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Unit 2 River Valley Civilizations
Unit 2 River Valley Civilizations
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1
What is a monsoon?
Storms with strong winds that bring heavy rains.
Sand in the sky that blocks the sun.
A massive drought that dries up the land.
Thunderstorms with tornadoes.
2
According to ancient Chinese culture: You are considered a barbarian if you live outside of Chinese culture.
True
False
3
What were hieroglphys used for in Ancient Egypt?
Writing on stone monuments and tombs
Making weapons
Creating music and pleasing the Pharaoh.
Cooking food
4
What does Mesoptamia mean?
By the stream
By the mountain
By the mountain
Between two rivers
5
What is the name of the river that flows through Egypt?
The NIle
The Tigris
The Amazon
The Indus
6
The "Lord of the Two Lands" describes what ruler?
The King
The Pharaoh
The Emperor
The Priest
7
The Tigris and Euphrates run through what area?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
Pakistan
8
This dynasty conquered the Shang Dynasty.
Han
Zhou
Ming
Qin
9
The Huang He is known as the pink river.
False
True
10
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The area surrounding the Huang He river
The area surrounding the Indus River
The area surrounding the Tigris-Euphrates
The area surrounding The Nile River
11
What is the English name for the Chang Jiang River?
Pearl River
Yellow River
Yangtze River
Huang He River
12
Mespotamia is known as Cradle of Civilization
True
False
13
What was the name of one of the largest cities on the NIle in anicent Egypt?
Alexander City
Ur
Memphis
Saigon
14
The Chinese religious belief system was monotheistic.
False
True
15
How did the Egyptian farmers water their crops when there was a drought?
The irrigated their fields with river water from the resevoirs.
They would let the crops die.
They prayed for rain
The would use a hose.
16
What was the title of Egypt's ruler?
The Emperor
The Priest
The Pharaoh
The King
17
A person who was in the social class as amelu was a slave.
False
True
18
Identify an invention from Mesopotamia
The Wheel
Tiles
Electricity
Plumbing
19
The Indus Valley is divided into how many phases?
1
3
4
2
20
What river is known as the River of Sorrows?
Nile River
Huang He (Yellow River)
Yangtze
Tigris River
21
Being clean was the most important virtue in Chinese culture at this time.
True
False
22
What was the name of one supreme god that the people under the Shang dynasty worhsipped?
Di
Ra
Isis
Flo
23
What Chinese dynasty ruled from 1700 BCE t0 1027 BCE?
Lee
Shang
Sumerians
Chow
24
The Vizier was a priest who worked in the temple dedicated to worhiping many gods.
False
True
25
The Ancient Egyptian civilization produced the first government to rule an entire nation.
True
False
26
Identify a king of Babylon
The Pharaoh
Sargon
Naram -Sin
Hammurabi
27
The Huang He is in what what country?
Pakistan
India
United States
China
28
What was the name of the sun God, worshipped in Egypt?
Nom
Osiris
Ra
Isis
29
What building was at the center of every city in Mesopotamia
The school
The Healing Center
The Palace
The Temple
30
Cuneiform was a type of food found in Mesopotamia
False
True
31
Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro were known for?
Wild Parties and Temple...activities
The World's first confirmed democratic government
Buddhism
Plumbing systems and City Planning
32
Identify one invetion from Mesopotamia:
Indoor plumbing
The Wheel
Irrigigation systems
Electricity
