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Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Which of the following civilizations was NOT located in Mesopotamia?
Egypt
Assyria
Sumer
Babylon
2
What was the early form of writing in Mesopotamia called?
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
Indus Script
Hieroglyphics
3
Which of the following was a major achievement in Sumer (Ancient Mesopotamia)?
Ziggurats
Wheel
All Choices
cuneiform
4
Which statement describes how geography affected the civilizations of Egypt & Mesopotamia?
Large savanna areas provided protection from invaders
River valleys provided rich soil to grow plentiful crops
Access to Atlantic Ocean provided trade routes
Large deserts provided many mineral deposits
5
Which city was the capital of Assyria?
Ur
Babylon
Nineveh
Akkad
6
Which civilizations were polythiestic?
Both Choices
Mesopotamia
Egypt
7
Which of the following was a major achievement of Ancient Egypt?
Pyramids
Papyrus
Mummification
All Choices
8
Which continent includes Egypt?
Africa
Europe
North America
Asia
9
Which civilization was on the Nile?
India
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
10
Which Mesopotamian civilization created the Gate of Ishtar?
Assyrians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Egyptians
11
Which king established the first written law code?
Nebuchadnezzar
Menes
Hammurabi
Darius
12
How was flooding in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt similar?
It played a major role in farming
It made the lives of the people back then easier
It destroyed everything
All of the above
13
What do we call the early civilization of city-states along the Tigris & Euphrates?
Egypt
Sumer
Assyria
Babylon
14
What civilization created the first phonetic alphabet?
Sumer
Phoenicians
Babylon
Egypt
15
Upper Egypt is located...
South of the Nile
West of the Nile
North of the Nile
East of the Nile
16
What were the large temples in Sumerian city-states called?
None of the Choices
Pyramids
Cuneiform
Ziggurats
17
Who was the king at the height of Babylonian power?
Menes
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
None of choices
18
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Ramses
19
What do we call the ancient land along the Tigris and Euphrates River?
China
Egypt
India
Mesopotamia
20
Mesopotamia and Egypt are two
countries in Asia
countries in South America
Paleolithic communities
river valley civilizations
21
Which people were the only monotheists in the ancient world?
Assyrians
Egyptians
Hebrews (Jews)
Sumerians
22
Belief in many gods...
Theocracy
Athiesm
Monotheism
Polytheism
23
Which of the following made it possible to translate hieroglyphics?
Sanskrit
The Bible
Rosetta Stone
Code of Hammurabi
24
Which civilization was well protected from invaders by natural borders such as desert and sea?
China
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
25
River flooding was very predictable (every year) in which civilization?
Egypt
India
China
Mesopotamia
26
Red Land is desert land that protected Egypt from invasions.
True
False
27
How were floods along the Nile River in Egypt different from Mesopotamia?
The Nile didn't flood
Nile floods were predictable
Nile floods were unpredictable and cataclysmic
The Tigris and Euphrates didn't flood
28
What was the writing of Ancient Egypt?
Small seal
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
29
Which of the following civilizations was best known for its use of siege warfare and brutality?
Assyrians
Egyptians
Babylonians
Hittites
30
What is a government where the ruler is considered to be a god or a representative of god?
Aristocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
Theocracy
31
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The king's palace
the Great Library
The Gate of Ishtar
Hanging Gardens
32
Which people spread culture around the Mediterranean through trade?
Phoenicia
Assyria
Babylonians
Hebrews