WORLD HISTORY PRE-TEST

UNIT TWORIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

A key geographic advantage of the river valley was its

(A) barriers against invasion

(B) sunny climate

(C) fertile land

(D) monsoon winds

The main political unit in Sumer was the

(A) city-state

(B) dynasty

(C) kingdom

(D) empire

In contrast to the rulers of Sumer, the rulers of Egypt were considered to be

(A) priests

(B) god-kings

(C) military leaders

(D) polytheistic

One of the great achievements of the Indus Valley civilization was

(A) its sophisticated plumbing and sewage system

(B) the invention of the chariot

(C) iron technology

(D) its number system

Egyptian, Sumerian, and Chinese writing systems all developed from

(A) oracle bones

(B) hieroglyphics

(C) papyrus

(D) pictographs

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. Cuneiform

b. sailboat c. Tigris and Euphrates

d. Irrigation e. city-states

1. In Sumer the flooding of these rivers was unpredictable

2. These were independent governments led by priests

(and later generals and kings)

3. This form of writing made of wedge shapes was

pressed into soft clay with a reed

4. Using small canals to bring water where crops need it

is called…

5. This Sumerian invention allowed movement of goods

to other city-states

Match each item with the correct statement

below.

a. Upper Egypt b. Lower Egypt c. Nile

d. Pharaoh e. pyramid

6. The final resting place of pharaohs

7. This flooded predictably every July

8. Egyptian name for the god-king

9. Southern Egypt was called…

10. The northern part of Egypt that touches the

Mediterranean Sea is called…

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. Theocracy b. hieroglyphics

b. c. Egyptian 365 day calendar

c. d. Plumbing e. grid system

11. Based on the phases of the moon and the position of

the stars

12. When a government is ruled by a religion it is called…

13. All Indus cities were based on a…

14. The Indus civilization solved what problem with city

sanitation

15. What was the ancient Egyptian writing system called

Match each item with the correct statement

below.

a. Indus b. strong central government

c. Huang He d. Mandate of Heaven e.

China

16. This river flooded unpredictably in the Chinese

civilization

17. Cities built the same suggests a …

18. The idea that a rulers demands must be obeyed

because they are the will of God

19. This civilization had natural barriers in all 4

cardinal directions

20. This river flooded unpredictably in the Indus River

Valley civilization

Match each item with the correct statement

below.

a. Silk b. individual c. peasants

d. Future e. blast furnace

21. Community and family were more important than

the …

22. Wrote on animal bones and burned them to tell

the…

23. Used these to make objects from cast iron

24. This cloth made from worm cocoons was invented

by the Chinese

25. Sharp division between nobles and …