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WorksheetsCharacteristics of Civilizations
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is an example of specialization?
People having different jobs in a society
Everybody taking turns hunting
Developing new farming methods
Gathering berries as a family
What geographic feature did most civilizations develop near?
Water
Mountains
Deserts
Cities
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all civilizations share?
Religion
Job Specialization
Technology
Population
Which characteristic of civilization divides society between a Upper Class, Middle Class, and Lower Class.
Social Hierarchy
Job Specialization
Government
Cities
Earliest form of writing ever invented?
Cuniform
Pictographs
Hieroglyphics
Demotic
This feature created laws, collected taxes, and
organized defense of the city.
Writing Systems
Job Specialization
Government
Religion
This characteristic was the result of surplus food,
which drew more and more people to settle in one place.
Writing
Cities
Government
Religion
This characteristic included royalty, priests, merchants,
artisans, workers, and slaves. Status relates to importance or wealth.
Writing
Religion
Social Hierarchy
Government
This feature freed people from doing every task
and allowed them to do the work they were good at.
Job Specialization
Writing System
Religion
Government
"The gods called on me, Hammurabi, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land."
Who gives Hammurabi the power to write his laws?
The prince
The gods
The people
He gave himself the power
"A son strikes his father, his hand shall be cut off. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another man's bone, his shall be broken..."
Based on this quote, what statement best describes Hammurabi's idea of punishment?
Punishment should not cause harm to the person who committed the crime
Harsh punishment should be avoided
A criminal act will have an equal punishment
There was no punishment in Babylon
Which of the following shows evidence of a stable food supply?
Hanging Gardens
Many gods with human personalities
Taxes
An irrigation system with canals and levees
Which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of a civilization?
Religion
Writing
Education
Government
The priests were near the top of the social structure. What does this show about the people of ancient Sumer?
They cared about the priests, but not the king.
The people had no interest in religion.
Religion was an important part of their lives.
The people believed in only one god.
What 2 rivers supported civilization in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Socrates and Euphrates
Tigris and Lioness
Nile and Huang He
What helped control the water flow into each canal in ancient Mesopotamia?
brick walls
rock piles
drawbridges
gates
What is irrigation?
the practice of gathering nuts
the control of water for farming
hunting for large animals
the control of mud for farming
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in purple on the map
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in orange on the map
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in pink on the map
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in yellow on the map
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
Name the civilization:
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States
Sumer
Name the civilization:
- Indus River
- Harappa
- Mohenjo Daro
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?
building floating gardens to grow corn
establishing representative democracies
developing a writing system using cuneiform
constructing Hindu temples
What made Hammurabi famous?
He ruled all of Egypt.
He created the first irrigation systems.
He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.
He created the first written laws.
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
Who was at the bottom of Egyptian society?
priests
slaves
farmers
pharaoh
Who was the head of Egyptian society?
priests
slaves
government workers
pharaoh
Who did the writing for the pharaohs in ancient Egypt?
farmers
government officials
scribes
merchants
Their role was to trade goods such as grain, rope, jewelry out of Egypt to other countries.
Merchants
Artisans
Scribes
Government Officials
How did scribes contribute to the governments in Sumer?
They were great entertainers
They wrote books for children
They wrote down the laws
They great at farming
What is cuneiform?
cave art made by Sumerians
a written language made of wedge-shape characters
an ancient type of unicorn
Why was cuneiform useful?
People could record and exchange detailed information for trading
It helped people who did not know how to draw
It was not useful
It allowed scribes to have more free time
Producing more goods or crops than needed is called a
Surplus
Merchant
Artisan
Scribe
This person was known for making crafts and other useful objects..
Artisan
Merchants
Scribe
Priests
"The most important gods in Egypt were Re, the sun god and Osiris, the god of the dead."
What does this quote tell you about Egyptian religion?
It was monotheistic
It was polytheistic
It was located in the Americas
It had slaves
Identify the type of writing
Sanskrit from India
Oracle Bone from China
Cuneiform from Mesopotamia
Hieroglyphics from Egypt
Alphabet from Phonecia
"The gods called on me, Hammurabi, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land."
Who gives Hammurabi the power to write his laws?
The prince
The gods
The people
He gave himself the power
"A son strikes his father, his hand shall be cut off. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another man's bone, his shall be broken..."
Based on this quote, what statement best describes Hammurabi's idea of punishment?
Punishment should not cause harm to the person who committed the crime
Harsh punishment should be avoided
A criminal act will have an equal punishment
There was no punishment in Babylon
Urbanization is the process of...
Turning a rural area (countryside) into a city.
Turning a city into a rural area (countryside).
Bringing water to your crops.
Defeating another empire.
Which classes usually made up the "middle classes" in the social hierarchy of ancient civilization?
Kings and Priests
Merchants and Artisans
Slaves and Peasants
Kings and Slaves
What is one NEGATIVE effect of urbanization?
People were protected by the walls in the city.
They had easier access to the surplus of food due to irrigation.
Cities were often overcrowded and disease spread rapidly.
Everything people needed was in walking distance.
