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CIVILISATIONS QUIZ

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'city-state' mean?

a)

A waterway that carries water from one place to another.

b)

A waterway that carries water from one place to another.

c)

a city and the area of land around it

2.

What does the word 'dynasty' mean?

a)

a line of rulers who come from the same family

b)

A picture, shape, or sign that represents something.

c)

money collected to pay government workers, the army and for public services such as roads and water supply

3.

What does the word 'fertile' mean?

a)

the group of people with authority to organise and control a country or state

b)

the group of people with authority to organise and control a country or state

c)

land that can produce a large amount of crops

4.

What does the word 'government' mean?

a)

the group of people with authority to organise and control a country or state

b)

A fight between groups or countries

c)

A fight between groups or countries

5.

What does the word 'civilisation' mean?

a)

a place where people live and work together in a large, organised group

b)

a person who does unskilled manual work

c)

land that can produce a large amount of crops

6.

What does the word 'silk' mean?

a)

A simple machine used to lift water from a river or well.

b)

A simple machine used to lift water from a river or well.

c)

a fine, smooth fabric made from thread produced by silkworms

7.

What does the word 'potter’s wheel' mean?

a)

A tool that helps shape clay into pots, bowls, and other pottery.

b)

A fight between groups or countries

c)

A fight between groups or countries

8.

What does the word 'channel' mean?

a)

A tool that helps shape clay into pots, bowls, and other pottery.

b)

A simple machine used to lift water from a river or well.

c)

A waterway that carries water from one place to another.

9.

What does the word 'shaduf' mean?

a)

A simple machine used to lift water from a river or well.

b)

A fight between groups or countries

c)

a line of rulers who come from the same family

10.

What does the word 'labourer' mean?

a)

a person who writes or copies out documents

b)

a place where people live and work together in a large, organised group

c)

a person who does unskilled manual work

11.

What does the word 'scribe' mean?

a)

A picture, shape, or sign that represents something.

b)

A tool that helps shape clay into pots, bowls, and other pottery.

c)

a person who writes or copies out documents

12.

What does the word 'thatch' mean?

a)

a city and the area of land around it

b)

a roof covering of straw or reeds

c)

a city and the area of land around it

13.

What does the word 'stylus' mean?

a)

A picture, shape, or sign that represents something.

b)

a town with a harbour and equipment for loading and unloading ships

c)

an ancient writing tool, often with a sharp end for making marks and a blunt end for removing them

14.

What does the word 'tax' mean?

a)

land that can produce a large amount of crops

b)

money collected to pay government workers, the army and for public services such as roads and water supply

c)

land that can produce a large amount of crops

15.

What does the word 'symbol' mean?

a)

A picture, shape, or sign that represents something.

b)

a roof covering of straw or reeds

c)

a roof covering of straw or reeds

16.

What does the word 'bitumen' mean?

a)

A fight between groups or countries

b)

a very thick, black, sticky liquid

c)

a line of rulers who come from the same family

17.

What does the word 'war' mean?

a)

A fight between groups or countries

b)

To exchange one thing for something else

c)

To exchange one thing for something else

18.

What does the word 'trade' mean?

a)

To exchange one thing for something else

b)

money collected to pay government workers, the army and for public services such as roads and water supply

c)

A fight between groups or countries

19.
Why did early civilisations develop near rivers?
a)
Rivers were used only for transportation
b)
The land near rivers was fertile for farming
20.
What materials were used to make clothes in Sumer and the Indus Valley?
a)
Animal skins
b)
Metal and stone
c)
Plant fibres and wool from sheep or goats
21.
How were the streets in early cities planned?
a)
In a grid pattern
b)
In a circular shape
c)
Randomly without a plan
22.
What materials did people in the Sumerian and Indus Valley civilisations use to build houses?
a)
Mud bricks
b)
Metal and wood
c)
Sand and leaves
23.
What is one clue that some people in the Indus Valley were wealthier than others?
a)
They had more land
b)
They wore gold crowns
c)
Some houses were bigger than others
d)
They had special food
24.

What did we call people who could write in early civilisations?

a)
Kings
b)
Builders
c)
Scribes
25.
What kinds of things did craftspeople make?
a)
Weapons only
b)
Pottery, furniture, tools, clothes and jewellery
c)
Buildings and bridges
d)
Roads and walls
26.
What was the earliest form of writing in Sumer?
a)
Pictographs
b)

ABC's

c)
Numbers
27.
What did scribes in Sumer use to write cuneiform?
a)
A stylus pressed into wet clay
b)
A pencil on papyrus
c)
Ink and paper
28.
What did people in early civilisations use number systems for?
a)
Telling stories
b)
Naming places
c)
Measuring and recording things like volume and weight
d)
Decorating buildings
29.
How were the largest loads of traded goods transported?
a)
By camel
b)
In backpacks
c)

On animals, carts or boats

d)
By sled
30.
What does the Indus Valley civilisation show about war?
a)
They had many weapons
b)
They built large armies
c)

They were peaceful and most likely didnt have wars

31.

Telephones used dots and dashes called Morse code

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

32.

 The radio was invented AFTER wooden block printing.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

33.

Bi Sheng invented the moveable type

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

Cai Lin invented papyrus

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

Rich people wore silk in the Shang Dynasty

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

A shaduf was used to lift water from a river or well.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

37.

People in the Indus Valley used flat roofs for their houses.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

38.

People in the Indus Valley often had wells in their houses.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

The Indus Valley civilisation developed near the Yellow River.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

41.

Moveable type allowed the same letter blocks to be used many times.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

42.

Who were the first creators of civilization?

a)

Romans

b)

Sumerians

c)

Egyptians

43.

What is a radio station?

a)

A place with equipment to send and receive radio signals

b)

A place with where you can watch television

c)

A place with where you can buy different types of radios

44.

a complex society that has cities, a well organized government, and workers with specialized job skills

a)

City state

b)

Civilization

c)

Society

45.

Sumer is located between the _______and ________ Rivers

a)

Tiger and Elephant

b)

Tigris and Suffering

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

46.

Who invented papyrus?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Bi Sheng

e)

The Egyptians

47.

Who invented paper?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Bi Sheng

e)

The Egyptians

48.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Bi Sheng

e)

The Egyptians

49.

Who invented the moveable type?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Bi Sheng

e)

The Egyptians

50.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Bi Sheng

e)

The Egyptians

51.

What type of code did the telegraph use?

a)

More code

b)

Mors code

c)

Morse code

52.

What type of pen is this?

a)

ballpoint pen

b)

reed or bamboo pen

c)

quill pen

d)

fountain pen

53.

What type of pen is this?

a)

ballpoint pen

b)

reed or bamboo pen

c)

quill pen

d)

fountain pen

54.

What type of mass communication is this?

a)

magazines

b)

televisions

c)

radios

d)

newspapers

55.

What type of pen is this?

a)

ballpoint pen

b)

reed or bamboo pen

c)

quill pen

d)

fountain pen

56.

This is used in __________?

a)

ballpoint pens

b)

pencils

c)

felt tip pens

d)

fountain pens