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A quiz to remember certain common features of ancient civilizations
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Which of the following is NOT true about the Nile River.
Without the Nile, Ancient Egypt would not have existed.
It shaped Ancient Egyptian religion and government.
It was slow-moving and navigable, which was good for trade.
The Nile River flooded unpredictably.
2
Indus Valley civilization is in what is now ...
Pakistan and Bangladesh today.
India and Bangladesh today.
Pakistan and southeast India today.
Pakistan and northwest India today.
3
The oldest form of writing usually done in clay tablets are like ...
Etchings
Pictures
Ideas
Alphabets
4
What was historically significant about the Indus Valley Civilization?
They developed taxes, trade, & writing before Mesopotamians.
They were much more peaceful than the Mesopotamians.
They developed many modern farming techniques we use today.
They were the only undefeated civilization.
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What is NOT a feature of civilization?
People have religious belief and practices, temples & idols.
People set up government & rules to maintain law and order.
People had economic systems, using money & writing records.
People used violence and killed each other all the time.
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Mesopotamia means...
Land without rivers
Land between 2 rivers
Land within all rivers
Land over all rivers
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Mesopotamia was between the ...
Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Tigris and Nile Rivers.
Indus Valley and Huanghe rivers.
Huanghe and Nile Rivers.
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What human developments were made in Ancient Mesopotamia?
The first use of trade.
The first use of taxes.
All of these.
The first use of writing.
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What is another historical name for The Fertile Crescent?
The Valley of the Dead
The Cradle of Civilization.
The Mesopotamian Delta.
The Breadbasket of Culture.
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The world's first civilization started in around...
4000 AD/CE
2000 BC/BCE
4000 BC/BCE
2000 AD/CE
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These great buildings built by ancient Egyptians are called?
Parthenon
Temples
Pyramids
Sphinx
12
What was NOT true of prehistoric people?
They lived in caves or huts in small groups and used tools.
They did NOT have fixed laws, violence was common.
They left written records with cave paintings.
They exchanged goods(barter), they had no money.
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Civilizations developed at valleys with plenty of water because...
There were less diseases in these areas.
It was easy to farm and get water for drinking.
People could earn money from boating.
It was easy to run away from trouble.
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Where was Ancient Mesopotamia located?
In modern-day Egypt and the area of Palestine/Israel
In modern-day Greece and Turkey.
In modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria
On the border of modern-day India and Pakistan.
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Who invented the oxcart, an ancient means of transport in Ancient India (Indus Valley)?
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
Sumerians
Dravidians
