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WorksheetsAncient Civilizations Review
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What river was the Egyptian civilization based around
a)
Nile
b)
Tigris
c)
Huang He
d)
Indus
2.
What was the name of the revolution that saw the introduction of farming?
a)
Paleolithic Revolution
b)
Agricultural Revolution
c)
Green Revolution
d)
Neolithic Revolution
3.
What was at the center of city-states in Mesopotamia?
a)
ziggurats
b)
pyramids
c)
townhalls
d)
Statutes of Gods and Goddesses
4.
What was at the center of city-states in Mesopotamia?
a)
ziggurats
b)
pyramids
c)
townhalls
d)
Statutes of Gods and Goddesses
5.
Which of the following was not an invention created by Mesopotamians
a)
Wheel
b)
Paper
c)
Sundial
d)
Arch
6.
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path are related to what major religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Daoism
7.
Which geographic feature helped determine the cradles of civilization?
a)
Oceans
b)
Rivers and Valleys
c)
Fertile soils
d)
Rainy seasons in the Angle Region
8.
What is the definition of prehistory?
a)
history before fire
b)
history study only by anthropologists
c)
history without innovations
d)
history before writing
9.
Governments influenced by religion is called...
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Despoitism
10.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a civilization
a)
Language
b)
Cities
c)
Town halls
d)
Inventions
11.
What river is shown in this image
a)
Nile
b)
Huang He
c)
Euphrates
d)
Indus
12.
Hinduism and what other religion came out of India?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Daoism
d)
Buddhism
13.
What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism?
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Nirvana
c)
Karma
d)
Hajj
14.
The replacement theory suggests that the earliest people migrated out of what continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
Asia
15.
What early civilizations helped develop a writing system that would later influence ours?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Phoenicians
c)
Hitties
d)
Chaldeans
16.
What religion, in Persia, best compares to Judaism?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Zoroastrianism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Confucianism
17.
What culture developed the caste system
a)
China
b)
Europe
c)
India
d)
Egypt
18.
Where was the first legal code?
a)
Greece
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
India
d)
China
19.
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasoms
a)
typhoon
b)
monsoon
c)
hurricane
d)
subcontinent
20.
the most important language of ancient India
a)
Verdas
b)
Harappan
c)
Aryans
d)
Sanskrit
21.
A _____ is usually separated from the rest of the continent by physical features.
a)
monsoons
b)
subcontinent
c)
Indus River
d)
raja
22.
Hindus believe that a person's ultimate goal should be to reunite their soul with karma.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The force created by a person's actions is called karma.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Which caste or social class is the lowest in Indian society?
a)
Brahmin
b)
Untouchable
c)
Vaishya
d)
Sudra
25.
Who was the founder of Hinduism?
a)
Abraham
b)
Jesus
c)
Siddhartha
d)
No real founder
26.
This determines the state of your reincarnation
a)
Vedas
b)
Karma
c)
Aryans
d)
Upanishads
27.
Who was the Leader of the Golden Age of India?
a)
Gupta
b)
Asoka
c)
Buddha
d)
Sargon
28.
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
a)
No real founder
b)
Abraham
c)
Asoka
d)
Siddhartha Gautama
29.
What is the name of the River in India?
a)
Nile
b)
Tigris
c)
Indus
d)
Euphrates
30.
What is the Buddhas name?
a)
Sparsh Kadyan
b)
Gautama Subatha
c)
Buthania Slahming
d)
Siddhartha Gautama
31.
Nirvana is ...
a)
A place of perfect peace and happiness
b)
A place of realization and concurring
c)
A building Buddhists go to pray
d)
A rock band
32.
line of rulers from the same family
a)
Legalism
b)
long Chinese line
c)
filial piety
d)
dynasty
33.
trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia
a)
filial piety
b)
Silk Road
c)
Great Wall
d)
Anyang
34.
group of people who share a similiar position in society
a)
social class
b)
rudder
c)
aristocrat
d)
Buddhists
35.
allowed the Chinese to better navigate their ships; allowed ships to sail into the wind for the first time
a)
rudder
b)
sails
c)
filial piety
d)
pictograph
36.
a character that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea
a)
pictograph
b)
Dao
c)
ideograph
d)
filial piety
37.
a long river in China also known as the Yangtze River
a)
Huang He
b)
Chang Jiang
c)
Dao
d)
Zhou
38.
Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns
a)
Daoism
b)
Legalism
c)
filial piety
d)
Zhou
39.
Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
a)
aristocrat
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
d)
Mandate of Heaven
40.
system of beliefs introduced by a Chinese thinker; taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
d)
bureaucracy
41.
children's respect for their parents and older relatives; an important part of Confucian beliefs
a)
social class
b)
dynasty
c)
Anyang
d)
filial piety
42.
noble whose wealth came from land ownership
a)
acupuncture
b)
dynasty
c)
aristocrat
d)
filial piety
43.
a character that stand for an object
a)
pictograph
b)
ideograph
c)
social class
d)
Dao
44.
Chinese farmers built this with stone and sand; pilled rubble in order to keep out invaders
a)
rudder
b)
Great Wall
c)
Huang He
d)
ideograph
45.
based on this the king was chosen by heavenly order because of his talent and virtue; he would rule the people with goodness and wisdom
a)
Legalism
b)
Daoism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Mandate of Heaven
46.
Chinese practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patient's skin
a)
rudder
b)
acupuncture
c)
torture
d)
filial piety
47.
What material did the Ancient Egyptians right on?
a)
Paper
b)
Clay tablets
c)
Planbooks
d)
Papyrus
48.
What system of writing did the Ancient Egyptians use?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Greek
c)
English
d)
Cueniform
49.
Why were the pyramids built?
a)
To create Social Studies questions for students
b)
Religious monuments
c)
Tombs for Pharaohs
d)
Seat of government
50.
A mummy is:
a)
An undead creature that haunts pyramids
b)
A body prepared for the afterlife.
c)
A way to execute criminals.
d)
A method of preserving fruit.
51.
Egyptians were:
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Quadratheistic
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Atheists
52.
To help with irrigation Egyptians used:
a)
Linen
b)
Shaduf
c)
Mummies
d)
Silt
53.
The most important piece of geography in Ancient Egypt was:
a)
Cataracts
b)
The Valley of Kings
c)
The Desert
d)
The Nile River
54.
Egyptian civilization rose to power because of:
a)
The pyramids.
b)
The Nile.
c)
The pharoahs.
d)
The mummies.
55.
Silt formed from the Nile flooding helped with:
a)
Embalming
b)
Pyramids
c)
Making Papyrus
d)
Growing Crops
56.
This man created one of the earliest sets of laws and it was harsh.
a)
Sargon
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Solomon
d)
Moses
57.
This civilization is known as the "gift of the Nile"
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
India
d)
Egypt
58.
Harrappa and Mohenjo Dahro are located in
a)
Egypt
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Mesopotamia
59.
The first civilization was located at
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Egypt
60.
The Haung He and Yangtze rivers are located in
a)
Egypt
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Mesopotamia
61.
The two rivers that impacted the Indus civilization would be
a)
Indus and Ganges
b)
Indus and Nile
c)
Indus and Euphrates
d)
Indus and Yangtze
62.
You would associate the following writing with
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Egypt
63.
You would associate the following writing with
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Egypt
64.
This map shows which civilization
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Egypt
65.
Silk, Paper, and Porcelain as well as a civil service all originate from?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Egypt
66.
You would associate the following picture with
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
China
67.
This image would be associated with
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia
68.
What is the most important geographic feature to the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc?
a)
high mountains
b)
large deserts
c)
deep rivers
d)
open plains
69.
The first agricultural community that emerged in the Fertile Crescent is referred to as
a)
Kush
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Phoenicia
d)
Rome
70.
The belief in many gods is referred to as
a)
polytheism
b)
monotheism
c)
animism
71.
Early economies were based on :
a)
agriculture
b)
coin money
c)
trade guilds
d)
central banks
72.
What is the written script of the sumerians called?
a)
hieroglphs
b)
cuneiform
c)
calligraphy
d)
sanskrit
73.
The following would be associated with
a)
Sumeria
b)
China
c)
Egypt
d)
India
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