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River Valley Civilizations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civilization was responsible for calligraphy and participated in ancestor worship?

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Indus Valley

2.

Which civilization is pictured in the image above? Hint: that's the Nile River!!

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Olmecs

c)

Egypt

d)

China

3.

The people pictured above would be an example of....

a)

farmers

b)

nomads

c)

scribes

d)

pharaohs

4.

Which civilization created their own sewer system and had complex city planning?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Olmecs

d)

Indus Valley

5.

People being able to settle in one area and farm rather than roam for a food source is known as the....

a)

Great Migration

b)

Neolithic Revolution

c)

Complex Institutions

d)

Polytheism

6.

Who would have been responsible for recording the image above?

a)

pharaoh

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

scribe

d)

calligrapher

7.

A government in which the leader has both political and religious authority is known as a....

a)

theocracy

b)

republic

c)

democracy

d)

monarchy

8.

Which civilization is responsible for Hammurabi's Code?

a)

Egypt

b)

Israel

c)

Phonecians

d)

Mesopotamia

9.

Civlizations were not possible until people learned how to...

(a)  

10.

Governments and religion provided civilizations with structure and guidelines. These are known as...

a)

specialized workers

b)

complex institutions

c)

advanced developoments

d)

agricultural advances

11.

Christianity, Judaism and Islam all believe in ONE god, this means that these religions are...

a)

polytheistic

b)

contagious

c)

democratic

d)

monotheistic

12.

What geographic feature did ALL early civilizations settle near?

a)

mountains

b)

rivers

c)

deserts

d)

lakes

13.

True or False: Hammurabi's Code treated all people equally.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which date on the timeline above happened the EARLIEST in history?

a)

6000 BC

b)

51 BC

c)

2550 BC

d)

3200 BC

15.

The year 1558 occured in which century?

a)

17th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

14th century