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Geography of Ancient Civilizations

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

Which geographical features were needed for early civilizations succeed?

a)

oceans

b)

flooding rivers delivering nutrients

c)

natural boundaries

d)

cold weather

2.

What type of climate did early people settle in?

a)

cold

b)

warm

3.

Which of the following are considered natural boundaries?

a)

mountains

b)

plains - flat land

c)

seas/oceans

d)

deserts

4.

Natural borders that make it difficult for attackers to enter

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

5.

Rivers that are too wide for attackers to cross

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

6.

Extreme temperatures of heat

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

7.

Deserts that create borders

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

8.

Destruction caused by floods

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

9.

fertile soil left by flooding rivers

a)

positive impact on a civilization

b)

negative impact on a civilization

10.

Rivers that flooded

a)

helped agriculture

b)

caused people to leave the area

c)

emptied into mountains

d)

all of the above

11.

soil that is good for farming

a)

geographical

b)

desert sand

c)

silt

d)

natural boundaries

e)

clay

12.

Good for growing crops, rich in nutrients

a)

desert

b)

climate

c)

natural boundaries

d)

fertile

13.

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China?

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Yangtze and Yellow

c)

Mississippi and Ganges

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

14.

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture?

a)

They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.

b)

They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.

c)

They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.

d)

They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently.

15.

a river in china also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

a)

Dao

b)

Zhou

c)

Shang

d)

Huang He

16.

The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..

a)

Protection from invaders

b)

Trade options

c)

Interaction with new cultures

17.

Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow."

a)

Hurricane force winds

b)

Tsunami's

c)

Catastrophic Flooding

18.

One of the physical barriers that separates China from its neighbors is

a)

Google

b)

Bogie

c)

Gobi

d)

Sahara

19.

Near what geographical feature have civilizations started?

a)

desert

b)

oceans

c)

rivers

d)

glaciers

20.

Which physical features isolated and protected ancient China?

a)

Tibetan Plateau and the China Sea

b)

Himalayan Mountains and Gobi Desert

c)

Yellow Sea and Yangtze River

21.

True or False: Geography played an important role in the development of the civilization of Ancient China.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

China is the same size as ___.

a)

India

b)

United States

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Europe

23.

Most of the history of ancient China took place in

a)

Outer China

b)

Inner China

c)

Hidden China

d)

all of the above

24.

Which of the following is true of the Gobi Desert?

a)

It is one of the largest deserts in the world

b)

It has giant and dangerous sandstorms

c)

It is one of the smallest deserts in the world

d)

Many people live in the desert in the winter

25.

Name a body of water that borders China to the east.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

26.

On which continent is China located?

a)

Australia

b)

India

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

27.

The ___________ contain some of the tallest mountains in the world

a)

Alps

b)

Rockies

c)

Himalayas

d)

Andes

28.

Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China and Rome are all similar because

a)

They are on islands.

b)

They all had a river.

c)

They all had a desert.

d)

They all had many gods and goddesses.

29.

What made the geography of Greece different than that of the River Valley Civilizations?

a)

They had mountains.

b)

Greece had islands and peninsulas.

c)

Greece was surrounded by large bodies of water.

d)

There was no river in Greece and farming was difficult.

30.

What river did Ancient China build itself on?

a)

Yellow or Huang

b)

Blue

c)

Indus

d)

Purple

31.

What were people called who were trained to write?

a)

Scribes

b)

Writers

c)

Good students

d)

Government leaders

32.

Why did the Egyptians preserve their dead?

a)

To get them ready for the next life.

b)

It was fun.

c)

To show faith to their gods.

d)

It was fashionable.

33.

What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?

a)

So they didn't mow the neighbors yard.

b)

To prevent trade.

c)

The slaves needed jobs.

d)

To keep out invaders.

34.

With which civilization did Confucious share his philosophies?

a)

China

b)

Greece

c)

Aztec

d)

Egypt

35.

How can land forms limit contact with other ancient civilizations?

a)

Rivers are hard to cross.

b)

Mountains and large bodies of water can make communication difficult.

c)

There were no planes or cars back then.

d)

Rivers provided good soil and people would not want to share.

36.

Which civilizations had the great Nile River for transportation and irrigation?

a)

Mexico

b)

Egypt

c)

Rome

37.

What is the most important thing for a civilization to have?

a)

religion

b)

social class

c)

rules

d)

farming

38.

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Nile River?

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

India

d)

China

39.

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Tigris and Euphrates River System.

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

India

d)

China

40.

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Huang He River.

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Mesopotamia

41.

1. What religions originated in and had the greatest impact on the ancient civilization India?

a)

Judaism and Taoism

b)

Hinduism and Buddhism

c)

Confucianism and Taoism

d)

Buddhism and Taoism

42.

What beliefs originated in and had the greatest impact on the ancient civilization China?

a)

Judaism and Buddhism

b)

Hinduism and Buddhism

c)

Confucianism and Taoism

d)

Buddhism and Taoism

43.

What was the first major monotheistic religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Judaism

44.

Which ancient civilization has the following social order?

King

Priest

Craftsman, Merchants, Traders

Farmers/Laborers

Slaves

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Mesopotamia

45.

Which ancient civilizations had the following social order?

Pharaoh

Nobles

Scribes/Craftspeople

Farmer/Servants/Slaves

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

India

d)

China

46.

Primary reason that early civilizations developed near rivers?

a)

Rivers were necessary for religious rituals in the early civilization.

b)

Rivers kept the population low due to seasonal flooding.

c)

Rivers provided natural resources and trade routes.

d)

Rivers gave invading armies easy access to early civilizations.

47.

How did geography affect the economy of early civilizations along the Huang He River?

a)

Little trade and communication occurred because of geographic features such as mountains and deserts isolated it from other civilizations.

b)

The civilization traded often with its neighbors because the people could not produce enough food to survive.

c)

The civilization exported most of the crops it grew in order to make money to buy other raw materials.

d)

Trade only occurred with people on islands of Japan since it was easy to sail there.

48.

Which early river valley civilization was most isolated?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia

49.

This type of landscape was present on both sides of the Nile River.

a)

Desert

b)

Steppe

c)

Tropical Savannas

d)

Humid Tropical

50.

What ancient civilization leader was known as Confucius, who developed Confucianism?

a)

India

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Mesopotamia

51.

Which ancient civilization used the Silk Road, which was 4000 miles of trade routes from China to Mediterranean Sea?

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

India

52.

What ancient civilization used pyramids as burial places for their pharaohs?

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

China

53.

Lack of farmland and access to the sea allowed the Greeks to get resources and materials by

a)

mining the mountains

b)

going to war

c)

using slave labor

d)

trading

54.

Which of the following statements best describes how the geography of early Greece influenced its early civilizations?

a)

It encouraged the use of farmland and contact between cities

b)

It forced people to adapt to extreme temperatures

c)

It helped them create a large and populate river valley civilization

d)

It encouraged sailing and trading with other civilizations but kept individual cities-states separate

55.

Which letter best represents mainland Greece?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

56.

What is MR. HELP an acronym for?

a)

The 5 Themes of Geography

b)

Mr. Cottrell's secret codename

c)

The name of the person that helps you with Canvas

57.

Which of these are examples of the physical characteristics of an area?

a)

the main languages people speak, how many people live or work in a place

b)

the landforms, vegetation, or wildlife found in a place

58.

How are regions defined?

a)

By their achievements

b)

By their physical characteristics

c)

By their human characteristics

59.

What does the "M" in Mr. Help stand for?

a)

Movement

b)

Marriage

c)

Mechanical

60.

What does the "R" in Mr. Help stand for?

a)

Reinvention

b)

Reactions

c)

Regions

61.

What does the "HE" in Mr. Help stand for?

a)

Human Exploration

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Helium

62.

What does the "L" in Mr. Help stand for?

a)

Location

b)

Level

c)

Landform

63.

What does the "P" in Mr. Help stand for?

a)

Power

b)

People

c)

Place

64.

Which of these is not a way in which you describe the location of a place?

a)

Idea Movement

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Relative Location

65.

What was the name of the place where Sumer civilization developed?

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Mespotamia

66.

Mesopotamia is situated between which rivers?

a)

Tigris River and Indus River

b)

Tigris River and Euphrates River

c)

Euphrates River and Ganges River

d)

Ganges River and Yangtze River

67.

What is the writing system developed by the Sumer civilization?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hanunuo

c)

Hieroglyph

d)

Katakana

68.

What is the structure built by Sumerians that served as a sacred place, home of the priestess, treasury, and administrative center?

a)

pyramids

b)

ziggurat

c)

aqueduct

d)

irrigation

69.

What geographic feature is the least responsible the size and the scope of Mesopotamia?

a)

mountains

b)

seas

c)

desert

d)

rivers

70.

Mesopotamia is now

a)

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait

b)

Iran, Syria, and Kuwait

c)

Iran, Iraq, and Syria

d)

Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait

71.

Which way does the Nile River flow?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

72.

The combination of the Nile River and a surplus of trading goods allowed the Egyptians

a)

To trade among themselves and with neighboring societies.

b)

To cripple neighboring economies by choosing not to trade with them.

c)

To cripple their own economy by not trading with other civilizations.

d)

To dump their trade goods into the Nile when they could not sell them.

73.

Which of these is NOT responsible for Egypt becoming an advanced civilization?

a)

The Nile River provided Egypt with a source of water, fertile plains, and transportation.

b)

The rich, fertile soil allowed for an excess of food to be grown.

c)

Workers had time to focus on specializations other than farming.

d)

The regular flooding of the Nile allowed agriculture to flourish, supporting a large settled population that developed an advanced civilization.

e)

The pharaoh demanded them to focus on advancing technology and not food production.

74.

A _____________ was the title of the ruler of Ancient Egypt.

a)

hydroelectric power

b)

hieroglyphic

c)

dynasty

d)

pharaohs

75.

The ___________ where pharaohs were laid to rest often contained items to sustain them in the afterlife.

a)

deities

b)

papyrus

c)

tombs

d)

scribes

76.

Education was important to certain Egyptian social classes such as ___________ who learned to read, write and arrange symbols in the correct order to make sense.

a)

deities

b)

papyrus

c)

tombs

d)

scribes

77.

Why did Egypt have so few invaders or enemies during their time in power?

a)

They were so powerful, everyone was scared to invade

b)

Their physical location and geography discouraged most invaders

c)

They had more gold deposits than other civilizations creating immense wealth

d)

All social groups were fairly treated which created a very powerful society

78.

What is an effect of flooding?

a)

Provides drinking water

b)

Deposits fertile soil for farming

c)

Provides a place for kids to swim

d)

Deposits rocks and sand for farming

79.

Early ancient civilizations were built by?

a)

Areas with no freshwater

b)

Grasslands

c)

Sand dunes

d)

Rivers

80.

A mountain can provide a civilization with?

a)

Constant trade opportunities

b)

Protection/resources

c)

Entertainment like skiing

d)

Mountains provide very little

81.

What were the major topographical features that allowed Mesopotamia to survive?

a)

The Yellow River

b)

The Nile River

c)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

d)

The Tiber River

82.

What continent is Mesopotamia located?

a)

Europe

b)

Russia

c)

Arabian Peninsula

d)

Asia

83.

Where were cities in Ancient Egypt located?

a)

Along the Nile River

b)

In the middle of the Sahara Desert

c)

In the Mountains

d)

Along the Atlantic Ocean coast

84.

What is irrigation?

a)

Drought

b)

Canals that carry water from the river to the fields

c)

Flooding crops so they grow faster

d)

Holding tanks for water

85.

What did early ancient civilizations absolutely need in order to survive?

a)

Shelter

b)

Milk

c)

Clothes

d)

Rivers

86.

An example of a natural disaster is?

a)

Drought

b)

Creating a surplus of food

c)

Thunderstorm

d)

Rain

87.

Agriculture most likely occurs because of?

a)

Mountains

b)

Rivers

c)

Deserts

d)

Plateaus

88.

River Valleys were a good place for civilizations to grow because they offered

a)

religion

b)

rich soils for agriculture

c)

government

d)

401k's

89.

Why was Mesopotamia also called the Fertile Crescent?

a)

It was a crescent cookie

b)

good water

c)

had rich soil and was shaped as a crescent

d)

it was in Iraq

90.

The system of levees and canals used to divert water to crops is called __.

a)

Irrigation

b)

Agriculture

c)

specialization

d)

ziggurats

91.

What is silt?

a)

something that complements pepper

b)

a type of clothing

c)

particles of soil that were used to fertilize the ground

d)

a food only found in Mesopotamia

92.

Because of surplus, people of the Fertile Crescent were able to...

a)

...have more festivals

b)

...please their gods

c)

...have division of labor

d)

...move away

93.

What does the word Mesopotamia literally mean in Greek?

a)

the land under the mountains

b)

the land between the rivers

c)

the land beyond the great desert

d)

the land of the Fertile Crescent

94.

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory is a ________.

a)

city-state

b)

province

c)

empire

d)

Mesopotamia

95.

Which civilization invented the wheel?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

India or China

d)

Greece

e)

Rome

96.

Greece is located on a ________________, which means land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

polis

d)

acropolis

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