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World History Chapter 2 Koltz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much of China's land was suitable for farming?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

20%

d)

30%

2.

How many men and how long did it take to construct the walls of China?

a)

10,000, 12 years

b)

12,000, 10 years

c)

10,000, 15 years

d)

15,000, 10 years

3.

Who controlled a families property and made important decisions?

a)

The strongest man in the household

b)

The man that provided for the family

c)

The mother of the children

d)

The elders

4.

Who was the supreme god in Chinese culture?

a)

Anyang

b)

Yangtze

c)

Shang Di

d)

Yu

5.

How did written language influence control in China?

a)

It made laws

b)

The people could tell each other about it

c)

Everyone could read it

d)

It made it easier to govern

6.

What was the first Chinese dynasty and when did it emerge?

a)

Yu, 2000 B.C.

b)

Xia, 2500 B.C.

c)

Xia, 2000 B.C.

d)

Yu, 2500 B.C.

7.

How many characters did you need to know to be considered literate?

a)

15,000

b)

10,000

c)

1,500

d)

1,000

8.

How did the Chinese use Feudalism?

a)

To extend laws

b)

To help the people

c)

To control the people

d)

To extend their empire

9.

What is the oldest and most important city of the Shang dynasty

a)

Anyang

b)

China's heartland

c)

Yangtze

d)

Huang He

10.

Considered the "yellow river" in the Northern part of China

a)

Yangtze

b)

Nile

c)

Huang He

d)

China's heartland

11.

The Indian Sub-continent is made up of what three countries?

a)

Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

b)

India, Iran, Kazakhstan

c)

Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh

d)

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan

12.

Winter Monsoons last from what months?

a)

October to March

b)

July to October

c)

October to February

d)

July to November

13.

Which Monsoon brings the flood?

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Fall

d)

Spring

14.

The most remarkable achievement of the Indus River Valley civilization was what?

a)

Plumbing

b)

Measurable buildings

c)

Roads in grid formation

d)

Sophisticated city planning

15.

How many symbols make up the Harappan language?

a)

200

b)

300

c)

400

d)

500

16.

In the Indus River Valley civilization, what were children's toys made of?

a)

clay and rocks

b)

rocks and wood

c)

wood and clay

d)

wheat and barley

17.

What animal did the Harappan's worship?

a)

The cow

b)

The pig

c)

The bull

d)

The horse

18.

Why, to this day, can we still not understand the Harappan language?

a)

No Bilingual inscriptions

b)

The Rosetta stone

c)

The translation was lost

d)

All the people that knew the language died

19.

What two rivers are in the Indus Valley?

a)

Yangtze and yellow river

b)

The Nile and The Indus

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Indus and Ganges

20.

What year did the Indus River Valley civilization decline?

a)

1750 B.C.

b)

1570 B.C.

c)

1700 B.C.

d)

1500 B.C.

21.

The Nile is the longest river in the world, how long does it stretch?

a)

1,400 miles

b)

4,100 miles

c)

14,000 miles

d)

1,040 miles

22.

Who, most likely, united upper and lower egypt?

a)

Neymar

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Narmer

23.

What color crown represented lower egypt? upper?

a)

Red ,Blue

b)

White, Red

c)

Red, White

d)

White, Blue

24.

The history of Egypt consisted of how many dynasties?

a)

13

b)

33

c)

11

d)

31

25.

This type of Government is based on religious authority?

a)

Democracy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Theocracy

26.

This was the resting place for the kings of the old kingdom?

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Pyramid

c)

Sphinx

d)

Triangles

27.

This goddess represented the ideal mother and wife?

a)

Osiris

b)

Iris

c)

Sirius

d)

Isis

28.

What did the Egyptians develop to keep track of time between floods and plan their planting seasons?

a)

Clocks

b)

Sundials

c)

Calendars

d)

Days

29.

How did the Egyptians create new farmland?

a)

They drained the swamps of upper Egypt

b)

They drained the swamps of lower Egypt

c)

They drained the swamps to the Nile

d)

They drained the Nile

30.

Why did the Egyptians develop a number system?

a)

To build pyramids

b)

To measure things

c)

To keep track of taxes

d)

To keep track of age

31.

What two main crops did Egyptian peasants grow in their fields?

a)

Grain and Sugar

b)

Wheat and Sugar

c)

Barley and Grain

d)

Wheat and Barley

32.

In which direction does the Nile flow

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

33.

The belief in more than one god is called?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Polytheism

c)

Monotheism

d)

Theorism

34.

He reigned from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.?

a)

Pharaohs

b)

Yu

c)

Zhou

d)

Hammurabi

35.
The most common of the various titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs
a)
King
b)
Queen
c)
Sphinx
d)
Pharoh
36.

What two rivers did the Mesopotamian culture rely on?

a)

Tigris and Indus

b)

Indus and Yangtze

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Euphrates and Yangtze

37.
A type of picture writing is called ________________.
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
papyrus
c)
alphabet
d)
cuneiform
38.
Which river did the Egyptians live along?
a)
MIssissippi River
b)
Amazon River 
c)
Nile River
d)
Danube River 
39.
What happened to wealthy Egyptians after they died?
a)
They were mummifed
b)
They were buried in a casket
c)
They floated down the Nile River
d)
They were burned
40.
The definition of Monotheistic means believing in ?
a)
Many Gods
b)
Sea Gods and Sun Gods
c)
Two Gods
d)
One God