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WorksheetsSS8: Mesopotamia, Indian, and Chinese Civilization
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 38mins
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Hinduism
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Oracle Bone Script
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Ziggurat
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
seals for their products/possessions
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Hammurabi Code
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Epic of Ramayana and Mahabharata
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
political dynasty
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
chariots
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
sewage system
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
zero and decimal system
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
sundial
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
caste system
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Great Wall
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
Identify the Civilization based on the given characteristic.
Sanskrit
Mesopotamia
Indian
Chinese
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Which among the following situation is a characteristic of civilization?
People live together or in groups.
People get food from the environment.
People can travel from one place to another.
People write a common language.
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Which among the following situation is a characteristic of civilization?
People created and followed a law system.
People learned to protect themselves.
People need to go to school to learn.
People use money to buy needs.
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Which among the following situation is a characteristic of civilization?
People use natural resources for their basic needs.
People developed technology for their livelihood.
People should live near the river.
People should be with their family.
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Which among the following situation is a characteristic of civilization?
People use a calendar for their celebrations.
People celebrated different occasions.
People have a monumental architecture for their community rituals.
People use branded clothing.
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Which among the following situation is a characteristic of civilization?
People shared the same philosophy / religious system.
People fight for their land.
People learn to catch fish.
People shared food and water with their families.
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Why is Mesopotamia called Fertile Crescent?
because when it's a full moon, there will be high tide which can give more water to the river
because of its crescent moon shaped of rich fertile farmland
because half of the land can be cultivated and half of the land is flooded
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How was each Sumerian city state protected?
It was protected by warriors riding in chariots.
It was protected by the people following their leader.
It was protected by a large wall.
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Why did the Sumerian city-states go to war?
because Sargon I ruled them
because there was a scarce water supply
because they want to go inside the wall
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Which caste was the highest with priests and intellectuals?
Shudra
Brahmin
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
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Which was the lowest of the caste system?
Shudra
Dalits
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
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Which caste were the warriors and rulers?
Shudra
Dalits
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
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Which caste were the Dravidians?
Shudra
Brahmin
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
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What was not inscribed in the Oracle Bone script?
important events of royal families and how people lived in Shang time
prayers
wars and military affairs
immortality training
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What is the meaning of "Mandate of Heaven"?
will of gods
law of leaders
required belief
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What dynasty used the concept of the "Mandate of Heaven"
when they conquer the Shang dynasty?
Zhou Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
Chin Dynasty
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What did Sumerians do when the plains flooded?
moved onto the plains
created irrigation systems
built strong walls and dug moats
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Which civilization invented the wheel?
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient India
Ancient China
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Where do Hinduism and Buddhism originate?
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient India
Ancient China
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Which Chinese philosophy emphasizes proper behavior?
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
The good and evil done in a past life determines the nature of that person’s next life.
brahman
dharma
karma
atman
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How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?
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Which was a major city in the Indus Valley?
Babylon
Harappa
Sumer
Ur Namuk
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The Indian civilization believes that a soul survives
death to be reborn in a new body. This rebirth is known as
reincarnation
deity
caste
artisan
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Each city-state of Sumerians is ruled by a priest-king called ___.
patesi
emperor
chariot
artisan
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They are the natives who first settled in the land of India.
Patesi
Dravidians
Mojenjo
Aryans
Complete the analogy.
Mesopotamia Civilization : (a) = Indian Civilization : Indus River
Complete the analogy.
Mesopotamia Civilization : Cuneiform = Indian Civilization : (a)
Complete the analogy.
Chinese Civilization : Great Wall = Indian Civilization : (a)
Complete the analogy.
Mesopotamia Civilization : Sumerians = Indian Civilization : (a)
Complete the analogy.
Mesopotamia Civilization : (a) = Indian Civilization : Epic of Ramayana and Mahabharata
Complete the analogy.
Akkadian Empire : (a) = Mauryan Empire : Chandragupta Maurya
Complete the analogy.
New Babylon : (a) = Golden Age : Gupta Empire
Complete the analogy.
First Emperor of Akkadians: Sargon 1 = First Emperor of China : (a)
Complete the analogy.
Mesopotamia : Sexagesimal System = India : (a)
Complete the analogy.
China : (a) = India : Indus River
Choose who contributed the following:
cuneiform
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
ziggurat
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
library
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
irrigation system
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
chariots
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
Hammurabi Code
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
Hanging Garden of Babylon
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Choose who contributed the following:
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Which of the following is described as the:
World's first empire
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Which of the following is described as the:
New Babylonia
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Nebuchadnezzar is the leader of ______
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Sargon I is the leader of ______
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Tiglath-Pileser I is the leader of ______
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Hammurabi is the leader of ______
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Click the correct dynasty.
longest reign in Chinese history
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Chin
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Emperor Yu the Great
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Chin
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Shih Huang Ti
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Chin
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Great Wall of China
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Chin
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First Empire that unified China
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Chin
In your opinion, what weakens a civilization?
