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The Know-It-All Game Choose Your Category! • Mesopotamia or Bust • Egypt, The Gift of the Nile • Indus River Valley • Yellow River Valley Mesopotamia or Bust Question #1 • What two rivers form Mesopotamia? A) Indus and Ganges Rivers B) Huang He and Yangtze Rivers C) Nile and Amazon Rivers D)Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Mesopotamia or Bust Question #2 • The Sumerians built religious temples called…. A) Ziggurats B) Pyramids C) Sarcophaguses D) Shrines Mesopotamia or Bust Question #3 • The Sumerians writing was known as… A) hieroglyphics B) ideograms C) Sanskrit D) cuneiform Mesopotamia or Bust Question #4 • Which Mesopotamian created the first set of written laws? A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Darius Mesopotamia or Bust Question #5 • Under the Code of Hammurabi, if someone kicked you in the shins what could you do? A) have them pay your doctor bill B) kick them in the shins C) kill that person D) kick one of their family in the shins Mesopotamia or Bust Question #6 • What could rich people do if they hurt someone lower in rank under the Code of Hammurabi? A) Nothing, they would be hurt too B) They could pay a fine instead C) They were not punished D) Leave town instead Mesopotamia or Bust Question #7 • What type of religion was worshipped by the peoples of Mesopotamia and Egypt? A) Monotheistic B) Polytheistic C) Worshipped ancestors D) Worshipped animals Mesopotamia or Bust Question #8 • Where is Mesopotamia? A) B) C) D) You Win!!!!!!! Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #1 • Egypt is often called “the gift of the _________” A) Gods B) Nile C) Indus D) Pyramids Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #2 • Where is Egypt? A) B) C) D) Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #3 • What is the name for Egyptian writing? A) Cuneiform B) Hieroglyphics C) Sanskrit D) Ideograms Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #4 • What were pyramids built for? A) places for worship B) religious ceremonies C) burial of pharaohs D) storage for grain Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #5 • What best describes the purpose of mummification? A) to be born into a new caste in the next life B) to protect body from evil spirits C) to worship your ancestors D) to preserve your body for the afterlife Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #6 • What artifact helped modern historians read hieroglyphics? A) Rosetta Stone B) Memphis Codex C) the Da Vinci Code D) College textbook Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #7 • The pyramids were built by _________. A) paid farmers between harvests and slaves B) slaves C) Egyptian soldiers D) paid workers from other countries Egypt, The Gift of the Nile Question #8 • How did the Egyptian people view their pharaohs? A) as just kings B) as gods on earth C) as human beings D) as an elected rulers Indus River Valley Question #1 • How do we know that the early Indians had pretty much equal social status? A) Only the wealthy learned to read and write B) The rulers were seen as gods on earth C) The houses were all the same size D) Merchants had larger houses than peasants Indus River Valley Question #2 • Where is the Indus River Civilization? A) B) C) D) Indus River Valley Question #3 • Which cities were in the Indus River Valley? A) Memphis and Giza B) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa C) Sumer and Bablyon D) Anyang and Zhengzhou Indus River Valley Question #4 • Which one of these features did Indus River Valley cities have? A) Well-planned city blocks B) Sewers C) Houses made of clay bricks D) All of the above Indus River Valley Question #5 • What mountain range kept India isolated A) Himalayas B) Rockies C) Hindu Kush D) both A and C Indus River Valley Question #6 • What is a monsoon? A) a giant rainstorm B) a type of boat C) a seasonal wind that brings extreme rain D) a water shortage Indus River Valley Question #7 • Why do we understand very little about the Indus River Civilization before the Aryans? A) They left no artifacts B) They had no cities C) We can’t read their writing D) We can’t go to India today Yellow River Valley Question #1 • Two rivers ran through China. One was the Chang Jiang a.k.a. the Yangtze. The other was the _________ a.k.a. the Yellow River. A) Yangtze B) Ganges C) Huang He D) Tigris Yellow River Valley Question #2 • Which of the following problems did the Chinese ruler not have control over? A) not able to stop invaders B) raising taxes C) having a corrupt government D) earthquakes Yellow River Valley Question #3 • What landforms isolates China from other civilizations? A) rivers B) rivers and seas C) mountains and deserts D) deserts Yellow River Valley Question #4 • Why is the Chinese language so complex? A) It uses an alphabet B) we can’t translate it C) it has over 10,000 symbols D) it uses numbers instead of letters Yellow River Valley Question #5 • Where is the Huang He River Civilization? A) B) C) D) Yellow River Valley Question #6 • What is a dynasty? A) a religious group B) a ruling family C) a single ruler D) my favorite TV show Yellow River Valley Question #7 • Chinese rulers who said that the gods chose them to rule said they had the ______________. A) Code of Hammurabi B) Right of Rule C) Mandate of Heaven D) Right to Remain Silent