8th E.G.B. – First Trimester Exam – Teacher: Mauricio Torres

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!

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

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

2.- Locate

3.- Identify

1. Which of the following is a Babylonian

invention?

Code of Law

Purple Dye

Battle Chariot

Credit

3.- Identify

2. Which of the following developments

and innovations occurred during the

Neolithic?

Sewers

Writing

Agriculture

The Wheel

3.- Identify

3. Who developed bipedalism?

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapiens

3.- Identify

4. Who developed agriculture?

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapiens

3.- Identify

5. ”land with relative low relief" is?

Fertile Crescent

Plain

Plateau

None of the above

3.- Identify

6. Which of the following applies to

Polybius?

Greek General

Taken hostage by the Romans

Student of Socrates

None of the above

4.- Explain

What is the difference between

cuneiform and an alphabet?

5.- Infer

Why do you think people settled in the

Fertile Crescent. What characteristics

made it so special?

6.- Describe

Describe which elements did the Hittites

use in battle.

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.

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.

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!

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

2.- Identify

Persian

Gulf

Asia MinorFertile Crescent

3.- Identify

1. Which of the following is a Babylonian

invention?

Code of Law

Purple Dye

Battle Chariot

Credit

3.- Identify

2. Which of the following developments

and innovations occurred during the

Neolithic?

Sewers

Writing

Agriculture

The Wheel

3.- Identify

3. Who developed bipedalism?

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapiens

3.- Identify

4. Who developed agriculture?

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapiens

3.- Identify

5. ”land with relative low relief" is?

Fertile Crescent

Plain

Plateau

None of the above

3.- Identify

6. Which of the following applies to

Polybius?

Greek General

Taken hostage by the Romans

Student of Socrates

None of the above

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Reminder:

Check your notes from class.

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Use this practice as a guideline.

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