Name _______________________________
Period ________
The First Civilizations – Unit Test
Part One: Egyptian
Mythology Matching (2 points each – 10 points total)
____1. This god is king of the dead
a. Isis
____2. The god of chaos; he killed his brother
b. Osiris
____3. The son of Osiris; Egyptians believed the Pharaoh
c. Anubis
was
the living form of this god.
____4. This goddess is married to Osiris
d. Set
____5. The god of mummification; he helped Isis
e. Horus
mummify Osiris
Part Two: Middle
East Mythology (2 points each – 10 points total)
____1. The king of Erech (Uruk); he is afraid of death
a. Adam
____2. A mortal man who lives forever; only man saved
b. Thisbe
from the flood
____3. Kills herself because of her love of Pyramus
c. Gilgamesh
____4. He was the first man created according to
d. Eve
Hebrew
stories
____5. She was the first woman created and tempted by
e. Utanapishtim
the snake to eat fruit from the forbidden tree
Part Three: Inventions
and Technology of Egyptians, Sumerians, Hebrews, Babylonians and Phoenicians Matching (2 points each – 16 points total)
____1. Egyptian writing that uses pictures to represent sounds
a. Monotheism
____2. Sumerian writing made up of wedge shaped signs
b. Ziggurat
____3. A large temple built by the Sumerians and Babylonians
c. Shadouf
____4. Created by the Mesopotamians in order to know when to d. Polytheism
plant and harvest crops
e. Calendar
____5. Organized religion that believes in many gods
f. Hieroglyphics
____6. Organized religion that believes in one god
g. Zodiac
____7. Signs that are used to tell a person's horoscope
h. Cuneiform
____8. An irrigation tool with a bucket on the end of a
weighted pole
Part Four: Multiple
Choice – choose the BEST answer (2 points each – 44 points total)
____1. What river flows through Ancient Egypt?
a. Tigris
c. Euphrates
b. Indus
d. Nile
____2. What direction does the Nile River flow?
a. North
c. South
b. West d.
East
____3. Which of the following is NOT a city located in the
Fertile Crescent?
a. Ur
c. Babylon
b. Thebes
d. Erech
____4. Where was the Great Pyramid built?
a. Thebes
c. Babylon
b. Giza
d. Kutztown
____5. What is the biggest threat to the pyramids and the mummies and artifacts inside?
a. Earthquakes
c. Extreme heat
b. Flooding
d. Tomb robbers
____6. How did Egyptians get the stones on top of the pyramid?
a. Ramps
c. Pullies and levers
b. A very strong man
d. Aliens
____7. The Mesopotamians built the ziggurats to:
a. Bury their rulers in
c. Honor their gods
b. Be architectural wonders
d. No purpose
____8. What material was used to build Mesopotamian ziggurats?
a. Limestone
c. Sandstone
b. Mud bricks
d. Granite
____9. The story of Gilgamesh is similar to:
a. Noah’s Ark
c. The Hebrew Creation Story
b. Romeo and Juliet
d. Isis and Osiris
____10. This language
was called the “mother of all writing”:
a. Hieroglyphics
c. Phoenician
b. Roman
d. Cuneiform
____11. This is
defined as the study of stars and planets to predict future events:
a. Zodiac
c. Astrology
b. Astronomy
d. ESP
____12. How many
months were in the Mesopotamian calendar year?
a. 12
c. 10
b. 8
d. 15
____13. How many
days are in the Mesopotamian calendar?
a. 225
c. 365
b. 301
d. 354
____14. According
to the Social Pyramid, he was the most powerful person in Egypt
a. Priest
c. Pharaoh
b. Soldier
d. Farmer
____15. In order
to have a reliable water supply, Sumerian farmers created:
a. Shadoufs
c. Strong walls
b. Irrigation systems
d. Levees
____16. Earth
walls built along the sides of rivers to prevent flooding were called:
a. Canals
c. Levees
b. Irrigation
d. Silt walls
____17. People
living in the plains were vulnerable to attack because the plains in Sumer provided no:
a. Natural boundaries
c. Water
b. Food
d. Weapons
____18. The walled
cities of Sumer were like independent
countries, which became referred to as:
a. Towns
c. Countries
b. Mesopotamia
d. City-States
____19. Phoenicians
and Hebrews settled in a piece of land known as:
a. Canaan
c. Babylon
b. Egypt
d. Ur
____20. What two
things did Phoenicians do to make a living?
a. Robbing and looting
c. Farming and trading
b. Singing and dancing
d. Fishing and weaving
____21. The main
export of Phoenicia was:
a. Paper
c. Food
b. Timber
d. People
____22. The Phoenicians built colonies in the Mediterranean as well as Africa.
The most famous Phoenician colony in Africa
is:
a. Carthage
c. Egypt
b. Memphis
d. Sicily
Part 5: Lists
(1 point each – 20 points total)
- List the five civilizations that we studied during this unit:
-
b.
c.
d.
e.
- List the five planets that the people of Sumer
and Babylon had discovered:
-
b.
c.
d.
e.
- List the three major cities in the Middle East
-
b.
c.
- List the eight steps of the social pyramid with the most powerful first. (Getting them in order
will give you three extra credit points):
-
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.