Mr. Basmajian

Tests/Quizzes

Quiz #1-There will be a quiz on Primary and Seconday sources next Tuesday.  
Make sure to study your notes!!

Test #1-There will be a test on Thursday, September 20th.  Students will 
play review Jeopardy on Wednesday.  Students will be given study guides on 
Monday.  The study guides can also be found in this section of the website.

Study Guide
Introduction to History

Vocabulary: Matching/Multiple Choice
1. History						20. Eon
2. Pre-History			11. Bias		21. Age
3. Primary Source		12. B.C. 		22. Timeline
4. Secondary Source		13. A.D.		23. Oral Traditions
5. Archaeology		14. B.C.E.
6. Fossil			15. C.E.
7. Excavation			16. Decade
8. Classic Archaeology	17. Century
9. New Archaeology		18. Millennium
10. Artifact			19. Era

Possible Short Answer Questions:
1.	What is History?
2.	What questions do historians ask about a given source of information?

Primary or Secondary
•	Be able to tell me if a source is either Primary or Secondary (the 
same format as the quiz).


10-1
*There will be a quiz on early human beings toward the end of the week.

10-8
*There will be a test on the movement from hunter-gatherers to settlement 
and farming on Thursday.  The study guide will be distributed on Tuesday and 
will be posted below this announcement.

Study Guide
Hunter and Gatherers to Farming

1. Lucy3 million years old, one of the first human beings	21. 
Environment	
2. GlaciersIce Age						22. 
Domestication
3. 1st humans come from Africa				23. Agriculture= 
Farming
4. Bering Strait-Connects Asia and the Americas		24. Advantages and 
Disadvantages of farming
5. Evolution of ManIncreased height, brain size		25. 
Surplus=Allows for other occupations
6. The Importance of fire					26. Catal 
Huyuk-Characteristics of the city
7. First tools=2.5 million years ago				27. Self-
Sufficiency-Not relying on others
8. LucyEarly toolsfire and improved toolshunting and gatheringmovement 
leads to contact with other peoplelanguageculturesettlementfarming
development of cities
9. Technology			
10. Homo Habilis=Tools					28. The importance 
of trade
11. Homo Erectus=First to leave Africa			29. The city of Ur
12. Hunted Versus the Hunter					30. 
Irrigation-Allows farming in dry areas
13. Importance of Language					31. Life in 
early cities
14. Culture							32. 
Government and leadership
15. Paleolithic AgeStone Tools				33. Specialized labor
16. Neolithic AgeMarks the start of agriculture and cities	34. 3 Levels 
of social classes
17. Ice AgePeriods of cold and warmth			35. What makes up a 
civilization?
18. Neanderthals1st to bury their dead; out survived by Homo Sapiens
19. Fertile Crescent-Middle East, good soil and sources of water
20. Why do people settle?

Test Format:  
1. Vocabulary words- There will be a word bank in which students will choose 
from the bank and place it next to the correct definitions
2. Multiple Choice
3. Short Answer- Importance of Language, Why do people settle?, Advantages 
and disadvantages of farming, the evolution of man, the importance of trade, 
social classes, what makes up a civilization…and anything else from the 
material covered above.
4. True or False

10-24
*There will be a map quiz on Monday October, 29th.  It will be the first 
quiz of the second quarter.

12-4
*There will be a test on Monday, December 10th on Ancient Egypt.  The study 
guide was handed out to students on 11-4 and is located below this messege.

Ancient Egyptian-Study Guide

1. Egypt (a country)Located in Africa (a continent)
2. The Nile RiverLargest in the world, gives life to Ancient Egyptians, 
offers gifts of Irrigation, Fish, Rich Soil, and Papyrus.
3. CataractsPrevent smooth movement along the Nile R.
4. Delta-Where the Nile empties into the Med. Sea; small channels and 
streamsà Fertile!!
5. Beyond the NileDesert, Mountains, SeasOffer protection from outside 
forces!!
6. Protection allows Egyptians to participate in things other then defending 
their lands.
7. Menes, ruler of Upper Egypt conquers Lower EgyptMakes Egyptians stronger 
and united.
8. Dynasty-Series of rulers from the same family.
9. Empire
10. The importance of Hieroglyphics (Egyptian writing system).
11. Rosetta StoneDiscovered in 1799 by Jean ChampollinTook 20 years to 
decode (decipher).
12. Scribes
13. Polytheistic2,000 gods
14. “Book of the Dead”- Major ideas and beliefs of Ancient Egyptian religion.
15. Afterlife-Life after death.
16. Death=period of transition to a better life; Full potential after life.
17. The Mummification processShows the importance of Religion and the 
afterlife.
18.Embalming-Treating the body to prevent decay.
19. Egyptian Class system
20. Pyramidsrepresent importance of ReligionHouse the body of dead 
Pharaoh’s.
21. Role of farmers when not farming irrigation systems, making pyramids.
22. Hatshepsut-One of a few female Pharaoh’s Egyptians try to portray her 
as a male Obelisks- a tall, four sided stone pillar that raises to a point 
Declared her right to rule Egypt, trade, Peace.
23. AchievementsAdvanced Calendar, medicine, arts.
24. Egyptian declineOnce dominate over the Kushites, but weak Pharaoh’s and 
army commanders help lead to a Kushite take-overAssyrians from the Middle 
East enter into the mixConstant battle, eventually Alexander the Great of 
Greece helps collapse the Egyptian Empire.
25. King TutNot known as a great Pharaoh, but his tomb was found pretty 
much untouched.  Gives us insight into the lives of the Ancient Egyptians.

Test Format:
1.	Matching
2.	Multiple Choice
3.	True or False
4.	Short Answer

There will be a test on Wednesday, February 20th.  The study guide was given 
to the students on Feb. 15th and is also located below this post. 

Study Guide
Ancient India-Buddhism/Hinduism
1. Indus River- Supports civilization in India; in present day Pakistan.
2. Mts. Water, Soil=Ideal for Settlement
3. Himalayan and Hindu Kush Mountains 
4. Khyber Pass-Allows entrance into India through the Hindu Kush
5. MountainsTrickle down of water=floods 
6. Silt-Fine grained soil=CROPS!
7. Subcontinent- Large land mass that is somewhat separated, but still part 
of the continent.
8. Monsoons-Strong seasonal winds that blow across South Asia
	April-Oct=Heavy Rains from South West (Wet Season)
	Nov-March=Dry Air from North East (Dry Season).
9. No written records of life on the Indus River Valley
10. Tradeà Mesopotamian writing indicated that there was trade with Indus 
and Sumer
11. Mohenjo-Daro and HarappaPlanned cities with sewage; discovered under 
layers of mud in the early 1900’s
12. DeclineNatural Disaster?  Decline in trade leads to movement out of 
cities?
13. First to raise chickens to eat!!
14. The Early Life of Siddhartha GautamaKept away from Pain, Suffering, and 
Sorrow
**Cultural Diffusion-Cultural trait spread from one culture to another.
Melting Pot/Salad Bowl
15. An old man, a sick man, a dead man, a holy man
16. Buddhism is able to spread and expand because people were NOT happy with 
other religions of the area.
17. Buddhism spread with the help of Missionaries (people who spread out to 
spread the word of a religion), and Asoka (ruler of Indian Empire, converts 
to Buddhism after he sees the pain of warsends missionaries into China, 
Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia.
18. Dharma-Law or teachingà Free people from priest control--> People can 
achieve peace without priests!!à Gives hope to All people
19. Buddhism Rejects Caste SystemEquality
20. No animal sacrifices
21. Four Noble Truths- Pain, Suffering, and Sorrow come from Greed, Hatred, 
and Ignorance.
22. Eightfold Path-Live a moral life, meditate to achieve the ultimate goal
23. Nirvana- Final Goal=Union with universe and release from cycle of 
rebirth.
24.Karma-Thoughts, speech, and actions of a person’s life. “What goes 
around, comes around”Karma travels to next lifeà Rebirth!!
25. Rebirth-New birth and lifeàCaused by Karma.
26. Happy BuddhaGood luck charm
27. Hinduism-Began before Buddhism but didn’t spread as quickly as Buddhism.
28. Hinduism-Major Religion of India today
29. Buddhism-Major Religion of China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia today.
30. Hinduism-Accepts Caste SystemSecurity
31. Gupta Empire (320-467 AD)Hinduism popularity grows; 200 years of 
empireà Borders expand, expansive trade.
32. Guild- Craftspeople and merchants who did similar workà Live together, 
set prices + wages, look out for each other (Union).
33. Gupta Achievements: World=Sphere; 365 day calendar; planets around the 
sun; numbers
34. Decline of Gupta: Invasion by White Huns of Central Asia
Be Able to:
1.	Describe the geography of the Indus River Valley.
2.	Explain the life of Siddhartha Gautama.
3.	Compare and Contrast Buddhism and Hinduism.

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