WorksheetsOrigins of Civilization Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are two major building blocks of civilizaton?
a)
domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society
b)
practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society
c)
domesticating animals and having an organized religion
d)
practicing agriculture and having an organized religion
2.
Record keeping was performed by what specialized worker?
a)
merchant
b)
weaver
c)
priest
d)
scribe
3.
Which geographical features were mainly responsible for creating the Fertile Crescent?
a)
Nile River and Mediterranean Sea
b)
Wei and Huang He rivers
c)
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
d)
Tehuaćan river and Pacific Ocean
4.
What does B.C.E mean?
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Cro-Magnon Era
c)
The years before the birth of Christ
d)
The years after the Christian Era began
5.
The first civilizations in human history all centered around
a)
food sources
b)
rivers
c)
areas of large populations
d)
natural resources
6.
Written records first started with which people group?
a)
Akkadians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Sumerians
d)
Egyptians
7.
The first form of writing was called
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
cuneiform
c)
calligraphy
d)
lugal
8.
Egypt was unified around 3100 BCE by
a)
Ramses
b)
Tutankhamen
c)
Menes
d)
Horus
9.
The two earliest urban centers in the Indus River Valley were
a)
Catal Huyuk & Jericho
b)
Harappa & Mohenjo Daro
c)
Memphis & Thebes
d)
Ur & Akkad
10.
Define polytheistic
a)
skilled craftsperson
b)
people who study the origins of people
c)
belief in many gods
d)
complex, highly organized social order
11.
Define civilization
a)
belief in many gods
b)
political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages
c)
complex, highly organized social structure
d)
groups of states or territories controlled by one ruler
12.
A complex society that has cities, well organized government, and workers with specialized jobs is known as a _____________.
a)
public works system
b)
city
c)
religious order
d)
civilization
13.
The earliest civilizations rose in fertile river valleys in Asia and northeastern Africa. The first of these were __________.
a)
the Sumerians
b)
the Aztecs
c)
the Indus River Valley people
d)
the ancient Egyptians
14.
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Upper and Lower Egypt
c)
Eastern and Western Egypt
d)
Nubia and Cairo
15.
Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?
a)
Temples to worship in
b)
Sumerian artwork
c)
Natural barriers to protect them
d)
2 dynasties to celebrate religious tradtion
16.
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
a)
the afterlife
b)
the pyramids
c)
the pharaohs
d)
the heavens
17.
Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?
a)
They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
b)
They carried the dead to a nearby country.
c)
They preserved bodies as mummies.
d)
They were buried in the river.
18.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
19.
Pyramids are
a)
warehouses to store food surplus
b)
temples where people are allowed to come and pray
c)
tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
d)
tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top
20.
The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize
a)
their rule of the queens
b)
their rule over upper and lower Egypt
c)
the Nile flowed 2 ways
d)
both farming and herding were important
21.
Whose tomb was discovered in 1922?
a)
King Tutankhamen
b)
Ahmose
c)
Ramese
d)
Queen Hatsheput
22.
What was learned through studying King Tut's tomb?
a)
He was a king.
b)
The burial practices of Egyptians.
c)
He was wealthy.
d)
He had many wives.
23.
Egyptian writing system
a)
papyrus
b)
alaphabet
c)
cuneiform
d)
heiroglyphics
24.
Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?
a)
Nile Delta
b)
desert
c)
far south
d)
cataracts
25.
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
a)
It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
b)
It gave clues about building.
c)
It was a book of the dead.
d)
It told how pharaoh's rules.
26.
This pharaoh had the Great Pyramid built as a monument to his greatness.
a)
Hatsheput
b)
Narmer
c)
Djoser
d)
Khufu
27.
The great pyramids were built during what kingdom?
a)
Old Kingdom
b)
Middle Kingdom
c)
New Kingdom
28.
Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?
a)
So no other human would ever use them
b)
To keep thieves from stealing them
c)
To prevent his servants from stealing them
d)
So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life
29.
The Egyptians mummified the body because they believed
a)
They wanted to look good
b)
The gods needed it
c)
The body was going to resurrect in the next life
d)
It was required by law
30.
A fertile region that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean in a crescent shape
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Egypt
d)
Sumer
31.
means "Land Between the Rivers"
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Sumer
c)
peninsula
d)
Mesopotamia
32.
pyramid-shaped brick temples
a)
pyramid
b)
towers
c)
obelisks
d)
ziggurats
33.
system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
a)
hieroglyphs
b)
cave paintings
c)
alphabetic monograms
d)
cuneiform
34.
What is the name for a pyramid shaped temple tower in Sumer?
a)
pyramid
b)
ziggurat
c)
church
d)
holy tower
35.
Sumerians used which of the following to write with?
a)
Stylus and Clay Tablet
b)
Pen and Paper
c)
Paints and Walls
d)
Reeds and Papyrus
36.
The first story ever written was _______________?
a)
The Bible
b)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
c)
Homer's Odyssey
d)
The Hunger Games
37.
Sumerians developed a math system based on the number
a)
1
b)
10
c)
60
d)
100
38.
Where did the Indian culture develop over 4000 years ago?
a)
Africa
b)
Indian subcontinent
c)
Middle East
39.
What was the first ancient city archeologists discovered in the Indus River Valley?
a)
Harrappa
b)
Pakistan
c)
Medina
40.
What river did these people in the ancient India settle along?
a)
Tigris
b)
Nile
c)
Indus
41.
What were two things that these ancient people developed in the Indus River Valley?
a)
sewer system, grid - like streets
b)
written language, temples
c)
roads, irrigation
42.
Like other ancient civilizations, ancient India was divided into four__________ ___________,also called __________, based on occupation.
a)
ultimate religions, leaders
b)
social classes, castes
c)
government classes, dictators
43.
Identify the animal often thought to have been worshipped in Ancient Egypt.
a)
Cat
b)
Jackel
c)
Hound
d)
Crocodile
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