WorksheetsCivilizations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Those who learned how to write and became record keepers.
Scribes
Merchants
What does the word “fertile” mean?
Difficult to work with
Near the river
Good for growing
The Tigris and Euphrates are...
Animals
Gods
Rivers
This picture shows an area known as the ...
Fertile Curve
Fertile Crescent
Green Region
Which civilization invented the wheel?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India or China
Greece
Rome
China and Egypt both invented some form of...
banana
noodle
href
paper
What are most civilizations built next to?
a city
a river
an ocean
a lake
What is the most important thing for a civilization to have?
religion
social class
rules
farming
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
scribes who kept poor records
government officials out of favor
peasant farmers during the flood season
priests hoping to get jobs at the temples
How did most government officials get their jobs?
They attended school to learn how to govern.
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
They inherited the position from a family member
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
grain
paper notes
copper coins
playing music at banquets
What is government?
how people act and live together based on how much power they have
the system of rules, laws, and leaders that rule a city or country
a set of beliefs and worship of a god or gods
special jobs that people have that need training and specific tools
The greatest ruler in Indian history
Asoka
the Ramayana
Candra Gupta II
Stupa
During his reign, Aśoka
cut down trees along roads.
sponsored Hindu missionaries.
set up hospitals for people and animals.
prohibited trade with China and the Mediterranean.
