Early River Valley Civs Review Quiz

What modern day country is the Fertile Crescent located in?

• Egypt

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

• Turkey

What TWO rivers ran through Mesopotamia?

•  Indus

• Euphrates

• Tigris

• Nile

Sumer was a city state in which area?

• Mesopotamia

• India

• Egypt

• China

 Early civilizations often started near what geographic feature?

• volcanoes

• prairies

• mountains

• rivers

The Fertile Crescent got its name because...

• there were a lot of lakes there

• it was in between two rivers

• they had tons of fertilizer

• there was a desert there

Hammurabi was known for making the first _______________   _________ in the world

• unwritten laws

• monotheistic religion

• written laws

• farming manual

Cuneiform was the first known writing in the world

• true

• false

Why did ancient civilizations develop in valleys of rivers such as the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates?

• the river valleys provided a source of fresh water and good farmland

• the rivers aided in the exploration of new territories

• the rivers provided power for industries

• the river valleys provided areas for recreation

Hieroglyphic and cuneiform systems provided the basis for the development of

• subsistence farming

• painting and sculpture

• oral traditions

• recorded history

 . . .“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.”. . .         — Code of Hammurabi

Which statement is supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi’s code of laws?

• all men are equal under the law

• fines are preferable to physical punishment

•  law sometimes distinguishes between social classes

• violence must always be punished with violence