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NASWA History Quiz Review 2018

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the longest river in Africa and is a source of water for much of Egypt?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Nile River

2.
Dry or lacking rainfall.
a)
Arid
b)
Arab
c)
Dira
d)
Monsoon 
3.
Why did Egyptian cities develop along the Nile River?
a)
The need for fresh water
b)
The need for riverboats
c)
The need for a cooler climate
d)
The need for salt water
4.
Which geographical location below is considered an arid environment?
a)
desert
b)
rainforest
c)
valley with a river
d)
land between two rivers
5.

What is another name for the belief in many gods?

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

atheism

6.

The Fertile Crescent is located between which two bodies of water?

a)

Tigris River and Euphrates River

b)

Black Sea and Caspian Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

d)

Nile River and Red Sea

7.

Which ancient civilization developed in the area known as the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Israel

d)

Palestine

8.

Rulers in ancient Egypt were called

a)

kings

b)

presidents

c)

pharaohs

d)

messiahs

9.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt were built

a)

to be magnificent structures of art

b)

to give slaves something to do

c)

to be a burial tomb

d)

to be a beacon in the desert

10.

Ancient Egyptian form of writing was more sophisticated than Mesopotamian writing - it was called _____

a)

papyrus

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

cuneiform

d)

scribes

11.

Mesopotamian form of writing looked like a lot of triangular shaped characters and was called _____

a)

papyrus

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

cuneiform

d)

scribes

12.

A society with a highly developed culture, politics, and technology is called

a)

culture

b)

city-state

c)

cuneiform

d)

civilization

13.

First written set of laws created by a famous king of Babylon...

a)

Egyptian Laws

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Pharaoh's Code

d)

Cuneiform Laws

14.
What is a term historians use to describe a culture that has reached a certain level of development? 
a)
Mesopotmia
b)
Egypt
c)
Civilization
d)
Pyramids
15.
Mesopotamia grew between the ___________________ and ___________________ Rivers. 
a)
Nile and Tigris
b)
Nile and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Mississippi and Nile
16.
The Sumerians created a form of writing known as ___________________.
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Rosetta Stone
17.
Like Mesopotamia, ___________________ grew out of a river valley.
a)
Euphrates
b)
Nile
c)
Egypt
d)
Tigris
18.
Egyptians believed in life after death. To preserve the body for the next life, it was embalmed immediately after death, as a ___________________.
a)
Pyramid
b)
Rosetta Stone
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Mummy
19.
Who invented the important invention of the wheel?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Sumerians
c)
Greeks
d)
Romans
20.
Egyptians had a ___________________ religion, meaning they worshipped many gods. 
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Mummy
21.
Government ruled by individual who is both the religious leader and king
a)
Theocracy
b)
Papyrus
22.

a stone that had 3 languages written on it: Egyptian, Greek, and demotic

a)

Theocracy

b)

Dynasty

c)

Book of the Dead

d)

Rosetta Stone

23.
What European country had control of Palestine?
a)
French
b)
Italians 
c)
Americans
d)
British 
24.

Israeli refers to which ethnic group in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

a)

Muslims

b)

Judas

c)

Jews

d)

Jordanians

25.
Why was there an influx of Jewish immigrants in the 1930s?
a)
Diasporas
b)
British control
c)
The Holocaust
d)
Vacation
26.

The people of Palestine in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are a part of what ethnic group?

a)

Jews

b)

Christians

c)

Arab-Muslims

d)

Muslims

27.
Who created the state of Israel in 1948?
a)
The British
b)
United States
c)
Arabs
d)
United Nations
28.
Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?
a)
the land was unoccupied at the time
b)
the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
c)
Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
d)
all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN
29.
What has been a common goal of the Jews & Muslims?
a)
to unite all Middle Eastern nations as one
b)
to have their own independent countries
c)
to become leaders in the world economy
d)
to impose their religion on others
30.
How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?
a)
they rejected it & attacked Israel
b)
they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
c)
they accepted it
d)
they ignored it
31.
Israel claims what location as its capital?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Tel Aviv
c)
East Jerusalem
d)
West Bank
32.
A major argument between the Israelis and the Palestinians is that each side
a)
wants to control oil resources in the area
b)
claims Israel as their homeland
c)
believes in different interpretations of the same religion
d)
has close military alliances with neighboring countries
33.
A god; a divine being
a)
Deity
b)
Sanctum
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Chastise
34.

a leader or savior

a)

deity

b)

messiah

c)

pharaoh

d)

scribe

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