 Question 1

Q. A ___________ is a form of human culture in which some people live in cities, there is
some form of writing, and there are people who are skilled at using science and technology.
answer choices
civilization
religion
city
social structure
 Question 2

Q. ________ are long, narrow, flat regions of land between mountains or hills.
answer choices
Plateaus
Islands
River valleys
Deltas
 Question 3

Q. To process of using water to water crops.

answer choices
specialized
irrigation
levee
floodplain
 Question 4

Q. During many of the ancient civilizations social structures, the ______ were at the bottom.
answer choices
rulers
slaves, farmers, workers
priests
warriors
 Question 5

Q. A __________ is a set of beliefs about God or gods.

answer choices
technology
government
religion
social structure
 Question 6

Q. A ___________ is an organization that sets and enforces rules and laws for a society.
answer choices
social structure
economic system
government
religion
 Question 7
Q. An _________ is how people use their resources to meet their needs. It is how people
make, distribute and use goods and services.
answer choices
economic system
government
religion
agricultural practice
 Question 8

Q. __________ refer to how a society is organized into groups known as social classes.
answer choices
Social structure
Economic system
Religion
Agricultural practices
 Question 9

Q. __________ is made up of the tools and processes that people use to meet their needs.
answer choices
Religion
Technology
Social structure
Government
 Question 10

Q. An _________ is the way in which people grow and harvest their good or herd their
livestock (animals).
answer choices
agricultural practice
government
religion
social structure
 Question 11

Q. Mesopotamia means " ____________".

answer choices
land between two rivers
dry land that needs water
plentiful and rich farmland
HOT, HOT and HOT!
 Question 12

Q. The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are the ____________ and _________
rivers.
answer choices
Nile and Huang He
Euphrates and Tigris
Yellow and Huang He
Indus and Nile
 Question 13

Q. What famous Babylonian ruler left behind a written law or code?

answer choices
Hammurabi
King Tutankahman
Cleopatra
Sargon
 Question 14

Q. Mesopotamians were the first to develop a written language called _____________.

answer choices
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
calligraphy
alphabet
 Question 15

Q. What civilization was the first to build massive structures in the form of a terraced
pyramid?
answer choices
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
Egyptian
Indus River Valley
 Question 16

Q. Mesopotamians developed mathematics based on the number ________.

answer choices
10
100
60
50
 Question 17

Q. What civilizations was the first to plant and harvest crops for food?
answer choices
Mesopotamian
Chinese
Egyptian
Indus
 Question 18

Q. What civilization was the first to invent the wheel, the chariot and the sailboat?
answer choices
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Chinese
Indus
 Question 19
Q. _______ is located in North Africa along the Nile River.
answer choices
Egypt
India
Iraq
China
 Question 20

Q. The Egyptians called the soil deposited along the banks of the Nile the "___________"
answer choices
Gift of the Nile
Stuff left behind
mud
dirt
 Question 21

Q. The Egyptian ______ was an absolute ruler who inherited power and was treated as a God.
answer choices
pharaoh
farmer
noble
warrior
 Question 22

Q. The Egyptian economic system was based on ___________.

answer choices
agriculture
trade
gold
religion
 Question 23

Q. Egyptians developed a form of writing known as ___________.

answer choices
papyrus
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
calligraphy
 Question 24

Q. One of ancient Egyptians famous inventions was the development of ___________ from
the papyrus plant found along the Nile river,
answer choices
paper
pencils
pens
 Question 25
Q. Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods. Ancient Egyptians had a ____________
society.
answer choices
polytheistic
monotheistic
 Question 26

Q. Ancient Egyptians believed in ______________.

answer choices
life after death
karma
Eightfold Path
 Question 27

Q. The ancient Indus River Valley civilization is sometimes known as the __________
civilization.
answer choices
Harappan
Huang He
Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
 Question 28

Q. What do archeologists and historians know about the Indus River civilizations
government, religion and social structure?
answer choices
very little since they have not been able to read any of their language
they know everything since they can read all of their books
 Question 29

Q. Another name for the Huang He river.

answer choices
Yellow River
Green River
Orrville River
ΘΠΦΩΨΣ River
 Question 30

Q. Ancient Chinese priests used ________ to predict the future by interpreting messages from
the spirits of ancestors.
answer choices
oracle bones
magic eight ball
Ouija board
cards
 Question 31

Q. One of ancient China's greatest invention was the development of ______________. They
mixed copper and tin to make a stronger alloy.
answer choices
brass
bronze
copper
pewter
 Question 32

Q. The making of ________ was one of ancient China's biggest secrets. It would be
punishable by death if you told anyone!
answer choices
silk
glass
the wheel
paper
 Question 33

Q. One of the most powerful dynasties of ancient China.

answer choices
Shang
Xia
Chin
Huang He
 Question 34

Q. All four major river civilizations relied on the _______ water found in the rivers.
answer choices
fresh
salt
polluted
 Question 35

Q. All four river civilizations had similar social structures with the most powerful on the top
and the least powerful on the bottom.
answer choices
True
False
 Question 36

Q. Hunters and gatherers existed around 12,000 to 10,000 years ago.

answer choices
True
False
 Question 37

Q. People farmed and herded animals before they hunted and gathered as a way to get food.
answer choices
True
False
 Question 38
Q. Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of Civilization" because many things were first
invented there. (i.e. - wheel, plow, glass, writing, farming)
answer choices
True
False
 Question 39

Q. The time period when people began to change from hunters and gatherers to producers of
food.
answer choices
Neolithic Revolution
Daniel Revolution
American Revolution
BC
 Question 40

Q.

Early river civilizations developed along a river valley because the river provided
_____________.

answer choices

fresh water

a means of transportation

protection from invations

all of these are correct

 Question 41

Q. During many of the ancient civilizations social structures, the ______ were at the top.
answer choices
farmers
slaves
rulers, priests, military leaders
teachers

 Question 42

Q. Select one of the reasons the first civilizations developed in river valleys.
answer choices
Fresh water, flat land and fertile soil
Hot climate
an abundance of Salt water
They hunted and gathered their foods from nearby
 Question 43

Q. A Mesopotamian achievement in government and law would be Hammurabi's

Code? True or False
answer choices
false
true

 Question 44

Q. A major Mesopotamian technology achievement would be the wheel. True or False

answer choices
False
True

 Question 45

Q. What are cuneiform and hieroglyphics both examples of?

answer choices
religion
holy books
written form of communication
inventions of the Chinese

 Question 46

Q. True or False.
Early civilizations developed writing to help keep track of crops, taxes, seasons and
government affairs.
answer choices
false
true

 Question 47

Q. Rivers supplies a source of fresh water for drinking, bathing, travel and irrigation for their
crops. True or false
answer choices
true
false