Ancient River
Civilizations
SOL Quiz
Version A
Which of the following was the location of one of
the earliest known permanent settlements?
a) Zimbabwe between the Zambezi and Limpopo
Rivers
b) Chichén Itzá on the Yucatan Peninsula
c) Constantinople on the straits to the Black Sea
d) Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers
• a
This picture is of a 4000 year old clay tablet showing
a medical text in this type of writing
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cuneiform
Heiroglyphics
Pictographs
Alphabet
This writing was found
on the wall of an
Egyptian tomb. What
type of writing is it?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Alphabet
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).
The Egyptian song above gives evidence of the
Egyptian knowledge that the Nile River
a)
b)
c)
d)
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.
Look at the map. Which number represents the Fertile
Crescent?
a)
b)
c)
d)
1
2
3
4
This is a picture of one of
the first written codes of
law. What is it?
a) Vedas.
b) Code of Hammurabi.
c) Eightfold Path to
Enlightenment.
d) Ten Commandments.
The origin of Judaism can be traced to
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abraham.
Mohammed.
Asoka.
Gautama.
Who led the Hebrews in their flight from slavery
in Egypt?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abraham
Moses
Jesus
Paul
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.
The words above set the Jews apart from all
other peoples of the Fertile Crescent because they
demonstrate the Jews’
a)
b)
c)
d)
belief in written laws.
belief in strong government.
polytheism.
monotheism.
They were great sailors of the ancient world.
They developed the alphabet.
They established colonies in Spain and North Africa.
They traded purple dye.
The ancient civilization described by these statements
was —
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rome
Greece
Phoenicia
Mesopotamia
The city of Carthage in North Africa was
originally an important Phoenician
a)
b)
c)
d)
Trading colony.
Military base.
Religious center.
University.
The Kushite city of Meroe played a special role in
ancient East Africa as
a)
b)
c)
d)
A military power.
The center of thriving Muslim religion.
A source of iron weapons and tools.
A Christian outpost.
The religion most closely associated with Book 1 is —
a)
b)
c)
d)
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Taoism
Which nearby civilization had the strongest
influence on the culture of Kush?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Chinese
Indus
An important idea of law from Hammurabi's Code
was
a)
b)
c)
d)
social justice.
all men equal before the law.
innocent until proven guilty.
"an eye for an eye."
Which of the following geographic conditions was
most important to the development of early
Egyptian civilization?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Access to the Mediterranean Sea
Protection by the Libyan Desert
Location in the Nile River Valley
Moderate climate
In ancient civilizations, the power for doing most
forms of work came from
a)
b)
c)
d)
slave labor.
military service.
simple machines.
the forces of nature.
• Abraham was the founder.
• Moses led them out of Egypt.
• Saul, David, and Solomon were kings.
Which ancient civilization is described by these
statements?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Egyptian
Babylonian
Persian
Hebrew
Which sequence of periods is correct?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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