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Arner Ancient River Valleys Unit Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A ruler

b)

A group of rulers from the same family

c)

A king

d)

A peasant family

2.

What civilization was described as a subcontinent?

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

China

3.

What is the Fertile Crescent also as?

a)

New land

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Old Land

d)

Land of water and growth

4.

What is one of the 5 traits of a civilization? Every civilization had this/these.

a)

music

b)

dance

c)

art

d)

specialized workers

5.

What is one of the main cities of the Indus River Valley?

a)

Yangtze

b)

Euphrates

c)

Harappa

d)

Upper Tigris

6.

Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?

a)

Nile and Yangtze

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Mississippi and Catawba

d)

Yangtze and Tigris

7.

Who was the FIRST king of Sumar?

a)

King Midas

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Sargon

d)

King Tut

8.

Where is China's River Valley located between?

a)

Nile and Yangtze

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Yangtze and Euphrates

d)

Huang-He and Yangtze

9.

The Chinese had developed silk production.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

a)

A monk

b)

The founder of Buddhism

c)

The founder of Hinduism

d)

The "First" teacher

11.

Which was NOT a contribution of China?

a)

Printing

b)

The Great Wall

c)

Dynastic Cycle

d)

Mummification

12.

Egypt was divided into.

a)

Upper and Lower

b)

Left and Right

c)

Top and Bottom

d)

North and South

13.

The Mandate of Heaven said that..

a)

Everyone goes to heaven

b)

You could change dynasties anytime

c)

The gods allowed a dynasty to rule until it got old and corrupt

d)

You could only rule for 5 years

14.

Who was the FIRST Pharaoh of Egypt?

a)

John II

b)

Memes

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

Menes

15.

What were the first set of laws called?

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Mesopotamia Laws

c)

The Laws of the Ancient Gods

d)

Spirit Laws

16.

What was NOT a Chinese philosophy?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Buddhism

17.

What was Egypt known as?

a)

The pyramid Kingdom

b)

The gift of the Nile

c)

Thee Queen City

d)

The gift of the pyramids

18.

Who said "Be good and lead by example"?

a)

Confucius

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Menes

d)

The Daio

19.

What was not a contribution of Egypt?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Medicine

c)

Mummification

d)

The Plow

20.

The most famous trade route was?

a)

The trade road

b)

The China Road

c)

The Islamic Road

d)

The Silk Road

21.

The Indus Valley was located between..

a)

Indus and Ganges Rivers

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Catawba and Indus

d)

Euphrates and Ganges

22.

China has what desert to the north?

a)

Telematin

b)

Mojave

c)

Hot Ash

d)

Gobi