GLOBAL STUDIES SEM 1 REVIEW QUIZ WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Acropolis - ✔✔A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
Agora - ✔✔the marketplace in ancient Greece
Bias - ✔✔prejudice in favor of OR against one thing, person, or group
compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
City-state (polis) - ✔✔a city that with its surrounding territory forms an
independent state (country).
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Contextualization - ✔✔Historical Thinking Skill: Situates historical events,
developments, or processes within the broader context in which they occurred
to draw conclusions for their significance
Corroboration - ✔✔Historical thinking skill where you find similarities or
differences between various sources.
Cuneiform - ✔✔A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge
shaped stylus and clay tablets.
Democracy - ✔✔A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body
of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Direct Democracy - ✔✔A form of government in which citizens rule directly
and not through representatives
Epic - ✔✔A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Acropolis - ✔✔A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
Agora - ✔✔the marketplace in ancient Greece
Bias - ✔✔prejudice in favor of OR against one thing, person, or group
compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
City-state (polis) - ✔✔a city that with its surrounding territory forms an
independent state (country).
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Contextualization - ✔✔Historical Thinking Skill: Situates historical events,
developments, or processes within the broader context in which they occurred
to draw conclusions for their significance
Corroboration - ✔✔Historical thinking skill where you find similarities or
differences between various sources.
Cuneiform - ✔✔A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge
shaped stylus and clay tablets.
Democracy - ✔✔A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body
of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Direct Democracy - ✔✔A form of government in which citizens rule directly
and not through representatives
Epic - ✔✔A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
