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WorksheetsWorld History Chapter 2 Koltz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
How much of China's land was suitable for farming?
5%
10%
20%
30%
How many men and how long did it take to construct the walls of China?
10,000, 12 years
12,000, 10 years
10,000, 15 years
15,000, 10 years
Who controlled a families property and made important decisions?
The strongest man in the household
The man that provided for the family
The mother of the children
The elders
Who was the supreme god in Chinese culture?
Anyang
Yangtze
Shang Di
Yu
How did written language influence control in China?
It made laws
The people could tell each other about it
Everyone could read it
It made it easier to govern
What was the first Chinese dynasty and when did it emerge?
Yu, 2000 B.C.
Xia, 2500 B.C.
Xia, 2000 B.C.
Yu, 2500 B.C.
How many characters did you need to know to be considered literate?
15,000
10,000
1,500
1,000
How did the Chinese use Feudalism?
To extend laws
To help the people
To control the people
To extend their empire
What is the oldest and most important city of the Shang dynasty
Anyang
China's heartland
Yangtze
Huang He
Considered the "yellow river" in the Northern part of China
Yangtze
Nile
Huang He
China's heartland
The Indian Sub-continent is made up of what three countries?
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
India, Iran, Kazakhstan
Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
Winter Monsoons last from what months?
October to March
July to October
October to February
July to November
Which Monsoon brings the flood?
Summer
Winter
Fall
Spring
The most remarkable achievement of the Indus River Valley civilization was what?
Plumbing
Measurable buildings
Roads in grid formation
Sophisticated city planning
How many symbols make up the Harappan language?
200
300
400
500
In the Indus River Valley civilization, what were children's toys made of?
clay and rocks
rocks and wood
wood and clay
wheat and barley
What animal did the Harappan's worship?
The cow
The pig
The bull
The horse
Why, to this day, can we still not understand the Harappan language?
No Bilingual inscriptions
The Rosetta stone
The translation was lost
All the people that knew the language died
What two rivers are in the Indus Valley?
Yangtze and yellow river
The Nile and The Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
What year did the Indus River Valley civilization decline?
1750 B.C.
1570 B.C.
1700 B.C.
1500 B.C.
The Nile is the longest river in the world, how long does it stretch?
1,400 miles
4,100 miles
14,000 miles
1,040 miles
Who, most likely, united upper and lower egypt?
Neymar
Hammurabi
Pharaoh
Narmer
What color crown represented lower egypt? upper?
Red ,Blue
White, Red
Red, White
White, Blue
The history of Egypt consisted of how many dynasties?
13
33
11
31
This type of Government is based on religious authority?
Democracy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
This was the resting place for the kings of the old kingdom?
Pharaoh
Pyramid
Sphinx
Triangles
This goddess represented the ideal mother and wife?
Osiris
Iris
Sirius
Isis
What did the Egyptians develop to keep track of time between floods and plan their planting seasons?
Clocks
Sundials
Calendars
Days
How did the Egyptians create new farmland?
They drained the swamps of upper Egypt
They drained the swamps of lower Egypt
They drained the swamps to the Nile
They drained the Nile
Why did the Egyptians develop a number system?
To build pyramids
To measure things
To keep track of taxes
To keep track of age
What two main crops did Egyptian peasants grow in their fields?
Grain and Sugar
Wheat and Sugar
Barley and Grain
Wheat and Barley
In which direction does the Nile flow
North
South
East
West
The belief in more than one god is called?
Theocracy
Polytheism
Monotheism
Theorism
He reigned from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.?
Pharaohs
Yu
Zhou
Hammurabi
What two rivers did the Mesopotamian culture rely on?
Tigris and Indus
Indus and Yangtze
Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and Yangtze
