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Harappan and Chinese Bronze Age

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

Which characteristics do the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Harappans, and Chinese civilizations all share?

a)

Lived by rivers

b)

Creation of written language

c)

Use of bronze tools

d)

Indoor plumbing

e)

Built pyramids

2.

The Harappan Civilization was founded on what river?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Nile River

c)

Indus River

d)

Tigris River

3.

What did the Harappans use to build structures with?

a)

Marble stone

b)

Clay bricks

c)

Wood

d)

Leaves

4.

Why do historians no less about the Harappan civilization than they know about ancient Egypt?

a)

Harappan civilization was destroyed by a meteorite impact.

b)

Historians believe that the Egyptians and Mesopotamians were more interesting.

c)

Historians have not been able to decipher Harappan writing.

d)

Harappans civilization is older than Egyptian or Mesopotamian civilization.

5.

Which of the following describe Harappan cities?

a)

Build mostly from lumber.

b)

Include pyramids

c)

Houses were built with clay bricks.

d)

Homes included indoor plumbing.

e)

Large public baths

6.

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

a)

Huang He (Yellow)

b)

Indus

c)

Yangtze

d)

Nile

e)

Tigris

7.

What was the name of China's FIRST real dynasty?

a)

Shang

b)

Zhou

c)

Han

d)

Ming

8.

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

a)

Iron

b)

Stone

c)

Bones

d)

Bronze

9.

Which dynasty followed the Shang dynasty and claimed that they had the "Mandate of Heaven?"

a)

Zhou

b)

Qin

c)

Ming

d)

Huan

10.

According to historians, why did the Harappan civilization collapse?

a)

Meteorite Impact

b)

Viral Disease

c)

Alien Abduction

d)

Floods, Earthquakes, and/or Invasion