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PRE-TEST!!!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The world's first civilization started here...

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Ancient Near East

c)

Ancient Egypt

d)

Ancient Rome

2.

It is also known as "the city between two rivers"

a)

Babylon

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Assyria

3.

He was a legendary Persian king who conquered Babylon.

a)

Sennacherib

b)

Ivan the Terrible

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Cyrus the Great

4.

The lower plain of _____ was filled with city-states much like the ones we find later in Greece and Italy.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Babylon

d)

Assyria

5.

During the time of ______, the Babylonians constructed many beautiful and extravagant palaces and conserved statues and artworks from the earlier Babylonian Empire.

a)

King Nebuchadnezzar II

b)

King Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Tiglath-pileser III

d)

Ashurbanipal

6.

____ is still a modern-day country, despite the fact that its rulers, language, writing, climate, religion, and borders have changed several times over the millennia.

a)

Egypt

b)

Rome

c)

Greece

d)

Assyria

7.

They came from the Middle East, and installed themselves in Palestine, south of Phoenicia.

a)

Jews

b)

Hebrews

c)

Greeks

d)

Romans

8.

The religion that became the legacy of the Hebrew civilization

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

9.

The Roman Emperor who seized Israel in 70 AD that resulted in the enslavement of Jews and their dispersion.

a)

Titus

b)

Claudius

c)

Augustus

d)

Tiberius

10.

Summerians is known now as _____ and _____

a)

Lebanon and Egypt

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Syria and Iraq

d)

Iraq and Kuwait

11.

Persia empire is divided to _____ provinces or satrapies.

a)

20

b)

19

c)

18

d)

17

12.

Who invaded the Akkadian empire?

a)

Ammorites

b)

Assyrians

c)

Gutians

d)

Egyptians

13.

What was the religion of the Sumerians?

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Jainism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Taoism

14.

Who is Persia today?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Lebanon

d)

Egypt

15.

It helped Babylon rise above other towns in the vicinity.

a)

Code of Hammurabi

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Elamite Script.