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Ancient River Civilizations Review
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This is all about the ancient civilizations that began in river valleys. Good luck!
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Early economies were based on
agriculture
central banks
coin money
trade guilds
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What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire?
Chang Jian
Shang
King Tut
Hammurabi
3
Who's the famous king who created the world's first empire?
Hammurabi
Sargon
King Tut
Nefertitti
4
What's it called when royal family and nobles are granted use of land belonging to the king?
Polytheism
Empire
Feudalism
Digging
5
What is the rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers called?
Loess
Mandate of Heaven
Shang
Dynastic cycle
6
Hammurabi is known for -
writing the Epic Gilgamesh
establishing a set of harsh laws
conquering India
developing the first cuneiform writing
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Which ancient River was known as the "river of sorrows"?
Huang He
Nile River
Tigris RIver
Indus RIver
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What did ancient Chinese priests use to communicate with the gods?
Papyrus
Pharaohs
Oracle Bones
Shang Di
9
This type of government best describes early Mesopotamia
provinces
independent city-states
colonies
two kingdoms
10
What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Evaporation
Mummification
Meditation
Crusification
11
What is the Belief in many gods?
judeism
polytheism
cuneiform
monotheism
12
What was a series of rulers from the same family called?
Kingdom
Dynasty
Gilgamesh
Duck Dynasty
13
What was the primary reason that civilization developed in the Nile Valley, Mesopotamia, and China?
good architects lived there
the soil was fertile for farming
important centers for learning were in the valley
empires could form
14
What for of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?
magic
hierogliphics
cuneiform
pictographs
15
Which is the area in SW Asia that civilization first arose?
Egypt
Bejing
Peru
Fertile Crescent
16
What is a ruler who is believed to have godlike powers called?
Emperer
Pharaoh
Bishop
Ra
17
Where did the world's oldest cities first appear?
Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Egypt
Indus
China
18
What for of writing did the ancient Chinese use?
hierogliphics
inscribing
models
pictograghs
19
Who overthrew the Shang dynasty around 1027 B.C.?
Zhou
Qin
Xia
Shang
20
What river gave rise to Egyptian society?
Nile
Huang He
Indus
Euphrates
21
Ancient Egyptian society can best be desribed as having ..
forbids unequal treatment of its citizens
strict social hiearchy
citizens being equal
rulers treat everyone equally
22
Achievements of early Egyptians include all of the following except:
a 365 day calendar
advanced medical practices
irrigation systems
development of cuneiform writing
23
What were built to house the pharaoh's bodies after death?
Pyramids
Shrines
Sphinxs
Temples
24
What were the ancient pyramids used for?
Parties
Tombs
Temples
School
25
What is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another called?
Mandate of Heaven
Loess
Cultural Diffusion
Oracle Bones
26
Who was the first ruler of united Egypt?
Nermal
William the Conquerer
Jon
Narmer
