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WorksheetsHistory of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
True or False? Small group of hunters and gatherers followed buffalo herds in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
true
false
True or False? Women were gathering wild fruits and nuts while the men hunted in Egypt and Mesopotamia .
true
false
True or False? A small group of nomads lived in tents that could be easily moved in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
true
false
True or False? People had farms along the river near a city in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
true
false
The construction of dams, levees, and irrigation canals are examples of which characteristic of a civilization?
public works
writing
religion
social classes
Why were early civilizations always located near a river? (pick 3)
the water was used for crops
people used the river as a form of transportation
people could catch fish to eat from the river
that's where all the buffalo were
The picture is an example of which characteristic of a civilization?
job specialization
social classes
religion
public works
Mesopotamia is historically important because it is the location of the world's first....
empire
colony
civilization
country
What is the name for the curved shaped, moist and fertile land where one of the first civilizations was formed?
Holy Cresent
Promised Land
Fertile Cresent
Holy Land
Why did the people of Mesopotamia develop trade routes?
to meet other people
to get resources they lacked /didn't have
to see the world and travel
to get their daily steps in
Mesopotamia is between what 2 rivers?
Nile
Tigris
Euphriates
Thames
Mississippi
Who was the Babylonian ruler that wrote one of the earliest codes of law in history?
Cyrus the Great
Shamshi-Adad I
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
What do you call the wedge shaped characters on clay tablets that were used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Elamite Script
Emojis
Hieroglyphics
How did the Sumerians solve the problems of flooding?
they built terraces on the mountain
they dug irrigation ditches and built levees
they rotated farming with nomadic herding
they diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas
This is an example of what characteristic of a civilization? (pick 3)
written language
government and law
social classes
Khufu
Stonehenge
Ancient Egypt is divided into what 3 major kingdoms?
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Bronze, Copper, Iron
Old, Middle, New
Greek, Roman, Assyrian
This type of Egyptian writing used pictures of people, animals, and objects
Emojis
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Hebrew
What part of Ancient Egyptian culture played a role in government?
art
religion
science
literature
What is the longest river in the world that allowed Ancient Egypt to flourish?
Amazon
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
What is the name of the slab of rock written in Greek, Egyptian, and hieroglyphic characteristics making it possible to translate Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Stonehenge
Constitution
Cuneiform
Rosetta Stone
Who was the Egyptian boy Pharaoh of the New Kingdom that only lived to be 18 years old?
Ramesses II
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamun
Khufu
How did Ancient Egypt benefit from the desert that surrounded it?
it protected it from attack and invasion
it provided oil and natural gas
it provided rich farmland for growing crops
The death of Pharaoh _______ in 30 BC ended the roughly 3000 years of Egyptian Pharaohs rule over Egypt.
Cleopatra
Hatsheput
Thutmose II
Amose I
