Early Civs

The chief reason that many people settled along river valleys is that

• minerals were usually found nearby

• they could not travel across the land

• all the rivers in the ancient world flowed into the Mediterranean Sea

• these areas had fertile soil

The temples and pyramids that the Egyptians built show

• that the Egyptians depended a great deal on the Nile River

• the great power of the farmers

• the importance of religion to the Egyptians

• that they were a primitive people

What social class were the majority of Egyptians in?

• high priests and nobles

• pharaohs

• peasant farmers and laborers

• merchants, scribes, and artisans

Egyptian writing was known as

• cuneiform

• phonetics

• hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

Sumer was made up of

• provinces

• city-states

• two kingdoms

• a chain of islands

All of the following are associated with Sumer EXCEPT

• ziggurats

• papyrus

• cuneiform

• the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Hammurabi's Code is historically significant because

• it explained Babylon's polytheistic religion

• it was the first written code of laws

• it contained important rules on irrigation

• it contained important religious rites for burying the dead

The belief in one god is known as

• polytheism

• ethnocentrism

• monotheism

• legalism

The belief in multiple gods is known as

• polytheism

• ethnocentrism

• monotheism

• legalism

The first people to practice a monotheistic religion were

• the Shang Dynasty

• Sumerians under Gilgamesh

• the Ancient Israelites

• the Golden Horde