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4 River Valley Civilizations......

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Eye for an Eye"

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Justinian Code

c)

10 Commandments

d)

12 Tables

2.
Which is not correct? (Ancient River Valley Civilization : River it formed by)
a)
Mesopotamia: Tigris/Euphrates River
b)
Indus River Valley : Yellow River
c)
Egypt : Nile River
d)
China : Huang He River
3.
What was the first written language?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
English Alphabet
c)
Cave Drawings
d)
Cuneiform
4.
Which was the FIRST River Valley Civilization?
a)
Egypt
b)

Mesopotamia
c)
India
d)
China
5.
Egypt's form of record keeping and written language:
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Alphabet
d)
Mummies
6.
Another word for King (God-King):
a)
Pharaoh
b)
Mummy
c)
Cleopatra
d)
Narmer
7.
India had the first what?
a)
Schools
b)
Public Sewer System
c)
Hospitals
d)
Roads
8.
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in purple on the map
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
9.
Name the civilization: 
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
10.
What two rivers are associated with the Indus River Valley?
a)
Ganges and Indus
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Ganges
d)
Nile and Indus
11.
What made Hammurabi famous?
a)
He was a powerful king who built an empire.
b)
He had some harsh laws.
c)
He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.
d)
He created the first written laws.
12.

What prevented ancient India from having much contact with other civilizations?

a)

religion

b)

the Himalayas

c)

no language

d)

it was illegal

13.

Why we know very little about the Indus Valley Civilization?

a)

They did not have a system of writing

b)

It was a very secret society that didn't write down any records

c)

We cannot decipher their script or written language

14.

The original name for Egypt is __________________________?

a)

Kale

b)

Kiokin

c)

Kemet

d)

Karma

15.

The Nile River is important and unique in Kemet because it:

a)

It was the lifeblood of Kemet's society.

b)

Flowed from South to North

c)

It's over 4,100 miles long

d)

All of the above!!!!

16.

The concept of 360 was developed in which society?

a)

India

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

Ancient China

17.

Another name(s) for monsoon is, give the BEST answer!!!!

a)

typhoon

b)

Hurricane

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above

18.

The belief in more than one god or goddess is?

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

atheist

d)

All of the above

19.

This is?????

a)

Heiroglyphics Writing

b)

English Writing

c)

Cartography

d)

Cuneiform Writing

20.

Etymology is the study of ______________ of words. The word ______________ means under or below.

a)

ending ; post

b)

misspelling ; com

c)

origin ; sub

d)

origin ; pre