1. Where did the earliest civilizations
develop?
A. mountainous areas
B. river valleys
C. islands
2. What is the arc of fertile land stretching
from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean
called ?
A.Fertile
Crescent
B.Arabian
Desert
C.Valley of
the Kings
Mediterranean
Sea
Persian
Gulf
Red
Sea
3. One factor essential to the development of
early civilizations was A. The ability to produce surplus food
B. The use of standard medium of exchange
C. The emergence of a distinct caste system
Phoenicia
Palestine
4. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers was called
A. Mesopotamia
B. India
C. Israel
5. Which is the earliest known
civilization?
A. India
B. Egypt
C. Sumer
D. China
6. What was the earliest written
language?
A.cuneiform
B. hieroglyphics
C. alphabet
7. Which civilization developed on
this delta?
A. China
B. Egypt
C. Ghana
8. Which form of writing was
used in Ancient Egypt?
A.hieroglyphics
B.cuneiform
C.alphabet
9. Which civilization is pictured in the
map?
A. Aztec
B. India
C. China
10. What protected Egypt from
invasion?
A. The Himalayas and
the Gobi desert and
the Pacific Ocean
B. The Sahara and
Arabian Deserts
and the
Mediterranean and
Red Seas
11. Who was thought to be
responsible for making the sun rise,
the Nile flood and crops grow?
A. high priestess
B. pharoah
C. caliph
12. What civilization is being described?
• Mandate of Heaven
• Ancestor Worship
• Silk Cloth
A. Axum
B. China
C. Kush
13. What was the first published set of
laws?
A. Code of Justinian
B. Code of Hammurabi
C. Twelve Tables
14. Which civilization is being described?
• First to make cotton cloth
• First to use plumbing
• Made up of independent city states including Harappa and
Mohenjo-Daro
A. Egypt
B. China
C. Indus Valley
15. Silk-making technology was a
closely guarded secret of the ancient
A. Sumerians
B. Indians
C. Chinese
16. The concept of lex talionis appears in
the Code of Hammurabi and is
summarized as -
A.
B.
C.
D.
Innocent until proven guilty
An eye for an eye
Equality before the law
Trial by jury of your peers
17. Which ancient civilization is being
described?
• Cuneiform writing
• Ziggurats
• Invented wheeled vehicles
and bronze
• Number system based on 60
A. Egypt
B. Sumer (Mesopotamia)
C. Indus Valley
18. Which civilization was located in
present-day Pakistan?
A. China
B. Kush
C. Indus Valley
19. Which civilization was located in
present-day Iraq?
A. Egypt
B. Mesopotamia
(Sumer)
C. India
Iraq
20. What geographic features
protected India from
invasion?
A. Himalayas, Hindu
Kush, and Indian
Ocean
B. Sahara Desert and
Red Sea
C. Alps and
Mediterranean
Sea
21. Which civilization arose on the
Huang He River?
A.Mongolia
B.China
C.Kush
22. What was the main reason that
the earliest civilizations arose in
river valleys?
A. Protection from invaders
B. Rich soil for agriculture
C. Fish supply
Match letters on the map to civilizations
B Mesopotamia (Sumer)
23. _____
25. _____
A Egypt
C India
24. _____
D China (Shang dynasty)
26. _____
D
B
C
27. Who is responsible for unifying
China and building the Great Wall?
A. Confucius
B. Shi Huangdi
C. Wudi
28. The Great Wall was built to
protect China from
A. Germanic invaders from the West
B. Mongol invaders from the North
C. Japanese invaders from the East
29. What role did economics play in
bringing about political changes after
the Neolithic Revolution?
A. Permanent settlements came under the
control of more powerful rulers
B. Stone tools and weapons were used for
the very first time
C. Permanent settlements led early farmers
to establish the 1st democracies
30. Which religion was founded by
Laozi?
A.Buddhism
B.Shintoism
C.Taoism
32. What did the Chinese believe gave a
dynasty the right to rule?
A. The Yin/Yang
B. The Mandate of Heaven
C. The People
33. Which best completes the
list?
• The domestication of plants
and animals
• The use of stone tools
• ________
A. The use of the chariot
B. The invention of the waterwheel
C. The rise of permanent settlements
D. The development of sanitation systems