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Civilizations

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
People believed in many Gods and Goddesses that controlled their fate and most of the events in their lives. What is this called? 
a)
Religion 
b)
Anisism 
c)
Beliefs 
2.
People looked to Religion for rules about how to live and how to treat each other. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE 
3.
What is a supply of something to be used as needed?
a)
Cloth
b)
Resource 
c)
Farming 
d)
Money $$$
4.
Groups of people that occupy different ranks in society are? 
a)
Pyramids
b)
Social Class
c)
Triangles 
5.
The highest class in the social class is a 
a)
Priest
b)
Peasant 
c)
Pharaoh
d)
Pope
6.
You can switch social classes anytime you wanted too. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
7.
What is a Revolution? 
a)
a complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living
b)
a revolt against Gods 
c)
moving to a different state
d)
breaking the rules
8.
What are granaries?
a)
Cemetaries
b)
Bathrooms 
c)
Food Storehouses 
9.
Building public works was 
a)
costly 
b)
time consuming
c)
dangerous
d)
All of the above 
10.
What three materials were used to make sickles? 
a)
Metal, Wood, & Iron 
b)
Bronze, Iron, & Stone  
c)
Platinum, Wood, & Bones
d)
Bones, Fur, and Sticks 
11.
Which ancient civilization made fine bronze artifacts? 
a)
Egypt 
b)
New Jersey 
c)
China 
d)
Neanderthals 
12.
Which was NOT a job in the First City of Uruk? 
a)
Teacher 
b)
Ruler 
c)
Farmer 
d)
Priest 
13.
Farming produced less food than hunting. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
14.
What would farmers mix together to build walls for houses? 
a)
Sticks & Gum 
b)
Straw & Dirt 
c)
Straw & Mud 
15.
What would farmers use to make roofs? 
a)
Branches
b)
Poles
c)
Mud 
d)
ALL THE ABOVE 
16.
Religion was controlled by 
a)
Everyone
b)
Women
c)
Man
d)
Government 
17.
When did hunter-gathers start farming? (about) 
a)
10,000 years ago 
b)
20,000 years ago 
c)
1,000 years ago 
d)
Yesterday 
18.
Workers died of being over worked and starving. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
19.
The City of Uruk had about 
a)
100 Acres 
b)
1,000 Acres
c)
10,000 Acres 
d)
100,000 Acres 
20.
The City of Uruk was bigger than the City of Catalhoyuk.
a)
Correct 
b)
Incorrect 
c)
I don't know 
21.
What did Farmers do when they had a surplus of food? 
a)
Feed their domesticated animals 
b)
Shared with the town 
c)
Threw it out 
d)
Specialized in another job
22.
What are the most important resources? 
a)
Soil
b)
Fresh Water 
c)
Seeds 
d)
ALL THE ABOVE 
23.
Resources were useless without proper farming tools. 
a)
TRUE 
b)
FALSE 
24.
The Nile River is located where? 
a)
South America 
b)
Alaska 
c)
Africa 
d)
Antartica 
25.
The Tigris River is located where? 
a)
Asia 
b)
Africa
c)
America 
d)
Atlantic 
26.
This specialized job claimed they were Gods sent from above to make people 'bow down'
a)
Priest 
b)
Ruler 
c)
Soldier 
27.
Groups of people who occupy different levels in society come from --
a)
Social Classes
b)
Africa 
c)
Pharaohs and Priests 
d)
Pyramids 
28.
Who is at the top section of the pyramid?
a)
Rulers 
b)
Priests 
c)
Merchants 
d)
All THE Above 
29.
Who is at the bottom of the Social Class Pyramid? 
a)
Peasants
b)
Slaves 
c)
Craftmen 
d)
ALL THE ABOVE 
30.
What are the three symbols of writing? 
a)
Peace, Love, and Basketball 
b)
Sounds, Letter, and Symbols 
c)
Grunts, Hugs, and High Fives 
d)
Sounds, Words, and Eye Contact 
31.
10,000 years ago we entered into the ---
a)
Paleolithic Era 
b)
Cenozoic Ea 
c)
Neolithic Era 
d)
Millenium 
32.
a complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living is a 
a)
Revolution 
b)
Thought-Process
c)
Agricultural 
d)
Farming 
33.
Food on the FIRST farms had: 
a)
tomatoes 
b)
figs 
c)
cucumbers 
d)
corn 
34.
The oldest farming settlement is 
a)
Catalhoyuk 
b)
Uruk
35.
Was growing crops risky as a farmer? 
a)
YES- nomads could steal food 
b)
NO- there was plenty of water 
36.
Catalhoyuk is located in present day - 
a)
United States 
b)
Italy 
c)
China 
d)
Turkey
37.
Agriculture changed the way that people dressed. 
a)
FALSE 
b)
TRUE 
38.
Nomads burned down trees to attract deer. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
39.
the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services is a
a)
economy
b)
specialized job
c)
shop
40.
Fishing was more popular than hunting.
a)
False 
b)
True