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River Valley Pre-Assessment
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Put an x on the location of China
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Circle India on the map
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Draw a picture of the tombs built for Egyptian Pharoahs
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What is something, based on your above answers, that you think you need to (or would like to) find out more about?
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
The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means
Fertile Hippopotomus
Land between the rivers
Land of fertility
Land of pots
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
What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Assyrian
None of the above
The Nile empties into this body of water
A Mediterranean Sea
B Indian Ocean
C Atlantic Ocean
D Lake Victoria
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
Egyptian pyramids were built for:
A priests
B pharaohs
C all Egyptians
D grain storage
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.
The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?
A Cuneiform
B Pictographs
C Egyptian
D Hieroglyphics