- Describe Describe which elements did the Hittites use in battle.
- 15. 7.- Relate Find the relation between the following terms, according to what we have learned in class, and write a complete paragraph: Neolithic revolution – agriculture – surplus.
- 16. 8.- Understand Using your own words, explain with an example what is Bias; and also state why we must avoid it when we write about history.
- 17. Answers Use this time to check your answers. Correct them if needed Don´t cheat on yourself, this is a practice of your skills and capabilities. Learn from your mistakes and… ADAPT!
- 18. 1.- List Using the list below with the following inhabitants of the Fertile Crscent, fill in two important details about each of them. Babylonians: Hammurabi, Code of Law Hittites: Chariots, iron weapons, their king was murdered Phoenicians: Sailors, developed purple dye and the alphabet, traders and pirates
- 19. 2.- Identify Fertile Crescent Asia Minor Persian Gulf
- 20. 3.- Identify 1. Which of the following is a Babylonian invention? Code of Law Purple Dye Battle Chariot Credit
- 21. 3.- Identify 2. Which of the following developments and innovations occurred during the Neolithic? Sewers Writing Agriculture The Wheel
- 22. 3.- Identify 3. Who developed bipedalism? Australopithecus Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens
- 23. 3.- Identify 4. Who developed agriculture? Australopithecus Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens
- 24. 3.- Identify 5. ”land with relative low relief" is? Fertile Crescent Plain Plateau None of the above
- 25. 3.- Identify 6. Which of the following applies to Polybius? Greek General Taken hostage by the Romans Student of Socrates None of the above
- 26. 4.- Explain What is the difference between cuneiform and an alphabet? Cuneiform represented syllables with symbols, while the alphabet uses other kind of symbols (letters) to represent sounds, such as vowels and consonants.
- 27. 5.- Infer Why do you think people settled in the Fertile Crescent. What characteristics made it so special? Because of the fertility of it’s soil. The land was rich in nutrients, water was available and this conditions led to the development of agricultural centers which evolved into villages and eventually cities.
- 28. 6.- Describe Describe which elements did the Hittites use in battle. They used better iron weapons, which were stronger than any other at the time. Also, the battle chariot represented a new development in warfare that caused fear in the enemy and was very effective.
- 29. 7.- Relate Find the relation between the following terms, according to what we have learned in class, and write a complete paragrapah: Neolithic revolution – agriculture – surplus. During the Neolithic, there was a revolution in the way humans lived and it was caused by the development of farming. Humans now could produce more than what they could consume, creating a surplus. This caused a population growth, the advent of trade and civilization!
- 30. 8.- Understand Using your own words, explain with an example what is Bias; and also state why we must avoid it when we write about history. If two countries fight a war between each other, journalist or historians from each side will write in a way in which their own country looks more heroic, like a victim or like the “good guys”. It is very important for us to avoid it in order to give a more neutral point of view of history.
- 31. Reminder: Check your notes from class. Visit the website: ssclasstorremar.wordpress.com Use this practice as a guideline. And study…