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1
How was the Nile River of Egypt better for settlement than the other civilizations' rivers?
It was not different than the other rivers
it carried silt
The Egyptians were able to predict the floods
It was a longer river
2
What geographic feature do all Early River Valley Civilizations share?
Rivers
Deserts
Basins
Mountains
3
Why was writing more common in ancient Egypt than Mesopotamia
Egyptians were able to use papyrus
Mesopotamia made laws against writing
Egyptains were more advanced
Mesopotamians never developed writing
4
Which group of people founded Judiaism?
Harrapans
Sumerians
Hebrews
Egyptians
5
What form of government has a monarch as a leader
Monarchy
Mesopotamia
Theocracy
Dynasty
6
a rectangular stepped tower, with a temple on top.
Ziggurat
pyramid
irrigation
Hammurabi's Code
7
What's the Babylonian legal code made by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil laws.
Hammurabi's Code
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Ziggurat
8
Which of the following is the belief in one god?
ziggurat
monotheism
atheism
polytheism
9
What type of government is combined with religion?
dynasty
mandate from heaven
monarchy
theocracy
10
Job specialization is the result of which of the following?
democratic ideals
economic equality
creation of a common language
Food surplus due to agriculture
11
What is any developed society with government, religion, systems of writing, and job specialization
Civilization
Neolithic Revolution
Nomadic
Culture
12
Which civilization had cities with planned roads, plumbing and a sewage?
Ancient China
Indus River Valley (Harrapan)
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
13
What ancient region in West Asia lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Indus River Valley
Egypt
Judea
Mesopotamia
14
Which of the following is the first form of written communication for Mesopotamia?
pictograms
cuneiform
Harappan India
heiroglyphics
15
What is fertile soil carried by running water and left on land by floods
Ziggurat
Silt
Mesopotamia
clay
16
What is considered Hammurabi's greatest accomplishment?
created the Sumerian Empire
development of written law
defeating China
reorganizing the tax system
17
How did mountains and deserts impact the development of Ancient China?
law breakers were exiled to the desert
kept them isolated from other civilizations
the used melted snow in order to grow crops
The were the only civilization to develop away from rivers
18
Women's job become more specific due to what advancement?
nomadic hunter-gathering
religion
Hammurabi's Code
Neolithic Revolution
19
The Torah is the sacred writing of which group?
Sumerians
Hebrews
Egyptians
Chinese
20
Name the change of human cultures from nomadic tribes hunting and gathering to agriculture cities settled in one place
Civilization
Culture
5 Characteristics of Civilization
Neolithic Revolution
21
What is the wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia?
pictograms
heiroglyphs
papyrus
cuneiform
22
Why did the Jewish people leave Canaan to Egypt?
Hebrews rejected their traditions
Hebrews sought a homeland of their own
Hebrews built a large navy
Hebrews lost a war
23
Which of the following traits are part of a civilization
government
Hunting and gathering
Record Keeping (writing)
religion
24
The way of life for a group of people
Culture
Civilization
Silt
5 Characteristics of Civilization
25
What is one way we know Pharaohs were considered powerful in Ancient Egypt?
there were the most powerful warriors
they were elected by popular vote
They were considered living images of God on Earth
the were the best farmers
26
Which was the first city-state of Mesopotamia
Akkad
Assyria
Egypt
Sumer
27
Which of the following is a pyramid?
Empty choice
Empty choice
Empty choice
Empty choice
28
Egyptian gods, clothing, writing and architecture found in other civilizations is an example of what?
cultural diffusion
pharaoh
a gift of the Nile
theocracy
29
What was the cause of an increase in food supply?
the life of settled agricultural villages
security from nomadic homes
trade with others
increased hunting and gathering
30
Citizens became subject to to written laws is an impact of which of the following Early River Valley Civilizations
Indus River Valley plumbing
Oracle Bones
Hammurabi's Code
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
31
What provided favorable growing conditions in the Fertile Crescent?
Rivers
wild game for hunting
Deserts
trade
32
What marker do archeologists use to divide early time periods?
the system of goverment
the level of economic activity
the materials used for tools
the languages that were spoken
