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Ancient River Civilizations Review
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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 ancient pyramids used for?
Parties
Tombs
Temples
School
2
Who overthrew the Shang dynasty around 1027 B.C.?
Zhou
Qin
Xia
Shang
3
What's it called when royal family and nobles are granted use of land belonging to the king?
Digging
Feudalism
Polytheism
Empire
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What is the rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers called?
Mandate of Heaven
Loess
Dynastic cycle
Shang
5
What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire?
Shang
Hammurabi
Chang Jian
King Tut
6
Who's the famous king who created the world's first empire?
Nefertitti
Hammurabi
King Tut
Sargon
7
What is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another called?
Cultural Diffusion
Loess
Oracle Bones
Mandate of Heaven
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Where did the world's oldest cities first appear?
Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Egypt
Indus
China
9
Achievements of early Egyptians include all of the following except:
development of cuneiform writing
irrigation systems
a 365 day calendar
advanced medical practices
10
Early economies were based on
central banks
coin money
agriculture
trade guilds
11
What was a series of rulers from the same family called?
Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Gilgamesh
Kingdom
12
Hammurabi is known for -
developing the first cuneiform writing
conquering India
writing the Epic Gilgamesh
establishing a set of harsh laws
13
What for of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?
pictographs
hierogliphics
cuneiform
magic
14
What did ancient Chinese priests use to communicate with the gods?
Oracle Bones
Papyrus
Pharaohs
Shang Di
15
This type of government best describes early Mesopotamia
provinces
two kingdoms
independent city-states
colonies
16
What is the Belief in many gods?
judeism
cuneiform
monotheism
polytheism
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Which ancient River was known as the "river of sorrows"?
Huang He
Tigris RIver
Nile River
Indus RIver
18
What were built to house the pharaoh's bodies after death?
Sphinxs
Pyramids
Shrines
Temples
19
Which is the area in SW Asia that civilization first arose?
Bejing
Peru
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
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What for of writing did the ancient Chinese use?
inscribing
pictograghs
models
hierogliphics
21
Who was the first ruler of united Egypt?
Nermal
William the Conquerer
Jon
Narmer
22
Ancient Egyptian society can best be desribed as having ..
strict social hiearchy
rulers treat everyone equally
citizens being equal
forbids unequal treatment of its citizens
23
What river gave rise to Egyptian society?
Nile
Indus
Huang He
Euphrates
24
What was the primary reason that civilization developed in the Nile Valley, Mesopotamia, and China?
important centers for learning were in the valley
good architects lived there
the soil was fertile for farming
empires could form
25
What is a ruler who is believed to have godlike powers called?
Emperer
Ra
Pharaoh
Bishop
26
What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Crusification
Evaporation
Mummification
Meditation
