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Earliest World Civilizations
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1
1st medical books due to embalming
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
India
2
modern example of irrigation is
sprinklers
coke machine
water park
water falls
3
the people that first made hard iron weapons to hit you with were the
Persians
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldeans
4
skilled worker is called
artisan
scribe
caravan
none of these
5
Which river valley civilizations were polytheistic theocracies?
China and India(probably)
Egypt
all river valley civilizations were polytheistic theocracies
Mesopotamia
6
Nebuchadezzar is best known for...
building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
choices a and b
being king of Babylon/Chaldeans
1st writing down laws
7
What color is the muddiest river in the world
blue
brown
red
yellow
8
seasonal winds and rains in India
ancestors
ghatts
loess
monsoons
9
this is NOT a reason that the earliest civilizations settled in river valleys
irrigation/drinking water
floods that left rich silt
religion
trade/travel
10
who wrote the first written code of Law
Woodyard
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Sargon
11
the first empire in the world
Chaldeans
Assyrians
Akkadians
Persians
12
examples of neolithic technology/adaptation would be
all of these
house
plow
irrigation
13
where is this from
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
14
what does this show?
choices a and b
English from ms. Price's class
why the first civilization in the world was in Sumer
cuneiform writing
15
most people in Mesopotamia were farmers
true
false
16
what did this stone do
all of these
helped us understand Harappans language
helped us decipher hieroglyphics
helped us decipher cuneiform
17
which other river valleycivilization's river's source was the Himalaya Mountains?
Harappans
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Shang
18
what does ths map show
Fertile Crescent
all of these
Sumer
Mesopotamia
19
you have to have specialization in order to have artisans and scribes
true
false
20
A GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND POOR MEANS THAT THERE IS NO MORE______CLASS
LOWER
MIDDLE
UPPER
21
Where was the first library in the world located?
all of these
Asia
Mesopotamia
Nineveh
22
What is the river valley in CHina called
Shang
Zhou
Dragon
Qin
23
where was this Mesopotamian architectural wonder of the ancient world located?
Babylon
Uruk
Ur
Nineveh
24
China's first writing was found on...
scrolls
tablets
oracle bones
all of these
25
Mesopotamian civilization was Neolithic
false
true
26
a group of territories, city states, or countries ruled by a conqueror is called
empire
emperor
all of these
tribute
27
cuneiform writing
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
India
28
Paleolithic people were setteld farmers
true
false
29
long adventure story like Percy Jackson or Mesopotamia's Gilgamesh
none of these
fable
epic
myth
30
which of the following are early river valley civilizations
Egypt and the Shang dynasty in China
all of these
city states of Sumer, Mesopotamia
Harappans, India
31
an example of domestication is making cloth from wool sheared from a sheep
false
true
32
Why is the Shang's river yellow?
polytheism
agriculture
loess
floods
33
base 10 numbers
Harappans
Mesopotamia
Shang
Egypt
34
Hieroglyphics
Egypt
India
China
Mesopotamia
35
Which religion that started in India is still in India and did not move to China and Japan
Hinduism
none of these
Buddhism
both of these
36
What is the Shang religion based on?
Ancestors
monotheistic god
both nature gods and ancestors
nature gods
37
people 1st came to Asia from North America in the Ice Age
true
false
38
what is a group of traveling merchants called?
artisans
caravan
astronomers
scribes
39
modern country of Mesopotamia
Mexico
USA
Iraq
Iran
40
Gilgamesh fought...
Sargon
Braddock
Inkido
Hambaba
41
What dynasty started work on the great Wall?
Qin
Shang
MIng
Zhou
42
Mesopotamian floods were important because...
they watered crops
they left rich soil called silt
they filled their swimming pools
they left fish
43
Mesopotamia was polytheistic
true
false
44
all of these are technology in the Paleolithic age except
fire
irrigation techniques
temporary shelter
flake knife
45
an example of domestication is an animal pulling a plow
true
false
46
who seeks control over the floods, the rain the sunshine, and the afterlife
art/culture
economy
government
religion
47
First emperor in the world
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Sargon
Woodyard
48
1st cotton
egypt
china
india
mesopotamia
49
written laws are more fair cuz the king can'r make them up and the people then know what they r
true
false
50
what is this
both of these
shadoof
none of these
bucket lifting irrigation device
51
Created our number system
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
52
what is the purpose of this wall
keep people out
keepdragon out
keep people in
keep the dragon in
53
trade, jobs, taxes
religion
government
economy
art/culture
54
Modern examples of Mesopotamia's base 60 number system are
our 365 day calendar
360 degrees in a circle
our clock...60 sec in a min...60 min in 1 hr
choices b and c
55
What did the Shang Dynasty primarily make their art from
bronze
jade
both
56
base 60 numbers
China
egypt
india
mesopotamia
57
what does this show
choices a and c
architecture from ancient Asia
European castle
Mesopotamian architecture
58
what was the purpose of these
granaries
hotels
temples
tombs
59
laws, taxes, priest kings, and military
art/culture
government
economy
religion
60
the Neolithic Revolution was
change from hunting/gathering to farming and domestication
change from being nomadic to being settled
choices a and c
change to civilization
61
what continent was Mesopotamia on
Africa
none of these
Asia
Europe
62
what was the cause of the Shang dynasty in China falling?
NATURAL DISASTER
GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND POOR
ANCESTORS
NATURE GODS
63
what is this
Egyptian temple
just Abu Simbel and Egyptian temple
Abu Simbel
pyramid
64
mesopotmia is in...
Fertile Crescent
Asia
Sumer
just a and b
65
the earliest civilizations settled n river valleys because of
all of these
drinking water and to travel on
irrigation water and floods
to trade on and to fish in
66
The Persian Empire
none of these
are today's Iranians
choices a and b
conquered Babylon
67
examples of architecture in Mesopotamia were
ziggurats
mud brick houses
city wall/gate
all of these
68
Catal Huyuk and Jericho were Neolithic civilizations
true
false
69
a city state was
like a country
like an empire
like a city
none of these
70
Mesopotamians studied the stars and planets...so
they could predict the floods
they were astronomers
they made a 360 day calendar
all of these
71
we think Otzi was a hearder who was a mummy preserved by ice from the neolithic times
false
true
72
music, sports, sculptures, schools
art/culture
religion
economy
government
73
Which dynasty created these terra cotta soldiers
Han
Zhou
Qin
Shang
74
Mesopotamia's climate is
hot and dry
dry
hot
rainy
75
priest in China or Greece that could tell the future by talking to the gods
guru
scribe
priest-king
oracle
76
sailboat
China
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
77
a holy place is a
desert
mud brick house
river
shrine
78
you need money to be a civilization
false
true
79
which of these is NOT an example of adapting to your surroundings
Egypt using the shadoof to lift water into canals
having a theocracy to honor nature gods
using canals, dams, and gates to irrigate crops
using tree branches for shelter in the Old Stone Age
80
Mesopotamia grew wheat, corn, and flax
true
false
81
Which river valley civilization was not in Asia?
Mesopotamia
Harappans
Shang
Egypt
82
Mesopotamian civilization was Neolithic
true
false
83
forced payment from the Koon country to the Woodyard empire since Woodyard conquered them
empire
none of these
architecture
tribute
84
the first civilization was in
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
85
WHICH WAS NOT INVENTED BY India's RIVER VALLEY
CALENDAR
COTTON
SEWERS
FIRED MUD BRICKS
86
Mesopotamia invented
the wheel
the grass man-skirt
the hammer
fire
87
people of Mesopotamia worshipped...
river gods
sun gods
all of these
crop gods
88
a professional writer
merchant
artisan
priest
scribe
89
Mesopotamia is the first civilization because...
they had 1st written laws
they invented farming
they had first writing...cuneiform
invented irrigation
90
what allowed Mesopotamians to grow lots of crops
irrigation
rain
choices a and b
floods
91
Which two river valley civilizations had dynasties?
Egypt and China
Egypt and India
all of them had dynasties
China and Mesopotamia
92
which of these is an example of cultural diffusion?
both of these are
Kush building small pyramids after conquering part of Egypt
Buddhism religion moving to China and Japan thru trade
93
the first Epic Poem in history
Harry Potter
Gilgamesh
Inkido
Hambaba
94
Which river valley civilization do we know the least about because we can't read their writing?
india
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
95
why did early civilizations have a calendar?
to know when the floods were coming
both of these
to know when to plant and harvest
96
Sumerians relied on the floods to leave rich silt
false
true
97
this is an oblisk like the shape of the Washington monument...which civilization invented it
Egypt
China
India
Mesopotamia
98
Which period would have created this?
River Valley Civilization
all of these
Neolithic
Paleolithic
99
Mesopotamia was the first civilization because it had the first...
wheel
written Laws
sailboat
written language
100
Mesopotamia invented writing to keep records
false
true
101
mesopotamia invented farming
false
true
