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Social Studies/Mr. Lingner
Mid-year Review
Questions
(Fill in the Answers )
Indus River
Egypt
Mesopotamia
______________
stumbled upon the
ruins of Mohenjo-Daro
and Harappa, two
ancient Indus River
civilizations.
How did the
ancient Egyptians
demonstrate
their belief in life
after death?
The Indus River
Valley was in modern
day ______________,
wedged between the
Hindu Kush and the
Himalayas
According to
legend, who
united Upper and
Lower Egypt?
A ziggurat would
be an example of
which trait of
civilization?
The
_________of
Heaven was a
sign that a good
ruler had the
approval of the
gods.
The Neolithic Period
was characterized by
the change from
hunting and
gathering
to_______?
Mohenjo-Daro had a
massive _______a
walled in area, like a
fortress in which
people could go to if
invaders attacked.
She was the world’s
first woman ruler, and
she greatly increased
Egypt’s wealth
through trade.
One reason for
the development
of an early
civilization in the
Tigris-Euphrates
river valleys was
that
What great thing did
Shi Huangdi do
before he died? (To
protect him in the
afterlife)
What does it mean to
have a surplus of
food?
Archaeologists found
over 2,000
___________. They
showed drawings of
animals and a form of
writing. Scholars
cannot yet read this
writing.
This unlocked the key
to understanding the
hieroglyphics.
The
Sumerian city-states
were found in
Mesopotamia, which is
a Greek word
meaning, “The land
between the rivers.”
Between what two
rivers was
Mesopotamia found?
The Tigris and
Euphrates rivers flow
south east into this
body of water.
What does Confucius say
is what every citizen
should do?
The river
civilizations settled
where they did
because the land was
___________, or
good for farming.
In China, the role of
family and respect for
your elders is very
important. TRUE or
FALSE?
Which river
civilization did not
have a central
government, but 12
independent citystates?
Who built the
Great Pyramid of
Giza?
What is meant by the
term “cuneiform?”
This was built to
keep invaders from
entering China from
its northern border.
Other Stuff
The ancient
Egyptian picture
writing system
was called?
_____________ was
unique because it was
a planned city with
straight, paved streets
in a pattern of squares,
indoor plumbing
connected to
underground sewers,
and garbage chutes.
Hammurabi’s
Code provided for
different
penalties
according to
what?
China
The Indian peninsula
is so large it is called a
__________a large
landmass that is
connected to a
continent.
The overland trade
route on which silk
and other goods
were carried
between Asia and
Europe was called
the
One similarity in the
Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, ancient
Indian (Harappan),
and ancient Chinese
civilizations was that
they each developed
what?
One way in which
the Huang Ho, the
Indus, and the Nile
civilizations were
similar is that they
each