Ancient Civilizations

Which civilization invented the wheel?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• India or China

• Greece

• Rome

Greece is located on a ________________, which means land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

• island
• peninsula
• polis
• acropolis

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True Or False: Rome invented concrete

• True

• False

Egyptians wrote in....

• Cuneiform

• Sanscrit

• Hieroglyphs

• Hieroglyphics

China and Egypt both invented some form of...

• banana

• noodle

• href

• paper

The Greek god of water was....

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hades

• Arithmetic

Select three interesting features that were found in the housing areas of the major cities of the ancient Indus Civilization that you usually only see in modern cities?

• straight, wide streets

• orderly grid design

• pyramids

• sanitation systems

The two rivers that defined the civilization of Mesopotamia were called __

• The Tigris & Euphrates
• The Nile & Mississippi
• The Tigris & Nile
• There weren't rivers

What current day countries stand where Mesopotamia once thrived?

• Iran & Syria
• Texas & Arkansas
• Afghanistan & Israel
• Lake Travis & Austin

A leader of Egypt that was both god and king

• Ziggurat
• A Pharaoh