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WorksheetsEarly River Valley Civilizations
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 44mins
What was the first ancient city archeologists discovered in the Indus River Valley?
Harrappa
Pakistan
Medina
Anyang
Strong dry winds that come to India in the winter are called
monsoons
tsunamis
hurricanes
tornados
The written language used by the Aryans is called ________________. The Vedas, their holy texts, were written in this language.
Script
Hieratics
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
What is a characteristic of the Indus Valley civilizations?
Cities were always at war
Cities were designed without thinking
Cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems.
Cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots.
What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?
People from areas outside of China could be read it
People from all areas within China could read it, even if they spoke other Chinese dialects or languages
The Chinese written language has not changed very much since 200 B.C.
Readers needed to know only a small number of pictographs
How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?
The Mandate of Heaven led to long periods of war among families.
Religious leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers.
It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.
The ruler received a direct mandate from heaven that he should resign (quit)
Which letter on this map represents the Harappan civilization?
A
B
C
D
The Aryans created a social class system based on skin color and a person’s
birth
occupation
education
gender (male/female)
All ancient river valley civilizations were affected by flooding. What was different about the Indus valley civilization?
They also had to contend with earthquakes and heavy monsoon rains
The floods were regular and predictable
They lived in the Hindu Kush mountains which are full of volcanoes that regularly erupted
They had developed no ships that could navigate the rivers
Why do historians believe the Indus valley civilization may have been very different from the others?
They were opposed to war and believed in social equality.
There are no elaborate temples and palaces in the cities and no giant statues of rulers or gods.
Their technology was much more advanced than the other river valley civilizations
They were pastoralists
How did feudalism in China fail in the end to fulfill its original purpose?
Instead of maintaining Zhou control, it led to independent lords.
Instead of protecting the lords, feudalism caused peasants to revolt.
Feudalism caused a gap between rich and poor, and this led to unrest.
Feudalism failed to maintain order when nomads invaded.
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?
It existed for only a few hundred years.
There are few artifacts from the Indus Valley.
Its written language has not yet been deciphered.
It existed in a part of the world that has been largely ignored.
What natural barrier lies between India and China?
Gobi Desert
Yellow Sea
Sahara Desert
Himalaya Mountains
The rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers in China is called the
Feudalism
Filial Piety
Dynastic Cycle
Loess
Civilization developed largely as a result of...
The agricultural revolution
Religious beliefs
The domestication of animals
Government and other institutions
A farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses (the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil)
Slash-and-burn
Irrigation
Gathering
Domestication
Religions, militaries, and governments are examples of
Advanced cities
Complex institutions
Record Keeping
Advanced Technology
Specialized Workers
Carpenters, Engineers, Teachers, Doctors, and Electricians are all examples of
Improved Technology
Advanced Cities
Specialized Workers
Record Keeping
Complex Institutions
Specialized workers developed in advanced societies because
guilds of workers from particular professions did not want others to cut into their profits
rulers wanted to create an upper and lower class to distinguish between people.
merchants wanted new things to trade.
there was more and increasingly complex work to do that required specialized skills.
Irrigation is an example of which characteristic of civilization?
Advanced Cities
Specialized Workers
Advanced Technology
Record Keeping
Complex Institution
Cuneiform is ancient writing system used by Sumerians. Which trait does it belong under?
Advanced Cities
Record Keeping
Specialized Workers
Complex Institutions
Advanced Technology
Building dikes, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops
irrigation
nomads
ziggurat
scribes
Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it ...
was one of the earliest written set of laws which established concept of "justice"
led directly to the development of democracy
had lenient punishments
was extremely unfair, causing the world's first rebellion
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
Covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
Many later civilizations used it as a model
It treated all people the same under the law.
Was carved on a large piece of stone.
Sargon of Akkad created..
The world's first law system
The world's first weapon
The world's first city
The world's first empire
Which of the following was NOT a challenge of Mesopotamia's geography?
Fertile soil
No geographical barriers
Unpredictable flooding
Few natural resources
Which of the following was NOT an innovation of the Mesopotamians?
Wheel
Sail
2 Wheeled Cart
Writing
Gunpowder
The Nile River empties into which body of water?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Upper Egypt
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
South
East
West
What did the Egyptians develop to help track Nile floods?
a 365 day calendar
irrigation
pyramids
mummification
What is the purpose of the pyramids?
tomb for the pharaohs
dedication to the gods
a prison for grave robbers
to help determine the seasons
Besides providing fertile land to create a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?
Temples to worship in
Sumerian artwork
Natural barriers to protect them
the Pyramids
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
It gave clues about building.
It was a book of the dead.
It told how pharaoh's rules.
Steep river rapids or waterfalls which made sail by boat almost impossible.
delta
canal
dam
cataracts
Very fertile soil left by a flooding river
irrigation
silt
pharaoh
Nile
The Egyptian government was based on religious authority. What is the name for this type of government?
Anthropology
Theocracy
Democracy
Theology
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
Sumer
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States
Sumer
- Indus River
- Harappa
- Mohenjo Daro
Sumer
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
Sumer
The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to -
grow food and domesticate animals
trade with others in the same river valley
fight wars using metal weapons
make stone temples for religious ceremonies
