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Grade 5 Mesopotamia
The earliest true cities developed in the 4th century BCE in what region?
  1. India
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece
  4. Mesopotamia
Grade 5 Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was responsible for rapid population growth in cities.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Egypt
Egyptian mummies were usually dehydrated using natron, which is what?
  1. a salt
  2. an herb
  3. a type of reed
  4. Silt from the Nile
Grade 5 Egypt
Purposeful mummification in Egypt began during what period?
  1. 2nd Intermediate Period
  2. Middle Kingdom
  3. New Kingdom
  4. Old Kingdom
Grade 5 Ancient History
Cities first developed after what advancement?
  1. iron working
  2. agriculture
  3. the wheel
  4. money
Grade 5 Egypt
Ancient Egyptians believed that the dead body had to be preserved so that the soul could inhabit it again in the afterlife.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Egypt
Before mummification the brain of the deceased was taken out through the nose using a hook.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Egypt
In the Egyptian mummification process it took forty days to dehydrate a body.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Exploration
Which country is responsible for beginning the Age of Exploration?
  1. Spain
  2. France
  3. Portugal
  4. The Netherlands
Grade 5 Egypt
Because he was the god of mummification, the lids of all canopic jars were shaped like Osiris.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Roman Empire
Roman cities were built in a grid pattern.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Ancient India
Cities in the Indus Valley Civilization were the first to have               sanitation                systems.
Grade 5 Greece
The Parthenon remained well-preserved until 1687 when it was damaged in a gunpowder explosion.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Egypt
Egyptian tombs were often filled with food, drink, clothes, and furniture for the mummy to use in the afterlife.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Modern Europe
Marie Curie is credited with developing the theory of what?
  1. magnetism
  2. electricity
  3. radiation
  4. gravity
Grade 5 Modern Europe
Marie Curie was born in France.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
Besides the Conquistadors what killed many Inca because of European exploration?
  1. measels
  2. plague
  3. smallpox
  4. chickenpox
Grade 5 Egypt
Who was the god of the sun?
  1. Anubis
  2. Ma'at
  3. Horus
  4. Ra
Grade 5 WWII
The Soviet leader who was in power during World War II was                  .
  1. Nicholas II
  2. Boris Yeltsin
  3. Joseph Stalin
  4. Mikhail Gorbachev
Grade 5 Greece
Answer the following questions about ancient Greek gods.
__ Who is the Greek god of war? A. Ares
__ Who is the Greek god of thunder? B. Zeus
__ Who is the queen of the Greek gods? C. Hermes
__ Who is the Greek messenger god? D. Apollo
__ Who is the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses? E. Hera
__ Who is the Greek god of archery, music, healing, and the sun? F. Poseidon
__ Who is the Greek goddess of love? G. Hades
__ Who is the Greek goddess of the harvest? H. Artemis
__ Who is the Greek goddess of hunting, the wilderness, and the Moon? I. Aphrodite
__ Who is the Greek god of the underworld? J. Demeter
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