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Ancient River Civilizations

Ancient River Civilizations. SOL Quiz Version A. #1 Which of the following was the location of one of the earliest known permanent settlements? Zimbabwe between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers Chichén Itzá on the Yucatan Peninsula Constantinople on the straits to the Black Sea

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Ancient River Civilizations

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  1. Ancient River Civilizations SOL Quiz Version A

  2. #1 Which of the following was the location of one of the earliest known permanent settlements? • Zimbabwe between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers • Chichén Itzá on the Yucatan Peninsula • Constantinople on the straits to the Black Sea • Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  3. Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  4. a #2 This picture is of a 4000 year old clay tablet showing a medical text in this type of writing • Cuneiform • Heiroglyphics • Pictographs • Alphabet

  5. Cuneiform

  6. #3 This writing was found on the wall of an Egyptian tomb. What type of writing is it? • Cuneiform • Hieroglyphics • Pictographs • Alphabet

  7. Hieroglyphics

  8. #4 The Egyptian song above gives evidence of the Egyptian knowledge that the Nile River • offered rich soil for agriculture. • was necessary for trade with other civilizations. • often destroyed the crops they had planted. • provided the people with a place to honor the god Osiris. If the Nile smiles, the Earth is joyous, Every stomach is full of rejoicing, Every spine is happy, Every jawbone crushes its food. “Hymn to the Nile,”from The Literature of Ancient Egyptians (Erman).

  9. offered rich soil for agriculture.

  10. #5 Look at the map. Which number represents the Fertile Crescent? • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4

  11. 1

  12. #6 This is a picture of one of the first written codes of law. What is it? • Vedas. • Code of Hammurabi. • Eightfold Path to Enlightenment. • Ten Commandments.

  13. Code of Hammurabi

  14. #7 The origin of Judaism can be traced to • Abraham. • Mohammed. • Asoka. • Gautama.

  15. Abraham

  16. #8 Who led the Hebrews in their flight from slavery in Egypt? • Abraham • Moses • Jesus • Paul

  17. Moses

  18. #9 The words above set the Jews apart from all other peoples of the Fertile Crescent because they demonstrate the Jews’ • belief in written laws. • belief in strong government. • polytheism. • monotheism. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

  19. monotheism

  20. They were great sailors of the ancient world. • They developed the alphabet. • They established colonies in Spain and North Africa. • They traded purple dye. • Rome • Greece • Phoenicia • Mesopotamia #10 The ancient civilization described by these statements was —

  21. Phoenicia

  22. #11 The city of Carthage in North Africa was originally an important Phoenician • Trading colony. • Military base. • Religious center. • University.

  23. Trading colony

  24. #12 The Kushite city of Meroe played a special role in ancient East Africa as • A military power. • The center of thriving Muslim religion. • A source of iron weapons and tools. • A Christian outpost.

  25. A source of iron weapons and tools

  26. #13 The religion most closely associated with Book 1 is — • Islam • Judaism • Christianity • Taoism

  27. Judaism

  28. #14 Which nearby civilization had the strongest influence on the culture of Kush? • Mesopotamian • Egyptian • Chinese • Indus

  29. Egyptian

  30. #15 An important idea of law from Hammurabi's Code was • social justice. • all men equal before the law. • innocent until proven guilty. • "an eye for an eye."

  31. "an eye for an eye."

  32. Access to the Mediterranean Sea • Protection by the Libyan Desert • Location in the Nile River Valley • Moderate climate #16 Which of the following geographic conditions was most important to the development of early Egyptian civilization?

  33. Location in the Nile River Valley

  34. #17 In ancient civilizations, the power for doing most forms of work came from • slave labor. • military service. • simple machines. • the forces of nature.

  35. slave labor.

  36. Abraham was the founder. • Moses led them out of Egypt. • Saul, David, and Solomon were kings. #18 Which ancient civilization is described by these statements? • Egyptian • Babylonian • Persian • Hebrew

  37. Hebrew

  38. #19 Which sequence of periods is correct? • Paleolithic Era - Neolithic Era - Bronze Age - Iron Age • Bronze Age - Iron Age - Neolithic Era - Paleolithic Era • Neolithic Era - Paleolithic Era – Bronze Age - Iron Age • Paleolithic Era - Bronze Age – Neolithic Era - Iron Age

  39. Paleolithic Era - Neolithic Era - Bronze Age - Iron Age

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