1. Where did the earliest civilizations develop?

A. mountainous areasB. river valleysC. 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

Persian Gulf

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

3. All of the following civilizations arose in the Fertile Crescent EXCEPT

A.Sumer (Mesopotamia)B.AxumC.Israel (Hebrews)D.Phoenicia

Phoenicia

Palestine

4. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was calledA. MesopotamiaB. IndiaC. 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. The Himalayan Mountains separate A. India and China

B. India and SumerC. China and Mongolia

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. What was the first published set of

laws?

A. Code of Justinian

B. Code of Hammurabi

C. Twelve Tables

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. ChinaB. KushC. 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.MongoliaB.ChinaC.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

A C

D

B

23. _____ Mesopotamia (Sumer) 24. _____ India25. _____ Egypt 26. _____ China (Shang dynasty)

B

A

CD

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. Which Chinese philosopher thought that inner peace could be reached

through harmony with nature?

A. Han Fezi

B. Confucius

C. Laozi

30. Which religion was founded by Laozi?

A.BuddhismB.ShintoismC.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. Xi’an and Samarkand were cities that prospered due to their location on the

A. Great Royal RoadB. Yellow SeaC. Silk Roads