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Ancient Civilization

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The fertile land between the Tigris & Euphrates

a)

River Nile

b)

Southern Peninsula

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

2.

What is Monotheism

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief in systematic thoughts

c)

Free will

d)

Belief in octo beliefs

3.

What is Polytheism

a)

Belief in many wives

b)

Having many political beliefs

c)

Having a difference in belief in culture

d)

Belief in many Gods

4.

Theocracy

a)

Government controlled by parliament

b)

Government controlled by religious leaders

c)

An ideology of finding results

d)

an concept of controlling government

5.

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

a)

The Nile and the Amazon

b)

The Tigris and the Euphrates

c)

The Snake and the Colorado

d)

The Pol and the Yangtze.

6.

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?

a)

It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

b)

It was used by many later civilizations as a model

c)

The laws are written in stone.

d)

It treated all people the same under the law.

7.

What is the name of the large constructions built during the Mesopotamian time period? They were dedicated to religion and found in the middle of cities.

a)

Pyramid

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Obelisk

d)

Post and Lintel construction

8.

Most city-states of Mesopotamia used ________ as their primary building material.

a)

Concrete

b)

Wood

c)

Metal

d)

Mud Brick

9.

The Sumerian writing system was called

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Stele

c)

Heiroglyphs

d)

Cuneiform

10.
____________ leads the Israelites out of Egypt and parts the Red Sea.
a)
Moses
b)
Saul
c)
David
d)
Maccabees
11.
What were pyramids?
a)
temples to the gods
b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
12.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
13.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
14.
The first woman pharaoh was named ________. 
a)
Tut
b)
Hatshepsut
c)
Tigris 
15.

How was the Persian emperor Cyrus different from the Assyrian emperors?

a)

He was even more ruthless than the Assyrians.

b)

He did not care whether his empire ran efficiently.

c)

He was known to be cruel when he got angry.

d)

He had a reputation for being merciful and respectful to other civilizations.

16.

Darius’s elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because

a)

they were actually immortal

b)

they were so skilled that it was difficult to kill them in battle

c)

whenever a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced.

d)

they had been guaranteed a place in paradise if they were killed in battle

17.

A governor that ruled a Persian Providence was called what?

a)

A Pharaoh

b)

A Satrap

c)

A Noble

d)

An immortal

18.

What does prehistory mean?

a)

The time before time.

b)

The time period before writing/recording of events.

c)

Previous history.

19.

True or False: Paleolithic people farmed for food.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What does "Nomad" mean?

a)

Someone with a permanent shelter

b)

Someone living in a village

c)

Someone who never moves from where they were born

d)

Someone who moves from place to place

21.

True or False: Paleolithic people used tools like spears, knives, and axes.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: Paleolithic people discovered fire

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The Neolithic Revolution is...

a)

When humans began migrating around the world

b)

When humans discovered fire

c)

When domestication of plants & animals began

24.

SOCIAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

a)

Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same

b)

Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers

c)

Everyone was egalitarian

25.

ECONOMIC life changed because of the Neolithic Revolution because...

a)

women and men remained equal

b)

People started to farm instead of hunt & gather

c)

Women became more powerful than men

26.

PATRIARCHY is

a)

Men have all the power

b)

Egalitarian/equal

c)

Who run the world? Girls!

27.

Which of the following was not developed in Sumaria?

a)

Geometry

b)

Sundial

c)

Boats

d)

Cuneiform

28.

The Israelites homeland is called.....

a)

Egypt

b)

Babylon

c)

Canaan

d)

Lincoln, NE

29.

What is a hominid?

a)

A human that is as smart as we are today

b)

A human waking on 4 legs

c)

A creepy dude with a tail

d)

Humanlike

30.

Who established the FIRST empire?

a)

Sargon

b)

Mr. Lasley

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Cyrus

31.

Who invented the alphabet?

a)

Sumerians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Egyptians

d)

Persians

32.

What is a Civilization?

a)

A complex culture in which a large number of people share a large number of common elements

b)

Any culture that uses written records and whose people practice a religion

c)

Any social structure based on economic power

d)

A really terrible local band your buddy plays in

33.

This innovation was created by mixing copper and tin

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Bronze

c)

Orange Gatorade

d)

Ziggurat