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Mesopotamia and Egypt

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ancient Egyptian empire began along the...

a)

Tigris River

b)

Amazon River Basin

c)

Nile River Delta

d)

Mediterranean Sea

2.

What civilization is known for hieroglyphics, papyrus, and pyramids?

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

India

d)

China

3.

What was a pharaoh know for?

a)

Creating gold towers

b)

Living god and ruler of Egypt,

c)

Fighting wars against the Swedish.

d)

Discovery of the Americas.

4.

A belief in many gods is known as...

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Theocracy

5.

Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt all depended on which of the following.

a)

The belief in only one god.

b)

Earthquakes

c)

The flooding of their local rivers.

d)

Strong winds known as Monsoons

6.

Which were the rivers of Mesopotamia

a)

Nile

b)

Huang He

c)

Yangtze

d)

Euphrates

e)

Tigris

7.

Which group of people were at the bottom of the social structure in ancient Egypt?

a)

Farmers

b)

Pharaohs

c)

gods

d)

Slaves

8.

The first written code of laws was written by which ruler of ancient Mesopotamia?

a)

Abraham

b)

Darius

c)

Confucius

d)

Hammurabi

9.

Hieroglyphic originated where?

a)

India

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

China

d)

Egypt

10.
What is a city state?
a)
A city surrounded by agricultural land.
b)
A city.
c)
A city with a wall.
d)
An empire.
11.
Cuneiform is...
a)
a system of government
b)
the world's first system of writing
c)
a type of poem or story
d)
a seal
12.
The people in the region were able to water their crops by ...
a)
rain
b)
praying
c)
singing
d)
irrigation
13.
The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the
a)
Babylonians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Iranians
d)
Sumerians
14.
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.
15.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at D?

a)

Ancient Mesopotamia

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient China

16.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at A?

a)

Ancient India

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient Egypt

17.

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)

18.

Which ancient river valley civilization is depicted at B?

a)

Ancient Egypt-Nile River

b)

Ancient Mesopotamia-Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

c)

Ancient India-Indus River

d)

Ancient China-Yellow (Huang He) River

19.

Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?

a)

in northern Africa near the Nile River

b)

in eastern Europe along the Danuble River

c)

in central Asia between the Syr Darya and Amu Darya

d)

between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

20.
How did Sumerian city walls relate to the environment?
a)
The walls were made of wood cut from trees in the foothills.
b)
The walls were made of bricks using local mud.
c)
The walls were made of stones from a quarry in the Zagros Mountains.
d)
The walls were made of steel obtained through trade with Egypt.
21.
The job of a scribe was to
a)
write.
b)
develop laws.
c)
govern.
d)
make tools.
22.
Why was Hammurabi's code an important achievement?
a)
It was the first set of laws to apply to everyone.
b)
The laws and punishments treated all people equally.
c)
It was the first time laws had ever been created.
d)
The code described the structure of government and became the first constitution.
23.

A ziggurat is a

a)

a government building

b)

irrigation system

c)

god or goddess

d)

pyramid-shaped temple

24.

Whish is the definition of polytheism?

a)

the belief in many gods

b)

the belief in ghosts

c)

the belief in no gods

d)

the belief in one god

25.

Whoe was highest on the social class

a)

Priests

b)

Kings and queens

c)

lower class

d)

Upper class

26.

What did the mesopotamians use to build homes

a)

Wood

b)

Mud brick

c)

Cactus

d)

Concrete

27.
What technological advances are the Sumerians most celebrated for?
a)
the wheel and fire
b)
the arch and the lyre
c)
the wheel and the arch
d)
the wheel and the iPod nano
28.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
29.
What were pyramids?
a)

a place to store food surplus

b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
30.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
31.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
32.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
33.

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

a)

The temperature is warm

b)

The sand is soft

c)

Protection

d)

Easy to navigate

34.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)

So they can be put on display

c)

Because they wanted to be like Otzi

d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
35.

An Egyptian king. Also known as a living God.

a)

Nomad

b)

Ruler

c)

Pharoah

d)

Vizier

36.

The process of preserving a body using salts and spices

a)

maranade

b)

soaking

c)

embalming

d)

papyrus

37.

What was the name of the sun god in Egypt?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Set

38.

What god was killed by his brother and had to become god of the underworld?

a)

Ra

b)

Isis

c)

Osiris

d)

Set

39.

Which of the following shows evidence of a Stable Food Supply?

a)

Hanging Gardens

b)

Many gods with human personalities

c)

Taxes

d)

An irrigation system with canals and levees

40.

Which of the following shows evidence of a government in Sumer?

a)

Clay tablets with cuneiform

b)

Technology such as the plow

c)

Images of a king collecting taxes

d)

Ziggurats

41.

Which of the following shows evidence of writing in Sumer?

a)

clay tablets

b)

ziggurats with images of gods

c)

chariots

d)

the ship's sail

42.

Which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of a civilization?

a)

Religion

b)

Writing

c)

Education

d)

Government

43.

The priests were near the top of the social structure. What does this show about the people of ancient Sumer?

a)

They cared about the priests, but not the king.

b)

The people had no interest in religion.

c)

Religion was an important part of their lives.

d)

The people believed in only one god.

44.

Establish rules and laws to protect the people of the civilization.

a)

Government

b)

Trade

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Arts

45.

Inventions that make life easier

a)

system of tribute

b)

technology

c)

religion

d)

surplus of food

46.

Ancient civilizations had complex labor systems with each person performing a specific task or job.

a)

Writing System

b)

Central Government

c)

Job Specialization

d)

Religion

47.

Virtually all ancient cities built large walls to defend their cities from aggressive neighbors.

a)

Central Government

b)

Religion

c)

Public Works

d)

Writing System

48.

What is an example of Communication and Writing?

a)

Roads and Bridges

b)

Wheel and Ox

c)

Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics

d)

Pharaohs and Kings

49.

What is an example of social structure?

a)

growing crops/

domesticating animals

b)

high, middle, low class

c)

monotheistic/ polytheistic

d)

pottery and clothing to trade

50.

Which Characteristic is this?

how each civilization divided its people. Classes of people divided by kinds of work, or how much money they made.

a)

Communication and Writing

b)

Social Structure

c)

Technology

d)

Specialization and Trade

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