WorksheetsRiver Valley Civilizations
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What river valley would have been here?
a)
China
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Indus
d)
Egypt
2.
What river valley would have been here?
a)
China
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Indus
d)
Egypt
3.
What was the first river valley to appear?
a)
China
b)
Egypt
c)
Indus
d)
Mesopotamia
4.
Which of the following means one god?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Polytheism
5.
What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
a)
Egypt
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Indus
6.
Name the civilization:
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
7.
What two rivers are associated with the Indus River Valley?
a)
Ganges and Indus
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Ganges
d)
Nile and Indus
8.
Which two cities were discovered in the Indus River Valley?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Sumer and Babylonia
c)
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
d)
Cairo and Bahgdad
9.
How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Atheistic
d)
Agnostic
10.
Name the civilization:
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
11.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in yellow?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
12.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in pink?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
13.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in purple?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
14.
What were oracle bones used for?
a)
Cooking
b)
Telling stories
c)
Building the Great Wall of China
d)
Asking for advice from the gods
15.
What did early Chinese writing look like? (Hint: they still use this method today!)
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Pictographs & ideographs
c)
Cuneiform
d)
Phonetics
16.
Line of rulers from the same family
a)
Legalism
b)
long Chinese line
c)
filial piety
d)
dynasty
17.
The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?
a)
The Mandate of Heaven
b)
The Dynastic Cycle
c)
The Heavenly Commandments
d)
The Oracle Bones
18.
What are the names of the two major rivers in China?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Indus and Ganges
c)
Yellow and Yangtze
d)
Nile and Yellow
19.
Confucius a very famous ____________, in Ancient China
a)
emperor
b)
philosopher
c)
army leader
d)
god
20.
What is the purpose of the structure pictured here?
a)
It is a temple
b)
To protect China's northern border
c)
To protect China's Southern border
d)
To protect China from India
21.
What Dynasty was the first in China?
a)
Qin
b)
Zhou
c)
Shang
d)
Kowloon
22.
Which Dynasty was the longest one in China's history?
a)
Qin
b)
Zhou
c)
Chang
d)
Kowloon
23.
The longest river in the world; associated with Ancient Egypt.
a)
Tigris River
b)
Nile River
c)
Amazon River
d)
Niger River
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