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What terms are ALL associated with Ancient Egypt?
a) Mummification, Pyramids, Book of the Dead, Harappa
b) Mohenjo-Daro, Nile River, Aryans, Caste System
c) Pharaoh, Nile River, Mummification, papyrus
d) Great Wall of Egypt, Dynastic Cycle, desert, city-state
What is the term for a government ruled by religion?
a) Theocracy
b) Democracy
c) Churchocracy
d) Monarchy
Which river valley civilization gave women the most rights?
a) China
b) Mesopotamia
c) Egypt
d) Indus River
Why don't we know much about the Indus River Valley?
a) We don't care about it
b) We haven't be able to translate their language
c) No one ever wrote down their history
d) The Chinese destroyed everything.
What creates natural barriers for the Indus Valley
a) The Himalayas and the Gobi Desert
b) The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush Mountains
c) The Himalayas and the Nile River
d) The Himalayas and the Great Wall of China
Which is NOT an achievement of the Indus Valley?
a) Cities on a grid
b) Sewage system
c) Natural air conditioning
d) Cuneiform
Why do we know the Indus Valley people had a strong central government?
a) We have read accounts from the citizens
b) There are citadels and well planned cities
c) We have heard stories
d) Every river valley civilization had a strong central government
What river was vital to the Ancient Chinese?
a) The Xi River
b) The Ganges River
c) The Huang He River
d) The Mississippi River
What was unique about China's geography
a) It was very easily accessible
b) It was the most isolated of the river valley civilizations
c) There was just flat arid land
d) There were so many mountains people lived in caves
How is Confucianism different than Legalism?
a) Confucianism and Legalism are the same
b) Confucianism focused on family relationships, whereas legalism focused on the power of the emperor
c) Legalism was extremely peaceful, but Confucianism caused many wars
d) Confucianism gave power to the people, but Legalism gave power to the courts
Which is NOT a way the Chinese believed a dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
a) Flood
b) Invasion
c) Revolt
d) Death of the emperor
How are Egypt and China similar?
a) They both believe their leaders were gods or given power by the gods
b) They both used papyrus paper
c) They both used hieroglyphics
d) They both were in Africa
How were Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley similar?
a) They both practiced monotheism
b) They both had major cities ruled by kings
c) They both were surrounded by mountains
d) They both fell to invaders
Which two river valley civilizations worked a lot with metals?
a) China and Egypt
b) Indus Valley and Mesopotamia
c) Mesopotamia and China
d) Indus Valley and Egypt
What did all four river valley civilizations have in common?
a) Mountains protecting them from invaders
b) They were on the coasts of major oceans
c) They had pretty strict social hierarchies
d) They worshipped the sun god, Ra
What really influenced the flooding of the of the Indus River?
a) The mountains
b) The monsoons
c) The deserts
d) The irrigation
Why do we study river valley civilizations
a) To understand how geography influences people's decisions
b) To understand why rivers flood sometimes
c) To understand how polytheism came to be
d) To understand how mountains influence climate
Which of the following is NOT a main river found in a river valley civilization?
a) Tigris River
b) Euphrates River
c) Huang He River
d) Kile River
What allowed people to settle in cities?
a) The discovery of rivers
b) The development of agriculture
c) The development of a writing system
d) The development of a central government
How do we know Mesopotamia had a social hierarchy?
a) There were different areas of the empire for different people
b) There were different sets of laws for different groups of people in Hammurabi's Code
c) There was no social hierarchy because Hammurabi made everyone equal
d) There were different gods for different groups of people.
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