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Early Civilizations Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organized society within a specific area

a)

Farmland

b)

City

c)

Providence

d)

Civilization

2.

More food than needed refers to a what

a)

smidge

b)

surplus

c)

famine

d)

excess

3.

Mesopotamia means ___________________ in Greek.

a)

between the rivers

b)

between the streams

c)

outside the waterway

d)

inside the ocean

4.

Cuneiform

a)

Mesopotamians system of writing

b)

Ancient Romans System of writing

c)

Ancient Greeks system of writing

d)

Sumerians system of writing

5.

What is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Tigris River

b)

Congo River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Nile River

6.

What is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Nile River Valley

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Red Sea

7.

What is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Nile River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Caspian River

8.

What is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Asia Minor

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Syrian Desert

d)

Taurus Mountains

9.

An agreement in which workers specialize in a particular task or job

a)

Social Class

b)

Division of Labor

c)

Surplus

d)

Irrigation

10.

A thick bed of mud left as the flood water recedes

a)

silt

b)

scum

c)

mud

d)

sand

11.

Fertile Crescent

a)

a crescent that consists of strong soil

b)

an average area of farmland filled with lots of animals

c)

a small area of weak soil

d)

a large arc of rich, or fertile farmland

12.

Polytheism

a)

going to the temple on Thursday's

b)

the worship of many gods

c)

the worship of one god

d)

no worshipping

13.

Land where several hundred thousand Sumerians settled

a)

Syria

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Sumer

14.

People who performed or led religious ceremonies (Sumerians)

a)

Elders

b)

Priests

c)

Pastors

d)

Church Leaders

15.

A pyramid-shaped temple

a)

ziggurat

b)

temple

c)

church

d)

triangle

16.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Syrian Desert

b)

Arabian Peninsula

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Red Sea

17.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Sinai Peninsula

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Taurus Mountains

18.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Persian Gulf

d)

Mediterranean Sea

19.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Red sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Gulf of Serbia

20.

Which of the following is NOT an important Sumerian development?

a)

wheel

b)

plow

c)

clock

d)

car