History of Civilizaiton QUIZ
1.What are the Names of the First four River valley Civilizations? Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Babylon, China Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Harappa, Huang He. Indus valley, Yellow River, Sumeria, Ancient Egypt. Harappa, Yellow River, Ancient Egypt, Huang He
Who were the Pioneers of Mesopotamian culture? Chaldeans Kassites Assyrians Sumerians
What does Pharaoh mean? House of love Royal leader House of god God’s love
What was the reason for the start of the Ancient Egypt’s 1st Intermediate period? Civil war Floods Foreign Invasion Bankruptcy
Who NEVER invaded Ancient Egypt? Hyksos Assyrians Nubians Sumerians
What was NOT responsible for the downfall of the Indus Valley Civilization? Drought Deforestation Aryan Invasion Drying of the Sarasvati River.
What is the name of the first dynasty of Ancient China? Shang Zhou (Chou) Qin Hsia (Xia)
Who was the first emperor of China? Sun Tzu Mao Tse Tung Shih Huang Ti Huang Ti Shih
What is unique about the ancient Indus Valley cities? Their uniform layout Their long narrow streets Their access to fresh water Their mud brick walls
Who is this? Cleopatra Ramses Tutankhamen Hatshepsut
Who is this? Sargon I Sargon II Shih Huang Ti Hammurabi
What is and where is this? Ziggurat, UR, Modern day Iraq
What are the names of the TWO rivers of Mesopotamia? Danube, Euphrates Tigris, Danube Tigris, Nile Tigris, Euphrates
Which word best describes the Kassites? Cultured Uncultured Sophisticated Artistic
The Assyrians were… Peaceful and loving Good statesmen Brutal despots Disorganized
“Hebrew” means… From far away From Israel From across From the Desert
King Solomon’s Temple was destroyed (first) by… The Babylonians The Persians The Egyptians The Palestinians
The Mandate of Heaven… was an Ancient Chinese religious practice was an Ancient Chinese system of government was an Ancient Chinese theory of legitimacy was an Ancient Chinese system of ancestor worship
The Persian Empire… Had a peaceful and insular system Had a weak system of communication Had strong, violent leaders Had a superior system of government
Who finally crushed the Persian Empire? Darius Cyrus the Great Alexander the Great Napoleon
Who founded the Persian Empire? Alexander the Great Cyrus the Great Darius I Xerxes
What was not a feature of Sumerian Law? Trial by Jury Eye for an Eye Inequality before the law Accidental death = Murder
What does “diaspora” mean? Dispersal Kicking out Running away Planting trees
Judaism was the first… polytheistic religion true monotheistic religion religion of the Fertile Crescent religion to spread to foreign lands
The LAST Mesopotamian culture were… The Kassites The Chaldeans The Sumerians The Assyrians