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Common Assessment 3
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1. What number is closest to the Himalayan Mountains on the map above?
Mesopotamia
2. Referring to the map above, which number represents the Euphrates River?
3. Indian society was organized into a caste system. What determines the caste a person is born to?
4. Which of these river systems was home to ancient civilizations in both Egypt and Nubia?
5. The following illustrates the caste system in India.
Caste
Role
Brahmin
priests, scholars
Kshatriya
leaders, warriors
Vaishya
farmers, merchants
Shudra
servants, workers
The caste system is an institution that separates what?
6. Why is the Ganges River significant to ancient Indian civilization?
7.
What word best completes the chart describing the role of the pharaoh in Ancient Egypt?
8. Ancient Egyptians used pictographs for writing. This system of writing they developed is called what?
9. The Mesopotamians constructed monumental buildings that served as temples. What was the name given
these structures?
10. When the Aryans ruled India, they developed a society in which four social classes, called varnas, each
played a certain role in society. What are the highest and lowest varnas and what type of people would be in
each?
11. This pharaoh was known as a builder pharaoh because of the many building projects begun or completed
during the years 1503 B.C. to 1482 B.C. In addition to buildings, many obelisks and statues were also
completed. This pharaoh was the first woman to be king of both Upper and Lower Egypt. Who was she?
12. What is significant about the Indus River?
13. Why is it believed that Hinduism evolved from Brahmanism?
14. What is the significance of Hammurabi’s Code?
15. Why was agriculture important to the ancient Egyptians?
16. In what way did the people living in Mesopotamia adapt to their physical environment?
17. How do historians know that Hinduism has a basis in the religion of the ancient Aryans?
18.
• Religion of the ancient Aryans
• Had a major influence on the development of Hinduism
• Based on sacred writings known as the Vedas
• Believed in the existence of many gods
• Rituals included placing sacrifices on a sacred fire as an offering to their gods
What religion is being described above?
19. Unfortunately, there is little evidence to document the period in which the Aryans invaded India. Any
information historians have gathered has come from sacred writings. Historians call this somewhat mysterious
time period the ____________ _________________.
20. What was the name of the paper that the ancient Egyptians developed for writing?
21. The ancient Egyptians and the people of Mesopotamia were both polytheistic. What does this mean?
22. As the first king of unified Egypt, Menes is often credited with accomplishing what?
23. Why did the ancient Egyptians use the mummification process on the dead?
24. Siddhartha Gautama was born about 2,500 years ago and was a spiritual leader in India. He changed his
name to Buddha, which means "The Awakened One"(The Enlightened One). What was the Buddha born as?
Civilization
Government
Religion
Written Language
Mesopotamia
ruled by kings and elected officials
polytheistic
used shaped symbols and drawings
called cuneiform
Egypt
ruled by the pharaoh and his or her
chosen advisors
polytheistic
used "sacred drawings" known as
hieroglyphs
25. In what way was the written language of the Egyptians similar to the written language of the people of
Mesopotamia?