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Unit 1 Ancient River Civilizations
Unit 1 Ancient River Civilizations
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1
Sumerian Artisans did what?
Led prayer
Recorded transactions
Farmed the land
Crafted artifacts of gold
2
The Sumerians temples were known as?
Pagotas
Pyramids
Ziggurats
Earthen mounds
3
The Chinese referred to their civilization as this?
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Great Yu Kingdom
Old Kingdom
4
The Akkadian king who built the first empire?
Shang-di
Namer
Hammurabi
Sargon
5
Sumerians invented wheeled carts, algebra, 60 min, & this naval item?
Barges
Sail
Oars
Rudder
6
In Mohenjo-Daro the largest building was a what?
Priest Temple
King's tomb
Emporer's Palace
Great Bath
7
Sumerian authors wrote this great literature title?
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Book of the Dead
The Travels of Oden
The Art of War
8
He was the first King to unite both Upper and Lower Egypt.
Hammurabi
Yu
Namer
Ka
9
Egyptian ruin came at the hands of these outside invaders called?
Shang
Mongols
Assyrians
Hyksos
10
It took 10,000 men more than 12 years to build these for the Shang city of Zhengzhou
Wooden houses
Water canals
Earthen Walls
Iron gates
11
This stone was the clue to deciphering hieroglyphics.
Yangtze Stone
Rosetta Stone
Blarney Stone
Stone of the Dead
12
China's Yellow River's nickname is what?
Middle Kingdom Manic
China's Sorrow
Yangtze Loess
Shang Di Destroyer
13
The most amazing thing about the Indus Valley civilization is?
War like conqurers
Easy translatable records
Expansionists
Peaceful
14
China's first Dynasty was ruled by whu?
Qin
Yu
Zhou
Shang
15
With no strong emperor, the later years of the Zhou Dynasty came to an end and were known as:
The Mandated Hell
The Warring States
The Peace Dynasty
The Chi Zhou Xia
16
The two rivers of the ancient Indus river valley were the Indus and ?
Ganges
Yangtze
Huang He
Euphartes
17
Chinese artisans made bronzeworking and this famous?
Stone carving
Silk weaving
Teak carving
Marble statues
18
When different dynasties would take over, the new ruler had divine approval called?
Mandate of Heaven
Hand of Heaven
Seal of Shang Di
Blessed Yin & Yang
19
Which river influenced Egypt?
Yellow
Ganges
Nile
Tigris
20
This is the central social institution of Chinese culture?
Family
Work
Shang Di
Oracle Bones
21
Ancient Egypt contained pyramids, sphinx, pharaohs, and what?
craved seals
Shang Di
Mummies
Ziggurats
22
The Huang He deposited silt called
Leess
Xia
Loess
Yangtze
23
Hammurabi is most famous for what?
Code of Laws
Rosetta Stone
Building the pyramids
Uniting Egypt
24
The Indian subcontinent is impacted by these massive rains called?
Hurricanes
Tidal waves
Tsunami
Monsoons
25
Sumerians religion worshiped many gods, this is known as?
Dualtheistic
Theocracy
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
26
Hammurabi codes were strict and based on what?
Loose
Unknown
social equals
Unuiform
27
This type of political system has lords/kings granting the use of land for tribute and service
Feudalism
Shang Di
Taklimakan
Monsoon
28
The Indus Valley civilization is also called this?
Mesoamerican
Shang
Harrapan
Mesopotamia
29
Mohenjo-Daro city had this unique feature for its time?
Brick walls & entrapments
Elaborate tombs & palaces
Plumbing & sewers
Earthen walls & fire pits
30
Sumerians first writing system contained a reed stylist & clay tablet, called what?
Hieroglyphics
Sandscript
Cuneiform
Papyrus
31
This star helped the Egyptians develop a calendar of 365 days.
Sirius
Kochab
Alpha Draco
Orion
32
The two rivers of the China Dynasties are?
Tigris & Euphrates
Indus & Ganges
Nile & Kush
Huang He & Yangtze
33
Chinese religion used Oracle Bones to consult with dead ancestors and who?
Ka
Dizang
Shang Di
Guanyin
34
The Sumerians lived where?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Africa
Mesoamerica
35
The Sumerians were what?
Best preserved civilization
Least known civilization
Youngest civilization
Oldest known civilization
36
Egyptian medicine practiced all but this?
minor surgery
splints for broken bones
shots of penicillin
taking pulse
37
Historians describe the rise, fall, and replacement of dynasties as the
Shang Di
Dynastic Cycle
Dynostics Cycle
China's Sorrow
38
The Zhou dynasty used blast furnaces to produce weapons made from what?
Iron
Gold
Copper
Bronze
39
The two rivers of the Sumerian civilization are?
Indus & Ganges
Tigris & Euphrates
Yellow & Yangtze
Nile & Lower Nile
40
The Zhou dynasty used these to improve trade and make it easier?
Common spoken word
Elaborate Seals
Oracle Bones
Coins