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Jumpstarters for World History

Short Daily Warm-ups for the ClassroomBy

WENDISILVANO

COPYRIGHT©2007MarkTwainMedia,Inc.

ISBN978-1-58037-432-3

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TableofContents

Table of ContentsIntroductiontotheTeacher.......................................................................................................1

Prehistory.................................................................................................................................2

FertileCrescent&Mesopotamia..............................................................................................3

TheSumerians.........................................................................................................................4

Babylonia.................................................................................................................................5

TheAssyrians..........................................................................................................................6

TheHittites...............................................................................................................................7

ThePhoenicians......................................................................................................................8

TheHebrews............................................................................................................................9

ThePersians...........................................................................................................................10

AncientEgypt.........................................................................................................................11

IndusValley............................................................................................................................15

AncientIndia..........................................................................................................................16

AncientChina.........................................................................................................................17

TheMongols..........................................................................................................................20

TheMinoans..........................................................................................................................21

TheMycenaeans...................................................................................................................22

AncientGreece......................................................................................................................23

AlexandertheGreat...............................................................................................................28

TheCelts...............................................................................................................................29

TheRomans..........................................................................................................................30

TheVikings............................................................................................................................34

TheOlmecs...........................................................................................................................35

TheMayas.............................................................................................................................36

TheAztecs.............................................................................................................................37

TheIncas...............................................................................................................................38

AnswerKeys..........................................................................................................................40

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Prehistory

World History Warm-ups:Prehistory

Prehistory 1Matcheachtermwithitsdefinition.

1. Ascientistwhoexaminesobjectstolearnaboutpastcultures.

2. Apersonwhostudiesthewrittenandoralrecordsofhumancultures.

3. Storiespasseddownbywordofmouth.

4. Theperiodoftimefromthepastbeforewritingwasinvented.

5. Thingsshapedbyhumans,suchastools,pottery,andweapons.

6. Evidenceofplantoranimallifepreservedinstone.

Prehistory 2Writeadefinitionforeachoftheseterms.

1. nomad2. fertile3. irrigation4. civilization

Prehistory 3CircletheStoneAgecharacteristicfromeachpair.

1. Peopleusedsimplestonetools. Peopleusedtoolsmadeofbronze.2. Manycivilizationsbegan. Peoplewereprimarilynomads.3. Homesweremadeofadobe. Peoplelivedincavesorcamped.4. Governmentsdeveloped. Eachfamilyorgroupruleditself.

Prehistory 4Unscramblethenamesofsomeofthethingsartisansmadeinpre-historicaltimes.

1. KTBSAES2. HALREETDOSGO3. LOSOT4. TRYOTEP5. TOHCL

Prehistory 5Onyourownpaper,explainatleasttwowaysinwhichgeographyaffectsacivilization.

prehistory oraltraditions fossilsarchaeologist artifacts historian

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World History Warm-ups:Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia 1ListtworeasonswhytheFertileCrescentwasanidealplacefornomadicpeopletosettleandbuildcities.

1.

2.

Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia 3

PutacheckmarkbyeachsentenceabouttheFertileCrescentthatiscorrect.

1. People living in theFertileCrescentbegan to tradebecause theycouldgrow

morecropsandraisemoreanimalsthantheyneeded.

2. Tradingledtopopulationdecreases.

3. Increasedpopulationledtotheneedtodeveloplaws.

4. ManydifferentcivilizationsdevelopedintheFertileCrescent.

Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia 2Unscramble the names of these moderncountriesthatexistintheareasinandaroundtheFertileCrescent.

1. LSEIRA2. BNOEANL3. RAYSI4. QRIA5. RNAI

Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia 4

1. The Greek word Mesopotamia means“betweentworivers.”NamethetworiversthatsurroundedMesopotamia.

2. Whattwomodern-daycountriesdothese

rivers cross before they empty into thePersianGulf?

Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia 5Fillintheblanks.

Mesopotamiawas

nota ,

butratheranarea.Itwascomposedofseveral

,eachhavingitsown

religion,laws, ,and

.Sometimesdifferent

existedatthesametime.

languagecity-statescivilizationculturesgovernment

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World History Warm-ups:The Sumerians

The Sumerians 1Circle the inventions thatweredevelopedbytheSumerians

writtenlanguage wheel

waterclock sailboat

ironnails plow

twelve-monthcalendar loom

The Sumerians 2WriteTfortrueorFforfalse.

1. Sumerianarchitecture hadarchwaysfordoorsandgates.

2. Sumerians made temples calledziggurats.

3. Sumerians believed in only onegod.

4. Sumeriansbelievedthepriestswererepresentativesofgods.

The Sumerians 3OnemajorproblemforSumerwasthelackofnaturalprotectionforMesopotamia.Whywasthat a disadvantage? Write your opinion onyourownpaper.

The Sumerians 4Writeadefinitionforeachoftheterms.

1. pictographs2. scribes3. stylus4. cuneiform

The Sumerians 5Changetheunderlinedwordstomaketheinformationcorrect.

TheSumerianswerethefirstgroupofpeopletoinhabitGreece.TheycontrolledtheTigris

andtheNileRiversbybuildingleveesandusedfloodingtowatertheoutlyingareasofland.They

builttemplescalledpyramidsandbelievedinmanygods.Theydevelopedanumberingsystem

basedonthenumberfifty,whichwestillusetodayformeasuringdistance.

TheSumerians