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Ancient River Civilizations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a complex society with organized communities and governments?

a)

government

b)

civilization

c)

tribunal

2.

This civilization is located along the Nile River in North Africa

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization

c)

Harappan civilization

3.

This civilization is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

4.

This civilization is located along the Indus River.

a)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

5.

This civilization is located along the Yellow River.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

6.

This civilization used long ditches to bring water from the rivers to the dry regions.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

7.

This civilization relied on the Nile River for drinking water and for its crops.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian Civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

8.

This civilization relied on the predictable monsoon winds that allowed for the river to fertilize the land around it.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Sumerian Civilization (Mesopotamia)

9.

This civilization benefitted and suffered from the violent flooding of its river.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

10.

What is a line of rulers from the same family called?

a)

empire

b)

divine right

c)

dynasty

11.

People moved into this river valley civilization because there was plenty of timber and climate change pushed them out of Southern Asia.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

12.

This civilization used hieroglyphics as their form of writing.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization

13.

This civilization used cuneiform as its form of writing.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Sumerian Civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization

14.

This civilization is most well known for its temples, pyramids, and other monuments.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

15.

This civilization is most well known for its early development of mathematics.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

16.

This civilization used seals in order to ensure that trade goods were fresh and safe.

a)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

b)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

c)

Harappan civilization

17.

This civilization is most well known for its artistry.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Shang Dynasty civilization

18.

This civilization is most well known for its infrastructure, which is the design of cities and sewer systems.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

c)

Harappan civilization

19.

This civilization declined because its city-states were captured by the Akkadians.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization

20.

This civilization declined because a drought led to local leaders gaining more power and eventually taking power from the pharaohs.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

21.

This civilization declined because a drought led to a lack of food and people simply couldn't survive.

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization

22.

This civilization declined because the Zhou dynasty attacked and took control.

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

23.

Which civilization does this picture best represent?

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization

24.

Which civilization does this picture best represent?

a)

Shang Dynasty civilization

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

25.

Which civilization does this picture best represent?

a)

Old Kingdom Egyptian civilization

b)

Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)

c)

Harappan civilization