March Ancient History
  • 1. How did rivers contribute to the survival of the early civilizations?
A) Provided a power source
B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food.
C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
D) Formed barriers around civilizations
  • 2. What geographical features provided fertile land that gave rise to Mesopotamian city-states?
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
B) Zagros Mountains and Caspian Sea
C) Persian Gulf and Arabian Desert
D) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
  • 3. What is an important feature that was necessary for early civilizations?
A) Flat areas for building
B) Access to metals such as iron
C) Warm climate
D) Water Sources
  • 4. Which is the most likely reason that hunter-gatherers began farming
A) a decline in population
B) Scarcity, or food was difficult to find
C) wars among groups
D) a loss of technology
  • 5. What job would study the natural features of the earth such as water, landforms and climate?
A) Historians
B) Geographers
C) Teachers
D) Archeologists
  • 6. What river did the Ancient Egyptian civilization build up around?
A) Euphrates
B) Arabian
C) Tigris
D) Nile
  • 7. Paleolithic is a term meaning:
A) Ice Age
B) Old Stone Age
C) New Stone Age
D) Technology Age
  • 8. Neolithic is a term meaning:
A) Technology Age
B) ice Age
C) New Stone Age
D) Old Stone Age
  • 9. Groups of people who move from place to place are called:
A) Astronomers
B) Nomads
C) Historians
D) Anthropologists
  • 10. Mesopotamian farmers developed a system of _________ to control the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) Irrigation
B) Cuneiform
C) Writing
D) Flooding
  • 11. Around 2340 B.C.E. Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia and other areas to create the worlds first:
A) City-State
B) Farming Village
C) Capital City
D) Empire
  • 12. What characteristic best helped hominids to survive?
A) Being able to Write
B) Being able to practice religion
C) Being able to Talk
D) Being Biped
  • 13. Being an upright walker allowed early hominids to:
A) Climb trees
B) Kill other animals
C) Practice religion
D) Hunt food and gather plants and berries
  • 14. Egyptians developed a system of writing called:
A) Papyrus
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Scribes
D) Geometry
  • 15. Egyptian government was ruled by
A) Pharaohs
B) Priests
C) Scribes
D) Kings
  • 16. The Great Pyramid was built by;
A) Ahmose
B) Ramses
C) Khufu
D) King Tut
  • 17. The ____________ lasted from 2000 to 1800 B.C.E. it was marked by the reunification of Egypt and by the Arts flourishing
A) Old Kingdom
B) New Kingdom
C) Middle Kingdom
D) Palace Kingdom
  • 18. The _____________, lasted from 2700 to 2200 B.C.E. This period was marked by the rise of the Pharaos and by the building of Pyramids
A) New Kingdom
B) Nile Kingdom
C) Old Kingdom
D) Middle Kingdom
  • 19. Domestication of animals was important because
A) it helped to bring animals into the city-states
B) it help to expand empires
C) it helped people to meet their agricultural needs and create a stable food supply
D) it helped to fight wars
  • 20. As people begin to farm and create stable food supply they then:
A) create fire
B) decrease in population
C) build permanent shelters
D) fight one another
  • 21. New irrigation techniques are seen in all the early civilizations, what is irrigation?
A) building permanent shelters
B) controlling and bringing water from one location to another
C) domesticating plants and animals
D) creating laws for all people
  • 22. Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early civilizations
A) The caves provided shelter for the people
B) The forest was full of animals
C) The hills were rich with gold
D) The soil was good for crops
  • 23. Trade brings new resources to an area, what is an additional positive effect of trade on a civilization?
A) Wars are fought over new land
B) Populations decrease
C) Old products are not used anymore
D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
  • 24. Why did writing start?
A) to teach people to farm
B) to tell stories
C) to record infomation
D) to communicate with new people from different areas
  • 25. Many early civilizations believed in many gods, what is this called?
A) Polytheism
B) Islam
C) Theology
D) Monotheism
  • 26. In early civilizations, what belief about the leader (Kings or Pharaohs) helped him to rule and have supreme power?
A) That he knew how to write
B) That he was a god or was chosen by god
C) That he had already started to buil a religious temple
D) That he was the biggest and strongest person in the city
  • 27. Describe 3 of the 7 parts or characteristics of a civilization. For each characteristic, give a specific example of how it was shown in any of the ancient civilizations.
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