Ancient History PreQuiz

What does the term “civilization” mean?

• Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.

• The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.

• A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

• A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.

How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations?

• Societies developed near oceans.

• Societies developed in river valleys.

• Societies developed in the desert.

• Societies developed in the tundra.

Which of the following happened first?

• The development of cities

• The domestication of animals

• Humans started hunting and gathering for food

• Neolithic Revolution

What were the Ancient Greeks good at?

• They were good dancing

• They were good scultors, architects and philosophers.

• They were good at food

• They were good driving

The river that split Ancient Egypt was the 

• Tigris 
• Euphrates
• Babylon
• Nile

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the 

• Cradle of Civilization
• Fertile Crescent 
• Land of the Lost
• Assyrian Empire

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates were all famous Greek

• Emperors
• Soldiers
• Architects
• Philosophers 

something made to bring water into a city

• heir
• aqueduct
• civil war
• prison

Title used by Egyptian rulers

• pharaoh

• Ka

• dynasty

• obelisk

Series of rulers from the same family

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• noble

• delta