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Chapter 12

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 4 river valleys were centered around in the earliest civilizations?

a)

Indus, Reed, Red, Yellow

b)

Indus, Yellow, Yangtze, Tigris-Euphrates

c)

Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Yellow, Nile

d)

Nile, Red, Yangtze, Tigris

2.

Tigris-Euphrates River Valley

a)

lies in Egypt

b)

lies in Iraq

c)

lies in Pakistan, Afganistan, India

d)

lies in China

3.

Nile River Valley

a)

lies in Egypt

b)

lies in China

c)

lies in Iraq

d)

lies in United Kingdom

4.

Yellow River Valley

a)

lies in Iraq

b)

lies in China

c)

lies in India

d)

lies in Egypt

5.

Indus River Valley

a)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and India

b)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq

c)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and China

d)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Egypt

6.

Harappan Civilization

a)

settled along the Yellow River

b)

settled along the Nile River

c)

settle along the Red Sea

d)

settled along the Indus River

7.

Harappan Civilization

a)

named after their leader Harappa

b)

named after their god Harappa

c)

named after their city Harappa

d)

named after a plant called Harappa

8.

What is Mohenjo-Daro

a)

a Harappan major city

b)

a well known structure

c)

a language the Harappans spoke

d)

type of hieroglyphics

9.

Harappan cities were built around

a)

a Dravidian

b)

a palace

c)

a central citadel

d)

a central temple

10.

A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city, is called a

a)

hundun

b)

Mohenjo Daro

c)

Dravidian

d)

citadel

11.

Dravidian is

a)

a tabernacle

b)

a spoken language of the Harappans

c)

emperor known for uniting all of the tribes

d)

heavy, ornate three legged cauldron

12.

Harappan were known for what?

a)

making weapons out of copper and bronze

b)

making weapons out of gold

c)

making weapons out of wood

d)

making weapons out of iron

13.

Harappan were known for what type of living situation?

a)

living in tee pees

b)

living in mud huts

c)

multi story stone houses

d)

sovereign

14.

Harappan were known for what?

a)

first to make glass and use it

b)

first to grow cotton and use it for cloth

c)

first to grow tobacco

d)

first to make spear heads

15.

Harappan were known for what type of pets?

a)

domesticating elephants

b)

domesticating dogs

c)

domesticating cats

d)

domesticating children

16.

What are Telugu and Tamil?

a)

sons of Dravidian

b)

languages based on Dravidian

c)

languages based on Latin

d)

Heavenly and Earthly Sovereign

17.

Telugu and Tamil are

a)

still spoke in southern India

b)

still spoke in northern India

c)

survivors of the Great Flood

d)

known as 'the creators'

18.

Indo-European languages

a)

Part of Chinese Folk Religion

b)

replaced Dravidian in Southern India

c)

based on Latin

d)

replaced Dravidian in Northern India

19.

Where were the first civilizations in China?

a)

Around the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

b)

Around the Indus River

c)

Around the Red Sea

d)

Around the Nile

20.

Fu Xi

a)

is Hundun

b)

is the god of farming

c)

is the Earthly Sovereign

d)

Is the Heavenly Sovereign

21.

Nuwa is

a)

the god of farming

b)

divided China into 9 parts

c)

the Earthly Sovereign

d)

the Heavenly Sovereign

22.

Fu Xi taught the Chinese about

a)

Telugu and Tamil

b)

proper respect

c)

growing crops and using herbs

d)

fishing, hunting, music and marriage

23.

What are the Eight Trigrams

a)

basis for Chinese writing

b)

basis for writing in India

c)

Harrappan civilizations

d)

rules for emperors

24.

Who is Shennong?

a)

Heavenly Sovereign

b)

Emperor

c)

god of farming

d)

god of money

25.

A collection of ancient beliefs that have been held for centuries and is polytheistic.

a)

Chinese Folk Religion

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Sovereign

d)

pictograms

26.

means a supreme ruler

a)

Sovereign

b)

apotheosis

c)

citadel

d)

chaotic

27.

Who is the creator god?

a)

Fu Xi

b)

Shennong

c)

Pangu

d)

Nuwa

28.

Nuwa is

a)

mother goddess

b)

filial piety

c)

Hundun

d)

first civilization

29.

What does chaotic mean?

a)

collection of ancient beliefs

b)

proper respect for parents

c)

supreme leader

d)

in a state of complete confusion and disorder

30.

Egg like mass that contained all of the matter that would make up heaven and earth

a)

apotheosis, or World Egg

b)

Hundun or World Egg

c)

Filial piety, or World Egg

d)

Huang-di, or World Egg

31.

The process of becoming a god

a)

ancestor veneration

b)

filial piety

c)

apotheosis

d)

sovereign

32.

The worship of once living ancestral heroes is called

a)

ancestor veneration

b)

Sovereign

c)

flourish

d)

domestication

33.

proper respect for ones ancestors and parents is known as

a)

Pictograms

b)

Hundun

c)

ancestor veneration

d)

filial piety

34.

Huang-di is known as

a)

The Red emperor who united all tribes

b)

The Yellow emperor who united all tribes

c)

The Blue emperor who divided all tribes

d)

The Yellow emperor who united all tribes

35.

What 2 religions is Huang-di important to?

a)

Taoism and Confucianism

b)

Christianity and Judaism

c)

Taoism and Apotheosis

d)

Confucianism and Ao

36.

A wise ruler who ruled for 100 and named Shun his successor

a)

Yu

b)

Yao

c)

Fu Xi

d)

Nuwa

37.

means well meaning and kindly.

a)

flourish

b)

filial piety

c)

benevolent

d)

successor

38.

What does Successor mean?

a)

a person that conducts marriages

b)

a person that is respectful to their parents

c)

a person that is successful

d)

a person that is next-in-line to inherit

39.

Who was known for high morals despite being abused?

a)

Xia

b)

Yao

c)

Shun

d)

Shang

40.

What was the first Chinese dynasty?

a)

Xia

b)

Shang

c)

Yao

d)

Fu Xi

41.

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness

a)

myth

b)

legend

c)

integrity

d)

successor

42.

Who was the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty who oppressed and executed people?

a)

Jie

b)

Shang Tang

c)

Yao

d)

Shun

43.

Dings

a)

benevolent and wise ruler

b)

The emperor of the Shang dynasty

c)

a large heavy ornate 3 legged cauldron

d)

pictograms

44.

a large metal pot with a lid and handle

a)

apotheosis

b)

successor

c)

cauldron

d)

xia

45.

What were the 9 tripod cauldrons used for?

a)

Kings used them as vessels for burnt offerings to gods and ancestors

b)

Kings used them as cooking pots

c)

Kings used them as toilets

d)

Kings used them as drinking cups

46.

Who established the Shang dynasty?

a)

Shang Tang

b)

Jie

c)

Yu the Great

d)

Shun

47.

What dynasty is known as Chinas Bronze Age?

a)

Shang

b)

Shun

c)

Yao

d)

Xia

48.

relating to an early stage of historical development

a)

cauldron

b)

primitive

c)

divination

d)

oracle bone

49.

a piece of bone or turtle shell that was heated until they cracked and inscribed with pictures

a)

Jie

b)

cauldrons

c)

pictograms

d)

oracle bones

50.

the practice of seeking knowledge of the future

a)

ancestor veneration

b)

filial piety

c)

divination

d)

apotheosis

51.

a god who ruled over the lesser gods of the sun, moon, wind and rain

a)

Jie

b)

Shang Ti

c)

Huang di

d)

Pangu

52.

pictures that take the place of an alphabet and represent words

a)

filial piety

b)

Shun

c)

xia

d)

pictograms

53.

What has been a staple food for China?

a)

rice

b)

manna

c)

Yahweh

d)

filial piety

54.

What happened in 1400 BC

a)

built Tabernacle

b)

Parting of the Red Sea

c)

Conquest of Canaan

d)

Fu Xi was born

55.

What are the 2 major parts of the Book of Joshua

a)

Rahab and Ruth

b)

AD and BC

c)

conquest and dividing of the land

d)

India and China

56.

a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place

a)

infuriate

b)

Inhabitants

c)

townsmen

d)

Boaz

57.

Where is the faith ' Hall of Fame'

a)

Revelation 11

b)

Genesis 11

c)

Hebrews 11

d)

Judges 11

58.

City defeated by Joshua with out fighting

a)

Asher

b)

Jericho

c)

Simeon

d)

Judah

59.

the end or failure of an enterprise or person

a)

ancestor veneration

b)

filial piety

c)

divine

d)

demise

60.

The theme of __________ centers around the sinfulness of man and the faithfulness of God.

a)

Hebrews

b)

Judges

c)

Ruth

d)

Rahab

61.

occurring in cycles

a)

cyclical

b)

divine

c)

demise

d)

oracle bones

62.

a ________________ (from the Bible) was a military leader and a hero, but could also be a prophet or a decider of disputes.

a)

king

b)

emperor

c)

judge

d)

priest

63.

involving bad morals and distaste

a)

demise

b)

sordid

c)

divine

d)

primitive

64.

a literary theme found throughout scriptures to help people remember the stories more easily

a)

foreign

b)

sordid

c)

chiasm

d)

destitute

65.

without the basic necessities of life

a)

destitute

b)

sordid

c)

divine

d)

divination

66.

a person who helped a family member by buying back whatever a poor person sold. Also a person that would marry a widow of a family member to help carry on his name.

a)

emperor

b)

sordid

c)

ancestor veneration

d)

kinsman redeemer

67.

a spice that comes from the bark of a laurel tree

a)

cinnamon

b)

sage

c)

Rosemary

d)

garlic

68.

Why was cinnamon valuable?

a)

does not grow in Africa, west Asia or Europe

b)

grew abundantly

c)

people used it wash themselves

d)

it was made of gold

69.

select all the apply:

Cinnamon was used for....

a)

as a food preservative

b)

medicine

c)

cover foul odors

d)

digestive aid

70.

all the money and property owned by a particular person

a)

kinsman redeemer

b)

estate

c)

sordid

d)

samson

71.

gather (leftover grain or other produce) after a harvest.

a)

glean

b)

demise

c)

preserve

d)

primitive

72.

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

a)

demise

b)

arbitrary

c)

divination

d)

glean

73.

an action intended to deceive someone; a trick

a)

estate

b)

sordid

c)

ruse

d)

glean

74.

extreme scarcity of food

a)

estate

b)

glean

c)

ruse

d)

famine

75.

an Israelite consecrated to the service of God, under vows to abstain from alcohol, let the hair grow, and avoid defilement by contact with corpses

a)

Jericho

b)

Rahab

c)

Nazirite

d)

Boaz

76.

like God

a)

divine

b)

glean

c)

divination

d)

demise

77.

widowed Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi

a)

Boaz

b)

Ruth

c)

Rahab

d)

Mary

78.

wealthy landowner that became a kinsman redeemer and saved Ruth and Naomi

a)

Ruth

b)

Rahab

c)

Boaz

d)

Naomi

79.

a woman who lived in Jericho who hid 2 men in her home

a)

Boaz

b)

Naomi

c)

Rahab

d)

Ruth

80.

She is one of the major female judges from the Bible

a)

Boaz

b)

Ruth

c)

Naomi

d)

Deborah