Social studies Quarter 1 Revision Questions

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Social Studies
This worksheet contains questions and activities about the lessons we have done so far: geography, maps, link between geography and history, prehistory, Paleolithic and Neolithic, first civilizations, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria. You may use your journal and History of Our World book as a reference, but do not copy the information literally. Esta hoja de trabajo contiene preguntas y actividades sobre las lecciones que hemos estudiado hasta ahora: geografía, mapas, relación entre la historia y la geografía, prehistoria, el paleolítico y el neolítico, las primeras civilizaciones, Mesopotamia, civilización sumeria, Babilonia y Asiria. Puedes usar tu cuaderno y el libro de historia como referencia, pero no copies literalmente la información.
If you want to improve the grade you got in your first test, show me that you understand questions 1-5 and I will update your test grade according to your new result. If you do not need to improve your grade, just start working from question 6. Si quieres mejorar la nota que obtuviste en el primer examen, muéstrame que comprendes las preguntas 1-5 y actualizaré tu nota de acuerdo a tu nuevo resultado. Si no necesitas mejorar tu nota, simplemente comienza a trabajar desde la pregunta número 6.
LESSON 1. LINK BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
1. What is geography? ¿Qué es la geografía?
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2. What is history? ¿Qué es la historia?
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3. Why do historians need to know about geography? ¿Por qué los historiadores necesitan la geografía?
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4. Explain to me what latitude and longitude lines are and what they are used for. Explícame qué son las líneas de latitud y longitud y para qué se usan.
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5. What type of information can you see in a physical map? And in a political map? ¿Qué tipo de información podemos ver en un mapa físico? ¿Y en un mapa político?

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LESSON 2. FROM STONE AGE TO CIVILIZATION.
6. What was life like during the Stone Age? (During both Paleolithic and Neolithic). ¿Cómo era la vida durante la edad de piedra? (En el paleolítico y el neolítico).
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7. What important skills did people of the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic use to find food? ¿Qué habilidades necesitaba el hombre del paleolítico para encontrar comida?
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8. What marked the start of the New Stone Age or Neolithic? ¿Qué marcó el paso hacia la nueva edad de piedra o neolítico?
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9. What skills did people develop during the New Stone Age or Neolithic? ¿Qué nuevas habilidades desarrollaron las personas durante el neolítico?
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10. What are the advantages of a settled life in comparison with nomadic (migratory) life? Cuáles son las ventajas de una vida sedentaria en comparación con la vida nómada (migratoria)?
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11. What effect did food surpluses have on people living in towns? ¿Qué efecto tuvo la sobreproducción de comida en la vida de las ciudades?
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12. Why did cities often grow up along rivers? ¿Por qué las ciudades crecieron a lo largo de los ríos?
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13. What happened as societies grew into civilizations? ¿Qué sucedió al crecer las sociedades y convertirse en civilizaciones?
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LESSON 3. MESOPOTAMIA
14. What is Mesopotamia? ¿Qué es Mesopotamia?
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15. How was life in Sumerian cities? Describe what you know about these cities. ¿Cómo era la vida en las ciudades sumerias? Describe lo que sepas de estas ciudades.
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16. What were the religious beliefs of Summerians? ¿Cuáles eran las creencias religiosas de los sumerios?
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17. What was a ziggurat? ¿Qué es un ziggurat?

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LESSON 4. BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
18. Why did many rulers wish to conquer Mesopotamia? ¿Por qué muchos gobernantes querían conquistar Mesopotamia?
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19. Who was Hammurabi and what did he accomplish? ¿Quién fue Hammurabi y qué realizó?
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20. What was characteristic of the Assyrian civilization? ¿Qué era característico de la civilización asiria?
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21. Who was Nebuchadnezzar II? ¿Quién fue Nabuconodosor II?
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LESSON 5. THE LEGACY OF MESOPOTAMIA
22. What was the legacy of Mesopotamian civilizations? ¿Cuál fue el legado de las civilizaciones de Mesopotamia?
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23. What was the most interesting fact about Mesopotamia for you? ¿Cuál es para tí el hecho más interesante de Mesopotamia?
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24. What would you like to know more about? ¿Sobre qué te gustaría saber más?
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