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7.12 Early Civilizations-NB Questions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mesopotamia means "between the rivers" in Greek. Which two rivers does the name refer to?

a)

Nile River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Volga River

e)

Don River

2.

What was the world's first advanced civilization?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Akkadian

c)

Sumer

d)

Babylon

e)

Egypt

3.

What civilization is considered the world's first empire?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Akkadian

c)

Sumer

d)

Babylon

e)

Egypt

4.

Who was the leader of the Akkadians that extended his territory into an empire?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Sargon

d)

Menes

e)

King Tutankhamen

5.

What type of religion did the Sumerians practice?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Social Hierarchy

d)

City-State

6.

What is considered the world's first system of writing developed by the Sumerians?

a)

Pictographs

b)

Scribe

c)

Epics

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Ziggurat

7.

What is a pyramid shaped temple built by the Sumerians?

a)

Pictographs

b)

Architecture

c)

Epics

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Ziggurat

8.

Important Mesopotamian city-state near present-day Baghdad, Iraq.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Akkadian

c)

Sumer

d)

Babylon

e)

Egypt

9.

Who was considered Babylon's greatest monarch and is best known for creating the earliest known written collection of laws?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Sargon

d)

Menes

e)

King Tutankhamen

10.

Who was the most famous Chaldean who rebuilt Babylon and built the Hanging Gardens during his reign?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Sargon

d)

Menes

e)

King Tutankhamen

11.

What civilization is known for first using iron weapons and swift chariots to capture Babylon?

a)

Hittites

b)

Chaldeans

c)

Assyrians

d)

Babylon

e)

Egypt

12.

What civilization ruled from Nineveh and had a strong army and harshly punished anyone who resisted them?

a)

Hittites

b)

Chaldeans

c)

Assyrians

d)

Babylon

e)

Egypt

13.

What river was the existence of Egypt based around, also known as the world's longest river?

a)

Nile River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Volga River

e)

Don River

14.

Southern region of ancient Egypt

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Lower Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Middle Kingdom

e)

New Kingdom

15.

Northern region of ancient Egypt

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Lower Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Middle Kingdom

e)

New Kingdom

16.

Who was the first Egyptian Pharoah?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Sargon

d)

Menes

e)

King Tutankhamen

17.

Period of Egyptian history beginning in 2700 BC with the Third Dynasty and lasting about 500 years.

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Lower Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Middle Kingdom

e)

New Kingdom

18.

What type of religion did the Egyptians practice?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Social Hierarchy

d)

City-State

19.

Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls built in ancient Egypt.

a)

Cataracts

b)

Dynasty

c)

Pharoah

d)

Rosetta Stone

e)

Pyramids

20.

A series of rulers from the same family.

a)

Cataracts

b)

Dynasty

c)

Pharoah

d)

Rosetta Stone

e)

Pyramids

21.

Stone slab discovered in 1799 inscribed with hieroglyphics and their Greek meanings.

a)

Cataracts

b)

Dynasty

c)

Pharoah

d)

Rosetta Stone

e)

Pyramids

22.

Raiders from SW Asia who conquered Lower Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom around 1750 BC.

a)

Hyksos

b)

Sumerians

c)

Kushites

d)

Hittites

23.

Period of Egyptian history beginning in 2050 BC marked by a time of stability and order.

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Lower Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Middle Kingdom

e)

New Kingdom

24.

Period of Egyptian history beginning in 1550 BC that was the height of Egypt's power and glory lasting about 500 years.

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Lower Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Middle Kingdom

e)

New Kingdom

25.

Leader whose tomb was one of the few left untouched by thieves and discovered in 1922 filled with treasures.

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Sargon

d)

Menes

e)

King Tutankhamen