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Jumpstarters for World History Short Daily Warm-ups for the Classroom By WENDI SILVANO COPYRIGHT © 2007 Mark Twain Media, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58037-432-3 Printing No. CD-404080 Mark Twain Media, Inc., Publishers Distributed by Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc. The purchase of this book entitles the buyer to reproduce the student pages for classroom use only.Other permissions may be obtained by writing Mark Twain Media, Inc., Publishers. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

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Jumpstarters for World History

Short Daily Warm-ups for the ClassroomBy

WENDISILVANO

COPYRIGHT©2007MarkTwainMedia,Inc.

ISBN978-1-58037-432-3

PrintingNo.CD-404080

MarkTwainMedia,Inc.,PublishersDistributedbyCarson-DellosaPublishingCompany,Inc.

Thepurchaseofthisbookentitlesthebuyertoreproducethestudentpagesforclassroomuseonly.OtherpermissionsmaybeobtainedbywritingMarkTwainMedia,Inc.,Publishers.

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

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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