Intro to Ancient Civilizations

Question 1

True or False: In China, each terra cotta soldier is unique.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 2

Which of these items did Egypt invent?

Accepted Answer

calendar

Question 3

What animal did the Aryans think were sacred?

Accepted Answer

cows

Question 4

What geographic feature does China NOT have?

Accepted Answer

rain forests

Question 5

What did Hammurabi call his code of laws?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 6

Which direction should each head face in an Indus Valley burial site?

Accepted Answer

north

Question 7

What two rivers flowed through Ancient China?

Accepted Answer

Yangtze and Yellow Rivers

Question 8

Who was the first emperor of China?

Accepted Answer

Qin Shi Huang

Question 9

What does "hieroglyphs" mean in Greek?

Accepted Answer

sacred carvings

Question 10

True or False: The Indus Valley Civilization had a matriarchal society.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 11

What process did the Egyptians use to preserve the body for the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

mummification

Question 12

True or False: The Great Wall of China was built during one dynasty.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

What river flows through Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 14

What wonder of the ancient world did Nebuchadnezzar create for his wife?

Accepted Answer

the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 15

What does "Mesopotamia" mean in Greek?

Accepted Answer

Between the rivers

Question 16

What country is China slightly smaller than?

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 17

Which of these people was a female pharaoh?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 18

What did the Egyptians call their land?

Accepted Answer

Kemet

Question 19

What is the area around the rivers in Mesopotamia known as?

Accepted Answer

the fertile crescent

Question 20

What job did scribes NOT help with?

Accepted Answer

create the papyrus they would write on

Question 21

True or False: The Yellow River actually had a yellow tint.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What does "Mohenjo-Dara" mean?

Accepted Answer

Hill of the Dead

Question 23

What book did the Aryans use to worship their gods?

Accepted Answer

the Vedas

Question 24

Who was the ruler in Mesopotamia who united Mesopotamia under one government?

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Intro to Ancient Civilizations

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Intro to Ancient Civilizations

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