Ancient Civilizations Review

What two rivers is Mesopotamia between?

• Tigris and Nile

• Euphrates and Nile

• Tigris and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

The first written code of laws with strict punishments based on social class were....

• The Twelve Tablets

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Ten Commandments

• Justinian's Code

Mesopotamia was also known as the....

• Land between 3 rivers

• Unproductive Moon

• Fertile Crescent

• 2 of these are correct

True or False: Mesopotamia remained the same throughout its existence.

• True

• False

True or False: Mesopotamia developed a form of writing, but Egypt did not.

• True

• False

What river flows through Egypt?

• Indus

• Niger

• Nile

• Tigris

Who was responsible for bringing monotheism to Egypt?

• Pharaoh Moksha

• King Hammurabi

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Pharaoh Akhenaten

Why did Egypt believe their gods were good and that their afterlife would be happy?

• Because their rivers flooded regularly providing for their civilization

• Because their rivers never flooded

• Egypt did NOT believe their gods were good or that their afterlife would be rich/happy.

• None of these is correct

In what way does geography help explain the rise of both the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations?

• They were both developed along the sea/ocean.

• They were both developed along rivers.

• They were both developed near mountains.

• They were both developed on islands.

A belief in one god is known as....

• Polytheism

• Deism

• Monotheism

• None of these are correct