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End of Year Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mesopotamia was between two rivers named _________.
a)
Jordan and Draper
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Nile and Elephant 
2.
Mesopotamia is called the "cradle of ________." 
a)
Civilization
b)
Dolls
c)
Hammurabi 
3.
The wedge-shaped writing that Mesopotamians used was called ________.
a)
Cuneiform 
b)
Cave Paintings 
c)
Drawings 
4.
The two important cities in Mesopotamia were _______.
a)
Draper and Salt Lake City 
b)
Egypt and London 
c)
Babylon and Ur
5.
The world's first written story was about _______.
a)
Mesopotamia 
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Hammurabi 
6.
Mesopotamians believed in ______.
a)
One God
b)
No Gods
c)
Many Gods
7.
Mesopotamian temples were called ______.
a)
Ziggurats
b)
Caves
c)
Pyramids 
8.
Hammurabi created the first written _______.
a)
stories
b)
books
c)
laws
9.
Laws were made to help the people of Mesopotamia ______.
a)
Be good
b)
Write songs
c)
Sing Songs 
10.
History is _______.
a)
A story of people who lived before us
b)
A list of adjectives 
11.
Review: When people settle in one place and grow their own food, we call this _______.
a)
Education
b)
Civilization 
12.
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called
a)
priests
b)
artisans
c)
scribes 
d)
heroes
13.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Sargon
b)
Cyrillian
c)
cuneiform
d)
hieroglypics
14.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Nebuchadnezzar
d)
Ninevah
15.
Grand temple with a shrine at the top
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
16.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
17.
Record keepers who often kept records for government officals
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
18.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
19.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
20.

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

a)

City-State

b)

Country

c)

Villiage

d)

Culture

21.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
22.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
23.

What is the name for the Egyptian writing used for decoration?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Gaeilge

c)

Cyrillic

d)

The alphabet

24.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife
a)
Cremation
b)
Mummification
c)
Autopsy
d)
Surgery
25.

The ancient Egyptians built pyramids along the west bank of the Nile River. These pyramids were built as:

a)

Palaces for the kings

b)

Tourist attractions

c)

Temples for the gods

d)

Tombs for the pharaohs

26.

Pharaoh who tried to force all Egyptians to worship one god named “Aten”

a)

King Tut

b)

Amon Ra

c)

Akhenaten

d)

Ramses the Great

27.
a)
unskilled workers
b)
pharaohs
c)
traders
d)
artisans
28.

The people who made up the biggest part of the social hierarchy pyramid had...

a)

Most of the power

b)

A great deal of power

c)

Some power

d)

Least amount of power

29.

The longest river in the world; associated with Ancient Egypt.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Nile River

c)

Amazon River

30.

Name given to Egyptian rulers who held absolute power and were regarded as divine or god-like.

a)

President

b)

King

c)

Pharaoh

31.

Ancient Egyptians had little concern for the after-life.

a)

True

b)

False

32.
An example of a delta is 
a)

A mountain

b)
a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
c)
The rapids along the Nile
33.
The person who's tomb told us a lot about ancient Egypt was _________. 
a)
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
b)
Queen Carter
c)

King George

34.
The person who's tomb told us a lot about ancient Egypt was _________. 
a)
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
b)
Queen Carter
c)

King George

35.

What is the geographic feature pictured above?

a)

Jungle

b)

Delta

c)

Peninsula

36.
What purpose did pyramids serve? 
a)
as centers of government
b)
as temples for religious worship
c)
as tombs for the pharaohs
37.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
38.
What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city-state of Sparta?
a)
Food & parties
b)
War & fighting
c)
Music & books
d)
Painting & sculpture
39.
Crete is the name of Greece's biggest __________?
a)
Body of water
b)
God/goddess
c)
island
d)
peninsula
40.
What was the primary focus of the culture in the city-state of Athens?
a)
War & fighting
b)
Athletics & competition
c)
Power & conquest
d)
Art & education
41.

The Greeks believed in many gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades. This means the Greeks were _______________.

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Democratic

c)

Islamic

d)

Polytheistic

42.

The invasion of what army helped bring the city-states of Athens and Sparta together (united them)?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Byzantium

c)

Persian

d)

Mongolian

43.

Athens is credited with the development of _________________, a form of government where the people choose how they are ruled.

a)

Monotheism

b)

Anarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Direct Democracy

44.

Which describes a time of great cultural growth, mainly taking place in Athens?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Middle Ages

45.

How did Greece's physical geography affect their ability to get resources?

a)

More cities were inland making for easier travel

b)

Islands made it easy to grow a variety of crops

c)

The mountains allowed for easy cultivation of food

d)

Scarcity of farmland pushed them to trade with each other

46.

What is a characteristic that Athens & Sparta SHARED?

a)

Each had a queen rule the city-state

b)

The each fought against Persia in the Persian War

c)

They were both ruled as an oligarchy

d)

Both societies gave women the same rights as men

47.

What important military tactic did the Greeks use to beat the Persians?

a)

Philosophy

b)

Phalanx

c)

Hammer & anvil

d)

Run & shoot

48.

Which of the following best explains what caused the end of the Golden Age of Greece?

a)

They started to allow women to become citizens.

b)

Their apples all became rotten.

c)

Peloponnesian War, a war between Greek city-states

d)

All of the above

49.

A century is _____ years.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1,000

50.

A decade is ______ years.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1,000

51.

Why were the Olympics held?

a)

To compete against other countries

b)

For gods and goddesses to compete

c)

To show off their mad skillz

d)

To honor the god Zeus

52.

Modeled after the games of ancient Greece, every four years countries around the world participate in the -

a)

Marathon

b)

Olympics

c)

Chariot Games

d)

Parthenon

53.

What has inspired the design of many American buildings today?

a)

Greek architecture

b)

Greek art

c)

Greek mythology

d)

Greek sports

54.

In which ways did ancient Greeks adapt to their environment?

a)

farming, fishing, trade, and shipbuilding

b)

farming, sewing, silk production, and writing

c)

fishing, trade, pyramid building, and art

d)

trade, shipbuilding, writing, and storytelling

55.

What is the name of the Greek building that sits atop the Acropolis?

a)

Colosseum

b)

The Great Wall

c)

The Parthenon

d)

The Capital Building

56.

The government of the United States is based on the ancient Greek idea of a -

a)

king over a nation

b)

president who makes all the laws

c)

government by the people

d)

colony appointed by a king

57.

A piece of land that projects out into a body of water and is surrounded by water on three sides is called -

a)

a peninsula

b)

an island

c)

a column

d)

a coastline

58.

Why did the American founding fathers like the Greek form of direct democracy?

a)

They did not want the people to have a say in the rules and laws.

b)

They wanted to be ruled by a king.

c)

They wanted a land where the people ruled.

d)

They wanted a land where people gave all their money to the government.

59.

Which man was stabbed to death on the Senate floor?

a)

Brutus

b)

Juluis Caesar

c)

Caesar Augustus

d)

Mark Antony

60.

What achievement brought fresh water into Roman cities?

a)

Laws

b)

Arches

c)

Dome

d)

Aqueducts

61.

What rights did the Roman citizens have?

a)

Raise taxes

b)

Hold public office and Vote

c)

Declare war

d)

Lead armies

62.

Earliest code of Roman Law, created to appease the plebs

a)

Law of 12 Tables

b)

Republic

c)

Census

d)

Justinian Code

63.

Official count of people or things

a)

Circus

b)

Province

c)

Consul

d)

Census

64.

To reject

a)

Dictator

b)

Persecuted

c)

Veto

d)

Straight

65.

A ruler with total power

a)

Consul

b)

Patrician

c)

Dictator

d)

Tribune

66.

Government type where you vote for the people that represent you

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

67.

Roman judges

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Praetors

d)

Consuls

68.

The common citizen

a)

Praetor

b)

Patrician

c)

Plebeian

d)

Province

69.

The wealthy, upper class citizens of Rome

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Praetors

d)

Paterfamilias

70.

One or two people elected to run the day to day operations of Rome for 1 year

a)

Census

b)

Consul

c)

Census

d)

Senate

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