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History of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? Small group of hunters and gatherers followed buffalo herds in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

True or False? Women were gathering wild fruits and nuts while the men hunted in Egypt and Mesopotamia .

a)

true

b)

false

3.

True or False? A small group of nomads lived in tents that could be easily moved in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

True or False? People had farms along the river near a city in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

The construction of dams, levees, and irrigation canals are examples of which characteristic of a civilization?

a)

public works

b)

writing

c)

religion

d)

social classes

6.

Why were early civilizations always located near a river? (pick 3)

a)

the water was used for crops

b)

people used the river as a form of transportation

c)

people could catch fish to eat from the river

d)

that's where all the buffalo were

7.

The picture is an example of which characteristic of a civilization?

a)

job specialization

b)

social classes

c)

religion

d)

public works

8.

Mesopotamia is historically important because it is the location of the world's first....

a)

empire

b)

colony

c)

civilization

d)

country

9.

What is the name for the curved shaped, moist and fertile land where one of the first civilizations was formed?

a)

Holy Cresent

b)

Promised Land

c)

Fertile Cresent

d)

Holy Land

10.

Why did the people of Mesopotamia develop trade routes?

a)

to meet other people

b)

to get resources they lacked /didn't have

c)

to see the world and travel

d)

to get their daily steps in

11.

Mesopotamia is between what 2 rivers?

a)

Nile

b)

Tigris

c)

Euphriates

d)

Thames

e)

Mississippi

12.

Who was the Babylonian ruler that wrote one of the earliest codes of law in history?

a)

Cyrus the Great

b)

Shamshi-Adad I

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

Hammurabi

13.

What do you call the wedge shaped characters on clay tablets that were used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Elamite Script

c)

Emojis

d)

Hieroglyphics

14.

How did the Sumerians solve the problems of flooding?

a)

they built terraces on the mountain

b)

they dug irrigation ditches and built levees

c)

they rotated farming with nomadic herding

d)

they diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas

15.

This is an example of what characteristic of a civilization? (pick 3)

a)

written language

b)

government and law

c)

social classes

d)

Khufu

e)

Stonehenge

16.

Ancient Egypt is divided into what 3 major kingdoms?

a)

1st, 2nd, 3rd

b)

Bronze, Copper, Iron

c)

Old, Middle, New

d)

Greek, Roman, Assyrian

17.

This type of Egyptian writing used pictures of people, animals, and objects

a)

Emojis

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Hebrew

18.

What part of Ancient Egyptian culture played a role in government?

a)

art

b)

religion

c)

science

d)

literature

19.

What is the longest river in the world that allowed Ancient Egypt to flourish?

a)

Amazon

b)

Tigris

c)

Nile

d)

Euphrates

20.

What is the name of the slab of rock written in Greek, Egyptian, and hieroglyphic characteristics making it possible to translate Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Constitution

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Rosetta Stone

21.

Who was the Egyptian boy Pharaoh of the New Kingdom that only lived to be 18 years old?

a)

Ramesses II

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Tutankhamun

d)

Khufu

22.

How did Ancient Egypt benefit from the desert that surrounded it?

a)

it protected it from attack and invasion

b)

it provided oil and natural gas

c)

it provided rich farmland for growing crops

23.

The death of Pharaoh _______ in 30 BC ended the roughly 3000 years of Egyptian Pharaohs rule over Egypt.

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Hatsheput

c)

Thutmose II

d)

Amose I