TRMS December Grizzly League: 7th Grade Social Studies

Question 1

7. What were the Egyptian pyramids made of?

Accepted Answer

Stone

Question 2

3. Which of these isn't a characteristic of a civilization?

Accepted Answer

Snacks

Question 3

16. Which civilization mummified their dead to reach the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 4

20. What is the name of temples used in ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Ziggurat

Question 5

17. Which sea was important to Egypt and Greece’s survival?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 6

13. What does Pandora’s Box refer to?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

2. What writing system did the Sumerians invent?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 8

1. Why was the Fertile Crescent a good place to settle?

Accepted Answer

The rich soil

Question 9

19. The name ‘Mesopotamia’ means…

Accepted Answer

Between Two Rivers

Question 10

18. Which Greek city-state had an oligarchy?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 11

10. What is a city-state?

Accepted Answer

A city and its surrounding area with its own government and culture

Question 12

14. What geographic term describes the shape of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Peninsula

Question 13

9. Which of these ancient civilizations was settled on a peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 14

15. Who did the Greek city-states unite to fight against?

Accepted Answer

Persia

Question 15

11. What type of government did Athens have?

Accepted Answer

Direct Democracy

Question 16

5. Mesopotamians were polytheistic, meaning they worshipped

Accepted Answer

Multiple gods

Question 17

12. Which Greek city-state was known for its military culture and warrior society?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 18

4. Which two rivers ran through the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 19

6. What river was the lifeline for the Ancient Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 20

8. What did the Egyptians use as paper?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus plant

Questions 20