Name:___________________________ Date:_____________ Per:________Mr. Van Brunt Study Guide Quarterly Exam Marking Period 1 Early World HistoryDirections: Use your notes to help you answer the questions.

Chapter 1: Paleolithic & Neolithic Age:

1. Differences between the Neolithic & Paleolithic Age.

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2a. Study this example of one of the oldest Paleolithic cave paintings. What kind of animals does this painting appear to represent?2b. What type of tools did Paleolithic people use for painting on the cave walls?

Chapter 2: Mesopotamia:

1. Document Based Question:

This excerpt comes from a poem called "The Mesopotamian View of Death" that was written by an unknown Mesopotamian mother.

Hark the piping!My heart is piping in the wildernesswhere the young man once went free.He is a prisoner now in death’s kingdomlies bound where once he lived.The ewe gives up her lamband the nanny goat her kidMy heart is piping in the wilderness,an instrument of grief.—"The Mesopotamian View of Death," Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia, N. K. Sanders,

Question: What has happened to the young man in the poem?

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A: Tigris River

B: Euphrates River

C: Mediterranean Sea

D: Nile River

E: Persian Gulf

F. Red Sea

Chapter 4: Egypt:

1. Study the map:

2. Read & study the document:

Ancient Egyptians referred to their king as a pharaoh. What follows is a description of the role of a pharaoh, found on a tomb: “[A pharaoh] is a god by whose dealings one lives, the father and mother of all... without an equal.” Questions:

2a. What did ancient Egyptians believe made the pharaoh such a special person?

2b. What type of power did the pharaoh have in Egypt?

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3a. What phrase from the quote would convince people Hatshepsut, a woman, was meant to rule?4. Study the chart below:

“I [Hatshepsut] shine forever in your faces through that which my father hath desired…..I have entered into the qualities of the august [majestic] god…..He hath recognized my excellence.”

Essay Questions: Choose 4 to write about:1. Compare and Contrast one of the following:

a. Nubian Culture and Egyptian Culture.

b. Egyptian and Sumerian Civilizations.

c. Egyptian & Babylonian Civilizations.

d. Nubian & Babylonian Civilizations.

e. Nubian & Sumerian Civilizations.

2. Which natural barrier do you think was the most beneficial to Egypt and why?

3. What would have happened if Egypt didn’t have the Nile River next to it?

4. Compare and Contrast the 2 leaders of Egypt. Which person would you want to be your leader and why? (Give 2 reasons for each leader=Total of 4 reasons)

a. Amenhotepb. Hatshepsutc. Narmer/Menesd. Thutmose III

5. Which time period would you like to live in the Neolithic Age or the Paleolithic Age? Why?