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Which is not an early river civilization?
a) Greece
b) Mesopotamia
c) China
d) Indus Valley

What is a monarchy?
a) A type of government where a king rules
b) A type of government where everyone votes for the ruler.
c) A type of government where only a few vote on all issues.
d) A type of government where one person has total power.

What is agriculture?
a) The raising of crops and animals.
b) The system of moving of water.
c) An African tribe.
d) An ancient practice of redirecting water and sun light.

Belief in multiple gods.
a) Monotheism
b) Polytheism
c) Anarchy
d) Hinduism

Which is not a type of writing from an ancient civilization
a) english
b) cuneiform
c) hierglyophics
d) Chinese symbols

What is an irrigation system?
a) the practice of providing crops with water through the use of dams and canals
b) the practice of using the starts to navigate.
c) the practice of rotating crops.
d) the practice of praying to different idols.

What does Fertile Crescent mean?
a) land between the rivers
b) Mesopotamia
c) area of crop growth
d) flowing rivers

Which is not a major river for an early river civilization.
a) Amazon River
b) Nile River
c) Yangtze River
d) Euphrates River

The first set of laws?
a) Ziggurate
b) Hammurabi's Code
c) Book of the dead
d) Cuneiform

What is cultural diffusion?
a) the sharing of cultural ideas
b) spreading of a gas throughout a roam
c) globalization
d) creating a new culture

Ra is the god of
a) the sun
b) the underworld
c) the dead
d) the sky

What are oracle bones used for
a) to speak to dead ancestors
b) to cook with
c) weapons
d) burial rituals

The Indus Valley People were also called
a) The Harrappans
b) The Egyptians
c) The Mesopotamians
d) The Chinese

The Indus Valley people were
a) peaceful
b) aggressive
c) long lasting
d) isolated

Which river civilization was completed conquered?
a) Harappans
b) Egyptians
c) Mesopotamians
d) Chinese

What is a scribe?
a) A rulers assistant
b) A religious reader
c) A writter
d) A warrior

What are pharaohs?
a) part god rulers
b) writers
c) religious leaders
d) all men

What is a delta?
a) the fertile plain at the mouth of a river.
b) a greek symobol
c) an opening in a river
d) the end of a river

What is silt?
a) fertile soil found in rivers
b) dirt
c) bad soil
d) stuff that clogged irrigation systems

What is a democracy?
a) When everyone has the right to vote
b) When a king or queen rules
c) When one person has total power
d) When a leader is chosen by god

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