River Valley Pre-Assessment

Last updated over 5 years ago

13 questions

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River Valley Pre-Assessment

Last updated over 5 years ago

13 questions

Question 1

Put an x on the location of China

Question 2

Circle India on the map

Question 3

Draw a picture of the tombs built for Egyptian Pharoahs

Question 4

What is the name of the strip of land that became the site of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations?

Nile River Valley

Fertile Crescent

Asia Minor

Indus Valley

Question 5

The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means

Fertile Hippopotomus

Land between the rivers

Land of fertility

Land of pots

Question 6

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.
Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?

They were monotheistic

They were polytheistic

They didn't have a religion

Question 7

What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?

Hieroglyphics

Cuneiform

Assyrian

None of the above

Question 8

The Nile empties into this body of water

A  Mediterranean Sea 

B  Indian Ocean

C  Atlantic Ocean 

D  Lake Victoria

Question 9

Egypt is a desert. The ancient Egyptians had fertile soil to plant in because:

A  the Egyptians used fertilizers to make the soil fertile  

B  the Egyptians practiced irrigation  

C  the flood water brought fertile soil with it  

D  the dams were opened to moisten the soil  

Question 10

10.

Egyptian pyramids were built for:

A  priests  

B  pharaohs  

C  all Egyptians  

D grain storage

Question 11

11.

What was the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

A  It contains the only surviving text of the Book of the Dead.  

B  It lists the names of the important pharaohs of Egypt.  

C  It allowed historians to translate Egyptian writing. 

D  It contains all of the laws of the Code of Hammurabi.  

Question 12

12.

The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?

A  Cuneiform  

B  Pictographs 

C  Egyptian 

D  Hieroglyphics 

Question 13

13.

What is something, based on your above answers, that you think you need to (or would like to) find out more about?

Question 1

Put an x on the location of China

Question 2

Circle India on the map

Question 3

Draw a picture of the tombs built for Egyptian Pharoahs

Question 4

What is the name of the strip of land that became the site of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations?

Nile River Valley

Fertile Crescent

Asia Minor

Indus Valley

Question 5

The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means

Fertile Hippopotomus

Land between the rivers

Land of fertility

Land of pots

Question 6

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.
Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?

They were monotheistic

They were polytheistic

They didn't have a religion

Question 7

What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?

Hieroglyphics

Cuneiform

Assyrian

None of the above

Question 8

The Nile empties into this body of water

A  Mediterranean Sea 

B  Indian Ocean

C  Atlantic Ocean 

D  Lake Victoria

Question 9

Egypt is a desert. The ancient Egyptians had fertile soil to plant in because:

A  the Egyptians used fertilizers to make the soil fertile  

B  the Egyptians practiced irrigation  

C  the flood water brought fertile soil with it  

D  the dams were opened to moisten the soil  

Question 10

10.

Egyptian pyramids were built for:

A  priests  

B  pharaohs  

C  all Egyptians  

D grain storage

Question 11

11.

What was the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

A  It contains the only surviving text of the Book of the Dead.  

B  It lists the names of the important pharaohs of Egypt.  

C  It allowed historians to translate Egyptian writing. 

D  It contains all of the laws of the Code of Hammurabi.  

Question 12

12.

The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?

A  Cuneiform  

B  Pictographs 

C  Egyptian 

D  Hieroglyphics 

Question 13

13.

River Valley Pre-Assessment

River Valley Pre-Assessment

Put an x on the location of China

Circle India on the map

Draw a picture of the tombs built for Egyptian Pharoahs

What is the name of the strip of land that became the site of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations?

The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?

What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?

The Nile empties into this body of water

Egypt is a desert. The ancient Egyptians had fertile soil to plant in because:

Egyptian pyramids were built for:

What was the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?

What is something, based on your above answers, that you think you need to (or would like to) find out more about?

Put an x on the location of China

Circle India on the map

Draw a picture of the tombs built for Egyptian Pharoahs

What is the name of the strip of land that became the site of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations?

The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?

What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?

The Nile empties into this body of water

Egypt is a desert. The ancient Egyptians had fertile soil to plant in because:

Egyptian pyramids were built for:

What was the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?

What is something, based on your above answers, that you think you need to (or would like to) find out more about?

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.
Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?

The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.
Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?