Students will complete this worksheet reviewing 25 of the most important people from World History I. A description of the person and their achievements are proved. You can make this assignment more challenging by taking out the word bank. This is a great end of course review in preparation for SOL testing or exams.
Learning Goals
Students will show knowledge of major people and their accomplishments from World History I content.
Who Am I? – Write the name of the
person being described after each question.
1.
I
lived in Greece.
I am considered by many to be the father of history. I wrote Historia
about the Persian Wars. It was the first
book to separate fact from fiction. ___________________________________
2. I ruled the Byzantine Empire at its height. My wife Theodora was a former actress. I built the Hagia Sophia, the church of Holy Wisdom,
in Constantinople. I also codified Roman law into the Corpus of Civil Law. ___________________________________
3. I lived in Greece. I am considered by many to be the father of
philosophy. I taught by asking questions
and forcing my students to defend their answers. My most famous student was Plato. I was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. ___________________________________
4. I lived in Russia, where
for 200 years we had been under the rule of the Mongols. I cooperated with the Mongols and got the
title Great Prince, but I eventually asserted my independence and became the
first ruler of the independent state called Russia. ___________________________________
5. I was from Spain, part of
the Carthaginian Empire. I led an attack
against the Romans during the 2nd Punic War. With a new military strategy, I crossed the Alps with elephants.
___________________________________
6. I was the
first to unite most of Western Europe under
one rule since the Romans. I defended
the Pope against the attack of the Lombards. As a result, I was crowned Holy Roman
Emperor. ____________________________________
7. I was from Macedonia, son
of Philip II. I was taught by
Aristotle. After the assassination of my
father, I continued his goal of conquering the Persian
Empire. I united the Greeks
and created an empire that stretched from Egypt
to India. ___________________________________
8. I lived in Mesopotamia. I
developed the first written code of law.
My goal was to make justice appear in the land. My code of law is often known for it’s “eye for
an eye” approach.
___________________________________
9. I was one of Egypt’s
greatest pharaohs. I ruled for 67 years,
had over 90 children, and built more monuments and temples than anyone
else.
___________________________________
10. I am the
founder of a religion with ideas that influenced Christianity and Judaism. I taught that there is a struggle between
good and evil and we have to choose sides.
We will then be rewarded or punished when we die according to what we
choose.
___________________________________
11. I ruled Greece
during it’s Golden Age. I used money from
the Delian League to build the Parthenon (the greatest example of Greek
architecture).
___________________________________
12. I lived in Rome. I am also known as Octavian. I was the first emperor of Rome.
The Pax Romana began during my reign.
___________________________________
13. I lived in Rome. I was one of Rome’s greatest generals. I conquered Gaul (present-day France) and then Egypt. I extended citizenship rights, gave land to
the poor, and organized the calendar you use today. I was given the title dictator for life. I was very popular with the people, but the
Senate feared my power. As a result,
they had me assassinated.
_______________________________
14. We were from
the area north of China. We controlled most of Asia in the 1200s AD,
including China and Russia. ___________________________________
15. We were a
Germanic tribe that invaded and conquered England. ___________________________________
16. We were from Scandinavia. We
went all over Europe. We were the most feared of the invading
groups, due to our quick and destructive attacks. ___________________________________
17. We were from Asia. We were
nomadic horseman who eventually settled in Hungary. ___________________________________
18. We believed in
the ideals of the Greeks and Romans, which emphasized the individual. Our ideas were very influential on the art
and literature of the Renaissance.
___________________________________
19. I was a Roman
slave. I led a slave revolt in 73
BC. Over 70,000 slaves took part. Within 2 years we were defeated by the Roman
army.
___________________________________
20. I was one of the Persian
Empire’s greatest rulers. I,
as well as my son Xerxes,
expanded Persian
rule. Our empire stretched from Asia
Minor to the Indus
River. We both attempted to conquer Greece, but
failed. ____________________
21. I was the fiercest Mongol leader.
I led conquests in China
and most of Persia.
We were extremely successful in
battle. ___________________________
22. I was the grandson of the great
Mauryan ruler, Chandragupta. I enlarged
the
empire to include all of India. I converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries
to other countries.
_____________________
23. I unified China. I built the Great Wall
of China to keep out invaders.
Although I conducted the world’s first
book burning, I also standardized coins and a system of writing. ________________________________
24. To help solve the problems of the Roman Empire, I divided the empire,
because it had become too large for
one person to rule. I successfully drove
out barbarian invaders for a time.
___________________________
25. I was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. I stopped Christian
persecution. I moved the Roman capital to Byzantium, and renamed it after myself. _________________________
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: World History I
Standard: The student will locate and describe the societies of Western Europe during the Middle Ages in time and place.
Essential Understandings:
After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, Germanic and Scandinavian kingdoms emerged as powerful forces.
Germanic civilization was influenced by various cultural forces as they established themselves in Europe.
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: World History I
Standard: The student will locate Persia in time and place, including Zoroastrianism and the development of an imperial bureaucracy.
Essential Understandings:
Built on Indus, Mesopotamian, and Nile River civilizations, Persia developed the largest empire in the world.
Zoroastrianism was the main Persian religion, although other religions were tolerated.
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: World History I
Standard: The student will describe China in time and place, including the development of an empire and the construction of the Great Wall.
Essential Understanding:
Classical China was centered on the Huang He (Yellow River) and was geographically isolated. Invaders entered China from the north. The Great Wall was built for China’s protection.
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: World History I
Standard: The student will cite and explain contributions in drama, poetry, history, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, and philosophy, with emphasis on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Essential Understanding:
Athenian culture during the classical era became one of the foundation stones of Western civilization.
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: World History I
Standard: The student will describe Justinian and his contributions, including the codification of Roman law, and the expansion of the Byzantine Empire and the economy.
Essential Understanding:
Through his codification of Roman law, Justinian provided the basis for the law codes of Western Europe.
Although Justinian reconquered territory, the costs of his wars and the first appearance of the Bubonic plague left the Byzantine Empire weakened.
DeLong-Moorefield, Crystal. "Who Am I - World History I People Review". OER Commons. Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, 20 Dec. 2019. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://goopenva.org/authoring/700-who-am-i-world-history-i-people-review>.
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