WorksheetsNAME THAT CIVILIZATION
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Was protected and isolated from outsiders by deserts & the Himalayan Mountains
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
2.
Began along the Nile River in North Africa
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
3.
Means
“land between the rivers” & is
often called the “Fertile Crescent”
or as the “Cradle of Civilization
“land between the rivers” & is
often called the “Fertile Crescent”
or as the “Cradle of Civilization
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
4.
Referred to themselves as the
“Middle Kingdom” & rarely traded with outsiders
“Middle Kingdom” & rarely traded with outsiders
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
5.
Began along the Indus River, which flooded & left behind fertile soil
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
6.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flooded once per year, leaving behind fertile soil ideal for farming
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
7.
Seasonal monsoons caused summer rains & floods pan
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
8.
was really the first modern state--by which I mean it had a Centralized government and a corps of Bureaucrats who could execute the wishes of that government and it lasted, in pretty much the same form, until 150 BCE to 1911 CE.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
9.
Name that Civilization
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
10.
Name that Civilization
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
11.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest known works of literature, comes from which Civilization?
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
12.
Name that Civilization
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
13.
Cities had central temples called ziggurats.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
14.
The system of writing has not yet been deciphered.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
15.
Refined bronze casting technology and valuable silk cloth production.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
16.
Hieroglyphic writing had symbols that stood for ideas and for sounds.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
17.
Sumerians invented the wheel, the sail and the plow and discovered how to make bronze.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
18.
The writing system helped unify peoples with different languages because characters stood for ideas.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
19.
The writing system helped unify peoples with different languages because characters stood for ideas.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
20.
Engineers made sophisticated buildings and plumbing systems
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
21.
Cuneiform was the world's first system of writing.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
22.
Pharaohs ordered people to build elaborate tombs.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
23.
River: Yellow River
Civilization:???
Civilization:???
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
24.
River: Nile River
Civilization:??
Civilization:??
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
25.
River: Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Civilization:??
Civilization:??
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
26.
History is conveniently divided into periods called Dynasties.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
27.
History was divided into Kingdoms: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
28.
Hammurabi's Code was the first set of written laws in history
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
29.
Saw the afterlife as a dark, gloomy place
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
30.
Saw the afterlife as a continuation of this life
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Egypt
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