Oxford History Unit 3 Review (Multiple Choice)

1. 1. Early civilisations developed during the:
   

• 1. a. Stone Age
     

• 1. b. Iron Age
     

• 1. c. Bronze Age

2. 2. A city-state is:
   

• 2. a. a collection of small villages
     

• 1. b. a city and the surrounding lands
     
     

• 1. c. a town built near a river

2. 3. The Shang Dynasty civilisation was based along the:
   
   

• 2. a. Green River
     
     

• 1. b. Yellow River
     
     

• 1. c. Blue River

4. 4. Buildings in the Sumerian and Indus Valley civilisations were made from:
   

• 2. a. mud bricks

• 1. b. rammed earth

• 1. c. stone blocks

4. 5. People living in the Indus Valley civilisation sometimes collected water from:
   
   

• 2. a. dams
     

• 1. b. wells
     

• 1. c. drains

4. 6. Most people in early civilisations worked as:
   
   
   

• 3. a. scribes
     
     

• 2. b. jewellery-makers
     
     

• c. farmers

4. 7. This clay tablet has writing from Ancient Sumer. This writing is called:
   
   
   
   

• 3. 4. a. curlicue
        
        

• 3. b. cuneiform
     
     
     

• 1. c. circular