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Ancient Civilizations: History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which River flows through Egypt?

a)

Indus

b)

Tigris & Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Amazon

2.

Which was the first urban civilization founded?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Sparta

3.

What was the Egyptians' writing system called?

a)

The Alphabet

b)

Drawings

c)

Roman Numerals

d)

Hieroglyphics

e)

I do not know

4.

Egypt came __________ Mesopotamia

a)

Before

b)

After

c)

At the same time as

d)

Mr. Cowles is making this up

5.

Homo Sapiens are

a)

A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong

b)

Old people

c)

A species of early dinosaurs that befriended humans

d)

I don't know

6.

Hunter-Gatherers are

a)

Another name for Egyptians

b)

Humans that ate only carrots and lived in caves

c)

Humans that were completely carnivores that lived in the early 1800's

d)

A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.

7.

Paleolithic Age:

a)

The Stone Age

b)

When humans tended to use stone tools

c)

(750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source.

d)

All of the above

8.

The ruler of Egypt is called a:

a)

King and Queen

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Tribe leader

d)

Scholar

9.

Which is the most precise meaning of "Agriculture"

a)

When people use the Nile to make their land fertile and used crops to increase population rates.

b)

Crops and more crops

c)

YUMMY POTATOES

d)

The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.

10.

Do you like History?

a)

1-3 (1, the worst)

b)

4-6

c)

7-9

d)

10 (the best)