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Ancient River Valleys

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of people who believe in many gods practice:

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Agnosticism

d)

Atheism

2.

Which of the following was built as a temple in ancient Mesopotamia

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Parthenon

d)

Great Pyramid

3.

What is a characteristic ancient Egypt and ancient China have in common?

a)

Traded by sea

b)

Developed along rivers

c)

Used the Ten Commandments

d)

Ruled by Pharaohs

4.

Which ancient writing system is illustrated in this picture?

a)

Chinese characters

b)

Phoenician alphabet

c)

Sumerian cuneiform

d)

Egyptian hieroglyphics

5.

Which ancient form of writing was created by the Phoenicians?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.
What river(s) are associated with Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris-Euphrates
b)
Indus
c)
Nile
d)
Yellow
7.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
8.
The king of ancient Egypt was called a _____.
a)
King
b)
Sphinx
c)
Pharaoh 
9.
The plant the Egyptians used to write on was ______.
a)
Papyrus
b)
Pine Tree
c)
Willow 
10.

Using the graph above, why was the government in ancient Egypt considered a theocracy?

a)

Leadership only passed from father to son

b)

only the wealthy elite governed

c)

pharaoh was a god king and military leader