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Ancient River Valley Civilizations

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which river is this?

a)

Huang He River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Indus River

2.

Which river is this?

a)

Huang He River

b)

Nile River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Indus River

3.

Which river is this?

a)

Huang He River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River

4.

Which rivers are these?

a)

Nile and Euphrates

b)

Tigris and Huang He

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Indus and Huang He

5.

Which ancient civilization was located along this river?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Egypt

6.

Which ancient civilization was located along this river?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus

c)

China

d)

Egypt

7.

Which ancient civilization was located along this river?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus

c)

China

d)

Egypt

8.

Which ancient civilization was started between these two rivers?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus

c)

China

d)

Egypt

9.

Pharaoh was the title given to the leader of which civilization?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus

c)

China

d)

Egypt

10.

What form of writing was used by Ancient Egyptians?

a)

sanskrit

b)

oracle bones

c)

cuneiform

d)

hieroglyphics

11.

Which civilization first used plumbing, first to make cloth, and had the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus

c)

China

d)

Egypt

12.

What was the first published set of laws?

a)

Code of Hammurabi

b)

Code of the Pharaoh

c)

The Ten Commandments

d)

Code of the Oracle Bones

13.

What is this an example of?

a)

sanskrit

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

cuneiform

d)

oracle bones

14.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Egyptian Pyramid

b)

ziggurat

c)

cuneiform

d)

sanskrit

15.

What is this an example of?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

cuneiform

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

oracle bones.

16.
What is a city state?
a)
A city surrounded by agricultural land.
b)
A city.
c)
A city with a wall.
d)
An empire.
17.
The Sumerians believed in many gods. This is called...
a)
monotheism
b)
polygods
c)
polytheism
d)
crazy!
18.
The people in the region were able to water their crops by ...
a)
rain
b)
praying
c)
singing
d)
irrigation
19.
The early people of Mesopotamia invented...
a)
the wheel
b)
writing
c)
the plow
d)
all of the above
20.
The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the
a)
Babylonians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Iranians
d)
Sumerians
21.
What made Hammurabi famous?
a)
He was a powerful king who built an empire.
b)
He had some harsh laws.
c)
He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.
d)
He created the first written laws.
22.

What were the Indus Valley, Shang China, Egypt, and Mesopotamian Civilizations located near

a)

Mountain Ranges

b)

Oceans

c)

Desert

d)

Rivers

23.

What was the name of Ancient Egypt's written language?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Symbolica

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Papyrus

24.

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

The ruler of China was a god

b)

Pharaoh was divinely ordained

c)

belief that the gods chose who was in power in Shang China

d)

the Pope is chosen by God

25.

The egyptian calendar was centered around...

a)

Burial Dates of kings

b)

flooding seasons

c)

Construction days for the pyramids

d)

The birthday of the Pharaoh

26.

Paleo = Old

Neo = ____________

a)

Young

b)

New

c)

Adolescent

d)

Average

27.

Mesopotamia was located near the Tigris and ____________________ River

a)

Nile

b)

Euphrates

c)

Yellow

d)

Amazon

28.

Having an excess of something is also known as...

a)

drought

b)

inflation

c)

surplus

d)

famine

29.

The ability & opportunity to be an artisan or scribe is an example of which characteristic of a civilization?

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Advanced Technology

c)

Complex Organizations

d)

Advanced Cities

30.

What does monotheism mean?

a)

belief in one god

b)

belief in many gods

c)

belief in no gods

d)

belief in all gods

31.

The building of a canal to bring water to farms is an example of _____.

a)

domestication

b)

diasphora

c)

transferance

d)

irrigation

32.

On what continent is India located?

a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
33.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at D?

a)

Ancient Mesopotamia

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient China

34.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at A?

a)

Ancient India

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient Egypt

35.

Letter C is know as the

a)

Nile River Valley civilization (Egypt)

b)

Indus River Valley civilization (India)

c)

Yellow River Valley civilization (China)

d)

Tigris/Euphrates River Valley civilization (Mesopotamia)

36.

The Yellow (Huang He) River is a part of

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Mesopotamia

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient China

37.

Which civilization has the world's longest river?

a)

Nile River Valley-Egypt

b)

Tigris/Euphrates River Valley-Mesopotamia

c)

Indus River Valley-India

d)

Yellow (Huange He) River Valley-China

38.

. Which heading would complete the partial outline below? 

__________________________

-specialized workers

-cities

-technology

-religion and government

-record keeping and writing system

a)

Economic Development in Ancient Egypt

b)

Cultural Diffusion in the Indus River Valley

c)

Characteristics of Civilizations

d)

Features of the Neolithic Revolution

39.

Which statement best describes how geography affected the growth of the ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, India, and Ancient China?

a)

large deserts provided many mineral deposits

b)

mountain ranges provided protection for all civilizations

c)

river valleys provided rich soil to grow plentiful crops

d)

The oceans provided trade routes

40.

 A unique characteristic of the Ancient Egyptian government was that ___

a)

kings were at the top of the Hindu caste system

b)

rulers used the “Mandate of Heaven” to justify their right to rule

c)

the pharaohs ruled as “king-gods”

d)

dynasties ruled for centuries

41.

Which title best completes the partial outline?

__________________________

-Natural barriers of large deserts protected it from invaders

-Predictable annual flooding of the Nile River left rich soil behind

-Pharaohs ruled as “king-gods”

a)

The Development of Ancient World

b)

Civilization of Ancient Egypt

c)

The Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia

d)

Religion of the Indus River Valley

42.

The natural barriers of this River Valley Civilization included the Himalaya Mountains and large deserts, but no natural barrier in the north (which made them build a wall as a barrier).

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

India

43.

Which social system concept is illustrated by this diagram?

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Mandate of Heaven

c)

the caste system

d)

Hammurabi’s Code

44.

Which one shows events in the correct chronological order? 

W. Rise of Early Empires

X. Neolithic Revolution

Y. Humans are hunter-gatherers

Z. Beginning of River Valley Civilizations

a)

z-w-x-y

b)

 y-x-z-w

c)

x-y-z-w

d)

 w-x-y-z

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