Historical Geography Ch. 2 Quiz
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- 1.Mesopatamia lies between the _________ and ___________ Rivers (Separate answers with a space only)
- 2.What were some disadvantages of living in Mesopatamia? What solutions did people find?
- 3.In Sumeria, who were the government heads in the city-states?
- A.
Temple priests
- B.
Scribes
- C.
Elected politicians
- D.
Military commanders
- 4.
- 5.
- A.
Alexander the Great
- B.
Hammurabi
- C.
Sargon of Akkad
- D.
King Tutankhamun
- 6.Nomadic Amorites then invaded Mesopatamia and established a captial at Babylon. The Peak of the Babylonian Empire was:
- A.
Alexander the Great
- B.
Hammurabi
- C.
Sargon of Akkad
- D.
King Tutankhamun
- 7.
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The indicated section is:- A.
Upper Egypt
- B.
Lower Egypt
- C.
Eastern Egypt
- D.
Western Egypt
- 8.
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The indicated area is:- A.
Upper Egypt
- B.
Lower Egypt
- C.
Eastern Egypt
- D.
Western Egypt
- 9.King _________ most likely unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one Kingdom. He established the first Egyptian dynasty.
- 10.
- 11.
- 12.List some inventions of ancient Egypt.
- 13.
- A.
Harappa
- B.
Alexandria
- C.
Ur
- D.
Mohenjo-Daro
- E.
Kalibangan
- F.
Sumer
- 14.
- A.
The Nile (China is the "gift of the Nile")
- B.
Huang He (Yellow River, "China's Sorrow")
- C.
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)
- D.
Tigris River
- 15.
- A.
It had beautiful mountains and valleys.
- B.
It provided many natural resources.
- C.
It supported a thriving civilization.
- D.
It was the only good farming land in China.
- 16.________ was the king of the Xia Dynasty.
- 17.The _________ Dynasty was the first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records. They surrounded their cities with massive earthern walls and built great palaces and tombs.
- 18.Because the Chinese saw their country as the center of the civilized world, they called China:
- A.
Land of the Great
- B.
The Middle Kingdom
- C.
Best Country Ever
- D.
Fruitful Region
- 19.The _________________ states that a just ruler had divine approval.
- 20.The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties is known as the _____________.
- 21.Iron was widely used in ancient China.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.The end of the ________ Dynasty was known as the "time of the warring states."
- 23.
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