Early River Valley Civilizations Vocab Quiz

An arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea is known as?

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Hindu Kush

• Crescent roll

Part of the Fertile Crescent, the word in Greek means "land between the rivers."

• Mesopotamia

• Ziggurat

• Fertile Crescent

• Indus Valley

A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.

• City-State

• Peninsula

• Civilization

• Metropolis

A series of rulers from a single family.

• Dynasty

• Empire

• Monarchy

• None of These

The Spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.

• Migration

• Cultural

• Diffusio

• Cultural Diffusion

• Diversity

A belief in many gods

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Both of these

Babylonian ruler who ruled at the Babylonian peak (1792 B.C. - 1750 B.C.) . His most enduring legacy is the code of laws he put together.

• Hammurabi

• Khufu

• Alexander the Great

• Ra

A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.

• City-State

• Empire

• Dynasty

• Monarchy

United Upper and Lower Egypt around 3000 B.C. Narmer created a double crown from the red and white crowns, which symbolized a united kingdom. In addition, he made Memphis the kingdom's capital.

• Narmer

• Hammurabi

• Ra

• Khufu

A Pharoah is....

• A government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure.

• An Egyptian God

• A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

• None of these