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Early civilisation

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 2hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civilisation developed around this area?

a)

Ancient Sumer Civilisation

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Indus Valley Civilisation

2.

Which civilisation developed around this area in orange?

a)

Indus Valley Civilisation

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Ancient Sumer Civilisation

3.

Which early civilisation developed around this orange area?

a)

Ancient Sumer Civilisation

b)

Indus Valley Civiisation

c)

Shang Dynasty

d)

China Dynasty

4.

Which definition best describes the word 'civilisation'?

a)

Studying ancient sciences and maths

b)

A large country

c)

A large settled and developed community

d)

A large ancient building

5.

Most civilisations must have a form of writing?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What farming invention is this?

a)

Sickle

b)

Plow

c)

Shaduf

d)

Irrigation

7.

What farming advancement is pictured?

a)

Shaduf

b)

Plow

c)

Sickle

d)

Irrigation

8.

The above image depicts

a)

Car wheel

b)

Truck wheel

c)

Potter's wheel

9.

The hunter-gatherers learned to grow their own food and domesticated animals like cows, pigs and chickens is called...

a)

Horticulture

b)

Agriculture

c)

Arbaculture

d)

Foodculture

10.

Early civilisation developed during the:

a)

Stone age

b)

Iron age

c)

Bronze age

d)

Metal age

11.

A city-state is:

a)

a collection of small villages

b)

a city and the surrounding lands

c)

a town built near a river

d)

a country

12.

The Shang Dynasty civilisation was based along the:

a)

Green River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Blue River

d)

Red River

13.

People living in the Indus Valley civilisation sometimes collected water from :

a)

dams

b)

wells

c)

drains

d)

taps

14.

Linen was a soft luxury cloth that was worn in the Shang Dynasty civilisation.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Cloth made from flax is

a)

Silk

b)

Linen

c)

Cotton

d)

Carpet

16.

Three important things which helped farmers in early civilisations:

a)

Fertile soil near rivers

b)

Farmers bought food

c)

Farmers used water from rivers to water crops, dug wells to reach underground water

d)

Farmers made the soil fertile

e)

There were new inventions to help farmers grow more food

17.

Calendars helped which people in early civilisation?

a)

government

b)

kings

c)

farmers

d)

traders

18.

How did calendars helped farmers?

a)

when to keep their crops

b)

to know weather conditions during the year

c)

when rivers might dry up

d)

when rivers might flood

e)

when to plant crops

19.

Which civilisation used material made from silkworms?

a)

Sumer

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Shang Dynasty

20.

Which civilisation or civilisations used material made from local plants and wool from sheep or goats?

a)

Sumer

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Shang Dynasty

21.

Did Sumer and Indus Valley people use cotton and linen?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The Sumerian and Indus Valley civilisations' calendar was based on

a)

10 months

b)

12 months

c)

15 months

d)

6 months

23.

Sumerian and Indus Valley calendar months were based on the cycles of the...

a)

sun

b)

moon

c)

star

d)

sky

24.

Were there weeks in the Sumerian and Indus Valley calendar?

a)

Yes

b)

No

25.

Each month of the Sumerian and Indus Valley calendar had ...

a)

29 or 30 days

b)

30 or 31 days

c)

28 or 30 days

26.

The Shang Dynasty calendar was based on a period of ...

a)

66 days

b)

30 days

c)

60 days

d)

31 days

27.

The months of the Shang Dynasty calendar divided into...

a)

6 periods of 10 days

b)

3 periods of 10 days

c)

10 periods of 6 days

28.

People in early civilisation ate very little meat.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Rich people in the Indus Valley may have worn silk.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The first king of the Shang Dynasty was

a)

Cheng Tang

b)

Tang Cheng

c)

Ching Tang

31.

The area of Sumer is now called

a)

Southern Iraq

b)

Southern Egypt

c)

Nothern Iraq

d)

Southern India

32.

Indus Valley is now called

a)

Pakistan

b)

Northern India

c)

Southern Iraq

d)

Northern Iraq

33.

Advantages of living in the Sumer, Indus Valley and Shang Dynasty are

a)

There was water supply

b)

The soil was good for growing crops

c)

The air was clean for the people

d)

There were many animals

34.

Fertile means

a)

land that produce large amount of crops

b)

land with minerals

c)

land near houses

35.

Village life in ancient Sumer became more urban as people started to live in cities.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

A shaduf is a machine for

a)

raising water from channels onto fields

b)

raising water from sea to channels

c)

raising water from river to houses

d)

raising water from river to wells

37.

The purpose of the potter's wheel in early civilisation was to:

a)

make storage jars to store food

b)

make cups to drink water

c)

make pots to cook food

38.

Farmers used wheeled vehicles to transport food to markets in towns and cities.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

A plough helps

a)

prepare more land for crops

b)

helps collect more crops

c)

cuts more trees

40.

What civilisation lived in the area coloured pink?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Sumer

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Shang Dynasty

41.

What civilisation lived in the area coloured purple?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Sumer

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Shang Dynasty

42.

The earliest civilisation was

a)

Ancient Sumer

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Shang Dynasty

43.

The last civilisation was

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Ancient Sumer

c)

Indus Valley

44.

The two civilisations that might have traded with each other are

a)

Ancient Sumer

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Indus Valley

45.

Most people in the early civilisations worked as

a)

scribes

b)

jewellery-makers

c)

farmers

46.

Describe the picture

a)

A person went in a car to the shop to buy

a loaf of bread

b)

A man went in a car to the shop to deliver bread.

c)

A man received bread which was delivered to him in a car.

d)

The shop sent a man to deliver bread.

47.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

48.

Writing of the Ancient Sumer is called

a)

curlicue

b)

cuneiform

c)

circular

49.

Cuneiform writing are shaped like a

a)

wedge

b)

triangle

c)

circle

d)

rectangle

50.

Cuneiform writing are made using a stylus made from

a)

reed

b)

wood

c)

bone

d)

rock

51.

Sumerians drew pictures on

a)

clay

b)

stone

c)

wall

d)

brick

52.

A picture that stands for a word or idea

a)

pictograph

b)

ideagraph

c)

wordograph

d)

drawgraph

53.

Why Sumerians invent writing?

a)

Merchant and traders needed a way to keep track of what they bought and sold

b)

The people needed a way to communicate with one another

c)

Merchant and traders needed to record their history

d)

Merchant and traders needed to communicate with one another

54.

Around 2500 BC writers simplified their symbols to represent

a)

sound

b)

animals

c)

sticks

d)

blocks

55.

Cunieform consisted of ______ symbols

a)

600

b)

500

c)

660

d)

300

56.

Scribe is a person who

a)

writes or copies documents

b)

creates documents

c)

draws

d)

keeps documents

57.

Linen was a soft luxury cloth that was an important trade item in the Shang Dynasty civilisation.

a)

true

b)

false

58.

Which civilisation were often at war?

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Sumerian civilisation

c)

Indus Valley civilisation

59.

Which civilisation mostly traded between themselves?

a)

Sumerian

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Indus Valley civilisation

60.

City-states in Sumer and the Sumerians fought over

a)

farmland

b)

food to eat

c)

money to buy things

d)

people to work on farms

e)

control trade on rivers

61.

Shang Dynasty had

a)

small armies

b)

medium armies

c)

large armies

62.

Shang Dynasty was beaten by the ______ dynasty

a)

Zhou

b)

Chou

c)

Fou

d)

Shou

63.

Which civilisation were very peaceful with little weapons and armour.

a)

Indus Valley civilisation

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Sumerian

64.

Mathematics in the Shang Dynasty was mostly used to record

a)

how much money they had

b)

movement of stars and planets

c)

how much they traded

d)

calculate how much crops they traded

65.

Which civilisation had little war and little weapons?

a)

Sumer

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Shang Dynasty

66.

Sumer sail boats are made from

a)

reed

b)

wood

c)

metal

d)

plastic

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