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WorksheetsWH1 - Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
The most important reasons man's earliest civilizations began in river valleys was because these valleys:
were used for extensive trade
offered abundant wildlife for food
offered rich soil for agriculture
provided transportation for nomadic people
One of the first written codes of law was the:
Vedas
Code of Hammurabi
Eightfold Path to Enlightenment
Hieroglyphics
The origin of Judaism can be traced to:
Abraham
Mohammed
Asoka
Gautama
Which of thee best completes this diagram?
Vedas
Upanishads
Twelve Tables
Ten Commandments
What ancient writing system is illustrated in this picture?
Chinese characters
Phoenician alphabet
Egyptian hieroglyphics
Sumerian cuneiform
Which ancient civilization created the settlements shown in this map?
Phoenician
Egyptian
Hebrew
Greek
The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is the idea that?
there is an eternal struggle between good and evil
beings undergo many cycles of rebirth
past actions control the destiny of each person
there are many gods and goddesses in existence
What is the name of the strict social structure of the Indus Valley?
Upper Class
Caste System
Triangle Structure
Social System
Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.
Nile and Amazon
Tigris and Euphrates
Snake and Colorado
Pol and Yangtze
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as
irrigation
architecture
fishing
cuneiform
Who was a ruler of ancient Egypt?
pharaoh
scribe
noble
mummies
Specialization of labor means that people had different
jobs
religion
homes
governments
Who leads in a theocracy
a leader elected by the people
a religious leader
a group of rich nobles
a military leader
What society was known as the Gift of the Nile?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
The Indus Valley
China
The mountains in that separate India from the rest of Asia are the
Khyber Pass
Himalyayas
Rockies
Cascade
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
Sumer
