Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel

Which environmental issue did the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt face?

• Extensive destruction of rain forests for lumber to build large structures.

• Soil erosion resulting from annual rainfall of over 100 inches per year.

• Catastrophic floods that destroyed crops and villages.

• Waterways that were unnavigable most of the year.

One effect of the Neolithic Revolution was to

• Develop surplus food production and permanent settlements.

• Introduce commercial investment in joint stock companies

• Expand the use of realism in portraits and landscape paintings

• Prove that the Sun, not Earth, was the center of the solar system

To increase the supply of food, some Neolithic communities living in arid regions of the world developed:

• Three-field systems

• Irrigation systems

• Slash-and-burn methods

• Petrochemical fertilizers

The first civilizations arose in__________ because the conditions for farming were good.

• River valleys

• Mountains

• Deserts

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of a river valley?

• Cities

• Art

• Religion

• Mountains

What was the name of the Sumerian system of writing?

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Cuneiform

• Pictographs

If you were to describe the religion of most Sumerian city-states and Ancient Egypt, they would be:

• Polytheistic

• Theocratic

• Monotheistic

• Atheistic

Which group of people were highest in the social class system of early Mesopotamia?

• Priests

• Farmers

• Slaves

• Artisans

Where did most trade routes develop in early civilizations?

• Ziggurats

• Along rivers

• Mountain ranges

• In the desert

The Mesopotamia River Valley was located between the ________and________ Rivers.

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Euphrates

• Euphrates and Huang He

• Nile and Tigris