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WorksheetsPre- and Ancient History
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where did humans first practise farming?
China
Mesopotamia (两河流域)
India
Egypt
North America
All early civilisations...
lived near rivers
grew rice
built pyramids (金字塔)
moved to a new place every year
What was the world's first city?
Harappa (Indus Valley 印度河流域)
Banpo (Yellow River Valley)
Ur (两河流域)
Rome
New York
What does an archaeologist (考古家) NOT do?
Dig in the ground
Examine (检查) animal bones
Write about the past
Look at old buildings
Talk to ancient people
What happened during the Agricultural Revolution?
People stopped hunting animals for food
People started using machines to farm
People created new food to farm
People started farming systematically (有条有理地)
During the Bronze Age (青铜器时代)...
everything was made of bronze
bronze was the most advanced (最先进的) metal humans were capable of using
bronze was the most valuable material
everyone used bronze as money
Why did human populations grow after the Agricultural Revolution?
They had safer houses
They stopped fighting each other
There was a food surplus (extra food)?
They discovered medicine
Many early civilisations built...
Castles
Large monuments (纪念碑)
Stone houses
Ships
Which early invention changed trade and warfare?
Writing
Religion
The wheel
Money
When did people first start practising agriculture in China?
20,000 BC
9000 BC
5000 BC
221 BC
What is the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have definite archaeological evidence?
The Five Emperors
Xia dynasty
Shang dynasty
Zhou dynasty
The ancient Egyptians did NOT...
build pyramids (金字塔)
use irrigation canals (灌溉渠)
ride chariots (马车) onto the battlefield
sail around the Mediterranean Sea (地中海)
think their king was like a god
