WORLD HISTORY (5TH EDITION) (BJU)

Along which river did the Shang and Zhou dynasties rise to power?

• Euphrates

• Yellow

• Nile

• Indus

The Egyptian civilization was centered around which river?

• Euphrates

• Yellow

• Nile

• Indus

The name Mesopotamia means "land between the

• rivers

• mountains

• oceans

• cities

What is the Sumerian wedge-shaped writing system called?

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Alphabet

• Cuneiform

Egyptian picture-writing is known as

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Alphabet

• Cuneiform

Which writing system was used to write the Epic of Gilgamesh?

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Alphabet

• Cuneiform

What is Hammurabi best remembered for?

• Conquests

• Law code

• Building projects

• Technological achievements

Tyre and Sidon were major cities of which civilization?

• Hebrew

• Phoenician

• Mesopotamia

• Assyrian

Where were the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa located?

• India

• China

• Sumerians

• Canaan

Which of these civilizations existed last?

• Amorites

• Chaldeans

• Persians

• Amorites