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Ancient Civilizations - MacMillian/McGraw Grade 5 Chapter 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Q1:Much of the earth's water was frozen during the

a)

Aztec

b)

Ice Age

c)

Civilization

d)

Cube Age

2.

Q2:Which of these is NOT considered necessary to be a civilization?

a)

religion

b)

cuisine

c)

government

d)

education

3.

Q3:What is a glacier?

a)

Newest ice cream place

b)

greeting

c)

huge, frozen sheet of ice

d)

Mayan's home

4.

Q4:How did the early American settlers survive?

a)

by hunting and gathering

b)

farming

c)

trading

d)

raising livestock

5.

Q5:True or False: Both the Maya and the Olmecs built pyramids.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Q6:Where did the Maya settle?

a)

Macomb

b)

Mexico/Guatemala

c)

Chile

d)

Asia

7.

Q7:Where did the Anasazi settle?

a)

Guatemala

b)

Chile

c)

Four Corners

d)

Macomb

8.

Q8:What did the Anasazi do to water crops in the desert?

a)

used irrigation to water them

b)

traded water for food

c)

built homes by the lake

d)

gave up on farming

9.

Q9:What's the purpose of a terrace in the Inca Empire

a)

to get good views

b)

to grow crops on steep hillsides

c)

for decoration

d)

so they could have water

10.

Q10:How did Aztecs and Incas gain power?

a)

buying land around them

b)

throwing away land

c)

offering religious freedom

d)

conquering neighboring people

11.

Q11:What was the first purpose for the Mounds that the mound builders built?

a)

decoration

b)

getting a better view

c)

burying the dead

d)

farming

12.

Q12:What word describes a large area of different groups of people controlled by one ruler?

a)

monarch

b)

empire

c)

civilization

d)

slavery

13.

Q13:What is the word for a method of bringing water to a place?

a)

trade

b)

irrigation

c)

empire

d)

glacier

14.

Q14:What does it mean to do one type of job really well?

a)

specialize

b)

master

c)

differentiate

d)

train

15.

Q15:What word refers to the practice of making people work without pay or freedom?

a)

parenting

b)

slavery

c)

specializing

d)

surviving

16.

Q16 What are the Mayan known for?

a)

inventing the idea of zero

b)

creating maps

c)

creating a calendar

17.

Which civilization introduced the concept of zero?

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Anasazi