River Valleys Quiz Review

The activity portrayed in this model could be used as evidence to argue that Egyptians

• lived in settled communities

• relied on slash-and-burn technology

• practiced hunting

• engaged in foraging

Which of the following is NOT and element of a civilization

• System of writing

• Jobs

• Public Transportation

• Social Classes

Which of the following means a people that do not live in just one place?

• Paleolithic

• Hunters

• Nomads

• Neolithic

What does "Neolithic Age" mean?

• New Farming Age

• Age of New Civilization

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• River valley civilizations

• Overseas trade routes

• Early belief systems

• Burial sites of ancient rulers

What was the PRIMARY (best) reason early river valley civilizations settled there?

• Water for trade

• Fertile land for farming

• Hills are tough to climb

• Fishing is fun

What does "polythiestic" mean?

• Its a maths shape

• That there are several theories about a subject

• The belief in one god

• The belief in many gods

• Women had equal status to men

• The social structure was hierarchical

• Social mobility was unrestricted

• Soldiers outnumbered farmers

Why did ancient Egyptians build pyramids?

• Religious temples

• Burial tombs for pharaohs

• Grain storage

• High ground for when the river flooded

Why did ancient Mesopotamia build ziggurats?

• Religious temples

• Burial tombs for pharaohs

• Grain storage

• High ground for when the river flooded