Civilizations Practice

Multiple Choice

What do we call the time before writing?

• Modern History

• Prehistory

• Ancient History

Match

Match the following to the right category

• Geography

• Religion

• Achievement

Asia

Polytheistic

Wheel

• Asia

• Polytheistic

• Wheel

Multiple Choice

Can I visit Mesopotamia?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Can I visit the land where Mesopotamia USED to be?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Where was Mesopotamia located?

• Iraq

• United States

• Egypt

• Italy

Multiple Choice

The Mesopotamians built with....

• mud

• wood

• water

• metal

Multiple Choice

Cuneiform is...

• a form of fancy cooking

• a dance to attract a mate

• a way of writing

• a way of singing

Multiple Choice

True/False: Everyone could write in cuineiform.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Agriculture is about:

(Pick 2)

• farming

• building palaces

• using animals for food

• paying taxes

Multiple Choice

A Surplus is...

• Extra supply of something.

• People trained to do a particular kind of work.

• Not having enough food.

• a farming method.

Multiple Choice

We learn about prehistory by studying:

• People's writing

• Artifacts

• Old computer drives

Multiple Choice

What was invented that ended prehistory?

• fire

• written language

• tacos

• permanent homes

Multiple Choice

The definition of specialization is...

• People trained to do a particular kind of work.

• An extra supply of something

Multiple Choice

The most important building in each city-state.

• Sumerian Hierarchy

• Assyria

• Ziggurat

• Nomad

Multiple Choice

Who is a person whose job is to record information in writing?

• cuneiform

• artisan

• scribe

Multiple Choice

Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers?

• Nile and Tigris

• Nile and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Nile

Multiple Choice

Mesopotamia means....

• Land between the mountains

• Land of the Middle East

• Land between the rivers

• Land of southwest Asia

Multiple Choice

What is a civilization?

• An area of Mesopotamia.

• Being nice to each other.

• A model of Honda cars.

• A group of people that live in one place, have a religion, a ruler and a variety of different jobs

Multiple Choice

Bringing water to your crops. Including: Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches

• irrigation

• nomads

• ziggurat

• scribes

Multiple Choice

What word do we use to help us remember the parts of a civilization?

• GRAPES

• APPLE

• LIMA BEAN

• PEACH

Multiple Choice

The G in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Government

• Geography

• Global

Multiple Choice

Which would be a topic of Geography?

• Rivers

• Hunters

• Kings

Multiple Choice

The R in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Region

• Retail Industry

• Rulers

• Religion

Multiple Choice

The A in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Achievements

• Architecture

• Asia

Multiple Choice

What would be an achievement?

• invention of the wheel

• Desert

• Horses

Multiple Choice

The P in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Place

• People

• Politics

• Population

Multiple Choice

The belief in many gods is called:

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

Multiple Choice

What type of temples did the Sumerians build?

• pyramids

• ziggurats

• churches

• synagogue

Multiple Choice

The E in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Environment

• Earth

• Economics

Multiple Choice

The S in GRAPES stands for:

• Society

• Success

• Supercalafragalisticexpealadosious

• Safety