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early mesopotamia and early china

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why it matters now ?

a)

The development of this civilization reflects a settlement pattern that has occurred repeatedly throughout history

b)

the devlopment of the place of the hitorical thing

c)

the devlopment of the history's price in the country

d)

The devlopment of the language of the country

2.

Are these from the terms and names ?

Fertile Crescent

Dikes

Ziggurats

      

a)

True

b)

False

3.

•when did the first civlization began

(a)  

4.

who was a ruler who attacked

and defeated the Sumerians.

Later he took control over

Mesopotamia.

He built a capital city called

Akkad. Akkadians ruled

Mesopotamia for 200 years.

(a)  

5.

Babylonians,He is famous for writing down all the Babylonian laws. He changed

some of Sumerian & Akkadian rules and made them part of his

laws.

His collection of more than 250 laws was known as the

(a)  

6.

It contained a range of possible crimes and the

punishments that will be received by those who

commit those crimes.

The code did not treat people equally, some people

had more rights than others.

For example, Slaves were not treated by the laws

the same as free-born people and the punishments

were too harsh.

Other

IS THIS THE CODE OF HUMMURABI

a)

true

b)

false

7.

controlled the Fertile Crescent and the Nile River for

150 years.

This Empire had many different groups living in it.

They spoke many different languages.

They were known for being cruel

Many people celebrated when their empire ended  (who did these things)

a)

hummurabi

b)

Assiyrians

c)

sargon

8.

Did phoenicians do it ?

Lived in the western edge of the Fertile Crescent.

They built boats and sailed as traders.

They learned to study the stars so they can sail at night.

They developed a simple alphabet of 22 letters unlike the cuneiform

that had hundreds of letters.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

•Chinese civilization began after the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations.

••The story of early China was mixed with legends. (a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated).

••Archaeologists proved historians wrong, (as historians didn’t believe the legends), when they proved that many of the old stories are true. They did this by digging up old cities, tools and bones. This was the ...... city

a)

1st city

b)

2end city

c)

3rd city

d)

4th city

10.

•That info is for wich new city•The earliest Chinese cities were Yangshao and Longshan.

••People worked as farmers along the Huang He in these cities.

••The Huang He is not a deep river and the land beside it was flat, So the river often flooded destroying the villages near it.

••That’s why the Huang He was called “China’s Sorrow”.

••People of Yangshao and Longshan were well known for their pottery.

••Yangshao people made red pottery and Longshan were famous for their black pottery

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

1st

d)

4th

11.

wich were ?•were more advanced than other cities.

•The Shang was a dynasty ( family of Kings), they came to power in 1750 B.C.

•Tang was their first leader.

•Many artifacts were dug up from their capital city YIN. They discovered beautiful objects made from BRONZE ( copper and tin mixed together).

•The Shang created picture writing which contained 1000s of symbols.

•One way they used this picture writing was to tell the future.

•Like Egyptians the Shang used to burry their kings with their belongings or objects they might need in their next life.

a)

the shang

b)

hummurabi

c)

zaylon 

12.

what is a Oracle Bone

a)

It's a bone who they teach writing in

b)

It's a bone they write on it

c)

it's a bone for telling the history

d)

it's a bone who tells the future

13.

who used to carve ?

(a)   used to carve on animals bones or shells questions such as “will the king

have a son?” or “Will I have a good day hunting”.

14.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

15.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

16.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

17.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

18.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

19.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

20.

•After the Shang had lost power on 1027 B.C., the Zhou took over.

•They invaded from the west and set up a new dynasty.

•They stayed in control for 200 years.

•The Zhou rulers acted as if they owned all lands, so they would give lands and people to relatives and army leaders.

•So, this created a lot of little kingdoms. These kingdoms had to obey the Zhou king and to pay him money, supply him with soldiers in times of war, too.

•…………………..   kept the MANDATE OF HEAVEN for 200 years.

(a)  

21.

•………….believed their gods are the ones who put the ruling family in power.

•Whoever held power had the Mandate of Heaven.

•A dynasty could lose the Mandate of Heaven, if the kingdom faced or experienced hard times.

……….would believe that once a kingdom experiences problems, that shows that the gods do not favor this ruling

(a)  

22.

•lost the Mandate of Heaven in 771 B.C.

•Many leaders of the little kingdoms didn’t like the harsh rule of the Zhou

•They also fought so many wars, which made the Zhou become more weak.

•At last, an outside army invaded Zhou lands and killed their king.

But that didn’t stop........ . •They moved further east and set up the Eastern ....... Dynasty.

•

a)

HUMMURABI

b)

ZHOU

c)

SANGE

23.

The main idea of early mesoptimia

a)

The earliest civilaztion in china

arose in Mesopotamia and organized into city-states.

b)

The earliest civlization in iraq arose in Mesopotamia and organized into city-states.

c)

The earliest civilization in Asia arose in Mesopotamia and organized into city-states.

d)

thw earlist civliztiin

eurpe arose in Mesopotamia and organized into city-states.