5 Written Questions

1. bone used by priests in Shang China to predict the future
2. a series of rulers from the same family
3. a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
4. a fertile region in southwestern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia
5. a system of writing using symbols or pictures

5 Matching Questions

1. cultural diffusion
2. feudalism
3. empire
4. Hammurabi
5. pyramid

1. a Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
2. b huge stone structure built by the ancient Egyptians to serve as a tomb
3. c a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
4. d system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners
5. e the spreading, mixing, and changing of cultures

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the preservation of the dead
   1. Mesopotamia
   2. Hammurabi
   3. mummification
   4. monsoon
2. a large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent
   1. empire
   2. subcontinent
   3. oracle bone
   4. monsoon
3. a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
   1. empire
   2. loess
   3. delta
   4. dynasty
4. a fertile deposit of windblown soil
   1. loess
   2. dynasty
   3. delta
   4. monsoon
5. ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant
   1. loess
   2. pharaoh
   3. papyrus
   4. empire

5 True/False Questions

1. Narmer → a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

   True        False

2. pharaoh → a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

   True        False

3. dynastic cycle → describes the pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties

   True        False

4. Harappan civilization → the preservation of the dead

   True        False

5. polytheism → huge stone structure built by the ancient Egyptians to serve as a tomb

   True        False