Between the Rivers
Culture
Geography
Mix/Match
Farming/Technology
100
How were the daily lives of people in Mesopotamia impacted by religion?
A Their daily tasks were assigned by Religious leaders
B Their daily tasks and jobs were done to honor their gods
C They went to religious temple multiple times a week
What was the most significant impact of the Agricultural Revolution?
- A Humans stopped being nomadic and began to live in permanent settlements.
- B Humans started trading with other groups.
- C Humans developed spoken language.
- D Humans learned to use fire.
B Their daily tasks and jobs were done to honor their gods
A Humans stopped being nomadic and began to live in permanent settlements.
100
What term best describes Mesopotamian religion?
A monotheistic
B polytheistic
C humanistic
What Canaanite group inspired the English alphabet and were skilled ship builders?
B polytheistic
Phoenicians
100
How did the development of roads in Sumer increase trade in the region?
A it protected trade routes from invaders
B it allowed goods to be moved along trade routes more quickly
C it had no impact on trade
Who was the Chaldean King who forced the Jews to leave Jerusalem in 597 BCE? What Persian leader allowed the Jews to return to their homeland 67 years later?
This is a map of the Middle East.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Caucasus Mountains?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
B it allowed goods to be moved along trade routes more quickly
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus
B #2 Caucasus Mountains
100
What was significant about the production of papyrus in Ancient Egypt?
A it led to the creation of trade
B it led to the creation of paper
C it decreased military power in the region
The term “before common era,” or BCE, is often used to replace what abbreviation?
- A AD
- B ADE
- C BC
- D CE
A barter economy is a system where people trade goods and services without using money. How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the development of a barter economy?
- A It created a surplus of food, allowing people to trade their extra crops for other goods.
- B It made people's lives so easy they no longer needed to trade.
- C It gave people a reason to develop coins and currency.
- D It led to a shortage of food, forcing people to trade to survive.
B it led to the creation of paper
C BC Before Christ
A It created a surplus of food, allowing people to trade their extra crops for other goods.
100
What was the greatest impact of food surpluses during the Agricultural Revolution?
A invention of new tools
B creation of warmer clothing
C increased the human population
C increased the human population
200
The Agricultural Revolution led to a rise in barter economies, permanent settlements, and _________________.
A Specialization
B Collapse of Food Supply
C Increase in Nomadic Hunting and Gathering
Who created the world's first Empire? Where?
A Specialization
Sargon in Mesopotamia (Akadia)
200
How did the Ancient Egyptian calendar make farming more efficient?
A Farmers were able to prevent Nile Flooding
B Farmers were able to plan and prepare for future crop plantings
C Farmers were able to predict weather patterns
________was the spreading of culture to other regions. Kush/Nubia and Egypt did this frequently.
What did Egypt trade to Kush/Nubia?
B Farmers were able to plan and prepare for future crop plantings
Cultural Diffusion
Egyptian Grain for Kushite Gold
200
What geographical feature borders the Fertile Crescent?
A Ganges River
B Himalayas
C Zagros Mountains
D Tiber River
This is a map of the Middle East.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Caucasus Mountains?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
C Zagros Mountains
C #3 Caucasus Mountains
200
In an ecosystem, which organism gains energy from breaking down and consuming dead producers and consumers?
A rabbits
B bacteria (decomposers)
C birds
D elephants
In reference to time, the abbreviation BCE stands for what?
- A Beyond the Christ Era
- B Before the Christ Era
- C Beyond the Common Era
- D Before the Common Era
In reference to time, the abbreviation CE stands for what?
- A Caesar’s Epoch
- B Christ’s Era
- C Common Epoch
- D Common Era
B bacteria (decomposers)
D Before the Common Era
D Common Era
200
Which answer correctly identifies terms that could be used to identify an event that happened yesterday?
A Before Christ (BC) or Before the Common Era (BCE)
B Anno Domini (AD) or Common Era (CE)
B Anno Domini (AD) or Common Era (CE)
300
How did simple tools impact hunter-gatherers?
A Simple tools made Tasks easier to complete for hunter-gatherers and improved life
B Simple tools allowed for hunter-gatherers to develop complex religions
C Simple tools improved economic conditions
_______is the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
(Good Farming Area in Ancient Times).
A Simple tools made tasks easier to complete for hunter-gatherers and improved life
Fertile Crescent
300
What characteristic defined social classes in Ancient Egypt?
A Religion
B Skills
C Gender
D Age
Why did the Nile River flow from South to North?
Egyptian river deity?
Egyptian deity of learning?
Egyptian deity of underworld?
Egyptian deity of the sky?
B Skills
Mountains in Southern Egypt (Gravity) forced the water North to lower elevations
River deity-Hapi
Learning deity-Thoth
Underworld deity-Osiris
Sky deity-Horus
300
How did cultural changes lead to city-states emerging in the Fertile Crescent?
A to provide a way to store and protect food surpluses, leaders created governments organized by city-states
B to protect against seasonal flooding, leaders built walls to protect and isolate city-states
C to decrease trade, leaders created city-states to isolate the people and negatively impact the economy
This is a map of the Middle East.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Phoenician kingdom?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
A to provide a way to store and protect food surpluses, leaders created governments organized by city-states
B #2 Phoenicia
300
Where is most of the energy located in an energy pyramid and how must energy be transferred between each trophic level?
A tertiary consumers 80 %
B apex predators 70 %
C producers 10 %
The rise of permanent settlements and a surplus of food led to a new way of life known as:
- A The Stone Age
- B The Bronze Age
- C The Neolithic Revolution
- D The Industrial Revolution
This chart lists several cities in Mesopotamia.
Which city best completes this chart?
- A Alexandria
- B Cairo
- C Nineveh
- D Sparta
C producers 10 %
C The Neolithic Revolution
C Nineveh
300
Teacher's Choice Question
How did the cuneiform impact Mesopotamia?
A it prevented the development of writing
B it led to the creation of a writing system (Language)
C it allowed math problems to become more complicated
B it led to the creation of a writing system (Language)
400
What does the Code of Hammurabi say about bearing False witness?
A False witness was encouraged in Mesopotamian life
B False witness was punishable under the law
C False witness allowed for equality under the law
What two rivers made up Mesopotamia?
B False witness was punishable under the law
Tigris and Euphrates
400
Why was mummification important to the Ancient Egyptians?
A Bodies needed to be preserved to transition to the afterlife
B Bodies needed to be confined so they could not rise from the dead
C Bodies needed to be purified to return to the ground
Black land fertile soil in Ancient Egypt was called ___________.
A Bodies needed to be preserved to transition to the afterlife
Kemet (Silt)
400
What is an example of an Empire?
A a group of separate states ruled by a single leader
B a group of separate states that isolate each other and are ruled differently
C a territory that is dependent on other states for protection
This is a map of the Middle East.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Caspian Sea?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
A a group of separate states ruled by a single leader
D #4 Caspian Sea
400
This is a map of the Middle East.
This map shows the locations of four ancient river civilizations.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Mesopotamian civilization known as Sumer?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
1 Mediterranean Sea
2 Black Sea
3 Caspian Sea
4 Persian Gulf
#2 Sumer-Mesopotamia
400
Teacher's Choice Question
What is a monarchy?
A government ruled by several heads of state
B government ruled by several religious leaders
C government ruled by one head of state (King/Queen)
C government ruled by one head of state (King/Queen)
500
A class system is an example of which aspect of a civilization?
A military organization
B social structure
C religious structure
The rise of permanent settlements and a surplus of food led to a new way of life known as:
- A The Stone Age
- B The Bronze Age
- C The Neolithic Revolution
- D The Industrial Revolution
What were two of the oldest permanent settlements in ancient times?
B social structure
C The Neolithic Revolution
Jericho and Catalhuyuk
500
Which Egyptian Pharaoh reigned the longest, and signed the world's first peace treaty?
A Ramses II
B Hatshepsut
C Tutankhamen
________tomb was the most intact tomb ever found by modern archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.
A Ramses II
Tutankhamun's
500
How did the Code of Hammurabi change beliefs about justice and criminal punishment in Mesopotamia?
A it promoted greed and decreased taxes on trade
B it promoted patience by created longer wait times on completing negotiations
C it promoted fairness by creating punishments that fit the crime
This is a map of different civilizations in ancient Asia and Africa.
What is one common feature shared by all four of these civilizations?
- A They all occupied coastal regions.
- B They all were protected by large mountain ranges.
- C They all existed along river valleys.
- D They all were located in the Southern Hemisphere.
The darkly shaded areas on this map show four early civilizations.
What did these four civilizations have in common?
- A They formed near deserts.
- B They formed near rivers.
- C They were hunter-gatherer societies.
- D They had monotheistic religions.
The darkly shaded areas on this map show the locations of several ancient civilizations.
Which number correctly identifies the location of the civilization within the Fertile Crescent?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
C it promoted fairness by creating punishments that fit the crime
C They all existed along river valleys.
B They formed near rivers.
B #2 Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent
500
This is a map of Europe and northern Africa.
Which number correctly identifies the Mediterranean Sea?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D 4
Locate the Map Locations #1-7, 10-13
C #3
1 Caspian Sea
2 Mediterranean Sea
3 Persian Gulf
4 Asia Minor
5 Caucasus Mountains
6 Zagros Mountains
7 Mesopotamia
8 Jordan River
9 Sea of Galilee
10 Dead Sea
11 Phoenicia
12 Tigris River
13 Euphrates River
500
Teacher's Choice Question
What was the historical significance of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A it was the first set of written laws
B it was the first set of religious codes of conduct
C it was one of the oldest pieces of literature in the Ancient World
C it was one of the oldest pieces of literature in the Ancient World