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Jumpstarters for World History
Short Daily Warm-ups for the ClassroomBy
WENDISILVANO
COPYRIGHT©2007MarkTwainMedia,Inc.
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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