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Quiz over Mesopotamia, Ancient China and Indus Valley
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1
Which civilization worshipped and prayed to Gods in a ziggurat?
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
Indus Valley
2
Which civilization did not emphasize differences in social classes?
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
3
How did writing create a greater divide between social classes?
Writing included recording taxes, which related to farmers
People would record negative information about lower classes
Only the higher social classes were taught to read and write
Scribes wrote badly about lower social classes
4
Which civilization(s) had city walls for defense?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
5
Which civilization had an Emperor as a ruler?
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
Indus Valley
6
Which civilization is located in current day India and Pakistan?
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
7
Which civilization believed their family members would become Gods?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
8
What was the purpose of a drainage and sewage system?
To irrigate their crops
To improve transportation
To collect taxes
To carry waste and dirty water away from their homes
9
Which feature of civilization is described: ranking of people based on job, wealth or family
religion
government
social classes
arts and architecture
10
Which civilization had a strict moral code known as Hammurabi's Code?
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient China
11
What was the main economic activity of ancient civilizations?
farming
services
trade
manufacturing
12
What is located around a river that makes it ideal for farming?
irrigation
fertile soil
animals
fertilizer
13
Which civilization do we know the least about because we cannot decode their writing?
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
Indus Valley
14
Which civilization had an advanced drainage and sewage system?
Ancient China
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
15
Which feature of civilization does this describe: projects done to serve the people
arts and architecture
cities
public works
religion
16
Which civilization used wells to get fresh water from the ground?
Ancient China
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
17
Which civilization invented the wheel, making transportation quicker and easier?
Indus Valley
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
18
Which civilization was the first to develop writing on clay tablets called cuneiform?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
19
Who worked on public works projects?
military
farmers
slaves
priests
20
Which civilization still uses a system of writing similar to Ancient times?
India (Indus Valley)
Iraq (Mesopotamia)
China (Ancient China)
21
Which civilization communicated with their Gods using oracle bones?
Indus Valley
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
22
Which of the following was the most important feature for the development of civilizations?
A river
Writing
Temples
A ruler
23
What is NOT something that all three civilizations had in common?
They had a military
They had a system of writing
They believed in an afterlife
They used canals to irrigate crops
24
Which civilization was located in current day Iraq?
Ancient China
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
25
Which civilization worshipped or prayed to Gods privately at home?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
26
How did Mesopotamians, Indus Valley and Ancient Chinese irrigate their crops?
wells
a Great Bath
using canals
a sprinkler system
27
Which feature of civilization is described: people work different jobs based on skills
social class
job specialization
writing
government
28
Which civilization was known for creating silk and crafts out of Bronze?
Indus Valley
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
29
Which civilization had a Great Bath where they bathed themselves of wrongdoings?
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient China
30
Which civilization used personal seals when trading?
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
Indus Valley
