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Importance of Irrigation
Allows for better farmer
Helps defend the city
Makes worshiping one's religion easier
Makes trade easier
2
Pharaohs were leaders of what ancient civilization?
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
India
3
What did all of the culture hearths have in common?
They all had a beginning, a development, and an end
Their leadership was handed down through family
They all developed in the eastern hemisphere
All are correct
4
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were central to what ancient civilization?
Egypt
India
Mesopotamia
Mesoamerica
5
Early civilizations were able to stay in one place as a result of this.
Agriculture and Domestication
Religion and Temples
Bricks and Mortar
Ships and Streets
6
Why did the Chinese build the Great Wall?
They wanted to demonstrate their might
They wanted to protect against natural disasters
All are correct
They wanted to keep out invaders
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How did ancient Egyptians communicate?
Hebrew
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
Sanskrit
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Fertile land at the mouth of the river where most Egyptians lived.
Valley
Wadis
Island
Delta
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Egyptian Architecture
Straw structures
Rectangular Buildings
Large Columns
Pyramids
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Which one is correctly paired?
India--Gobi Desert
China--Tian Shan Desert
Mesopotamia--Kalahari Desert
Egypt--Sahara Desert
11
Religious temples in Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
Mansions
Quipus
Colosseums
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What culture hearth was located in the Middle East (Southwest Asia)?
China
Mesopotamia
Mesoamerica
India
13
Hammurabi was an ancient leader known for his code. Which one best describes this code?
These laws dealt with Mesopotamians
All are correct
It was a set of 282 laws
Oldest known set of written laws
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Chinese rule handed down within a family for many generations
Dynasty
Dictatorship
Empire
Democracy
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The ancient Chinese civilization developed along what large interior river?
Nile
Chang Jiang
Huang He
Yangtze
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Ancient Egyptian river...
Huang He
Indus
Nile
Euphrates
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The sum total of a people's way of life
Innovation
Religion
Hearth
Culture
18
Two rivers running through Mesopotamia
Nile and Zambezi
Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow and Yangtze
Indus and Ganges
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Cultural Diffusion
Spread of beliefs and social activities to others
Dry river bed that fills with water during rainy season
An attempt to stop the spread of misinformation
Learning about ancient relatives through story telling
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Mesoamerican civilizations
None are correct
were very similar to all the other early civilizations.
all spoke Spanish.
survived much longer than other ancient civilizations.
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The wedge-shaped communication system known as cuneiform was developed by
Egypt
India
Mesoamerica
Mesopotamia
