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River Valleys: Fertile Crescent and Egypt
River Valleys: Fertile Crescent and Egypt
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Phoenicians, Mesopotamia, River Valleys, Egypt
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1
Monotheism means
belief in many gods
belief in one god
2
The importance of rivers in the ancient civilizations:
was key to their survival
made life more complicated, so they were not important
was just a coincidence
3
Egypt is located on this continent of
Asia
Middle East
Africa
Europe
4
Religion in Mesopotamia and Egypt was affected by
all of these
their lack of scientific understanding of nature
their attempts to understand and explain nature
uncertain flooding of the rivers
5
In Egypt, the gods were seen as
unimportant
protective
punishing
severe
6
The ________ in Mesopotamia were religious temples built as earthly homes for _______________
ziggurats;gods
ziggurats;pharaohs
pyramids;pharaohs
pyramids;gods
7
All of these are pictographs EXCEPT
Hieroglyphics
Alphabet
Chinese characters
Cuneiform
8
Mesopotamia is located in modern day
Iraq
Egypt
Iran
Europe
9
Which invading group of Mesopotamia was the most tolerant?
Assyrians
Persians
Hittites
Chaldeans
10
The leaders in Egypt were known as
elders
kings
monarchs
pharaohs
11
The river(s) in Egypt are:
Euphrates
B and C
Tigris
Nile
12
Which king is associated with the Babylonian Captivity and the Hanging Gardens?
Nebuchandnezzar
Solomon
Sargon
Hammurabi
13
Judaism originated in
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
14
Cuneiform comes from
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
India
15
the main river(s) in India are
Ganges and Indus
Tigris and Ganges
Tigris and Brahmaputra
Indus and Huang he
16
The father of Judaism was
Moses
the pharaohs
David
Abraham
17
These are known as the __________ and they can be found in _____________
ziggurats;Mesopotamia
ziggurats;Egypt
pyramids;Mesopotamia
pyramids;Egypt
18
Which prophet began a religion that focused on opposing forces?
Zoraster
Moses
Abraham
Gilgamesh
19
In Mesopotamia the river(s) is
Ganges & Indus
Nile & Huang He
Tigris & Euphrates
Indus
20
The concept of the alphabet was first created by
Egyptians
Babylonians
Sumerians
Phoenicians
21
The first monotheistic religion was
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
22
In Mesopotamian city-states:
they had their own king
they were led by elders
the were led by priests
they had a pharaoh
23
The Code of Hammurabi originated in
Mesopotamia
China
India
Egypt
24
Polytheistic means
belief in many gods
belief in one god
belief in heaven
belief in pharaohs
25
In Mesopotamia
they had 2 main gods
gods were seen as protective
gods were seen as punishing
there were no gods, only philosophies
26
All four river valley civilizations:
have the same type of government
grew papyrus
herded cattle
are fertile
27
The main river in China is
Tigris
Huang He
Nile
Indus
28
Hieroglyphics originated in
Egypt
China
India
Mesopotamia
29
The land in the river valley civilizations was very fertile because of seasonal flooding
false
true
30
Which invading group of Mesopotamia was the most brutal?
Persians
Chaldeans
Hittites
Assyrians