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First 4 Ancient River Civilizations
First 4 Ancient River Civilizations
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This is all about the ancient civilizations that began in river valleys. Good luck!
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1
The Great Wall was what ancient civilization's achievement?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
Indus River Valley (India)
2
Who's the legendary Mesopotamian king who ruled Uruk and became part of the world's earliest book?
Babylon
Sumer
Gilgamesh
King Tut
3
What were built to house the pharaoh's bodies after death?
Pyramids
Temples
Shrines
Sphinxs
4
What civilization wrote the first story in history called "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
China
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley (India)
Egypt
5
What did ancient Chinese writing did priests use to communicate with the gods?
Pharaohs
Papyrus
Shang Di
Oracle Bones
6
What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Mummification
Evaporation
Crusification
Meditation
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What civilizaiton practiced Hinduism and Buddism?
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley (India)
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What kind of writing did the ancient Mesopotamians use?
inscribing
hierogliphics
cuneiform
pictograghs
9
What was the early civilization that had the first carefully planned 'grid system' cities?
Egypt
Shang
Indus Valley
Bejing
10
If a flood, famine, or drought happened in China, the Dynasty was replaced. What is this called?
Mandate of Heaven
Loess
Shang
Dynastic cycle
11
Another name for the area of Mesopotamia is called what?
Peru
Bejing
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
12
What for of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?
hierogliphics
cuneiform
magic
pictographs
13
What were the rulers of Ancient Egypt called who were believed to have god-like powers?
Ra
Pharaoh
Emperer
Bishop
14
What was a series of rulers from the same family called?
Gilgamesh
Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Kingdom
15
What were the seasonal winds that dominated India's climate and affect crops called?
Monsoons
Tornadoes
Typhoons
Huricanes
16
What is the Belief in many gods?
monotheism
polytheism
cuneiform
judeism
17
Where were the ancient pyramids located?
Egypt
Indus River Valley (India)
China
Mesopotamia
18
What continent was ancient Indus River Valley and China on?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
19
What civilization was the first to use coined money?
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley (India)
Egypt
China
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What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire in Mesopotamia?
Chang Jian
Hammurabi
King Tut
Shang
