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Ancient River Civilizations
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This is all about the ancient civilizations that began in river valleys. Good luck!
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1
What is the rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers called?
Loess
Mandate of Heaven
Dynastic cycle
Shang
2
Which is the area in SW Asia that civilization first arose?
Peru
Egypt
Bejing
Fertile Crescent
3
What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire?
Chang Jian
King Tut
Hammurabi
Shang
4
What was a series of rulers from the same family called?
Dynasty
Gilgamesh
Kingdom
Duck Dynasty
5
Who was the first ruler of united Egypt?
William the Conquerer
Nermal
Narmer
Jon
6
What were built to house the pharaoh's bodies after death?
Sphinxs
Temples
Shrines
Pyramids
7
Who overthrew the Shang dynasty around 1027 B.C.?
Zhou
Qin
Xia
Shang
8
What was the early civilization that had the first carefully planned cities?
Indus Valley
Bejing
Shang
Egypt
9
What is the land mass that contains India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal called?
a continent
a peninsula
a subcontinent
an island
10
What did ancient Chinese priests use to communicate with the gods?
Oracle Bones
Pharaohs
Shang Di
Papyrus
11
What were the seasonal winds that dominated India's climate and affect crops called?
Tornadoes
Monsoons
Typhoons
Huricanes
12
What is the Belief in many gods?
cuneiform
judeism
monotheism
polytheism
13
What for of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?
pictographs
cuneiform
hierogliphics
magic
14
Who's the legendary Mesopotamian king whose adventures are in one of the worlds earliest books?
Sargon
Sumer
King Tut
Babylon
15
What is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another called?
Oracle Bones
Cultural Diffusion
Mandate of Heaven
Loess
16
What is a ruler who is believed to have godlike powers called?
Emperer
Pharaoh
Ra
Bishop
17
What for of writing did the ancient Chinese use?
inscribing
hierogliphics
models
pictograghs
18
What's it called when royal family and nobles are granted use of land belonging to the king?
Feudalism
Empire
Digging
Polytheism
19
What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Meditation
Evaporation
Mummification
Crusification
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What were the ancient pyramids used for?
Parties
Temples
School
Tombs
