UT High School World History A Final
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Pre-history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the period of time before written records
Lucy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3.2 million year old skeleton found in Africa by Donald
Johanser
The pre-history people were this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hunter-gatherers (nomadic)
Stone Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When people began using bone and stone tools
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Study of past human material remains
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Study of human society, culture, and
development
Humans originated from here - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Africa (eastern + southern)
Bipedalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ability to walk on two legs
Neolithic Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (10,000 - 8,000 BC) When humans began
using agriculture and domesticating animals
What makes a civilization? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) government
(2) religion
(3) social classes
(4) arts
(5) cities
,(6) specialization
(7) writing
(8) infrastructure
What led to social classes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specialization of labor
How did the Neolithic revolution contribute to the rise of civilizations? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Agriculture caused families to grow into tribes which grew into civilizations
Economics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- How we consume, produce, and manage goods and
services
Economic progression is often tied to this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Societal growth and
imperial expansion
Early specializations of labor (4) (social classes formed from these) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- (1) Farmer
(2) Warrior
(3) Religious leader
(4) Artisan
Writing is important to civilization for these reasons (4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1)
Codification of laws
(2) Record-keeping
(3) Birth of literature
(4) Sharing of culture
Social Class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- How people are divided by income and labor
The River Valley Civilizations were located here - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rivers valleys
in Africa and Asia
, Dynasty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A family of rulers
Cuneiform - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the world's first system of writing (from the Middle
East)
Metallurgy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the science of working with metals
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Belief in many gods
Sanskrit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Language of ancient India
Theocracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A government controlled by religious leaders
Ziggurat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mesopotamian temple tower
The major River Valley Regions (4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) Egypt (Nile)
(2) Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates)
(3) India (Indus)
(4) China (Yangtze)
Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Between Tigris/Euphrates in
modern Iraq
Advancements of Mesopotamia (6) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) Irrigation
(2) Drainage
(3) Wheel
(4) Sail
(5) Plow
(6) Writing
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Pre-history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the period of time before written records
Lucy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3.2 million year old skeleton found in Africa by Donald
Johanser
The pre-history people were this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hunter-gatherers (nomadic)
Stone Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When people began using bone and stone tools
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Study of past human material remains
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Study of human society, culture, and
development
Humans originated from here - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Africa (eastern + southern)
Bipedalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ability to walk on two legs
Neolithic Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (10,000 - 8,000 BC) When humans began
using agriculture and domesticating animals
What makes a civilization? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) government
(2) religion
(3) social classes
(4) arts
(5) cities
,(6) specialization
(7) writing
(8) infrastructure
What led to social classes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specialization of labor
How did the Neolithic revolution contribute to the rise of civilizations? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Agriculture caused families to grow into tribes which grew into civilizations
Economics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- How we consume, produce, and manage goods and
services
Economic progression is often tied to this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Societal growth and
imperial expansion
Early specializations of labor (4) (social classes formed from these) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- (1) Farmer
(2) Warrior
(3) Religious leader
(4) Artisan
Writing is important to civilization for these reasons (4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1)
Codification of laws
(2) Record-keeping
(3) Birth of literature
(4) Sharing of culture
Social Class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- How people are divided by income and labor
The River Valley Civilizations were located here - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rivers valleys
in Africa and Asia
, Dynasty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A family of rulers
Cuneiform - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the world's first system of writing (from the Middle
East)
Metallurgy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the science of working with metals
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Belief in many gods
Sanskrit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Language of ancient India
Theocracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A government controlled by religious leaders
Ziggurat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mesopotamian temple tower
The major River Valley Regions (4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) Egypt (Nile)
(2) Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates)
(3) India (Indus)
(4) China (Yangtze)
Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Between Tigris/Euphrates in
modern Iraq
Advancements of Mesopotamia (6) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (1) Irrigation
(2) Drainage
(3) Wheel
(4) Sail
(5) Plow
(6) Writing
