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5th Grade - Ancient Civ. SGO

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

things made by humans long ago

a)

artifacts

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

d)

irrigation

e)

fossils

2.

the new stone age

a)

artifacts

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

d)

irrigation

e)

fossils

3.

building dams, canals, dikes, and ditches to water crops

a)

artifacts

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

d)

irrigation

e)

fossils

4.

traces of plants or animals preserved in rock

a)

artifacts

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

d)

irrigation

e)

fossils

5.

the old stone age

a)

artifacts

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

d)

irrigation

e)

fossils

6.

a temple built in Egypt for the burial of pharaohs

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

nomads

d)

scribes

e)

Mesopotamia

7.

people who travel from place to place in search of food

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

nomads

d)

scribes

e)

Mesopotamia

8.

people who were taught to read and write in the ancient world

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

nomads

d)

scribes

e)

Mesopotamia

9.

"Cradle of Civilization" where the first cities were built

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

nomads

d)

scribes

e)

Mesopotamia

10.

a religious temple built at the center of cities in Mesopotamia

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

nomads

d)

scribes

e)

Mesopotamia

11.

what most homes were of in the ancient world

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaoh

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nile

e)

mud brick

12.

the emperor of ancient Egypt

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaoh

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nile

e)

mud brick

13.

one of the first female rulers in the ancient world

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaoh

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nile

e)

mud brick

14.

the "lifeblood of Egypt"

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaoh

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nile

e)

mud brick

15.

an early form of paper

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaoh

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nile

e)

mud brick

16.

a religion built upon the teachings of Siddartha Guatama

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

caste

d)

Indus

e)

Yellow

17.

introduced by the Aryans, a social placement in India that you could not navigate from in your lifetime

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

caste

d)

Indus

e)

Yellow

18.

religion that was a combination of the native religion and that of the Aryan people that moved into the region of India

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

caste

d)

Indus

e)

Yellow

19.

river that the first cities in China were developed around

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

caste

d)

Indus

e)

Yellow

20.

river that the first cities in India were developed around

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

caste

d)

Indus

e)

Yellow

21.

the emperor that China receives its name from

a)

Mulan

b)

natural barrier

c)

Silk Road

d)

Himalayas

e)

Qin Shi Huangdi

22.

tallest mountains in the world

a)

Mulan

b)

natural barrier

c)

Silk Road

d)

Himalayas

e)

Qin Shi Huangdi

23.

trade route that reached from China to Europe and Africa

a)

Mulan

b)

natural barrier

c)

Silk Road

d)

Himalayas

e)

Qin Shi Huangdi

24.

geographic feature that limits travel

a)

Mulan

b)

natural barrier

c)

Silk Road

d)

Himalayas

e)

Qin Shi Huangdi

25.

Chinese female warrior

a)

Mulan

b)

natural barrier

c)

Silk Road

d)

Himalayas

e)

Qin Shi Huangdi

26.

city-state in ancient Greece

a)

polis

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Zeus

e)

colony

27.

ancient Greek city-state known for the creation of democracy

a)

polis

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Zeus

e)

colony

28.

god of the sky in ancient Greece mythology

a)

polis

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Zeus

e)

colony

29.

far-away land controlled by a mother country

a)

polis

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Zeus

e)

colony

30.

ancient Greek city-state known for its military strength

a)

polis

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Zeus

e)

colony

31.

before industrialization, skilled workers who make products from raw materials

a)

priests

b)

artisans

c)

scribes

d)

heroes

32.

who wrote the first legal code on tablets across his empire

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

Babylon

33.

people who study and write about the human past

a)

scribes

b)

historians

c)

archeologists

d)

astronomers

34.

Spartan men could return to their homes when they were...

a)

16

b)

20

c)

30

d)

40

35.

The time around 600 bce in ancient Greece is called the Dark Ages because...

a)

people forgot how to make candles.

b)

people forgot how to read and write and didn't teach the next generation how to do things.

c)

there was a great famine and populations declined.

d)

there was a terrible plague

36.

Who could be a citizen in ancient Greece?

a)

native-born men and women

b)

free, native-born, land-owning men

c)

land-owning women

d)

foreign-born men

37.

Xerxes was the emperor of

a)

Athens

b)

Persia

c)

Sparta

d)

Crete

38.

What discovery led to archaeologists and historians learning much more about ancient Egypt?

a)

King Tut's Tomb

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

The Great Pyramid

d)

Hatshepsut's tomb

39.

This discovery allowed historians to learn how to read heiroglyphics.

a)

The Rosetta Stone

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Epic of Gilgamesh

d)

The Vedas

40.

Written language in ancient Mesopotamia.

a)

heiroglyphics

b)

cuneiform

c)

sanskrit

d)

dorian

41.

Written language in ancient India.

a)

heiroglyphics

b)

cuneiform

c)

sanskrit

d)

dorian

42.

Written language in ancient Mesopotamia.

a)

heiroglyphics

b)

cuneiform

c)

sanskrit

d)

dorian

43.

The chief god in most of ancient Egypt

a)

Amon-Ra

b)

Osiris

c)

Brahman

d)

Isis

44.

The pyramids were built by slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The first civilization to have indoor plumbing.

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

India

d)

China

46.

The body of water between Europe and Africa that was an important trade route

a)

Black Sea

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Red Sea

47.

Weather patterns that had/have a huge impact on the lives of people in India

a)

monsoons

b)

typhoons

c)

cyclones

d)

volcanoes

48.

People that invaded India c. 1600 bce that highly impacted their culture.

a)

Persians

b)

Macedonians

c)

Chinese

d)

Aryans

49.

Best team in the MLB

a)

Mets

b)

Yankees

c)

Red Sox

d)

Dodgers

50.

Formation used by ancient Greek armies that made them dominant

a)

phalanx

b)

hoplites

c)

spartan

d)

heroic

51.

Best example of a natural barrier

a)

plain

b)

desert

c)

river

d)

harbor

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