wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

WH1 - Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most important reasons man's earliest civilizations began in river valleys was because these valleys:

a)

were used for extensive trade

b)

offered abundant wildlife for food

c)

offered rich soil for agriculture

d)

provided transportation for nomadic people

2.

One of the first written codes of law was the:

a)

Vedas

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

d)

Hieroglyphics

3.

The origin of Judaism can be traced to:

a)

Abraham

b)

Mohammed

c)

Asoka

d)

Gautama

4.

Which of thee best completes this diagram?

a)

Vedas

b)

Upanishads

c)

Twelve Tables

d)

Ten Commandments

5.

What ancient writing system is illustrated in this picture?

a)

Chinese characters

b)

Phoenician alphabet

c)

Egyptian hieroglyphics

d)

Sumerian cuneiform

6.

Which ancient civilization created the settlements shown in this map?

a)

Phoenician

b)

Egyptian

c)

Hebrew

d)

Greek

7.

The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is the idea that?

a)

there is an eternal struggle between good and evil

b)

beings undergo many cycles of rebirth

c)

past actions control the destiny of each person

d)

there are many gods and goddesses in existence

8.
What group of people made up the bottom levels of both 
a)
farmers and slaves
b)
landowners
9.

What is the name of the strict social structure of the Indus Valley?

a)

Upper Class

b)

Caste System

c)

Triangle Structure

d)

Social System

10.

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Snake and Colorado

d)

Pol and Yangtze

11.

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as

a)

irrigation

b)

architecture

c)

fishing

d)

cuneiform

12.

Who was a ruler of ancient Egypt?

a)

pharaoh

b)

scribe

c)

noble

d)

mummies

13.

Specialization of labor means that people had different

a)

jobs

b)

religion

c)

homes

d)

governments

14.

Who leads in a theocracy

a)

a leader elected by the people

b)

a religious leader

c)

a group of rich nobles

d)

a military leader

15.

What society was known as the Gift of the Nile?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

The Indus Valley

d)

China

16.

The mountains in that separate India from the rest of Asia are the

a)

Khyber Pass

b)

Himalyayas

c)

Rockies

d)

Cascade

17.
Which of the following means one god?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Polytheism
18.
Which two cities were discovered in the Indus River Valley?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Sumer and Babylonia
c)
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
d)
Cairo and Bahgdad
19.
Name the civilization: 
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
20.
What were oracle bones used for?
a)
Cooking
b)
Telling stories
c)
Building the Great Wall of China
d)
Asking for advice from the gods