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1
Which two mountain ranges isolate the Indus River Valley?
Alps and Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush and Rockies
Hindu Kush and Himalayas
Himalayas and Andes
2
In Ancient Egypt, a dynasty was?
A brutish warrior who protected the king
A line of rulers from one family
A well-respected ruler
The New England Patriots
3
What four cities made up the River Valley Civilization?
Dallas, Columbus, Washington DC, Chicago
China, England, Russia, Africa
Australia, San Antonio, Austin, Laredo
Egypt, China, India, Mesoptamia
4
Which one ISNS’T a river valley civilization
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome
Ancient India
Ancient China
5
Where was Ancient Egypt located?
Eastern Africa
Northern Europe
Northern Africa
Southern Asia
6
Feudalism is...
How much money someone has
A traditional religion
Electing officials to important government jobs
The exchange of land for labor and loyalty
7
Monsoon refers to:
Seasonal winds that causes months of heavy rains in Asia
when the Himalayan Mountains melt and send water downstream
Droughts that result from lack of rain
8
How did the loess help the people of China?
when the river swelled, it turned it yellow
when the river flooded, it made the ground swampy
all of the above
when the river flooded, it fertilized the surrounding soil
9
The writing of Ancient Egypt was called
English
Hieroglyphics
hirographics
Arabic
10
Which one was NOT a job specialization of early civilizations?
farmers
craftworkers
merchants
mechanics
11
Was mummification common in ancient egypt's society?
True
False
12
Why did most ancient civilizations begin in river valleys?
the weather was better in valleys
there were fewer fires in valleys
water was available for crops
for defensive purposes
13
The earliest known civilizations, like Sumer, arose in this river valley.
Hang He River Valley
Indus River
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nile River
14
Why did the first civilizations develop along river valleys?
Provided water for irrigation
All of the above
Provided transportation
Provided fertile soil for crops
15
Which civilization developed along the Nile River?
Egypt
Greece
Persia
China
16
Who controlled Ancient Egypt?
Emperor
A God/Goddess
A Pharaoh
A king
17
What is an accomplishment of the Indus River Valley Civilizations?
Pyramids
Use of predictable flooding
Uniform-size bricks
Sphynx
18
What river did the early Chinese civilization emerge along?
Euphrates
tigris
Yellow
Blue
19
How many deities does ancient Egypt have
21
6
74
Over 2000
20
What was the one negative feature of settling in a river valley?
difficulty to farm
very little fertile soil
soil erosion resulting from annual rainfall of over 100 inches
catastrophic floods that destroyed crops and villages
21
In which direction does the Nile river flow?
North to south through eastern Africa
North to south through northern Africa
South to north through northern Africa
South to north through eastern Africa
22
The Indus River Valley is found on which continent?
Asia
India
Eurasia
Pakistan
23
What did the Ancient Egyptians invent an early form of?
Musical instrument
Ink
Lightbulb
Paper
24
The Dynastic Cycle explains:
How long each Emperor could rule.
Why the location of Capital Cities changed.
The rise and fall of Dynasties.
Why women could not be Emperors
25
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
A way of coding secret messages
A type of computer language
A written set of laws
A means of communicating using drums
26
What religion first emerged in the Indus River civilization?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Pharaoh worship
Hinduism
27
Ancient Egypt had pharaohs, but ancient China had ____________.
scribes
warriors
emperors
kings
28
What was the First Dynasty in Ancient China?
Tang
Ming
Zhou
Han
29
How did a wheel help early civilizations?
attached to carts
made it easier to move things
30
The Nile river benefited Egptian civilization by doing this.
Providing a mode of travel for traders
Depositing rich silt deposits on the flood plain every year
Both B and C
Bringing magic babies to its banks
31
Which of the four River Valley Civilizations was the largest?
Akkad
Indus Valley Culture
Egypt
Ur
32
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The name of a legendary dragon from Chinese mythology
A concept that said rulers were given authority to rule from the gods
A set of laws that were dictated from the gods
What the Ancient Chinese called their king
33
Which of the following cities belong to the Indus River Valley civilizations?
Sumer and Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Happier and Daro
Ur and Mohenjo-Daro
34
What was the dynastic cycle in China?
The change in weather
Changes in ruling families due to natural disasters and war
the idea that ancestors control natural phenomena
the circle of life
35
Oracle bones are
Bones from making soup.
Bones used to predict the future.
Bones from dinosaures
Bones from making soups
36
Who was Hammurabi?
Babylonian King, wrote many laws
A king of Egypt
A lowly peasant
The scribe who create laws
37
In Ancient Egypt worship this animal
Dog
Horse
Cat
They worshiped no animals
38
Why were river floods a welcome event for early Indus River Valley people?
floods left behind rich soil
floods helped clean dirt out of their towns
floods provided drinking water for the whole year
floods stopped foreign invaders
39
What is a characteristic of the Indus Valley civilizations?
Cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots.
Cities were always at war
Cities were designed without thinking
Cities were planned with plumbing and sewage systems.
40
How do you read Harrapan writing?
We can't read it
Rosetta Stone
Cunieform
Left to Right
41
How did farming change the way early people lived?
They built schools.
They moved from place to place.
They settled in one place.
They stopped eating meat.
42
Why were governments created during early civilization?
to better manage cities
to better manage agriculture
to control and organize a society.
to show people who was boss.
43
Which civilization developed along the Yellow River?
India
China
Egypt
Rome
44
All early civilizations were built
Near an ocean
On a mountain
Where they were protected by a natural boundary
Near a river
45
Which was not a river that created Mesopotamia?
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
46
What were the advantages of settling in a river valley?
Protection and warm climate
Farmland,floods,fertile soil
Protection,Temperate climate,water
Fertile soil(silt),Water supply, trade, transport goods
47
Early farmers in the Indus Valley produced
the citadel
only rice
food from poor soil
a surplus of food
48
Which geographic feature isolated Egyptians from other civilizations?
Sahara Desert
Red Sea
Nile River
Atlas Mountains
49
Why were the early civilizations of the Nile River, Mesopotamia, and the Yellow River similar?
they were monotheistic
they were dependent on each other for trade
they were dependent on fertile soil
they were industrialized
50
What are the four river valley civilizations?
American, Brazilian, Mesopotamia, Indus
Indus, Mesopotamia, Chinese, Canadian
Indus, Mesopotamia, Chinese, Egypt
Arabian, Egypt, Chinese, Russian
51
Which civilization developed along the Indus River?
China
Greece
India
Persia
52
Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?
establishing representative democracies
constructing Hindu temples
building floating gardens to grow corn
developing a writing system using cuneiform
53
In Ancient China, how were oracle bones used?
To announce a new dynasty
To teach scholars how to write
To predict the future
To send messages to other war lords
54
Which one is NOT a system of writing that civilizations used?
calligraphy
symbols
pictures
drawing
55
Both Mesopotamia and Indus River Valley Civilizations were __________________ with religion
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Atheistic
Agricultural
56
Where is the Nile River located?
India
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
57
Religions of early civizations were in this category.
monotheism
animism
polytheism
atheism
