Ancient Civilizations - 7th Grade Pretest

The world's first writing systems had a complex alphabet that was used to spell certain words or phrases

How did culture and technology spread throughout the ancient world?

For most ancient civilizations, which factor was extremely important to daily life?

Once these ancient civilizations began rapidly growing, which group of people gained power?

Which Babylon leader is credited with the creation of the first set of laws?

The majority of the civilizations we will discuss in this class developed near which region?

All of the following were powerful rulers of the ancient world EXCEPT...

What was the most important resource to ancient peoples?

Which of the following is a system of trade that does NOT use currency or money?

Typically, which factor lead to the growth of ancient civilizations?

Traditionally, who held the most power in ancient societies?

What was generally the number one reason civilizations went to war?

Many early civilizations began near what type of landform?

Which groups of people usually had very little status and power in ancient civilizations?

Which of the following are the FOUR KEY Chacteristics that we study about ancient civilizations?