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Ancient River Valley Civilizations Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What civilization used hieroglyphics?
a)
China
b)
Egypt
c)
Portugal
d)
Japan
2.
On what continent is the Nile River located?
a)
Southwestern Africa
b)
Southwestern Asia
c)
Northeastern Africa
d)
Northeastern Asia
3.
What religion is represented by the yin & yang symbol?
a)
Taoism
b)
Judaism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Hinduism
4.
What civilization was the first to follow one god? (Monotheism)
a)
Jews
b)
Christians
c)
Hebrews
d)
Africans
5.
What civilization was located on the upper (Southern) Nile River Valley?
a)
The Egyptians
b)

The Jews

c)
Shinto
d)
The Kush
6.
When did the first river civilization appear?
a)
Between 3500 & 500 B.C.E
b)
Between 2000 & 200 B.C.E
c)
Between 1500 & 300 B.C.E
d)
Between 1200 & 500 B.C.E
7.
(True or False) The Torah contains written records and beliefs of Jews.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What type of writing is Cuneiform?
a)
Jewish writing
b)
Japanese writing
c)
Egyptian writing
d)
Sumerian writing
9.
What civilization developed the alphabet?
a)

Phoenicia

b)
Phoenix
c)
Pharaohs
d)
Polytheists
10.
What is the Babylonian Exile?
a)
When the Jews attacked the Egyptians at Babylon
b)
When the Babylonians traveled to the Nile River
c)
When the Hebrews were captured and taken to Babylon
d)
When  agriculture began
11.
What was used to make metal tools and weapons?
a)
Silver & Bronze
b)
Magnesium & Neon  
c)
Zinc & Iron
d)
Bronze & Iron
12.
What is the holy city of the Hebrews?
a)
China
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Egypt
d)
Asia
13.
What states the proper moral and religious conduct for the Hebrews?
a)
The Moral Conduct
b)
The 10 Commandments
c)
The Convent
d)
A Cuneiform
14.
Where was Nubia located?
a)
Along the upper Nile River
b)
The Mediterranean coast
c)
The Jersey shore
d)
Along the upper Nile River Valley
15.
What where the earliest written symbols called?
a)
Cave Art
b)
The Alphabet
c)
Pictograms
d)
Hieroglyphics