Eastside Prep - Ancient Civilizations And Their Wars
Test Your Knowledge On The Ancient Civilizations That Form the Foundations of Western Civilization. Please read each question carefully before submitting your answer. Once you submit your answer you may not go back and correct it. Please Sign in With Your First and Last Name
- 1.Assyria had to constantly defend itself because...
- A.
Other Nation-States thought they were punks
- B.
Their city was located in open land
- C.
They always started trouble with other Nation-States
- D.
Their city was filled with gold
- 2.What did the Assyrians use to batter down city walls?
- A.
Cannons
- B.
Bulls
- C.
Battering Ram
- D.
Fire
- 3.What is an Archer?
- A.
One who makes Arches
- B.
One who builds castles
- C.
One who uses a bow and arrows
- D.
One who fights in the hillside
- 4.
Area A on the map represents...- A.
Mesopotamia
- B.
The Nile Delta
- C.
Canaan
- D.
Upper Egypt
- 5.Select the correct answers for the blanks.As its name suggests, Mesopotamia was located between two __________, which were the ____________ and the ____________.
- A.
Streams, Jordan, Ratch
- B.
Rivers, Tigris, Euphrates
- C.
Mountains, Olympus, Alps
- D.
Rivers, Jordan, Thames
- 6.
Which letter represents the Tigris River?
- A.
H
- B.
G
- C.
A
- D.
I
- E.
C
- 7.
Which letter represents Upper Egypt?
- A.
A
- B.
G
- C.
F
- D.
H
- E.
C
- 8.
The Mediterranean Sea is represented by which letter?
- A.
D
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
None of the Above
- E.
A
- 9.One way to identify the area in which the Nile empties into the Mediterranean is by the shape it takes, which is....
- A.
Circular
- B.
Triangular
- C.
Rectangular
- D.
Ovular
- E.
Square
- 10.What is the source of the Nile?
- A.
Lake Hudson
- B.
Lake Nile
- C.
The Blue Nile
- D.
Lake Simon
- E.
Lake Victoria
- 11.Which part of Egypt is closer to the mountains of Africa?
- A.
Upper Egypt
- B.
Lower Egypt
- 12.Which part of Egypt is closer to the Mediterranean?
- A.
Lower Egypt
- B.
Upper Egypt
- 13.Which current Nation is located in the area of Mesopotamia?
- A.
Sudan
- B.
Afghanistan
- C.
Libya
- D.
Iraq
- E.
India
- 14.Mesopotamia was part of a larger region called the ____________________. This area, that stretched from the eastern edge of the _____________________ down to the Persian Gulf, had ________________ soil and was where many civilizations started.
- A.
Fertile Kingdom, Mediterranean Sea, rocky
- B.
Fertile Crescent, Mediterranean Sea, fertile
- C.
Crescent Moon, Nile River, fertile
- D.
Black Crescent, Mediterranean Sea, black
- 15.What first began in Sumerian cities?
- A.
Hunter gather culture
- B.
Sea travel
- C.
Writing
- D.
The first alphabet
- 16.
What does the dash-outlined area on the this map represent?
- A.
The Egyptian Empire
- B.
The Canaanite Rivers
- C.
The Fertile Crescent
- D.
The Greek Empire
- 17.The Fertile Crescent derives its name from which facts?
- A.
It was a Crescent Moon shaped area with very rich soil
- B.
It was a Crescent Moon shaped area where women had many children
- C.
It was a Crescent Moon shaped area with very poor soil
- D.
It was an area with fertile soil where the Crescent River flowed
- 18.
Which letter on this map represents the Euphrates River?
- A.
I
- B.
H
- C.
G
- D.
D
- 19.What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
- A.
Land of Potatoes
- B.
Land of Many Mountains
- C.
Land Between Two Rivers
- D.
Land of 10,000 Lakes
- 20.What description best fits Mesopotamia?
- A.
The Cradle of Civilization
- B.
The Mother of All Nations
- C.
The Land of the Rising Sun
- D.
The Leader of the Free World
- 21.The word "agrarian" is used to describe which of the following?
- A.
War based cultures
- B.
Fishing based cultures
- C.
Hunter gatherer cultures
- D.
Migrant cultures
- E.
Farming based cultures
- 22.Which was a major advantage of having a farm-based culture that yielded surplus food?
- A.
People could use farming instruments in warfare
- B.
People could build weapons from farming byproducts.
- C.
People could stop farming and begin doing other things, like building a city.
- D.
Crop fields made it difficult for invading armies to advance.
- 23.Sumerian city streets were so narrow that you could hardly get a cart through them.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Sumerian houses faced away from crowded streets. Instead, they faced onto courtyards where families ate and children played.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Although the Sumerians were very wise, they never managed to develop indoor plumbing.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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