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Early Civilization, Egypt, Mesopotamia
Where was Upper Egypt located?
BC means Before Christ.
Early Civilization, Egypt, Mesopotamia
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BC means Before Christ.
True
False
2
Where was Upper Egypt located?
West
East
North
South
3
The Sumerians developed hieroglyphics.
False
True
4
What were the four River Valley Civilizations?
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus, Yellow
Giza, Alexandria, Aswan, Dubai
Babylon, Jerusalem, Cairo, Shanghai
Kalcutta, Mumbia, Chennia, Alexandria
5
Which Mesopotamian ruler unified the region?
Ashurbanipal
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
6
Where was Cheops' tomb located?
Alexandria
Giza
Ur
Cairo
7
How do archaeologists learn about the past?
ancient writing
all the above
modern technology
artifacts
8
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
primary sources = historians, secondary sources = first hand accounts
primary sources = first hand accounts, secondary sources = historians
primary sources = translations, secondary sources = Cuneiform
primary sources = elementary school, secondary sources = middle school
9
Why did ancient Egyptians practice mummification?
They aimed to create a form of art for their tombs.
they believed that the bodies would be needed in the after life
to preserve bodies for study by future generations
to preserve bodies for study by future generations
10
The Egyptians invented papyrus.
True
False
11
AD means Anno Domini.
True
False
12
Where are the eight characteristics of a civilization?
all of the answers
job specialization, social classes, arts & architecture
cities, organized governments, complex religions
public works, writing
13
Pyramids tell us that Egyptians believed in the afterlife, believed that pharaohs were gods and were skilled craftsmen.
True
False
14
Why was the Fertile Crescent called the fertile crescent?
the Nile River ran through it in an arc
Mesopotamians built skyscrapers in the shape of crescents
plants grew easily, and areas was the shape of a crescent moon
farmers used crescent shaped sickles to harvest their crops
15
What was the main consequence of the annual flooding of the Nile River?
enriched the soil
destroyed the crops
increased trade
caused famine
16
The limited amount of land in Sumer caused the city-states to fight each other.
False
True
17
The unifications of Egypt and Mesopotamia were similar because they were united through peaceful treaties.
False
True
18
How were Egyptian and Mesopotamian social institutions similar?
monotheistic, relied on hunting, and had strict class hierarchies
focused on maritime activities, extensive cultural exchanges
centralized monarchy, a strong military, and constructed large architecture
polytheistic, farmers, used irrigation and metal tools, written languages
19
Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh should be elected.
False
True
20
The Egyptians developed cuneiform.
False
True
21
Which rivers are in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Missippi and Grand
Nile and Jordan
Yellow and Yangtze
22
Where did the first civilization begin?
Egypt
America
India
Fertile Crescent
23
Why did Egyptian and Mesopotamian fathers want their sons to become scribes?
allow them to move up in society, avoid hard labor, and gain privileges
train them in the arts and music
prepare them for farming and agriculture
ensure they would become warriors and protect kingdom
24
The following are Sumerian technical advances:
wheel, plow, seed drill.
printing, gunpowder, compass
aqueducts, roads, concrete buildings
dentistry, ruler, Pythagorean theorem
25
What were the roles of men and women in Sumer?
men were leaders, women stayed home with children
men stayed home, women were leaders
men wove mats, women knit blankets
men created art, women worked in the fields
26
Egypt greatly needed wood.
True
False
27
Which geographical feature was vital to early civilizations?
valleys
rivers
mountains
deserts
28
Papyrus last longer than stone tablets.
True
False
29
Which social class allowed a person to move up the scale?
farmers
scribes
artisans
priests
30
Similarities between the early farming settlements are farming, tools, decorative items, advanced cultures.
False
True
31
Mesopotamia means between valleys.
False
True
32
Ziggurats were Mesopotamian temples.
True
False
33
During which period in ancient Egyptian history were the pyramids built?
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Ptolemaic Era
