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Extra Credit: Chapter 2 Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These were all contributions to the formation of civilizations?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Domestication of animals

c)

Iron working

d)

Near a source of water

2.

All are part of the first civilizations except:

a)

Sumer

b)

Greece

c)

Egypt

d)

Norte Chico

3.
The artifact below is evidence that Sumerians had
a)
written language
b)
art
c)
chariots
d)
all of the above
4.

What does the tale of gilgamesh wish to do?

a)

Tell you to have a good time because time is limited

b)

Tell you how To attain immortality you must suffer

c)

Tell you How to become a perfect man

d)

Tell you about a perfect man

5.

What does this man atop other men signify?

a)

A man and his slaves

b)

A ruler crushing his enemies

c)

A man taking a stroll

d)

An upperclass man

6.

What determined a persons social status in china was determined?

a)

The Amount of money

b)

Clothing worn

c)

Color of clothing worn

d)

House lived in

7.

What type of punishment is represented in The Code of Hammurabis?

a)

Eye for an eye

b)

Wraping

c)

Death penalty

d)

Stoning

8.

Civilizations brought the emergence of all these except?

a)

Artisans

b)

The domestication of animals

c)

Class Hierarchy

d)

Patriarchy

9.

What brought about Patriarchy?

a)

Women shopping

b)

Women Taking care of kids

c)

Men outside associated with Masculinity

d)

Men dependent on wives

10.

What job shared a low social status in china along with slaves?

a)

Artisans

b)

Merchants

c)

Officials

d)

Farmers

11.

How was their tyranny in city-State ?

a)

Officials were allowed to do as they pleased

b)

It was a totalitarian government

c)

Police were corrupt

d)

Farmers were forced to give crops to higher class

12.

What was unique about hammurabis rule?

a)

He created laws and restraints in society

b)

He made it likely for higher ups to be punished

c)

He brought order to a state

d)

He wanted justice

13.

Which was not a reason for a need for a written form of language in civilizations?

a)

To pass on information to successor

b)

To keep trade organized

c)

To convey a sense of superiority

d)

To unify a state

14.

The name of the ruler of egypt?

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Emperor

c)

Sultan

d)

Caliph

15.

From where does this writing originate ?

a)

The Maya

b)

The Olmecs

c)

The Egyptian

d)

The sumerian

16.

Why was the location of Egypts state its advantage?

a)

It was protected on all side by deserts and seas

b)

It had access to water

c)

It was near two bodies of water

d)

It was near desserts

17.

All advantages to river valley civilizations Except?

a)

Could get food from rivers

b)

They were near bodies of water which made land fertile

c)

Mainly agricultural societies

d)

It was near transport areas

18.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
19.
The Fertile Crescent....
a)
was a large geographical region
b)
stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
c)
was the location where the earliest civilization started
d)
all of these
20.

What weakened the sumerian state?

a)

Deforestation and soil erosion

b)

Salinization of the soil

c)

Change in crop

d)

All of the above

21.

Where are agricultural civilizations located?

a)

Near oceans

b)

Near Desserts

c)

On mountains

d)

Near rivers

22.

What let to the end of the egypt civilization for many centuries?

a)

The title of Pharaoh was passed down to unfit people

b)

Unsuccessful cultivation

c)

Geographic location

d)

All of the above

23.

What does the carving represent?

a)

Praying to a cobra

b)

A person taming a serpent

c)

Warning of the dangers of serpents

d)

Group prayer to a snail

24.

Why was the first written treaty made?

a)

A battle between the Egyptian and Sumerian

b)

A battle between the Egyptian and Babylonian

c)

A battle between the Egyptian and Hittites

d)

Battle between the Babylonian and Hittities

25.
What river played an important part in Egyptian Civilization?
a)
Nile
b)
Indus
c)
Tigris
d)
Yellow