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The Indus valley was in what modern day countries?
a) India and China
b) Iraq and Syria
c) India and Pakistan
d) Iraq and Egypt

Why was Hammurabi's Code created?
a) To enslave people
b) To encourage people to believe in a certain religion
c) Because Hammurabi thought the government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.
d) Because Hammurabi thought the people would kill each other if there weren't rules to follow

Why was northern Egypt called Lower Egypt?
a) The Nile River flows north instead of south
b) It was the less wealthy part of the Kingdom
c) The Nile River flows south instead of north
d) It was the more wealthy part of the kingdom

Mesopotamia is in what modern day country?
a) Egypt
b) Iraq
c) India
d) China

Why was irrigation important to the river valley civilizations?
a) It allowed spies to get information on the governments
b) It allowed armies to train quickly
c) It allowed water to get to fields for crops
d) It allowed people to translate hieroglyphics to cuneiform

Emperor is to China as pharaoh is to...
a) Also China
b) Mesopotamia
c) Egypt
d) India

What is NOT part of the dynastic cycle?
a) Heavens are pleased and give a family power
b) Invaders or a natural disaster shows heavens displeasure
c) The family abuses their power
d) An angry priest curses the family

Which group of terms is associated with Mesopotamia?
a) Epics, City-state, cuneiform, ziggurats, polytheism
b) Pyramids, pharaohs, hieroglyphics, polytheism
c) Harappa, Mohenjo Daro, polytheism, caste system
d) Huang He, Dynasty, Confucianism, polytheism

What is the best description of the Great Wall of China?
a) A wall on the southern border of China to protect from floods
b) A wall on the northern border of China to protect from invaders
c) A wall around the Forbidden Lake
d) A wall that surrounds the emperor's palace

What is the paper like material made from reeds?
a) Cardboard
b) Oracle bones
c) Papyrus
d) Cuneiform

The process of preserving the body the spirit can find it in the afterlife.
a) Civil Service
b) Mummification
c) Obelisk
d) Engineering

Which achievement allowed historians to decipher hieroglyphics?
a) Pyramids
b) Sphinx
c) Rosetta Stone
d) Obelisk

Which of the following is NOT part of Ancient China's government organization?
a) Shi Huang Di
b) Confucianism
c) Huang He River
d) Dynasty

The idea that heaven gave China's ruler power
a) The Mandate of Hell
b) The Mandate of Heaven
c) The Mandate of Bros
d) The Mandate of Fortune

Which is NOT part of the Indian social hierarchy?
a) Harappa
b) Caste system
c) Brahmins
d) Untouchables

The structure that acted as a tomb for pharaohs
a) Ziggurat
b) Great Wall of China
c) Harappa
d) Pyramid

The belief in more than one god
a) Hinduism
b) Monotheism
c) polytheism
d) polygon

Which of the following is NOT an ancient form of writing?
a) Hieroglyphics
b) Cuneiform
c) Sanskrit
d) Sarkisian

Cuneiform is to Mesopotamia as Hieroglyphics is to
a) China
b) Indus
c) Mesopotamia
d) Egypt

A triangular shaped area of land where a river empties into a bigger body of water.
a) Delta
b) Silk road
c) Dam
d) Irrigation

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