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WorksheetsRiver Valley Civilization 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who invented the wheel?
a)
Sumerians
b)
Egyptians
c)
America
d)
Hebrews
2.
How did the early people get food?
a)
share cropping
b)
hunt/gathered
c)
amazon
d)
farming
3.
What refers to a peoples way of life?
a)
Family
b)
Jobs
c)
Culture
d)
the government
4.
How did the Stone Age get its name?
a)
stone tools
b)
there were lots of rocks
c)
they wanted to
d)
it was a difficult time period
5.
What were the two social classes that came from farming?
a)
rich and poor
b)
warriors and priests
c)
upper and lower class
d)
democrats and republicans
6.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
a)
land between three rivers
b)
land between two rivers
c)
land between the east and the west
d)
land between five rivers
7.
What allowed farming to flourish?
a)
good soil
b)
rain
c)
irrigation
d)
better tools
8.
What is the belief in multiple gods?
a)
plurality
b)
polytheistic
c)
monotheistic
d)
Ra
9.
What is a Ziggurat?
a)
a building
b)
a stepped pyramid
c)
a skyscraper
d)
the place where pharaoh is
10.
Who wrote the Code of Hammurabi?
a)
Babylon
b)
Sumeria
c)
Egypt
d)
China
11.
What is the world's longest river?
a)
Amazon
b)
Mississippi
c)
Nile
d)
Yellow River
12.
Where did the Egyptians burry their dead?
a)
underground
b)
they cremated them
c)
pyramids
d)
a mausoleum
13.
What made rivers great for farming?
a)
they flooded depositing good soil
b)
cooler weather
c)
good drinking water
d)
easier to bathe
14.
What did the Egyptians burry with the pharoah?
a)
food
b)
clothing
c)
gold and jewels
d)
nothing
15.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a ruling family
b)
a funny show
c)
a long term rule of people
d)
i have no idea
16.
Who was the forefather of the Hebrew people?
a)
Paul
b)
Peter
c)
Abraham
d)
Moses
17.
What was the new religion of the Hebrew people called?
a)
Christianity
b)
Mormons
c)
Hindus
d)
Judaism
18.
The history of the Hebrews is written in the Bible and called?
a)
The New Testament
b)
The law
c)
The Old Testament
d)
The Koran
19.
What was the name of the law given to the Hebrews?
a)
The Code of Moses
b)
The Ten Commandments
c)
The Koran
d)
The Code of Hammurabi
20.
Who lead the Israelites out of Egypt?
a)
Noah
b)
Moses
c)
Jesus
d)
Charlton Heston
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