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THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the development of civilizations due to?

a)

To the commerce that occurred between the cities

b)

To navigation

c)

Large rivers that provided water to irrigate crops.

d)

To the great construction of cities.

2.

What rivers run through Mesopotamia?

a)

Indo and Yellow

b)

Euphrates and Nile

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Nile and Tigris

3.

What is the name of the Mesopotamian city temples?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Churche

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Mosque

4.

What were the independent cities that had their own monarch called?

a)

City empires.

b)

City-States

c)

Autonomous cities

d)

Self-sufficient cities

5.

The names of the FIRST CIVILIZATIONS were:

a)

China-India-Japan-Egypt

b)

Egypt-Mesopotamia-Japan-India

c)

Mesopotamia-China-India

d)

Egypt-Mesopotamia-India-China

6.

The writing of the Sumerians was called:

a)

Cuneiform

b)

China

c)

Hieroglyphic

d)

Ancient

7.

The writing of the Egyptians was called:

Cuneiform

a)

Ancient

b)

China

c)

Hieroglyphic

d)

Symbolic

8.

The sexagesimal system was invented in ...

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

China

9.

The societies of Mesopotamia and Egypt practiced a monotheistic religion

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The kings of the first civilizations had a power ...

a)

Politician

b)

Military


c)

Religious


d)

All the answers are correct

11.

Farmers, soldiers and priests were unprivileged members of Mesopotamian society.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What building appears in the image?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Palace

13.

The ziggurats have a funerary function since the king was buried in it.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Pharaohs used to live in Egyptian temples with the rest of the royal family.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What religious belief does the following image correspond to?

(a)