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WorksheetsChapter 4 Civilization Vocabulary
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A set of official laws
a)
polytheism
b)
code
c)
ziggurat
d)
flutings
2.
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
a)
scribe
b)
cuneiform
c)
epic
d)
polytheism
3.
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
a)
scribe
b)
artisan
c)
cuneiform
d)
cave artist
4.
A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
a)
cultural diffusion
b)
silt
c)
city-state
d)
ziggurat
5.
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
a)
code
b)
cuneiform
c)
calligraphy
d)
stylus
6.
A belief in more than one god
a)
religion
b)
epic
c)
Hammurabi
d)
polytheism
7.
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
a)
nation state
b)
country
c)
continent
d)
city-state
8.
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
a)
watering can
b)
hose
c)
irrigation
d)
farming
9.
Fine particles of fertile soil
a)
silt
b)
crops
c)
river valley
d)
flood
10.
The process of adopting ideas and technology from other cultures over time
a)
adoption
b)
adaptation
c)
cultural borrowing
d)
cultural diffusion
11.
A large river in northern China
a)
Indus River
b)
Nile River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Yellow River
12.
A large river in south Asia located in present day
Pakistan
Pakistan
a)
River Valley
b)
Indus River
c)
Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River
13.
The longest river in the world, located in Northeastern Africa
a)
Egyptian River
b)
Nile River
c)
Yellow River
d)
Ganges River
14.
The area in the Fertile Crescent known as Mesopotamia lies between these rivers
a)
Yellow and Yangzte
b)
Nile and Congo
c)
Danube and Seine
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
15.
The area of fertile land in SW Asia that is considered the "Cradle of Civilization"
a)
Nile River Valley
b)
Mississippi Delta
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
Himalayas
16.
Social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top
a)
ziggurat
b)
pyramid
c)
social hierarchy
d)
polytheism
17.
Complex society characterized by: dense population, agriculture, cities, social hierarchy, specialization, government, monumental building, writing system, and belief system
a)
society
b)
city-state
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
civilization
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