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WorksheetsChapter 2 Test Review
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
What river was the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization built around?
Nile River
Yellow River
Tigris River
Indus River
Which was one of the major cities in the Indus Valley?
Babylon
Harappa
Thebes
Ninevah
What major architectural work was built in Mohenjo-daro?
The Great Bath
The Great Wall
The Great Hall
The Great Tower
What were the cities of the Indus River Valley like? (two answers here)
They were unplanned messes.
They were laid out in a grid pattern.
They had drainage and sewer systems.
They had uneven brick homes.
The mountains to the north of India are called..
The Rocky Mountains
The Andes Mountains
The Himalayas
Caucasus Mountains
What or Who is Mohenjo-Daro?
an ancient Indian Warrior
an ancient Persian spiritual leader
an ancient Aryan game
an ancient Indus River Valley City
What types of religion do the people of Indus River Valley practice?
Christianity & Hinduism
Islamic & Buddhism
Buddhism & Hinduism
Hinduism & Christianity
Which monsoon brought needed rain to the Indus Valley?
summer
winter
What is a citadel?
a fortified area in a city
a place to store grains
a special temple
a market place
What is a granary?
a place for domesticated animals to live
a place for making stone seals
a place for worship
a place to store surplus crops
What advanced technology was developed in the Indus River Valley cities?
sewer system and plumbing
iron plows and weapons
bronze weapons and irrigation
Why were the seasonal monsoons favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization?
Brought rain that watered crops
Deposited fertilizer to grow crops
People did not want to live in the terrible climate
Why was the Indus River so favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization?
It brought rain to the area
It was hard to cross
It deposited silt in the valley making it fertile for farming
What is a pyramid- shaped structure with a temple at the top called?
Temple
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Nebuchadnezzar
_______ studied the ancient system of writing known as cuneiform.
scribes
tribes
astronomers
farmers
The ________ army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers.
Babylonians
Sumerians
Chaldeans
Assyrian
Sargon created the world's first _____ that lasted more than 200 years.
stone block
empire
mud brick
language
Sumerians had to trade with other people to obtain most of their ________.
metal
gold
copper
grass
Who wrote a legal code that covered most of areas of daily life?
Hammurabi
Nineveh
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
What group did Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers and fishers make up?
lower class
middle class
upper class
no class
Who created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
A large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler
Ziggurat
Empire
City-State
Polytheism
The first Empire was called
Akkad
Babylon
Assyria
Chaldea
Two major rivers in Mesopotamia
Sacramento and American
Tigris and Nile
Euphrates and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
A large arc of rich, fertile farmland that extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
Fertile Crescent
Canal
Euphrates
Tigris
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Irrigation
Suplus
Silt
Epics
The believe in many gods
Irrigation
Surplus
Polygon
Polytheism
A pyramid shaped temple
Irrigation
Canal
Ziggurat
Scribe
a place to store food surplus
one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days
Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?
The temperature is warm
The sand is soft
Protection
Easy to navigate
What type of government did ancient Egypt have?
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Theocracy
Democracy
Ancient Egypt was isolated because of its ___________.
economy
geography
religion
government
The process of preserving a body using salts and spices
maranade
soaking
embalming
papyrus
A cataract is
a type of canal
a large waterfall
a male camel
a large mountain
Pharaoh is
a mummified body
a king in ancient Egypt
a place where mummies are stored
an area in Egypt
Hieroglyphs are
pictures of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems.
mythic creatures in the temples of Egypt.
wedge shaped symbols that were used as a form of writing.
the points on the tops of pyramids.
Mummification gives us insight into which part of ancient Egyptian society?
Religious beliefs
Economy
Geography
Government Structure
Egyptians created mummies because they believed that
the soul needed to recognize the body to reunite with it in the after-life.
the process of mummification created jobs that helped make the economy strong and vibrant.
mummification was one of the requirements for a positive outcome on the day of judgement.
mummies were beautiful works of art.
