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This is all about the ancient civilizations that began in river valleys. Good luck!
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What were the seasonal winds that dominated India's climate and affect crops called?
Tornadoes
Monsoons
Huricanes
Typhoons
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What did Ancient Chinese first write on?
Bamboo
iPads
Paper
Papyrus
3
What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Mummification
Evaporation
Crucifixion
Meditation
4
What was a series of rulers from the same family called?
My Posse
Dynasty
Kingdom
Duck Dynasty
5
Which is the area in Southwest Asia that civilization first arose?
Egypt
Peru
Fertile Crescent
Bejing
6
What were the ancient pyramids used for?
School
Temples
Parties
Tombs
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What is the landmass that contains India called?
a subcontinent
an island
a peninsula
a continent
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What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire?
King Tut
Chang Jian
Hammurabi
Shang
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Who was a famous female pharaoh of Egypt who sometimes dressed as a man?
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
Ramses
Nefertiti
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What were built to house the pharaoh's bodies after death?
Sphinxs
Pyramids
Temples
Shrines
11
What form of writing did the Ancient Egyptians use?
sanskrit
hieroglyphs
pictographs
cuneiform
12
What is a ruler who is believed to have godlike powers called?
Pharaoh
Bishop
Ra
Emperor
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What form of writing did the ancient Chinese use?
cuneiform
pictograghs
sanskrit
hieroglyphs
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Who was a ruler of Ancient China?
Emperor
Zsar
Pharaoh
King
15
What is this a picture of?
Terracotta Warriors
The Roman Army
GI Joes
Shabtis
16
What is the Belief in many gods?
cuneiform
polytheism
monotheism
judeism
17
Who was a Mesopotamian King?
Qin
Caesar
King Tut
Sargon
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Who is at the top of the Ancient India social pyramid
Shudra
Dalit
Brahmin
Vaishya
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Besides goods, what else to civilizations share or trade?
Pokemon Cards
Social Classes
Ideas, Traditions, and Beliefs
Leaders
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Who moved from the Zagros mountains down to the valley?
Egyptians
Chinese
Mesopotamians
Sumers
