History Quiz IGCSE Year 3 (Chapter 3 and Chapter 4)

Early civilizations developed during the:

• Stone Age

• Iron Age

• Bronze Age

• Ancient Greece

In the early civilizations, people who could read and write were called:

• Scribes

• Craftspeople

• Academician

• Farmer

The Shang Dynasty civilization was based along the:

• Green River

• Yellow River

• Blue River

• Red River

Writing from the Shang Dynasty was scratched into __________ and __________.

• sea shells

• turtle shells

• animal bones

• tree trunks

Identify if the following question is true or false.

Three important things that helped farmers in the early civilizations:

1. 1. The soil near the rivers was fertile.

2. 2. Farmers used water from the rivers to water their crops.

3. 3. There were many new inventions to help farmers grow more food.

• True

• False

Most people in early civilizations worked as:

• Scribes

• Jewellery-makers

• Farmers

• Craftspeople

People in the Sumerian and Indus Valley civilizations used __________ to build their houses and cities.

• gravel

• sand

• mud bricks

• mud

Mathematics in the Shang Dynasty was mostly used to record the movement of __________ and __________.

• stars

• Sun

• Moon

• planets

Identify if the following question is true or false.

Writing from the Indus Valley civilization used at least 800 pictographs.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Writing from the Indus Valley civilization used at least 400 pictographs.

Shang Dynasty civilization ended when it was beaten by a rival dynasty, __________, in 1046 BCE.

• the Han

• the Qin

• the Zhou

• the Xia