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Contents
1 WORLD CIVILIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Akkadian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Assyrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.3 Babylonian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1.4 Egyptian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
1.5 Etruscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
1.6 Greek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
1.7 Hittite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
1.8 Indus Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
1.9 Lydian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1.10 Minoan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
1.11 Persian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
1.12 Phoenician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
1.13 Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
1.14 Sumerian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
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1.1 Akkadian
1. independent state that works with other C. Akkadian god
states to achieve a shared military or po-
D. god of Akkasya
litical goal
A. partner 5. What was the capital of the Akkadian Em-
B. friend pire?
C. ally A. Akkadia
D. enemy B. Akkad
2. The capital of the Akkadian Empire was C. Akkadius
D. Akkadion
A. Babylon
B. Akkad 6. What type of power did the Akkadians use
to conquer Sumer?
C. Ur
D. Eridu A. political
3. What is another name for the Akkadian B. technological

Empire? C. military
A. Akkadians D. cultural
B. Da Best empire
C. Akkad 7. Which city-state did Umma fight against?
D. Sumerians A. Uruk
4. What title was given to King Sargon I? B. Ur
A. god of Agade C. Lagash

B. Haring Gudea D. Kish
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. C
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8. What was Naram-Sin famous for? C. east of the Tigris and Euphrates
A. He was the Babylonian ruler who con- D. d:south of the Tigris and Euphrates

quered the Akkadians
14. what did soldiers carry behind the front
B. He was a scribe who wrote the Epic of line?
Gilgamesh
A. shields
C. He was ruler of the Akkadian Empire
during its peak B. spears
D. He was the god of the Sun and the pri- C. swords
mary god of the city of Uruk D. cactus
9. What did Sargon use to add territory to 15. What was the Mesopotamian translation
his empire? for “true king? ”
A. intimidation A. Akkad
B. coffee B. Sarru-Kan
C. military tactics C. Sumerian
D. Intelligence D. Akki
10. The Akkadians used steles to 16. What language did the Akkadians speak?
A. attack enemy forces A. Sumerian
B. get water for farming B. Babylonian
C. record important events C. Asyrian
D. make objects from metal D. Akkadian
11. Who founded the world’s first empire in 17. What was one of their inventions?
2334 BCE?
A. cunieform
A. Haring Sargon I
B. Abacus
B. Rimush
C. horn
C. manishtushu
D. wheel
D. soft-syn
18. Sargon ruled the Akkadian Empire for
12. Which is a Legacy of Sumer/Mesopotamia? around
A. 10 years
A. written law
B. 40 years
B. cuneiform / education
C. 50 years
C. farming and irrigation
D. 80 years
D. All are Correct
19. What are some of the items that Dr.
13. Where did the people of the Akkadian Em- Thornwell Jacobs put into the time cap-
pire first establish settlements? sule?
A. southern Mesopotamia A. famous books, photographs and a
B. northern Mesopotamia movie script
9. C 10. C 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A
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B. gold, silver and jewels 25. Which empire was the first ruler of
C. a car, a bicycle and roller skates Mesopotamia?
D. a radio, a television and a computer A. The Babylonian Empire

B. The Sumerian Empire
20. What did Hammurabi do with the code
of laws to make sure everyone knew of C. The Akkadian Empire
them? D. The Assyrian Empire
A. He had them carved on stele and 26. The Akkadians were from which part of
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placed in front of the temple Mesopotamia?
B. He put the code in front of the peoples A. East
houses
B. West
C. He placed them at the entrance of
Babylon C. North
D. He tattooed them on people to remind D. South

them 27. The Akkadians were the first to move from
21. How many rulers did the Akkkadians separate city-states to this form of gov-
have? ernment.
A. 5 A. Democracy
B. 1 B. Autrocracy
C. 7 C. Empire
D. 8 D. Socialism
22. Who united Sumer once again after the 28. Sargon’s empire actually lasted only
Akkadians downfall? years before falling to invaders from the
northeast.
A. Hammurabi
A. 100 years
B. Sargon
B. 150 years
C. Ur Nammu
C. 50 years
D. Ashurbanipal
D. 250 years
23. What religion did the Akkadian practice?
29. what did soldiers carry at the front forma-
A. polytheistic tion?
B. christianity A. puppies
C. buddhism B. spears
D. monotheistic C. shields
24. Who was the leader of the Akkadians? D. pillows
A. Gilgamesh 30. Sargon had hoped his empire would last
B. Hammurabi for
C. Ur-Nammu A. 100 years
D. Sargon B. 200 years
20. A 21. A 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. A
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C. 500 years 36. Who was the first ruler of the Akkadian
Empire?
D. 1000 years
A. Naram-SIn

31. What city state did Sargon first conquer? B. Sargon the Great
A. Kish C. Hammurabi
B. Umma D. Gilgamesh
C. Lagash 37. We learned about Sargon of Akkad by piec-
D. Ur ing together and
A. legends and folktales
32. Rich, fertile soil, carried by rivers and de- B. artifacts and cave paintings
posited on their banks:
C. letters and the Code of Hammurabi
A. Sand
D. songs and text messages
B. Clay
38. The Akkadian Empire lasted for years,
C. Silt eventually declining due to over expan-
D. Soil sion
A. 50
33. Hammurabi’s greatest accomplishment B. 200
A. Hammurabi’s Code C. 300
B. strong military leader D. 100
C. public works projects 39. How long did the empire of Ur-Nammu
D. Babylon last?
A. 20 years
34. Sargon was the first
B. 50 years
A. Emperor C. 100 years
B. Horse back rider D. 500 years
C. King 40. What was needed for the unrest after the
D. Architect Akkadians fell?
A. Steel tipped weapons
35. Sargon made the city of Agade wealthy
B. Gold
by collecting money (wealth) sent from
other countries and rulers to the Akkadian C. A code of law
Empire recognizing it as more powerful. D. Calvary
When countries/rulers do this it is called
41. What type of law was NOT covered in the
Code of Hammurabi?
A. tribute
A. civil law
B. politics B. land law
C. corruption C. criminal law
D. blackmail D. family law
32. C 33. A 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. C 41. B 42. B
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42. In the Akkadian Empire, who was often a 48. Were the Akkadians into sports?
ruler? A. yes
A. strong men B. No
B. Religious leaders C. No one knows
C. strong woman D. none of above
D. animals
49. king sargon sued what strategies to con-
43. What peoples came before the Akkadians tro his empire
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in the land of Mesopotamia? A. clever political
A. Babylonians B. talk to people
B. Sumerians C. Listening
C. Assyrians D. End war
D. Persians 50. Hammurabi’s code of laws for the empire.
44. What modern country is located in the re- Written on a stone block eight feet high
gion once known as Mesopotamia? and discovered by J. de Morgan asa Susa
in 1901.
A. India
A. Code of law
B. China
B. Code of Babylonia
C. Iraq
C. Code of Hammurabi
D. Egypt
D. none of above
45. The invaders that ended the Akkadian em-
51. What is the job of the cup bearer?
pire were from
A. To wash the dishes
A. Persia
B. A craftsman who made cups
B. The Zagros Mountains
C. The Akkadian empire royal dishes
C. Neo Babylon
D. To serve drinks to the king and to test
D. Phoenicia it if needed
46. a state containing several countries or ter- 52. Sargon changed the language of to
ritories Akkadian.
A. dictatorship A. Kish
B. empire B. Umma
C. union C. Lagash
D. country D. All of Mesopotamia
47. Who was the creator of the Babylonian 53. set out on a quest to find a plant from
empire? a survivor of the Great Flood.
A. Sargon A. Akkadian Empire
B. Gilgamesh B. Sargon of Akkad
C. Hammurabi C. Hammurabi
D. Ur-Nammu D. Gilgamesh
43. B 44. C 45. B 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. A 50. C 51. D 52. D 53. D
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54. Some important discoveries from the ruins C. Gilgamesh

of Uruk included art, stone buildings and D. Enkidu

A. gold and silver 60. Did both women and men wear wooden
shoes?
B. primitive tools
A. No, just the women
C. cylinder seals
B. No, just the men
D. paintings
C. Yes they both wore wooden shoes
55. a carved stone pillar usually used as a mon- D. none of above
ument
A. dynasty 61. Hammurabi is best known for creating a
code of ?
B. stela
A. Ethics
C. alluvial plain
B. Responsibilities
D. McDonalds
C. Laws
56. Which city-state did Sargon first take D. Jobs
over?
A. Uruk 62. Which of these did the Akkadians use to
gain power over Sumer?
B. Kish
A. military strategy
C. Ur
B. economic wealth
D. Lagash
C. religious teachings
57. In what year did Hammurabi become king D. complex technology
of Babylon?
A. 3400 BC 63. The Akkadians came from which direc-
tion?
B. 1792 BC
A. Northwest
C. 1750 BC
B. Northeast
D. 1000 BC
C. Southeast
58. An important aspect of Akkadian culture D. Southwest
was the development of special skills,
which allowed them to record historical 64. What empire did Hammurabi rule?
deeds with steles A. Akkadian
A. speaking B. Babylonia
B. art C. Assyrian
C. writing D. none of above
D. farming
65. a story passed on by word of mouth
59. The leader of the Akkadians was shared among the people of a culture
A. Hammurabi A. alluvial plain
B. Sargon B. dynasty
54. C 55. B 56. B 57. B 58. B 59. B 60. A 61. C 62. A 63. A 64. B 65. D 66. A
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C. stela 72. Between what timeline did the Akkadians

D. folktale rule?
A. 2000 BC to 3600 BC
66. How long did the Akkadian Empire last?
B. 1000 BC to 2000 BC
A. 200 years
C. 2100 BC to 2300 BC
B. 400 years
D. 1000 BC to 1100 BC
C. 300 years
73. plains created when rivers deposit rich soil
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D. 1000 years
in an area over time
67. what did sargon destroy from other city- A. dynasty
states?
B. folktale
A. towns
C. alluvial plain
B. puppies
D. stela
C. villages
D. walls 74. How many languages did the Akkadians
speak?
68. Which of the following does NOT cause em- A. 1
pires to FALL?
B. 3
A. Invasions/Rebellions
C. 2
B. Civil Wars
D. 5
C. Strong Ruler follows a Strong Ruler
D. Weak rulers come to power 75. How did Sargon unite his empire?
A. He enslaved everybody
69. What Akkadian leader rose to power and
first united Mesopotamia under one rule? B. He changed the language
A. Sargon The Great C. He made every prisoner fear him
B. Gilgamesh D. He built many structures for his people
C. Hammurabi 76. When did the Akkadian Empire begin?

D. Naram-Sin A. Bronze age
70. How did sargon’s soldiers fight? B. Gold age
A. in lines C. Silver age
B. in wagons D. Pink age
C. on horses 77. What was the economy like for the Akka-
D. in tight formations dian’s?
A. They traded gold and jewelry
71. Who is Naram-Sin?
B. They worked for money and used
A. Friend of Sargon the Great money to buy things
B. Relative of Sargon the Great C. they grew enough food to trade with
C. Son of Sargon the Great other nations
D. Grandson of Sargon the Great D. none of above
67. D 68. C 69. A 70. D 71. D 72. C 73. C 74. C 75. B 76. A 77. C 78. A
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78. Which empire did Sargon from after de- C. rule of law
feating the Sumarians?
D. obey the commands

A. Akkadian Empire
B. Babylonian Empire 84. Which of these leaders of empires came
first?
C. Assyrian Empire
A. Cyrus
D. Neo-Babylonina Empire
B. Sargon
79. After Sargon’s death his empire ended.
Which of the follow is NOT a reason for C. Hammurabi
the end of this empire? D. Nebuchadrezzar
A. people were allowed to keep their lo-
cal leaders 85. What was created when a strong ruler
brought many city-states together?
B. city-states rebelled
A. a city-state
C. famine
B. a country
D. enemies raided the empire
C. an ally
80. Why did Gilgamesh set out on a quest to
find a plant from the Great Flood? D. an empire
A. to obtain seeds 86. The first leader of the Akkadians and even-
B. to obtain more food tual first rule of the Akkadian Empire was
C. to obtain immortality
D. to obtain oxygen to breathe. A. Hammurabi
B. Sargon
81. Sargon’s empire was maintained by using
power. C. Gilgamesh
A. agriculture D. Enkidu
B. Gilgamesh
87. What was the Akkadian political structure
C. military like?
D. trade A. The rulers passed down their powers
82. What is an empire? to their sons and family members
A. A city and the farmland around it B. The citizens voted for their rulers
B. another word for Calvary C. the gods chose the ruler
C. a currency D. the tallest man was made ruler
D. a state containing several country or
88. When did the Akkakdiana Empire start?
territories
A. 17 century
83. the idea that ALL members of a society
must obey the law B. 24 century
A. Hammurabi’s Code C. 20 century
B. cultural trait D. 10 century
79. A 80. C 81. C 82. D 83. C 84. B 85. D 86. B 87. A 88. B 89. D
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89. Where was the Akkadian empire located? 95. a series of rulers from the same family
A. Egypt A. dynasty
B. Iraq
B. lugal
C. Turkey
C. stela
D. northern Mesopotamia
D. alluvial plain
90. An underground storage space is a
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A. cavern 96. Who was the leader of the Assyrians
B. crypt that the people of their conquered towns
C. tunnel feared?
D. fault A. Hammurabi
91. What dated era from the timeline led to B. Haring Sargon I
historians being able to accurately record
facts about Sargon’s childhood and rise to C. Haring Assurnasirpal
power? D. none of above
A. 2700 B.C.E
B. 3000 B.C.E. 97. What empire did the Akkadian’s conquer
to take control of Mesopotamia?
C. 4500 B.C.E.
D. 2334 B.C.E. A. The Egyptians
92. Which is NOT true about Hammurabi’s B. The Mesopotamians

Code? C. The Assyrian’s
A. 400 total Laws
D. The SUmerian’s
B. written in cuneiform
C. 1st set of written law 98. What civilization was led by Sargon and
D. eye for an eye philosophy was located north of Sumer?
93. What two city states were fighting when A. The Akkadians
the Akkadians took over? B. Egypt
A. Lagash and Ur
C. Babylonia
B. Umma and Lagash
C. Kish and Ur D. Sinai Penninsula
D. Lagash and Kish

99. idea or way of doing things that is common
94. What were the Akkadians first to do in a certain culture
A. Use cavalry A. culture
B. Mine water from rocks
B. commonality
C. Have an empire
C. cultural trait
D. Create the Hanging Gardens of Baby-
lon D. cultural similarity
90. B 91. B 92. A 93. B 94. C 95. A 96. C 97. D 98. A 99. C 100. A
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100. Sargon allowed people to keep their lo- C. Akkad

cal leaders and customs, however he did D. Gilgamesh
require them to obey him and pay a protec-

tion tax . When countries/rulers do this it 106. Which part of his family did Sargon put
is called as a ruler of Ur?
A. tribute A. His son
B. politics B. His step son
C. corruption C. His daughter
D. blackmail D. His cousin
101. This is the first form of written language 107. Polytheism is

A. Empire A. worshiping many gods
B. Cuneiform B. worshiping cows
C. Scribe C. worshiping one deity
D. Nomad D. worshiping only males
102. Sargon’s death lead to 108. Who were one of the kings?
A. Rebellions and invasions A. Sargon
B. destruction of the empire B. Nirasi
C. a civil war C. bransir
D. All of the above D. Gilgamesh
103. living forever 109. What was the first empire in the world?
A. dynasty A. Babylonia
B. Assyrian
B. immortal
C. Akkadian
C. stela
D. Persian
D. area
110. An ally is
104. The Babylonian Empire grew because of
with many different location. Which A. A bronze club covered with spikes
brought in all kinds of materials and items B. rival city states
into the empire
C. a language
A. Trade
D. an independent state that works with
B. Horses other city states
C. People 111. What is the name for a pyramid shaped
D. Tools temple tower in Mesopotamia?
105. What code represents an early attempt A. pyramid
to write laws down? B. ziggurat
A. Akkadian C. church
B. Hammurabi D. holy tower
101. B 102. D 103. B 104. A 105. B 106. C 107. A 108. A 109. C 110. D 111. B
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112. Was the Akkadian and Sumerian art B. Akkad was destroyed
alike? C. Gilgamesh was destroyed
A. Yes D. people wouldn’t talk
B. No
118. Ruler of Assyria at the time of their con-
C. In some places yes, in others, no
quest of towns. He expanded the empire
D. none of above from the Mediterranean Sea to the area
overlooking the country of Iran.
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113. What do you call the large arc of rich and
fertile farmland in Mesopotamia? A. manishtushu
A. Fertile Circle B. Tiglathpilestr III
B. Fertile Crescent C. Rimush
C. Fresh Crescent D. none of above
D. Fresh Rivers 119. What did the Akkadian’s believe?
114. Look back at the article “Sargon of A. They needed to make the God’s happy
Akkad, “ what would go on the timeline B. The God’s would be happy with them
at 2700 B.C.E. no matter what
A. King Gilgamesh rules Uruk. C. They needed to do what makes them
B. King Gilgamesh married. happy
C. King Gilgamesh recorded in story on D. none of above
tablets.
120. who would rule after his death?
D. King Gilgamesh killed Humbaba.
A. His daughters
115. Which of the following are examples B. His sons
of Mesopotamian inventions and achieve-
ments? C. His wife
A. cave drawings, wheels, the calculator D. His men
B. gunpowder, the plow 121. What type of ruling is cruel and oppres-
C. the plow, cuneiform, and zigguarats sive?
D. public baths, schools A. Democracy
B. Tyranny
116. What was the Akkadian capital?
C. Republic
A. Summeria
D. Anarchy
B. Sipper
C. Kish 122. When was the Code of Hammurabi exca-
vated?
D. Akkad
A. 1905
117. Historians had a hard time learning more
about Sargon and the city of Akkad, be- B. 1889
cause C. 1945
A. Code of Hammurabi was destroyed D. 1901
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lied on C. Conflict/Division where you want to
A. agriculture

take over
B. military D. All of these are correct
C. Gilgamesh
129. Name Which invention was created to tell
D. trade
a story
124. What two rivers was the Akkadian em- A. Stella
pire located between
B. Abacus
A. The Euphrates and the Nile river
C. Wheel
B. The Euphrates and the Yellow River
C. The Euphrates and the Tigris river D. weapons
D. The Euphrates and the Gagnes river 130. How many years did Sargon rule?
125. The Akkadian economy was based on A. 5
and B. 50
A. stocks and markets
C. 105
B. people and cars
D. He didn’t rule
C. building and statues
D. agriculture and trade 131. Sargon put loyal rulers in each city state
to ?
126. What do we and the Akkadians have in
common? ? ? A. Instill fear
A. The Akkadians were into art and so are B. Keep everyone loyal to him
we C. keep control
B. The Akkadians hunted as a use of their D. All of the above
entertainment and so do we
C. The Akkadians used calculators to 132. Who led the Akkadian army to conquer
keep track of inventions and so do we the Sumerian’s?
D. We have democracy and so do the A. Gilgamesh
Akkadians B. Hammurabi
127. Religious leaders were rulers, because C. Sargon
they were thought to have power from
D. Hatshepsut
who?
A. the people 133. About how many years were Akkadians
B. the gods unstable because of the death of their pre-
vious leader?
C. the animals
D. the Akkadian pople A. 300 years
B. 152 years
128. Which of the following causes empires to
RISE? C. 43 years
A. Strong Leader/Military D. 100 years

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1.2 Assyrian
1. This empire used local leaders to help gov- B. Tiglath-Pileser III
ern conquered territories. C. Sargon II
A. Babylonian D. Ashurbanipal
B. Hittite
7. What Hittite invention helped the Assyri-
C. Assyrian ans form a strong army.
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D. Meads A. how to make iron stronger
2. What is a permanent force of professional B. how to ride horses
soldiers called? C. how to make a chariot
A. charioteers D. none of above
B. “the Immortals”
8. Who united all of Mesopotamia under his
C. special forces rule?
D. standing army A. Hammurabi
3. What was the name of the sacred text of B. Darius
the common Persian empire? C. Bishops
A. Ashurbanipal’s text D. all the above
B. Torah
9. How did the Assyrians decide to rule over
C. Avesta such a large area?
D. the sacred hymn A. They beheaded their enemies
4. The ancient powerful city of Babylon is B. They gave power to the Jews
what city today? C. They elected a Pope
A. Cairo D. They appointed loyal people to govern
B. Washington DC
10. Which answer has the correct name of the
C. Mesopotamia river(s) associated with the corresponding
D. Baghdad early societies.
A. Shanghai-Huang He
5. The and ultimately joined forces to
defeat the Assyrians. B. Egypt-Indus
A. Medes, Chaldeans C. Mesopotamia-Tigris and Euphrates
B. Egyptians, Persians D. Harappan-Nile
C. Israelites, Greeks 11. On what did the Sumerians write?
D. None of these A. Clay tablets
6. Who was the last great King of the Assyr- B. Paper

ians? C. Papyrus
A. Shamshi-Adad D. Chat boxes

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12. A win is 17. The people of this kingdom were the first
to master ironworking?
A. a very heavy rain in the Indus valley

A. Assyrians
B. an encampment around a city in which
a systematic attack takes place B. Phoenicians
C. a naval tactic in which the invaders C. Chaldeans
hide their ships until the native ships at- D. Hittites
tack
D. stone weaponry converted to warfare 18. What was the name of the sacred text
by the Assyrians used in Zoroastrianism religion?
A. The Torah
13. What did Hammurabi hope to accomplish
B. The Kuran
with his code?
C. The Oran
A. There were no more slaves.
D. The Avesta
B. Nobility would become richer.
C. The law would protect and punish the 19. What kind of material did the Assyrians
guilty. use to make weapons?
D. Middle Class would select their own A. copper
leaders. B. tin
14. The capital of the Hittite Kingdom. C. bronze
A. Anatolia D. iron
B. Labarnas 20. A satrap in the Persia empire was what?

C. Hattusa A. Governor
D. Chaldeans B. Tax collector
C. Judge
15. If you resisted the Assyrian army, the
likely punishment was D. Priest
A. village was robbed and burned 21. Interestingly, Assyrians also:
B. they would make you stay in jail A. had a peace festival and invited their
C. they beat you in the public square neighbors
D. they gave you a time out B. collected a library of the works of

those conquered, particularly called
16. Believed to be the oldest story ever told, Ashurbanipal’s Library
but there is no historical proof the events C. maintain a modern country and army
ever happened. that continues the empire
A. Epic of Babylon D. were defeated by Babylon
B. Epic of Ashurbanipal
22. Which empire was known for their reli-
C. Epic of Gilgamesh gious tolerance
D. Epic of Nineveh A. Babylonian

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B. Neo-Babylonian (definitely not, Neb- 28. Which group of people skillfully used the
uchadnezzar was a jerk) chariot to give them an advantage in bat-
C. Akkadian tle?
D. Persian A. Chaldeans
B. Hittites
23. rebuilt Babylon, making it the largest
C. Babylonians
and richest city in the world.
D. Phoenicians
A. King Nebuchadnezzar
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B. Hammurabi 29. Which of these were not built by Neb-
uchadnezzar?
C. Sargon
A. a marble library
D. Nobody
B. great walls
24. Who captured Nineveh in 612 B.C.? C. beautiful Ashtar Gate
A. Chaldeans and Medes D. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
B. Chaldeans and Egyptians
30. Who taught the Assyrians the technique of
C. Hittites and Egyptians hardening iron weapons?
D. Medes and Hittites A. the Chaldeans
25. This group of people became expert sailors. B. the Egyptians
Sailing helped them become wealthy be- C. the Sumerians
cause of trade routes.
D. the Hittites
A. Assyrians
31. Which term best describe large groups of
B. Phoenicians
people living together in on place in more
C. Babylonians complex societies with social hierarchies
D. Kassites and specialized labor?
A. city state
26. What was the name of the trade route es-
tablished by Darius? B. civilization
A. the King’s Highway C. empire

D. Da Burg
B. the Supreme Road
C. the Golden Path 32. The belief in more than one god is called
D. the Royal Road A. polygonism
B. polytheism
27. The first simplified alphabet, containing
only twenty-two letters, was created by C. poligomy
the D. polyester
A. Phonecians
33. The Persian King who conquered territory
B. Sumerians making it an empire initially was:
C. Hittites A. Xerxes
D. Aryans B. Menes-Chaldo

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C. Cyrus 39. Which king founded one of the world’s

first libraries?
D. Darius

A. King Assurbinapal of Assyria
34. The Assyrians are most known for their B. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
achievements in
C. King Darius of Persia
A. government and laws
D. none of above
B. culture and arts
40. Why did assyrians become so skilled at
C. religion and architecture fighting after the fall of Babylon?
D. military and warfare A. They had to fight invaders.
35. Which ruler led the Persians to victory B. They had to battle the Persians.
over Medes? C. They had to protect.
A. Darius D. They had to expand their Empire.
B. Cyrus 41. The English alphabet we use came from
C. Nebuchadnezzar this kingdoms alphabet?
D. Ashurbanipal A. Assyrian
B. Phoenician
36. King of the Hittite Empire; he united the
C. Chaldean
Hittite city-states
D. Hittites
A. Labarnas
B. Hattusilis I 42. A permanent army of professional soldiers
is called a
C. Assurbanipal
A. cavalry
D. Nabopolassar
B. Immortals
37. Extra Point:What did the satraps do? C. currency
A. They were Persian leaders D. standing army
B. They went around giving out presents 43. Whose face was printed on all the coins?
C. They acted like governors and col- A. Hammurabi
lected taxes B. Nebuchadnezzar II
D. They collected taxes independently C. Ashurbanipal
38. Read the list:-Siege techniquie-Battering D. Darius
rams-Movable towersThe Assyrians use 44. Who ruled the Neo-Babylonian empire and
the things on the list mainly to: was a total jerk
A. collect taxes A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. train soldiers B. Ashurbanipal
C. destroy crops C. Sargon
D. conquer cities D. Hammurabi

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45. Who was Cambyses’s successor? 51. Who occupied areas which surrounded by
A. Cyrus stronger civilization
A. Hittites
B. Zoroaster
B. Assyrians
C. Darius
C. Phoneticians
D. none of above
D. none of above
46. Who made a strict and cruel, and the first,
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code of laws? 52. Payment made to a foreign ruler as a sign
of surrender is called
A. Nebuchadnezzar
A. zakkat
B. Hammurabi
B. tithe
C. Sargon
C. tribute
D. Nabopolassar D. fees
47. What were the civilizations called 53. What was the Assyrian capital when they
A. Assyrian and Persian ruled Mesopotamia?
B. Persiano and Asyran A. Babylon
C. Pale and Asyla B. Nineveh
D. Palon and Allyrian C. Assyria
D. Chaladenia
48. The growth of this Mesopotamian Empire
eventually led to its downfall? 54. Which city on the Tigris River was the cap-
ital of Assyria?
A. Neo-Babylonian
A. Catal Huyuk
B. Assyrian
B. Ur
C. Akkadian
C. Babylon
D. Babylonian
D. Nineveh
49. Name of the first King of Persia?
55. Tiglath Pileser III is credited with creating
A. Zacharius the first
B. Darius A. kingdom
C. Alexander B. tribute
D. Nicholas C. empire
D. aristocracy
50. What was the writing system in
Mesopotamia? 56. Why was Hammurabi’s code important?
A. Ciena A. Separate rules for each City State.
B. Mesopotmian B. Set up Religious rules.
C. English C. Treated all social classes equally.
D. Cuneiform D. First written laws for an entire empire.

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57. The Assyrian military D. He allowed people to practice their

A. was invincible. own customs/religion

B. showed respect to captives. 63. The Persians were ruled by
C. was benevolent. A. Hammurabi
D. used terror. B. Assurbanipal
58. What Assyrian city held a famous library C. Cyrus the Great
of thousands of clay tablets? D. none of above
A. Babylon 64. Who was the ruler that exiled the Jews
B. Niveneh from their homeland in Jerusalem and sent
C. Ashur them into captivity in Babylon?
D. Nimrud A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Sargon
59. Which empire resettled (moved to a new
area) conquered people groups to prevent C. Hammurabi
any rebellion? D. Darius
A. Egyptian 65. Which ruler made a one currency system
B. Assyrian for his empire?
C. Bablyonian A. Darius
D. Persian B. Cyrus
60. Who led the Persian empire to victory over C. Cambyses

the Medes? D. Nebuchadnezzar
A. Hammurabi 66. What did the Persians call the appointed
B. Ashurbanipal leaders or governors of each territory?
C. Cyrus the Great A. senators
D. Nebuchadnezzar II B. kings
61. Doc A:Both the second and third paragraph C. representatives

end with King Sennacherib doing what? D. satraps
A. being defeated in battle 67. Vocabulary:Spreading of ideas from one
B. carrying away spoils of war culture to another
C. marrying a new wife A. alphabet
D. making a new law B. cultural diffusion
62. Why was Cyrus the Great considered such C. holy of holies
a fair ruler? D. compound infusion
A. He made slavery illegal 68. Where was the center of the Assyrian Em-
B. He gave everyone equal power pire?
C. He gave food to the poor A. Egypt

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B. Israel 74. What was a stele?

C. Northern Mesopotamia A. a cylinder seal
D. Southern Mesopotamia B. a colorful decorative tile
C. a carved stone slab or pillar
69. The correct order of the empires from first
to last is: D. a temple on top of a ziggurat
A. Akkadian, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, 75. The Neo-Babylonian Empire would be
Assyrian short lived and eventually conquered by
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B. Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, the
Assyrian A. Egyptians
C. Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo- B. Greeks
Babylonian C. Persians
D. none of above D. Assyrians
70. What was a new technology used by the 76. What was Cyrus’ professional soldiers
Assyrians? called?
A. Farming A. the immortals
B. Glass Blowing B. the angels of death
C. Bronze work C. the main force
D. Iron Work D. the Cyrus Company
71. a group of traveling merchants 77. What was the purpose of Assyrian aque-
ducts?
A. caravan
A. to bring water to the city
B. astronomer
B. to raise crops in the dry soil
C. province
C. to let boats pass between rivers
D. scribe
D. to protect the palace from attack
72. For what is Hammurabi best remem-
78. A payment made to a higher power is
bered?
called a
A. a code of laws
A. currency
B. a style of battle B. tribute
C. a hanging garden C. cavalry
D. a system of canals D. bribe
73. A Chaldean king named Nebuchadnezzar 79. Doc A:According to the ‘Prism’, what did
rebuilt the city of Hezekiah ultimately do?
A. Syria A. he submitted to Sennacherib
B. Babylon B. he continued to rebel
C. Mesopotamia C. he fled to Egypt
D. none of above D. he joined Sennacherib

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80. The Assyrians required tribute from con- 86. King of the Hittites; he expanded the Hit-
quered people. What is this? tite into Syria

A. payment for Assyrian protection A. Labarnas
B. forced evacuation from homeland B. Hattusilis I
C. forced slavery C. Assurbanipal
D. all of these D. Nabopolassar
81. Doc A:How did King Sennacherib treat King 87. Vocabulary:Multi-level Babylonian temple
Sidka, who had not yet submitted to him? A. castle
A. left him alone B. murex
B. exiled him to Egypt C. holy of holies
C. replaced him as King D. ziggurat
D. made an alliance
88. Who successfully defeated the Assyrian
82. Vocabulary:Permanent settlements Empire?
A. colonies A. Medes and Chaldeans
B. city-states B. Akkadians
C. city ports C. Sumerians
D. provinces D. The Kingdom of Israel
83. Around what year did the last of the As- 89. What is a very effective means of control-
syrian Empires fall to the Babylonians? ling people, both in the ancient world and
A. 2100 BC today?
B. 1074 BC A. Fear
C. 740 BC B. demerits
D. 612 BC C. getting grounded
D. phone taken away
84. Which part of Babylon was known as
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient 90. Which of the following is an authoritative
World? book of Zoroastrianism?
A. Hanging Gardens A. Bhagbatgita
B. King’s Palace B. Quaran
C. Mesopotamian Wall C. Avesta
D. Irrigation System D. Bibel
85. What was the most common currency of 91. What did Hittites make their weapons out
the Persian empire? of?
A. gold coins A. Silver
B. silver coins B. Iron
C. bronze coins C. Bronze
D. clay coins D. Orichalcum

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92. The ultimate source of wealth in any agri- 98. The famous king of the Chaldean Empire
cultural society is who built the hanging Gardens of Babylon
A. bronze was
B. land A. Hammurabi the law giver

C. family kinship B. Sargon the great
D. cattle C. Olaf the Frozen
D. Nebuchadnezzar the Great
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93. Which army was one of the first to use
iron weapons?
99. How were cylinder-shaped seals made?
A. the Akkadian army
A. They were made form stone
B. the Chaldean army
B. They were rolled over wet clay, leaving
C. the Assyrian army
an imprint of an entire scene.
D. the Egyptian army
C. They were made by carving wood
94. Greek who came from Macedonia D. They were made by peasants and farm-
A. Albert Aienstine ers
B. Alexander the great
100. Who were the Immortals?
C. Thomas Edison
A. A group of public officials that gov-
D. none of above erned over the Persian Emipire
95. The early Mesopotamian society that built B. A group of priests that made laws for
the largest empire the Persian Empire
A. Foragers C. A group of elite soldiers that fought for
B. Phoenecians the Persian Empire
C. Aryans D. A group of chefs that made sand-
D. Assyrians wiches for the Persian Empire
96. Babylon became rich from trade because 101. How long was the Royal Road?
it was located on a major trade route be- A. 2, 000 miles long
tween the Mediterranean Sea and the
B. 1500 miles long
A. Red Sea
C. 4, 400 miles long
B. Tigris River
C. Euphrates River D. 16 miles long
D. Persian Gulf 102. Soldiers that fight while riding on horse-

back are known as what?
97. Which river were the Assyrian upon?
A. Triggr A. standing army
B. Tiger B. cavalry
C. Tele C. stele
D. Tigris D. currency

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103. Assyrian also collected taxes and tribute 108. Assyria should conjure ideas and images
meaning of

A. monthly payments from peoples who A. brutal warriors in reliefs on the walls
were weaker. of Ninevah
B. weekly payments from peoples who B. a peaceful group who lived in the mid-
were weaker. dle of the Mediterranean
C. daily payments from peoples who C. sea-faring people

were weaker. D. people to the south of Egypt who were
conquerors
D. yearly payments from peoples who
were weaker. 109. The Persian Empire was connected by
what road system?
104. Who was the Assyrian ruler that lived in
the capital city of Nineveh? A. Broad road
B. Silk Road
A. Nebuchadnezzar
C. Great road
B. Sargon
D. Royal Road
C. Hammurabi
110. Who built the Royal Road?
D. Ashurbanipal
A. Darius
105. Vocabulary:Process of purifying iron ore B. all the above
A. iron casting C. Nabopolassar
B. compound separation D. Shalmaneser
C. iron smelting 111. One of the most significant building
D. iron cleansing achievements of the Neo-Babylonian Em-
pire was the ?
106. The Assyrian capital city, Nineveh, had a A. The Royal Road
massive library containing over 30, 000
B. The Hall of 100 Columns
clay tables organize by
C. Xerxes Gate
A. the authors name
D. The Hanging Gardens
B. alphabetically by title
112. The Babylonians were great scientists
C. subject matter
and excelled in and
D. none of above A. Mathematics and Astronomy
107. Empire responsible for Hammurabi’s B. Geology and Earth Science
Code C. Physics and Culinary Skills
A. Babylonian D. Dabbing and the Griddy
B. Httite 113. Cyrus the Great led this empire.
C. Chaldean A. Persian
D. Assyrian B. Neo-Babylonian

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C. Babylonian C. spreading rumors of their terror be-

D. Akkadian fore they conquered
D. mostly naval attacks
114. What was the name of the fourth empire
(came after Assyrian)? 120. Doc B:Hezekiah observed what and was
A. The Neo-Babylonian empire loyal to whom?
B. The Assyrian empire A. the summer solstice; Ra the Sun God
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C. The Babylonian empire B. Hammurabi’s Code; Sennacherib
D. The Persian empire C. the Ten Commandments; the Lord
115. Which ruler spent lots of money building D. the Ten Commandments; Moses
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
121. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
A. Darius
A. Ninevah
B. Cyrus
B. astronomer
C. Cambyses
C. province
D. Nebuchadnezzar
D. Nebuchadnezzar
116. Doc A:Who rebelled against Sennacherib
that was called a Judahite? 122. Which empire used iron weapons, horses
A. Padi soldiers, battering rams, and movable
towers?
B. Ekron
A. Akkadians
C. Gaza
D. Hezekiah B. Assyrians
C. Babylonians
117. Doc B:Does Egypt appear to be a strong
ally? D. Neo Babylonians
A. yes, they are still mighty 123. The Assyrians learned to make iron
B. no, they are a ‘broken reed’ weapons from the
C. somewhat, it is hard to tell A. Hittites
D. no mention of Egypt B. Egyptians
118. Persia formed in what is now C. Greeks
A. Turkey D. Persians
B. Iraq 124. Identify the legacies of the following civ-
C. Iran ilizationsEpic of Enuna and Gilgamesh
D. Saudi Arabia A. Babylonian
119. Part of the Assyrian’s tactics included: B. Assyrian
A. chemical weapons C. Chaldean
B. biological weapons D. none of above

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125. Another king, , gathered thousands 131. Religious teacher who preached a new
of writing tablets from the lands that had monotheistic religion
been taken.

A. Cyrus
A. Ashurbanipal B. Zoroaster
B. Nebuchadnezzar C. Xerxes
C. Chaldeans
D. Leonidas
D. Sennacherib
132. Which empire had two versions?
126. Who was the king who made a currency
A. Egyptian
with gold coins with his face on them
B. Assyrian
A. Derek
C. Babylonian
B. Dalanai
C. Darius D. Persian
D. Dasius 133. Which ruler created roads and developed

the first postal service?
127. Zoroastrianism is what?
A. Cyrus the Great
A. Form of money
B. Darius
B. Government
C. Nebuchadnezzar
C. City
D. Sargon
D. Religon
134. The Persian King sent out to make
128. Doc B:What did the Lord do for Israel?
sure his governors were doing their jobs
A. slew 185, 000 Assyrian soldiers in other provinces.
B. slew 85, 000 Assyrian soldiers A. secret inspectors (spies)
C. empowered the Israelite army B. letters
D. blinded the entire Assyrian army C. princes
129. This marvel of engineering was was con- D. none of above
sidered one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World. 135. An Akkadian achievement included
A. The Eifle Tower A. building a beautiful temple garden
B. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon B. creating the world’s first empire
C. The Washington Monument C. writing harsh but fair laws
D. King’s Landing D. spreading tales of cruelty
130. Which of the following was NOT apart of 136. What did Mesopotamia use to help them
the Assyrian Empire? grow crops?
A. Greece A. Buckets of Water
B. Syria B. Irrigation
C. Israel C. Rain
D. Egypt D. Aquaducts

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137. From whom did the Assyrians learn the 143. Who was a famous Assyrian King?
art of ironmaking?
A. Sargon the Great
A. Amorites
B. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Jews
C. Cyrus
C. Hittites
D. Sennacherib
D. Persians
144. What part of Sumerian Culture spread
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138. What nickname does the Bible give As-
syria? through the Fertile Crescent?
A. “land of milk and honey” A. Religion and Achievements including

Cuneiform.
B. “land of the brave”
B. Government and mining resources in-
C. “land bathed in blood”
cluding bronze.
D. “land between the rivers”
C. Only art
139. Which empire was first? D. Only religion
A. Assyrians
B. Babylonians 145. Everyone is Assyrian culture was re-
quired to obey
C. Akkadians
A. royalty
D. Persians
B. kings
140. At what place did Darius and the Persian
army get defeated? C. military
A. Battle of Marathon D. gods

B. Battle of Thrace 146. In 612 B.C. the Chaldeans defeated
C. Battle of Sumer whom?
D. Battle of Babylon A. Akkdians
141. Doc A:What campaign does ‘The Sen- B. Asyrians
nacherib Prism’ begin describing in the C. Hammurabi
first paragraph?
D. Nebuchadnezzar
A. First
B. Second 147. Persian King Darius I
C. Third A. centralized the government by doing
D. Fourth away with separate governors in each
province.
142. Zodiac Sign at Horoscope
B. sent the Zoroastrians into exile.
A. Babylonian
C. established a citizen army to serve dur-
B. Chaldean ing times of war.
C. Assyrian D. reorganized the Persian government
D. none of above to make it more efficient.

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148. What was different about the way Dar- 153. At night, priests would study the stars
ius collected his tribute? and the planets. They recorded what they
saw. This was the beginning of the science

A. He got rid of tributes
of
B. He had people pay in diamonds
A. anatomy
C. He was the first ruler to use female tax
B. astronomy
collectors
C. psychology
D. He allowed provinces to pay based on
how wealthy they were D. physics
149. Small, wealthy, group of upper class citi- 154. Babylon was revived under the rule of
zens who sometimes, but not always, are , often called the Babylon.
also engaged in ruling a country.
A. Medea, the Fifth
A. Covenant
B. Ashurbanipal, Medo-
B. Aristocracy
C. the Chaldeans, Neo-
C. Babylonian
D. Crescent Empire, Next-
D. Assyrian
155. What is a Satrap?
150. The most successful king of the Neo-
A. A Persian prophet who lived around
Babylonian Empire was ?
600 B.C
A. Nebuchadnezzar II
B. a governor installed by Darius
B. Hammurabi
C. tool to help horses
C. Sargon I
D. none of above
D. Ashurbanipal
156. How efficient was communication in the
151. What are the names of the two ma- Assyrian Empire?
jor rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to
A. Very
grow?
B. Okay
A. Tigris and the Nile
C. Meh
B. The Nile and the Euphrates
D. Terrible
C. The Nile and the Amazon
D. The Tigris and the Euphrates 157. Which empire organized a library of an-
cient literature written in Sumerian and
152. The Persian empire was built on what Akkadian cuneiform, including the poem
principle? Gilgamesh.
A. Destruction A. Egyptian
B. Economic B. Assyrian
C. Tolerance C. Babylonian
D. Military D. Persian

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158. Which groups used the chariot and iron 164. Siege weapons and iron were an impor-
weapons in battle tant piece of this empire’s military strate-
A. Assyrians gies?
B. Chaldeans and Hittites A. Babylonian
C. Hittites B. Akkadian
D. Hittites and Assyrians C. Assyrian
D. Egyptian
159. Who was Babylon’s most infamous
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monarch? 165. Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two
A. Sargon walls, some towers, and a moat around
his capital?
B. Hammurabi
A. to make farmers stay outside
C. Trump
B. to protect the city from attacks
D. Nebuchadnezzar
C. to keep his army from revolting
160. What do we call someone who studies D. to isolate his people from outsiders
stars and planets?
A. astronomer 166. Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered
that if they alloyed copper and tin they
B. archaeologist could produce this metal. Increased use
C. anthropologist of plow, metalworking; development of
D. paleontologist wheeled vehicles, writing
A. iron
161. The greatest city in Mesopotamia was
B. bronze
A. Babylon
C. copper
B. Nineveh
D. stone
C. Rome
D. Athens 167. The money (usually coins or bills) that is
used in an certain area is called
162. Which city did the Chaldeans rebuild to A. tribute
become the center of the Chaldean Em-
pire? B. Immortals
A. Nineveh C. currency
B. Babylon D. barter
C. Jerusalem 168. What is one way Darius did NOT change

D. Constantinople the government?
A. he allowed everyone to practice their
163. Nebuchadnezzar built this to please his own religion and culture
homesick wife.
B. built roads and postal stations
A. king’s palace
C. provinces paid taxes based on what
B. irrigation system they could afford
C. Hanging Gardens D. created a common currency, so all peo-
D. none of above ple would use the same money

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169. Which Emperor commissioned the cre- C. Tribute

ation of the Royal Road through Persia? D. Tiglath

A. Cyrus
175. Which religion was being practised in Iran
B. Darius I about 2500 years ago and who was the
C. Xerces founder of that religion?
D. Darius III A. Hindu, Zoroaster
B. Zoroastrianism, Zoroaster
170. Which empire created impressive archi-
tectural marvels like The Ishtar Gate and C. Zoroastrianism, Buddha
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon D. Zaina, Mahavira Jaina
A. The Akkadian empire 176. Babylon was located on the major trade
B. The Babylonian empire route between which two large bodies of
water?
C. The Assyrian empire
A. the Persian Gulf and the Mediter-
D. The Neo-Babylonian empire
ranean Sea
171. A set of letters that can be combined to B. The Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
form words. C. The Red Sea and the Black Sea
A. Pictographs D. The Mediterranean Sea and the Red
B. Cuneiform Sea
C. Alphabet 177. What were the Assyrians most known
D. Scribe for?
A. Their fearsome army and warriors
172. A city that governs itself and all the sur-
rounding lands is called B. Their poetry
A. province C. Their art and painting
B. region D. Their peaceful rule of the lands they

conquered
C. tribute
178. Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the
D. city-state
Persian Empire conquered the lands of Mi-
173. Which Assyrian ruler made Nineveh that nor Asia, Syria, Canaan, and
capital and built a library? A. Athens
A. Gilgamesh B. Sparta
B. Ashurbanipal C. Crete
C. Nebucadnezzar D. Mesopotamia
D. Sargon 179. Define cuneiform.
174. Money paid by weaker nation to a A. picture symbols
stronger nation, for peace. B. writer
A. Tax C. the world’s first system of writing
B. Tithe D. the wheel

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180. A set of letters that can be combined to- 186. A large territory with one central govern-
gether to form words ment, land, and several groups of people
A. treaty is called a ?
B. heiroglyphics A. Empire
C. pictographs B. City state
D. alphabet C. Civlization
D. Big Area
181. Vocabulary:agreement between coun-
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tries 187. What civilization had astronomers to
A. holy of holies study the heavens?
B. polytheism A. Egyptians
C. cultural diffusion B. Assyrians
D. treaty C. Indians
182. a group of merchants and animals travel- D. Babylonians

ing together 188. How many cuneiform tablets have sur-
A. caravan vived until today?
B. astronomer A. 5, 000
C. nomad B. 20, 000
D. none of above C. none
183. the Assyrian Empire’s capital city D. 10, 000
A. Ninevah 189. A group of lands under a common ruler is
B. astronomer A. An Empire
C. province B. a country
D. Nebuchadnezzar C. a state
184. Doc B:Why were the Israelites taken cap- D. a carnival
tive to Assyria?
190. King Nebuchadnezzar built a beautiful
A. they did not heed the warning of the hanging for a queen.
Lord
A. tiles
B. they did not pay tribute to Sennacherib
B. garden
C. they lost a great war C. pictures
D. they chose to go D. none of above
185. What is Zoroastrianism? 191. Hammurabi is best known for

A. A polytheistic religion of Persia A. his postal service
B. A monotheistic religion of Persia B. his military strength
C. A form of currency used in Persia C. his code of laws
D. The capital of the Persian Empire D. his system of roads

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192. how strong was the Turkic-Syrians 198. Which of the following shows how war-
A. 10, 000 like the Assyrians were?

B. 400 A. They invented the battering ram and
used catapults
C. 400, 000, 000
D. 4, 589 B. They allowed women in their army
C. They killed everyone in the cities they
193. How did the Assyrians treat the
attacked
Mesopotamians when they took over their
lands? D. They killed the horses of their enemies
A. Fairly
199. Which Empire conquered Israel, the
B. Superbly Northern Kingdom?
C. Moderately well
A. Egyptian
D. Cruelly
B. Assyrian
194. Nebuchadnezzar built all of the following,
EXCEPT: C. Babylonian
A. Hanging Gardens D. Persian

B. Tower of Babel
200. What are the Hittites known for?
C. Library of Nineveh
A. Ironworking
D. Ishtar Gate
B. Bronzeworking
195. The Assyrian Empire was:
C. Goldsmithing
A. Fierce but well-organized
D. Silversmithing
B. Kind but disorganized
C. Fierce and disorganized 201. What is the rule of law?
D. Kind and well-organized A. Only the wealthy must agree.
196. What was the name of the common reli- B. The laws must be fair and equal to ev-
gion of the Persian empire? eryone.
A. Machivenianism
C. all laws have cruel punishments.
B. Buddhism
D. everyone must obey the law regard-
C. Zoroastrianism less if they are rich or poor.
D. Polytheism
202. In which city was one of the world’s first
197. The first conqueror of the Sumerian City libraries located?
States was named
A. Babylon
A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Hammurabi B. Chaldea
C. Sargon C. Jerusalem
D. Count Chocula D. Nineveh

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203. This Fertile Crescent Empire controlled 208. Which of the wonders of the Ancient
the Fertile Crescent, No. Egypt, & part of World did Nebuchadnezzar create?
Asia Minor. A. Lighthouse at Alexanderia
A. Babylonian B. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
B. Hittite C. Great Pyramid of Giza
C. Assyrian D. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
D. Chaldean 209. What new weapon did the Assyrians de-
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velop for warfare?
204. Where did the Assyrian people live? A. crossbow
A. They lived in the north near the Tigris B. battering ram
River. C. longbow
B. They lived in the south near the Tigris D. catapult
River.
210. What was a cylinder seal used for?
C. They lived in the north near the Eu-
phrates River. A. Making pots
B. It was a weapon
D. They lived in the south near the Eu-
phrates River. C. Showing ownership like a stamp
D. Building large structures like roads
205. The first people in the world to use and pyramids
wheeled vehicles were the
211. Who defeated the Chaldeans in 539
A. Sumerians B.C.?
B. Assyrians A. They Assyrians
C. Aryans B. The Israelites
D. HIttites C. The Persians
D. The Greeks
206. The were the governors of the
provinces of the ancient Persian Empire. 212. Professionally trained soldiers whose
full-time job is to fight, for a particular
A. Satrap country, on very short notice, and are paid
B. Delegates to do so.
C. Lords A. standing formation

B. trained milita
D. Serfs
C. standing army
207. Payment made to show loyalty to a D. divine quest
stronger power is called a
213. who ruled the city of Babylon?
A. tax
A. Ashurbanipal
B. tribute B. Assyria
C. currency C. Nebuchadnezzar
D. seal D. Surbanipal

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214. Hanging Gardens of Babylon C. Aryans

A. Babylonian D. Hittites

B. Assyrian
220. How did Assyrian rulers control an em-
C. Chaldean pire that stretched across the Persian Gulf
D. none of above and into Egypt?
A. They limited the size of it.
215. What did Nebuchadnezzar do in 586
B.C.? B. they gave up some territory.
A. He destroyed Solomon’s Temple in C. They had 70 governors and provinces
Jerusalem. to help the king.
B. He built the Hanging Gardens for his D. They had 1 governor for the entire em-
wife. pire.
C. He conquered the Assyrian Empire. 221. Nineveh, the Assyrian capital city, had
D. None of these. one of the ancient world’s largest
216. Assyrian rule was characterized by all of A. museums
the following, EXCEPT: B. libraries
A. the help of a powerful army. C. hospitals
B. limiting their empire to the area of the D. pyramids
Fertile Crescent.
C. cruelty to conquered peoples. 222. Who was the leader of the Assyrians?
D. getting tribute from conquered kings. A. Ashurbanipal

B. Hammurabi
217. When the Assyrians won a fight, they
C. Cyrus
A. killed and enslaved everyone
D. Darius
B. made the people members of their so-
ciety 223. This group of people were fierce in battle.
C. forced them to leave The key to their success was their strong
and organized army.
D. none of above
A. Phoenicians
218. Who were the Record Keepers for the
Persian’s called? B. Kassites
A. Scribble C. Assyrians
B. Scribes D. Chaldeans
C. Writers 224. Vocabulary:Scholars who study the stars
D. Recorders and planets
A. astrologers
219. Horse-drawn chariots were first in-
vented by the B. astronomers
A. Sumerians C. caravans
B. Assyrians D. wizards

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225. The Assyrians controlled all of what? 230. Which city was the capital of the Assyr-
ian Empire?
A. all the above
A. Ur
B. The Fertile Crescent, part of central
Asia B. Agad
C. Europe C. Babylon
D. Russia D. Nineveh
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231. Assyrians were eventually overthrown
226. The Assyrians built canals to water their
because
fields but also built to bring water to
their cities. A. they were brutal rulers
A. Aqueducts B. they charged high tributes
B. Sewer System C. small groups united to fight them
C. Pipes D. all of these
D. Amphitheaters 232. What was the name of the empire that

came right after/around the first four?
227. Which statement is true about Ham-
A. The Akkadian empire
murabi’s code?
B. The Assyrian empire
A. People of different social classes are
treated differently. C. The Babylonian empire
B. Punishments were only payment of D. The Persian empire

fines. 233. Migrant peasants who lived north of the
C. Adults were less valuable than chil- Black Sea and then moved into Anatolia.
dren. A. Hittites
D. All people were treated equally. B. Assyrians
228. Which empire conquered Jerusalem? C. Chaldeans
A. Egyptian D. Phoenicians
B. Assyrian 234. What is a stele?

C. Neo-Babylonian A. a cylinder seal
D. Persian B. colorful tiles
C. a stone slab
229. In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, con-
victed criminals, and heavily indebted in- D. a ziggurat garden
dividuals were the three main sources for 235. Which ruler made Nineveh his capital
city?
A. slaves A. Nebachadnezzar
B. peasants B. Cyrus
C. gods C. Darius
D. banishment D. Ashurbanipal

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236. Who was the son of Cyrus, expanded the 242. Who defeated the Babylonians and freed
Persian Empire by conquering Egypt? the Hebrews?

A. Cambyses A. King Darius
B. Darius B. Cyrus the Great
C. Cyrus
C. Alexander the Great
D. none of above
D. King Solomon
237. What metal did the Assyrians use to
make their weapons, chariots, and tools 243. Which empire is responsible for inventing
strong? the sun dial?
A. Bronze A. Assyrian
B. Gold B. Akkadian
C. Iron C. Babylonian
D. Steel
D. Neo-Babylonian
238. For 50 years the Jews were held captive
here. 244. Assyrians used this for transportation
A. Babylon A. ship
B. Nineveh B. Donkey
C. Ur C. galleon
D. Jerusalem D. none of above
239. What do we call a political district?
245. What did Astronomy discovered on the
A. astronomer top of a ziggurat?
B. province A. The moon, sun, earth, and five other
C. caravan planets
D. library B. jewels and gold
240. Who was the main god of the Assyri- C. made precious metals
ans?
D. gardens
A. Ashur
B. Nimrud 246. What is cultural diffusion?
C. Shamash A. a way of doing something that is spe-
D. Marduk cific to one culture.
B. A culture building strong barriers to
241. The Assyrian Empire was along the prevent the spread of cultural traits.
A. Euphrates
C. The spread of disease from one cul-
B. Tigris ture to another.
C. Nile D. The spread of one culture traits to an-
D. Indus other culture.

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247. After King Nebuchadnezzar died, the C. 10

took over Babylon. D. 3
A. Persians
253. Which of the following civilizations was
B. Greeks the most cruel to their conquered people
C. Egyptians and cities?
D. none of above A. Babylonians
B. Sumerians
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248. Which epic below contains a great flood
story, similar to the Old Testament story C. Persians
of Noah’s Ark? D. Assyrians
A. Epic of Ashurbanipal
254. A large collection of like people, living to-
B. Epic of Babylon gether, in a specific area, is called a
C. Epic of Gilgamesh A. kingdom
D. Epic of Nineveh B. empire
249. The Assyrians ruled for 300 years. They C. village
were rulers so people rebelled. D. covenant
A. just
255. Doc B:What does Isaiah promise
B. harsh Hezekiah?
C. weak A. Hezekiah will die in battle
D. powerful B. Israel will invade Assyria
250. What was the most important advance- C. the King of Assyria will die in battle
ment of the Mesopotamians according to against Jerusalem
our website. D. the King of Assyria will not attack
A. Wheel Jerusalem
B. Irrigation 256. Cyrus the Great held his growing empire

together by
C. Writing
A. establishing harsh military rule.
D. Math
B. limiting travel between provinces.
251. Where was Assyria’s final defeat?
C. treating conquered people fairly.
A. Sumer
D. building strong fortresses in each con-
B. Carchemish quered land.
C. Cairo
257. How long did it take for a message to
D. Macedonia travel across the Persian empire?
252. How many rulers did the Persian empire A. three months
have? B. four years
A. 500 C. three weeks
B. 100 D. one year

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258. Which ruler tried to invade Kush, but his 264. Ashurbanipal’s Library
soldiers starved along the way? A. Babylonian

A. Nebuchadnezzar B. Chaldean
B. Cyrus C. Assyrian
C. Cambyses D. none of above
D. Ashurbanipal
265. What other empire did the Assyrians bat-
259. This empire built settlements along it’s tle throughout much of ancient history for
trade route control of Mesopotamia and the Middle
A. Babylonian East?
B. Hittite A. Sumerians
C. Kassite B. Persians
D. Phoenician C. Egyptians
D. Babylonians
260. Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
A. A Greek king 266. Early civilizations began in
B. An Egyptian pharaoh A. mountain ranges
C. An Assyrian king B. River Valleys
D. A Chaldean king C. High plains

D. all of these are correct
261. Who took over Persia when Cyrus the
Great died? 267. Two wheel-horse drawn vehicle which
A. Xerxes II are used during battles and wars .
B. Cambyses II A. Chariots
C. Darius B. Hittites
D. Ashurbanipal C. galleons
D. none of above
262. The Assyrians had an advantage over
other civilizations because of: 268. What year did the empire fall to the Baby-
A. chariots, horses, and iron weapons lonians/Chaldeans?
B. slingshots, arrows, and spears A. 562 BC
C. horses, cows, and bunnies B. 612 BC
D. steel, catapults, and crossbows C. 54 AD

D. 756 BC
263. The process of extracting metal from
ore. 269. A ruler of a kingdom or empire
A. Metallurgy A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Satraps B. Hammurabi
C. Zoroaster C. Monarch
D. Smelting D. Sargon

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270. What was contained in the Avesta? 276. Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae
A. prayers, hymns, and other writings A. Cyrus
B. laws about slaves and other con- B. Darius I
quered people C. Xerxes
C. chants, laws, and accounts D. Leonidas
D. marriage laws and divorce laws
277. The Persians were the first group to
271. Hammurabi is famous for:
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A. coin money
A. creating the first law code B. peel bananas
B. writing a book called The Epic of Gil- C. conquer Mesopotamia
gamesh D. hunt lions
C. being the first emperor
278. How did the Assyrians become such pow-
D. creating a bureaucracy erful warriors?
272. Who conquered the land of the Israelites A. They were always training and fighting
and took many Israelites to Babylon as
captives? B. They were made powerful by the gods
A. Sargon
B. Marduk C. They discovered gunpowder
C. Hammurabi D. Priest would fight alongside their army
D. Nebuchadrezzar 279. Who was the first king of the Assyrians
to create an empire after the Akkadian Em-
273. Which civilization was first to develop
pire fell apart?
the 7-day week?
A. Sargon II
A. Akkadian
B. Shamshi-Adad
B. Egyptian
C. Hammurabi
C. Assyrian
D. Tiglath Pileser I
D. Chaldean
280. How many things that Assyria will attack
274. What was the name of the third empire the city?
(came after Babylonian)?
A. 5
A. The Akkadian empire
B. 9
B. The Assyrian empire
C. 6
C. The Babylonian empire
D. 8
D. The Neo-Babylonian empire
281. What was the written language created
275. Means “the land between the rivers.” by the Mesopotamians called?
A. East Africa A. Cuneiform
B. Egypt B. Cuneiwriting
C. Mesopotamia C. Roman numerals
D. Sumer D. script

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282. The army that conquered Mesopotamia C. bas-relief

using Iron weapons were D. papyrus

A. Assyrians
288. A large group of soldiers who fight on
B. Akkadians horseback, are called
C. Amorites A. tribute
D. Germans B. spoils of war
283. What do cavalry soldiers do? C. Gilgamesh
A. fire cannons D. cavalry
B. fix chariots 289. Nineveh was the site of the first
C. march in formation A. skating rink
D. ride horses B. library
284. Who was the Persian prophet who lived C. courts
around 600 B.C? D. army barracks
A. Cyrus 290. What did A Surbanipal made?
B. Cambyses A. clay tablets
C. Darius B. clay pots
D. Zoroaster C. jew
285. The military was D. weapons
A. small 291. Vocabulary:worship of many gods
B. powerful A. monotheism
C. disorganized B. manytheism
D. well-disciplined C. polytheism
286. The technology that ushered in the end of D. tridietic
early civilizations around 1000 BCE was:
292. Code of Hammurabi
A. The development of iron tools and
A. Babylonian
weapons
B. Assyrian
B. The creation of complex writing sys-
tems C. Chaldean
C. The invention of the wheel D. none of above
D. The spread of transregional trade net- 293. Group of fearsome warlike people who
works settled in Middle east Region
287. Steles are to Akkadians as are to As- A. Arabian
syrians. B. Phoneticians
A. Iron weapons C. Hittites
B. cuneiform tablets D. none of above

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294. How did the Assyrians become powerful 299. Nebuchadnezzar the guy who was men-
warriors? tioned in the book of Daniel in the Bible
was a
A. Frequent fighting and conflict with
their enemies led them to become fierce A. Babylonian
warriors. B. Chaldean
B. by paying taxes C. Assyrian
C. By farming and trading D. Phoenician
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D. By building the Hanging Gardens of 300. What cause the Phoenicians to not trade
Babylon in the Fertile Crescent
295. Which empire was started in Ashur? A. Mountains
B. Hostile neighbors
A. Egyptian
C. water
B. Assyrian
D. Hostile neighbors and mountains
C. Babylonian
D. Persian 301. How were cylinder-shaped seals used?
A. They could be rolled over wet clay to
296. The Persian empire was divided into create scenes and show ownership.
because it was so large. B. They were used as musical instru-
A. countries ments.
B. municipalities C. They were relief sculptures.
C. provinces D. They were artistic brushes.
D. none of above 302. This empire was the largest the world
had ever seen.
297. Which empire was responsible for the cre- A. Assyrian
ation of major military advancements like
the catapult and the first cavalries (sol- B. Babylonian
diers on horseback)? C. Persian
A. Akkadian D. Akkadian
B. Assyrian 303. This empire rose to power after defeating
C. Babylonian the Assyrian Empire, also called the Neo-
Babylonians
D. Persian
A. Babylonian
298. Assyrian ‘God of war’ who will also be B. Chaldean
promoted to be their ‘head God’
C. Hittite
A. Babylon D. Phoenician
B. Ashurbanipal
304. The city of Babylon is located in present
C. Gilgamesh day
D. Ashur A. Syria

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B. Jordan 306. An early Mesopotamian ruler who be-

C. Iran lieved that the gods had chosen him to
“promote the welfare of the people . .

D. Iraq . [and] to cause justice to prevail in the
305. What was the Assyrian military know land.” Responsible for the first written
for? code of law.
A. rituals A. Hammurabi
B. uniforms B. Cuneiform
C. cruelty C. Pharaoh
D. fairness D. Sargon of Akkad
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1. where do the babylonians worship their D. a siege
“gods”?
5. Who is the chief god of the babylonians?
A. Ziggurats
A. Zues
B. Temples
B. Hummurabi
C. Churches
C. Marduk
D. none of above
D. Annaki
2. Following the Persians, who took control 6. Who is the main leader of the babylo-
of Judah and ruled it? nans?
A. Romans A. Buddha
B. Greeks B. Hummarabi
C. Persians C. Priests
D. Babylonians D. gods
3. Following the destruction of Jerusalem and 7. Between 1792 and 1750 the King on
temple of Solomon by Nebuchadnezzar II Babylon was
of Babylon the Jews were scattered across A. Hammurabi
many lands. This is called the
B. Ramses II
A. Jewish Diaspora
C. Babylon
B. Diaspora
D. King Tut
C. Exile
8. Which was the language of the Babyloni-
D. Yavneh
ans?
4. a collection of written laws is called A. Akkabir
A. a code of law B. Akkadian
B. an economy C. Babylon
C. an empire D. Spanish

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9. Hammurabi was a king. 15. What empire came BEFORE the Babylonian
A. Akkadian Empire? >
B. Babylonian A. Assyrian
C. Assyrian B. Sumerian
D. Neo-Babylonian C. Akkadian
10. Which was the first empire to use iron D. Egyptian
weapons and the skillful use of the char-
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iot to conquer Babylon? 16. The Babylonian system had no
A. Assyrians A. numbers
B. Chaldeans B. solution
C. Hittites C. zero
D. none of above D. none of above
11. Who took control of the Babylonian Empire 17. Who was the Babylonian leader?
after King Hummurabi died?
A. Hammurabi
A. His mom
B. His dad B. King Tut
C. His sons C. Sekhmet

D. His daughters D. Alexander the Great
12. What was the earliest known written col- 18. How tall was the Ziggurat?
lection of laws?
A. 50 feet
A. The laws of Persia
B. 34879 feet
B. Hammurabi’s Code
C. 299 feet
C. The laws of the Assyrians
D. none of above D. 300 feet
13. Which empire conquered Israel and scat- 19. Was the Babylonian a culture empire?
tered the tribes across their empire A. Yes
A. Sumerians B. No
B. Assyrians
C. Maybe
C. Egyptians
D. I don’t care
D. Philistines
20. What was located along the Euphrates
14. They used something called meaning
River?
base 60.
A. sexagesimal A. A Communicating Center
B. sacagawea B. Whole Foods

C. sixagesimal C. A Mall
D. sacacaca D. A Major Trade Center

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21. In 539 B.C., the Babylonians were con- 27. Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah to
quered by the Persians, who were led by honor the victory over the as well as a
their king miracle that occurred in the temple at the

A. Sargon the Great time.
B. Nebuchadnezzar II A. Greeks
C. Cyrus the Great B. Persians
D. Hamurabi C. Babylonians
D. Romans
22. A is a Jewish house of worship.
A. synagogue 28. Who was Babylon’s greatest monarch
who conquered all of Mesopotamia?
B. diaspora
A. Hammurabi
C. Torah
B. Nebuchadnezzar
D. none of above
C. Xerxes
23. What was the law system the Babylonians D. none of above
created?
29. What did the Babylonians celebrate at the
A. Hammurabi’s code
Akitu festival?
B. Lipit-Ishtar law code
A. Victory over bloody order of chaos
C. The Cuneiform law code
B. Victory over Mesopotamia
D. none of above
C. Victory over a war
24. Hammurabi used the code of laws to D. Victory over love
his empire and to preserve order.
30. If a building collapsed on a man’s son,
A. divide
what would be the punishment for the
B. conquer builder of the house?
C. destroy A. he would go to jail.
D. unify B. he would be put to death
25. the Babylonian number system was the C. his son would be put to death.
D. he would have to pay five gold pieces.
A. fourth written number system
31. their geometry was
B. fifth written number system A. ALWAYS right
C. first written number system B. Sometimes wrong
D. none of above C. ALWAYS wrong
26. When was their time phrase? D. none of above
A. 2950 BC 32. King of the Persians that allowed the Jews
B. 2700 BC to return to Judah
C. 2800 BCE A. Xerzez
D. 2016 B. Nebuchadnezzar

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C. Cyrus 39. In 63 B.C.E, 100 years after the war with

D. Ramses II the Greeks, the kingdom of Judah was con-
quered by the
33. Have 3 women babies was a law? A. Romans
A. Yes B. Greeks
B. No C. Persians
C. I do not know D. Babylonians
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D. none of above
40. What was Hammurabi’s law’s called?
34. What did the Babylonians name New A. Hammurabi’s laws
Years Eve?
B. The Law Code of Hummurabi
A. Akitu
C. Babylonian Code
B. New Years Eve
D. The best code ever
C. Babon
D. The Last Day 41. Which of the following was NOT an
achievement of Hammurabi?
35. What did most of the Babylonian’s money A. writing a code of laws
come from?
B. building many monuments for himself
A. Playing Sports
C. unifying the Sumerian City-States into
B. Fishing an Empire
C. Farming D. none of above
D. Trade
42. Which god did the Babylonians believe in?
36. What did the word Hammurabi mean? A. The god Marduk
A. The kings man is a communicater B. The god Jesus
B. The kingsman is a healer C. The god Athena
C. Love D. The god Zues
D. evil
43. What empire came before the first Babylo-
37. Which two rivers is Babylonia located be- nian Empire in Mesopotamia?
tween? A. Persian
A. Nile and Amazon B. Greek
B. Tigris and Euphrates C. Akkadian
C. Mississippi and Missouri D. Assyrian
D. Thames and Rio Grande
44. The Romans, like the Babylonians, de-
38. Sumerian writing stroyed
A. Cuneiform A. the Temple of Jerusalem (rebuilt)
B. Scribes B. palace of the king
C. Hieroglyphics C. all of Jerusalem
D. Phoenician alphabet D. none of above

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45. The Hittite soldiers used what in their bat- 51. What does the word Babylonian mean?
tles to capture Babylon? A. Gate of God

A. chariots B. Gate of Gods
B. cavalry C. All of above
C. bow and arrows D. none of above
D. none of above 52. The northern kingdom of Israel was the
46. When did the fall of babylon happen? first to fall (be destroyed) in 712 B.C. by
A. 478
A. the Assyrians
B. 539
B. the Babylonians
C. 1789
C. the Egyptians
D. none of above D. the Persians
47. After the kingdom of Israel was destroyed, 53. What was unique about the Code of Ham-
those in the surviving Kingdom of Judah murabi?
were called
A. IT was the first time laws were written
A. Israelites down
B. Hebrews B. It was similar to Morse code
C. Judeans C. IT was short and easy to memorize
D. Jews D. none of above
48. Which deserts border Babylonia? 54. What year did the Babylonian Empire start
to rise?
A. Sahara and Great Victorian
A. 612 BC
B. Syrian and Arabian
B. 1984 BCE
C. Antarctica and Antarctica
C. 1792 BCE
D. none of above
D. 9874 AD
49. Unify is
55. Who canceled Debt Slavery?
A. a code of laws
A. Hammurabi and his successors.
B. the capital of the babylonian Empire.
B. The Stele
C. to bring together. C. Robert Koldewey
D. none of above D. no one
50. When Israel fell apart, it split into two 56. What areas of Babylonian life did the law
kingdoms called of Hammurabi deal with?
A. Israel and Canaan A. Business transactions
B. Judah and Persia B. punishments for crimes
C. Israel and Judah C. marriage and divorce
D. Israel and Persia D. all of the above

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57. What river was the city of Babylon located B. Nebuchadnezzar II

on? C. Sargon the Great
A. The Nile D. Cyrus the Great
B. The Euphrates
63. Babylonian society was unusually for
C. The Tigris
its time when compared to other ancient
D. none of above civilizations.
A. fair
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58. When Babylonian started to rise who was
on the throne? B. cruel
A. Queen Emily C. unfair
B. King Schooliosists D. powerful
C. King Hummurabi
64. Where is Babylonia located?
D. King Ur-Nammu
A. Syria
59. What king ruled for 43 years and brought B. Iran
the Babylonian Empire back to its peak in-
C. Iraq
cluding building the famous Hanging Gar-
dens? D. Lebanon
A. Sargon II 65. Who is the most famous Chaldean king?
B. Nebuchadnessar II A. Hammurabi
C. Sargon the Great B. Nebuchadnezzar
D. none of above C. Hittites
60. Was the Babylonian Empire the biggest D. none of above
city in the world?
66. The capital of the Babylonian Empire was
A. Yes
A. Babylon
B. No
B. Hammurabi
C. I don’t know
C. Sumer
D. Maybe
D. Washington D.C
61. What event began with King Nebuchad-
nezzar’s attack on Jerusalem? 67. The holiest city of the Jews, capital of the
ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah
A. the Babylonian Captivity
A. Covenant
B. the Exodus
B. Jerusalem
C. the Great Rebellion
C. Cairo
D. the rebuilding of the temple
D. Media
62. This person tried to force the Jews to wor-
ship idols of Greek gods in the Second Tem- 68. Code #196 says If a man put out the eye
ple of another man
A. Antiochus IV A. he must pay with his life

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B. his eye shall be put out. 74. What people conquered Babylonian Empire
C. he will be put in jail. in 529 BC?

D. none of above A. Greeks
B. Persians
69. the way a region or country uses resources
to produce and sell or trade goods and ser- C. Assyrians
vices to meet people’s needs and wants is D. none of above
called
75. The southern kingdom of Judah fell (be de-
A. a siege stroyed) in 586B.C. to the
B. a stele
A. the Assyrians
C. an economy
B. the Babylonians
D. a code of law
C. the Egyptians
70. Hammurabi is best known for D. the Persians
A. his code of laws
76. How many codes of law did Hammurabi
B. the empire he created with Babylon at write?
its center
A. 293
C. creating the first empire in the world
B. 282
D. creating stele
C. 382
71. Where do the babylonians live? D. none of above
A. Central-soutern Mesopotamia
77. became part of the Babylonian Em-
B. central-eastern Mesopotamia pire.
C. Central Mesopotamia A. The Sumerian City-States
D. Central-western Mesopotamia B. Ancient Egypt
72. Were they advance in arciterture? C. The Nile River
A. Maybe D. All of the above.
B. No 78. How tall was the stele?
C. Yes A. 7 feet
D. none of above B. 6 feet 5 inches
73. In Hammurabi’s Codes, injuring a rich man C. 8 feet
brought a D. 14 feet
A. equal penalty to injuring a poor man.
79. How old was Hammurabi when he died?
B. higher penalty than injuring a poor
man. A. 61
C. lesser penalty than injuring a poor B. 100

man. C. 14
D. none of above D. 63

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80. This person freed the Jewish people from 83. The code of laws were not just based on
exile in Babylon, let them practice their his authority, but on the word
faith, and rebuild the Temple of Solomon.
A. of the government
A. Cyrus the Great
B. of the people
B. Nebuchadnezzar II
C. of the priests
C. Sargon the Great
D. of the gods
D. Hammurabi
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81. What is the building in the center of the 84. How long was he king for?
city called? A. about 32 years
A. Ziggurat B. about 24 years
B. Babylon
C. about 53 years
C. Houston
D. about 43 years
D. Hummurabi
85. Was the king Hammurabi the first leader
82. a vertical three-dimensional stone slab or
of the Babylonian Empire?
pillar with carvings or inscriptions is a
A. siege A. No he was the 6th leader
B. stele B. Yes
C. an economy C. No he was the 4th leader
D. code of law D. No he was the 10th leader
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1. The large river along which the Egyptian 3. Who did Egyptians believe lived in the tem-
Civilization developed is ples they built?
A. Tigris A. priests
B. Canal B. sphinxes
C. Nile C. gods
D. Euphrates D. scribes
2. How did life for ancient Egyptian women, 4. What was the king called in Egypt?
compare to women in other ancient civiliza- A. Pharaoh
tions?
B. Raja
A. Egyptian women were more educated C. Osiris
B. Egyptian women had better paying D. Ra
jobs
C. Egyptian women had more rights and 5. how was egypt separated
freedoms A. north and south egypt
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C. east and north egypt 11. This was the sun god and chief of all the
D. west and south egypt gods:

A. Amun-Ra
6. The Middle Kingdom was known to be a
B. Osiris
period of
C. Khons
A. Trade
D. none of above
B. War
C. Romance 12. In which jar internal organs were kept? ?
D. Expansion A. Steel jar
B. Clay jar
7. What was sun god called?
C. Canopic jar
A. Osiris
D. none of above
B. Isis
C. Anubis 13. During the Old Kingdom, three enormous
pyramids were built at Giza for king
D. Ra
A. Khufu
8. What material did the Egyptians use to B. Khafre
write?
C. Menkaure
A. Papyrus
D. Sphinx
B. Clay
14. Which was the river that supported the be-
C. Stone ginnings of the Egyptian civilization?
D. Plants A. Euphrates
9. Scribes wrote in ink on papyrus sheets. B. Tigris
This was much than pressing letters C. Indus
into wet clay as the Sumerians did. (P.
116) D. Nile
A. easier 15. How did the Egyptian irrigated fields dur-

ing dry season?
B. harder
A. Canals and locks
C. funner
B. Water pumps
D. more
C. Shadoof
10. Why was it important for the Egyptians to
D. Hoses made of papyrus
have a ‘preserved image’ of themselves?
A. They demanded to be remembered 16. What is the ancient Egyptian writing sys-
tem called?
B. They needed a body to ‘inhabit’ for the
afterlife A. cuneiform
C. Their religion demanded that they B. the alphabet
record history for the ages C. hieroglyphics
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17. The Egyptians mummified the body be- B. lowest

cause they believed C. middle
A. Their soul needed it D. political
B. The gods needed it
23. page 101Many of ancient Egypt’s struc-
C. The body was going to resurrect in the
tures survived because Egypt has a
next life
A. snowy, icy climate
D. It was required by law
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B. cold, wet climate
18. The Nile is surrounded on all 4 sides by
C. hot, dry climate
D. none of above
A. natural barriers
B. natural disasters 24. Who was this? Akhenaton
C. natural foods A. Pharaoh Amenhotep IV; sought unsuc-
cessfully to establish Aton as chief god
D. nothing
B. Egyptian god of the dead and judge of
19. Which one of the following would have souls seeking admission to the afterlife
the most important status, importance and
power on the social pyramid? C. wife of Osiris; taught women to grind
corn, spin flax, weave cloth, and care for
A. A skilled stone cutter children
B. A farmer D. none of above
C. A scribe
25. Who invaded in Egypt on 332 BCE?
D. A temple priest
A. Alexander the Great
20. In a(n) , the ruler is both a political and B. Ptolemy
religious leader.
C. Ra
A. democracy
D. Bruce Lee
B. theocracy
C. bureaucracy 26. The privileged location of Egypt helped
them in:
D. none of above
A. Easily attacking other people
21. What is the name of the Egyptian writing
B. Being reached fast by merchants
system?
C. Developing peacefully with no attacks
A. Lettering
D. Travelling through Africa ans Europe
B. Sanskrit
easily
C. Cuneiform writing
27. What Pharaohs body was found on 1922
D. Hieratic script
A. Tutankhamen
22. Which of Egypt’s social classes was made
up of unskilled workers, farmers, and en- B. Seti II
slaved people? C. Narmer
A. upper D. Akhenaten

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28. The Egyptians were are the first civilisa- 33. The Nile River is fed by rain and melting
tion that used a civilised system of num- snow from the of northeastern Africa.
bers.

A. Thebes
A. True
B. desert
B. False
C. Black Land
C. Both
D. mountains
D. none of above
34. The purpose of writing on the walls in a
29. The Egyptians created numbers and math- pharaoh’s temple is that
ematical concepts which was needed when
A. it helped the pharaoh get to the after-
life
A. trading
B. it helped the pharaoh get more gold
B. farming
C. it helped the pharaoh live longer
C. they were in school
D. it helped the pharaoh gain power
D. building pyramids
35. What is the name of the longest river in
30. An architect named designed a new the world? (Hint! It was very important
kind of tomb for his pharaoh with six stone for the Egyptian civilization.)
mounds, one on top of the other. (P. 117)
A. Tigris River
A. Hatshepshut
B. Nile River
B. Perceus
C. Amazon River
C. Ramses ll
D. Euphrates River
D. Imhotep
36. The Egyptians practiced a religion be-
31. Which group best describes the social hier- lieving in many Gods.
archy in ancient Egypt?
A. Monotheistic
A. pharaoh, nobles, peasants, scribes
B. Hieroglyphic
B. peasants, nobles, pharaoh, scribes
C. Agnostic
C. pharaoh, nobles, scribes, peasants
D. Polytheistic
D. peasants, scribes, pharaoh, nobles
37. Which Egyptian ruler is most known for ex-
32. Which of Egypt’s social classes lived in panding Egyptian trade in the New King-
elegant homes on estates along the Nile dom by establishing trade routes all the
River? way to Greece and Asia Minor?
A. upper A. Ramses the Great
B. lowest B. Queen Hatshepsut
C. middle C. Ahmose of Thebes
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38. Papyrus was made of D. Its valley and delta provide fertile soil
A. Banana plant for farming.
B. Reed plant 44. The history of ancient Egypt is divided into

C. Aloevera plant three
D. none of above A. Pyramids

B. Mountains
39. The great age of pyramid building ended
C. Kingdoms
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about BCE.
A. 1200 D. Countries
B. 2200 45. How long the Old Kingdom lasted in

C. 5300 Egypt?
D. 7000 A. 3000-2000 BCE

B. 1660-4536 CE
40. What two figures did the the Sphinx of
Giza represent? C. 675-456 BCE
A. Lion and woman D. 456-1234 CE
B. Lion and king 46. Egyptians made paper from

C. Horse and King A. Paper
D. Dog and child B. Mud
41. Egypt was conquered by these people of C. Papyrus

Canaan. Their victory over the Egyptians D. Rapypus
marked the end of the Middle Kingdom.
47. Papyrus was used for
A. khufu
A. keeping records
B. Sumerians
B. drawing pictures
C. Hyksos
C. making a fire
D. Nubians
D. feeding the cattle
42. Horse drawn vehicles used in war.
48. Information learned from helped Egyp-
A. scribes tians develop medical knowledge.
B. chariots A. pyramids
C. wagons B. Pharoahs
D. carts C. You tube
43. Which is a reason the Nile has been called D. embalming
“the lifeblood” of Egypt?
49. The Egyptians had the most advanced med-
A. It borders two of the largest deserts ical knowledge of their time. From their
in the world. work with mummies, for example, they
B. It has dangerous cataracts. learned much about human
C. It is the longest river in the world. A. anatomy

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B. robots 55. An ancient writing paper

C. DNA replication A. perfume

D. animals
B. papyrus
50. Indus Valley Civilization is also known as C. hieroglyphics
D. stone
A. Roman Civilization
B. Greek Civilization 56. Who was the top adviser to the pharaoh?
C. Harappan Civilization
A. His favorite wife, the queen
D. Egyptian Civilization
B. His priest
51. Describe the burial practices of Egyp-
tians? C. His vizier
A. They used a funeral pyre for the dead. D. His army general
B. They carried the dead to a nearby coun- 57. What was this? decipher
try. A. a stone that contained textin hiero-
C. They preserved bodies as mummies. glyphics, demotic script, and Greek, used
D. They were buried in the river. by Jean Champollion to decipher hiero-
glyphics
52. What did the agriculture and irrigation sys-
B. figure out the meaning
tem do for ancient Egypt?
A. Rerouted flood waters from cities to C. a writing system in which symbols or
gardens pictures represent objects, concepts, or
sounds
B. Caught and stored rain water for the
dry season D. none of above
C. Purified water for Ancient Egyptians
58. Queen Cleopatra took whose help to rule
D. Provided hot springs her empire
53. In which period did the “Old Kingdom” A. Alexander the Great
flourish?
B. Porus
A. 1600 BCE TO 1100 BCE
B. 2000 BCE TO 1700 BCE C. Roman kings
C. 400 BCE TO 3000 BCE D. none of above
D. 3000 BCE TO 2000 BCE
59. A reed plant used to make paper
54. Where were the pharaohs stored after life
A. flax
A. Jail
B. barley
B. Pyramids
C. buried C. papyrus
D. at home D. wheat

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60. The Egyptian civilization was able to de- A. platypus

velop peacefully because B. platinum
A. it made had many good trading part- C. papermills
ners
D. papyrus
B. it was isolated by its physical geogra-
phy. 66. Why was it important for boys to learn
C. it didn’t have a trained army. farming or another trade from their fa-
thers?
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D. people would rather stay home than
trave. A. because that’s the way it was always
done
61. The Book of the Dead tells about B. because jobs were often passed down
A. poems to their sons
B. government records C. because it is required by law
C. the afterlife D. because schools didn’t have the right
programs
D. medical manuals
67. Abu Simbel temple was made by
62. Which of the following is the Egyptian
form of writing A. Ramses II
A. Hieroglyphics B. Amenhotep
B. Cuneiform C. Cleopatra
C. Cave Drawings D. Hatshepsut
D. Sanskrit 68. Egyptians used to buy and sell goods
as far away as Asia and India.
63. what were the archaeological sources of
the Egyptian civilization? A. highways
A. Paintings B. trade routes
B. religious texts C. airplanes
C. songs D. the Nile River
D. stories 69. The Egyptians built one of these between
the Nile and the Red Sea in order to im-
64. Who among the following influenced the prove trade.
Egyptians to use horse-drawn chariots?
A. Canal
A. Hyksos
B. Pyramid
B. Nubians
C. Dynasty
C. Romans
D. Chariots
D. Sea Peoples
70. Who among the following started the first
65. Egyptians invented a material very similar Egyptian Royal dynasty?
to paper. This material is called and
was made from a reed that grew along the A. Aton
Nile. (pg. 116) B. Menes

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C. Hatshepsut 76. The Egyptian writing system that uses

D. Tutankhamen thousands of picture symbols representing
objects and ideas

71. Ancient Egyptian literature included teach- A. delta
ings, poems, religious texts, and histories.
B. hieroglyphics
Egyptian literature was written on sheets
of papyrus, carved on stone monuments, C. dynasty
and painted on the of mummies.(pg. D. papyrus
116)
77. Amon Ra was considered as
A. chariots
A. God of death
B. faces B. God of sun
C. coffee mugs C. God of evil
D. coffins D. none of above
72. A war between two or more groups in the 78. Egyptians were skilled artists and builders.
same country is Much of what we know about life in Egypt
A. civil come from on the walls of tombs that
show Egyptians at work and at play; their
B. domestic purpose was not decoration. (pg. 118)
C. wrong A. paintings
D. lower B. posters
73. Which among the following was the C. scrappings

“Golden Age of Egypt”? D. colored gems
A. Old 79. The culture developed by a particular re-
B. New gion or nations.
C. Lower A. civilization
B. Sumerians
D. Middle
C. Babylonians
74. What is the name for the Egyptian form of D. Nubians
writing?
80. which age did the Egyptian civilization end
A. Cuneiform
A. paleolithic age
B. Logographs
B. neolithic age
C. Hieroglyphics
C. bronze age
D. Characters
D. chalcolithic age
75. A preserved body 81. where did the setellements began
A. mummy A. nile river
B. hieroglyphs B. indus river
C. afterlife C. black sea
D. cataract D. green sea

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82. Egypt is known as 88. What was the written language in Egypt
called?
A. sorrow of egypt
A. Cuneiform
B. gift of nile
B. Egyptian
C. sorrow of nile
C. Greek
D. none of above
D. Hieroglyphics
83. What did Egyptians call their ruler?
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89. What animal was worshipped by Egyp-
A. Kings tians?
B. Sir A. Cows
C. Nomarch B. Horses
D. Pharaoh C. Cats
D. Butterflies
84. Mothers taught their daughters to
A. paint and plant 90. How many days it took to complete mum-
mification process? ?
B. farm and build
A. 60
C. read and write
B. 90
D. sew, cook, run the household
C. 80
85. Why were tombs built in rural ares D. 70
A. To prevent robbery 91. Who were buried in tombs and pyramids?
B. To keep it a secret A. Farmers
C. To make it bigger B. Scribes
D. simply C. Pharaohs or the wealthy
D. The poor
86. What source did the Ancient Egyptians use
to help form their calendar? 92. A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland
A. Solar calendar formed where the Nile River meets the
Mediterranean Sea.
B. Low and high tides
A. tributary
C. The stars
B. papyrus
D. Lunar calendar
C. heiroglyphics
87. Papyrus, which Egyptians learned to make D. delta
and write on was made of
93. The temple complex at contains the ru-
A. trees ins of the world’s largest temples, built
B. clay with massive blocks of stone. These great
buildings, and the art they contain, con-
C. stone
tinue to inspire artists to this day. (pg.
D. reeds 117)

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A. Sarlacc 99. The name of the Sun God Pharaoh Amen-

B. Karnak hotep IV forced his people to worship

C. Tulum A. Aten
D. King Tutu’s House B. Hyksos
94. Which of the following beliefs was central C. Khufu
to Egyptian religion?
D. Nubia
A. the afterlife
B. the pyramids 100. The word Egypt comes from Greek word
C. the pharaohs A. Ageyptoes
D. the heavens
B. Egypteos
95. Who was the last queen and ruler of
C. Aegyptos
Egypt?
A. Queen Cleopatra VII D. none of above
B. Ramses II
101. Tombs of early rulers were underground
C. Hasteput chambers or rooms. The burial chamber
D. Nefertiti contained items that the ruler might want
in the
96. The Great Bath is found in the city of
A. afterlife
A. Lothal
B. Mohenjo-Daro B. gymnasium
C. Mergarh C. restaurant
D. Harappa D. afternoon
97. The Egyptians developed a solid under-
standing of mathematics. Their ability 102. During which period were the main pyra-
to construct the great proves their mids built?
command of arithmetic, or addition, sub- A. Ancient Kingdom
traction, multiplication, and division. (pg.
118) B. Old Kingdom
A. caves C. Middle Kingdom
B. pyramids D. New Kingdom
C. bridges and bird cages
D. rock formations 103. Who was responsible for keeping the
gods happy and performing temple ritu-
98. Why did it matter that they put animal als?
heads on people?
A. viziers
A. The person had a special quality
B. scribes
B. They were crazy
C. The person was a God/Goddess C. artisans
D. none of above D. priests

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104. The Great Pyramid at Giza was built by 110. on which sea did the egyptian civilization
A. Rameses 2 start
A. Mediterranean sea
B. Queen Cleopatra
B. caspian sea
C. Pharaoh Cheops
C. red sea
D. none of above
D. pink sea
105. Egyptians made many discoveries in
111. People who kept records and wrote mes-
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chemistry such as
sages
A. cosmetics A. Thebes
B. glass B. Scribes
C. mortar and bricks C. Nubians
D. all of the above D. Sumerians
106. Like the Egyptians, the people of the king- 112. The ancient Egyptians developed early
dom of Kush forms of writing by BCE. (pg. 115)
A. built pyramids for their pharaohs A. 500
B. stopped trading with other civilizations B. 2000
C. 3200
C. were friends with the Hittites D. 10, 000
D. worshipped only 1 god 113. page 107In about 3100 B.C., unified
the two kingdoms of Egypt into one unified
107. which of the following formed the largest kingdom.
part of Egyptian society
A. Narmer
A. Pharaohs
B. Nebuchednezzar
B. Slaves
C. Hammurabi
C. peasants
D. none of above
D. craftsmen
114. Why did Pharaohs bring personal items
108. The Nile River flows in which direction? with them in their tombs?
A. North to South A. To be selfish
B. South to North B. For storage
C. East to West C. To hide it from thieves

D. For the after-life
D. West to East
115. What did the mummification process help
109. A line of rulers from one family. Ancient Egyptians learn?
A. dynasty A. The importance of the brain
B. delta B. Human Anatomy
C. heiroglyphics C. How souls went to heaven
D. papyrus D. How to send people to heaven

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116. What does it mean to be Polytheistic? 122. Egyptian civilization lies near river
A. To believe in one god A. Tigris

B. To believe in many gods B. Indus
C. To have a lot of money C. Nile
D. To have little money D. Euphrates
117. “All Egypt is the gift of Nile” is given by 123. The goal of mummification was to
A. Herodotus A. Make sure the body decayed
B. Socrates B. Preserve the body and achieve immor-
C. Napolean tality
D. none of above C. Become one with the universe
118. The Egyptians called the desert surround- D. None of the above
ing their country the 124. The sea to the east of the Nile River is
A. Red Sea called
B. Red Land A. Pacific
C. Black Land B. Meditereanean
D. Black Desert C. Black
119. They watched for a bright star called D. Red
which would appear above the horizon be-
125. who are not the notable kings and
fore sunrise about the same time of year
queens
as the Nile floods. (P. 118)
A. queen hatesheput
A. Twinkle
B. Sirius B. king tutankhamen
C. Osirus C. queen celopatra
D. Tutankhamun D. king aleaxzander
120. King Mentuhotep made this city the capi- 126. Which group of people were the only peo-
tal during the Middle Kingdom. ple who could read and write in Egypt?
A. Khufu A. Farmers
B. Aten B. Merchants
C. Nubia C. The Pharaoh
D. Thebes D. Scribes
121. What is the primary god of Egypt? 127. Who was Hatsheput?
A. Ashur A. First female pharaoh
B. Ra B. Emperor of Giza
C. Isis C. God of Agriculture
D. Tamat D. none of above

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128. Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, 133. where does egypt lies
etc ?
A. north africa
A. Tombs were museums.
B. south america
B. Tombs were private storage for the
pharaoh. C. india
C. Tombs were the safest place in the D. europe
kingdom.
134. The region of Egypt located in the South;
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D. They believed the dead enjoyed their
has higher elevation
materials in the afterlife.
A. Upper Egypt
129. The special type of salt was called as
B. Lower Egypt
A. Nitron
B. Natron C. Mesopotamia
C. Netron D. Fertile Crescent

D. none of above 135. Who was this? Osiris
130. The part of ancient Egypt located in the A. Pharaoh Amenhotep IV; sought unsuc-
northern delta where the river spreads out cessfully to establish Aton as chief god
and empties into the Mediterranean Sea
was called Egypt/ B. Egyptian god of the dead and judge of
souls seeking admission to the afterlife
A. lower
C. wife of Osiris; taught women to grind
B. upper
corn, spin flax, weave cloth, and care for
C. middle children
D. black D. none of above
131. How did the Egyptians take advantage of
136. Which organ was not removed from the
the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?
body? ?
A. They became successful farmers.
A. Brain
B. They created hieroglyphics.
B. Lungs
C. They grew papyrus.
D. They irrigated during the dry season. C. Heart
D. Kidney
132. Akhenaten’s son went on to bring back
Egypt to its traditional polytheistic beliefs.
137. What was the effect of increased farming
He also died VERY young and was the
and trade?
last pharaoh to be ‘discovered’ by Howard
Carter. Who was he? A. A complex writing system was created.
A. Tutankhamun
B. Ramesses B. An organized government developed.
C. Thutmose III C. Geometry was developed.
D. none of above D. The deserts became populated.

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138. Who was the absolute ruler in Ancient 144. What is used to create the paper-like ma-
Egypt? terial that Egyptian scribes used?

A. The pharaoh A. Papyrus
B. The king B. Tree
C. The eldest person in the tribe C. Clay Tablets
D. The head of the family D. Animal Hides
139. what was the egyptian paper made up of 145. What was this? papyrus
A. paryus leaf A. a plant used to make a paperlike writ-
B. bananna leaf ing material used by Egyptian scribes
C. bananyan leaf B. figure out the meaning
D. none of above C. a stone that contained text in hiero-

glyphics, demotic script, and Greek, used
140. During the Weighing of the Heart, a per- by Jean Champollion to decipher hiero-
son’s heart is weighed against glyphics
A. A Feather D. none of above
B. A Grain of Sand 146. Who was this? Isis
C. Gold A. the great lord of the Egyptian gods
D. A Scareb B. wife of Osiris; taught women to grind
141. Dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water corn, spin flax, weave cloth, and care for
children
A. rip tide
C. Pharaoh Amenhotep IV; sought unsuc-
B. cataract cessfully to establish Aton as chief god
C. shadoof D. none of above
D. dynasty
147. Who Built the Sphinx
142. During the New Kingdom, what was A. Pharaoh Cheops ( Khufu )
the main way Egyptian goods and culture
spread? B. Pharaoh Ramses II
A. trade with civilizations outside Egypt C. Pharaoh Seti II
B. military conquest D. Pharaoh Thutmose III
C. expeditions to Africa 148. page 104During the dry season, Egyp-

D. through Egyptian writing tians
A. flooded the Nile River and used the silt
143. A is a drawing or symbol that repre- for planting
sents a word or a sound. (P. 115)
B. irrigated their crops and used a
A. pyramid shadoof to get water from the Nile
B. balloon C. planted papyrus seeds so they could
C. hieroglyphic make paper
D. papyrus D. none of above

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149. Which of Egypt’s social classes was made A. To show the wealth of Egypt
up of traders, artisans, and scribes? B. To punish slaves, and war criminals by
A. upper having to build this tall building.
B. lowest C. To house the tombs of the Pharaoh and
C. middle other rich Egyptians
D. political D. None of the answer options
153. Which among the following is the sacred
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150. Rich Egyptians were wrapped in this ma-
terial when they died. writings of the Egyptians?
A. cotton A. Hieroglyphics
B. silk B. Sanskrit
C. satin C. Cuneiform
D. linen D. Vedas
151. Which one has the lowest social status? 154. page 102The Nile flows north about 4,
000 miles from central Africa to the It
A. Artisan has been called the “lifeblood” of Egypt.
B. Priest A. Mediterranean Sea
C. Scribe B. Red Sea
D. none of above C. Tigris River
152. What was the purpose of the pyramids? D. none of above
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1. What architectural style did Romans bor- 3. Which of these areas was NOT conquered
row from the Ancient Greeks? during the reign of Superbus?
A. House A. Veii
B. Castle-a building in which a monarch B. Signia
resides in
C. Circeii
C. Concrete built buildings
D. Gabii
D. Temple-a place of worship for one of
many of a religion’s gods or goddesses 4. At Poggio Civitate, numerous rooms sur-
round a large
2. According to Roman myth, who founded
A. Impluvium
Rome?
B. Temple
A. Remus
C. Courtyard
B. Romulus
D. Bathhouse
C. Rome
D. Tiber 5. What did Etruscan architects make?

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A. Pottery models, Tomb paintings and Ex- 10. What hill was Rome built on?
cavations
A. Palestine

B. Buildings, Museums and Houses
B. Palatine
C. Tables, Chairs, Desks
C. Latium
D. Bridges, Roads, Cars
D. Caere
6. The facade of the Temple of Minerva in-
cludes which of the following architectural 11. One interpretation of the Youth and Fe-
features? male Demon sculptural group on the
A. A portico flanked by Corinthian cinerary container is
columns
A. An interest in battle scenes
B. A blind arcade
B. A shift from somber to optimistic
C. A hypostyle hall scenes
D. A pediment supported by Tuscan
C. The importance of Greek mythological
columns
scenes
7. What was a major difference between D. An awareness of the isolation of death.
Greek art and Roman art?
A. Greek art showed gods. Roman art 12. Which of the following was NOT a form
showed events of entertainment for Romans in the Colos-
B. Greek art showed daily life. Roman art seum?
showed ideals A. Naval reenactments
C. Greek art showed people. Roman art B. Criminal executions
showed places
C. Gladiator fights
D. Greek art showed leaders. Roman art
showed gods D. Jousting tournaments
8. When did the Romans use Etruscan religion 13. The Porta Marzia in Perugia was part of
rituals? the of the city.
A. When they won a war.
A. Defensive Walls
B. When the new emperor was coro-
nated. B. Temple Complex
C. When they founded their cities. C. Civic Center

D. To finish the building of a temple. D. Cemetary
9. How were Romans able to construct 14. What is the Human-beaded Cinerary Urn
arches using concrete? made out of?
A. Shaping with a wax casting
A. Marble
B. Paving it over an original marble tem-
plate B. Bronze
C. Using wooden frames as a mould C. Terra Cotta

D. Chipping it into perfect shape D. Gold

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15. What is the Pantheon NOW used for? 21. Who was influenced the Etruscans?
A. Theater A. Greeks
B. Treasury B. Italians
C. Governmental building C. Romans
D. Catholic Church D. French
16. What were tomb walls covered in? 22. Choose which culture influenced the pres-
ence of animal motifs on the Fibula from
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A. brick the Regolini-Galassi tomb.
B. paint A. Minoan
C. frescoes B. Egyptian
D. stone C. Greek
17. What did the Romans mostly use the Etr- D. Near Eastern
uscan arch for? 23. In the Tomb of the Reliefs, reproductions
A. Government officials’ homes. of and covered the walls.
B. Upper class people’s houses. A. Weapons; temples
C. Temples for gods or goddesses. B. Temples; gods
D. Big buildings for the public. C. Weapons; household implements
D. Books; portraits
18. What is Augustus’ connection to the
gods? 24. Etruscan are modeled after Etruscan
domestic architecture.
A. Descended from Jupiter
A. Cinerary Urns
B. Descended from Apollo
B. Temples
C. Descended from Venus
C. Tumuli
D. Descended from Mars
D. Sarcophagi
19. The Revetment Plaque from Acquarossa
depicts a scene. 25. Which is an oven designed to fire clay at
high temperature?
A. Banquet
A. Basilica
B. Mythological
B. Aqueduct
C. Wedding C. Atrium
D. Funerary D. Kiln
20. Which of the following is a slow-drying 26. How did Romans learn about Greek cul-
type of plaster? ture?
A. Enamel A. They moved to Greece
B. Skene B. Greek colonists settled nearby
C. Stucco C. They sold slaves to Greece
D. Slip D. Greek leaders met with Roman leaders

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27. When was the earliest inscriptions? 33. What were temples made of?
A. 600 BC A. wood, mud brick

B. 800 BC B. mud stone, wood
C. 700 BC C. stone brick, mud
D. 300 BC D. brick stone, wood
28. Who did the Italian peninsula belong to 34. Who commissioned the building of the Pan-
(most of it)? theon?
A. The Carthaginians A. A pope

B. An emperor
B. The Egyptians
C. A rich merchant
C. The Etruscans
D. A religious official
D. The Mongols
35. The statue of Aplu (Apollo) from Veii was
29. When did the Latins arrive in Italy? originally located
A. Before 1000 B.C.E A. On the roof of the temple.
B. Humans evolved there B. Behind the temple.
C. After 1000 B.C.E, but before 900 B.C.E C. On the porch of the temple.
D. In the cella of the temple.
D. When they invaded Italy in 800 B.C.E
36. What was one SIMILARITY of the Pan-
30. What style of column was used on the theon to the Parthenon?
FIRST floor of the Colosseum? A. Portico (front porch)
A. Ionic B. Column capitals
B. Doric C. Pediment with statues
C. Corinthian D. The hemispherical dome
D. Tuscan 37. When did Rome rise, and when did it fall?
31. The Fibula from Cerveteri was found in a A. Around 800 B.C.E-476 C.E.
B. Around 700 B.C.E-476 B.C.E
A. Home C. Around 700 B.C.E-476 C.E.
B. Tomb D. 476 B.C.E-700 C.E.
C. Market 38. The depiction of the gigantomachy on the
D. Temple reliefs of the Great Altar of Zeus at Perg-
amon may have served as an allegory of
32. Another name for a large carved coffin is
A. King Attalos’ victory over the Gauls
a:
B. Athens’ defeat of Sparta
A. Conch
C. Rome’s control over the Mediter-
B. Vault ranean
C. Sarcophagus D. Alexander the Great’s military cam-
D. Megaron paigns

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39. Where is it being held? 45. The Sarcophagus from Cerveteri was made
A. Rome out of
B. Athens A. Tufa
C. London B. Gold
D. Paris C. Bronze
40. The presence of painted Athenian vases in D. Terra Cotta
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Etruscan tombs suggests a close trading re-
lationship with 46. The Etruscan Portrait of a Man is , evi-
dence of which is the “protruding ears
A. India
crooked nose, and blond hair.”
B. France
A. Individualized
C. Greece
B. Of a prominent individual
D. Egypt
C. Roman
41. Rome is located by the Tiber
D. Stylized
A. River
B. Peninsula 47. How long was the Etruscan era?
C. Island A. 768 BC-264 BC
D. none of above B. 764 BC-268 BF
42. About when was the original village of C. 768 AD-264 AD
Rome founded?
D. 600 AD-300 AD
A. 1000 BCE
B. 700 BCE 48. Which of the following is FALSE about the
Column of Trajan?
C. 500 BCE
D. 300 BCE A. It was hollowed out with stairs
B. It told a continuous narrative about
43. Evidence from Etruscan civilizations come
Trajan’s military accomplishments
from
A. economic records C. It had a library at the top of the column
B. architectural remains
D. It contains the remains of Trajan & his
C. political archives
wife at its base
D. archaeological excavations
49. Which is our source of Etruscan temples?
44. The founding of Rome is associated with
A. Etruscan Homes
A. Mercury and Neptune B. Writings of Roman architect, Vitruvius
B. Juno and Minerva
C. Jupiter and Mars C. The one remaining at Cerveteri
D. Romulus and Remus D. Models in Etruscan tombs

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50. How did Roman art incorporate Greek C. his brother

art?
D. a wolf.

A. They made people look more realistic.
56. If you were an ancient Greek and traveled
B. They admired Greek art designs and to Rome, what might you see that was fa-
imitated it, as in Greco-Roman art. miliar?
C. The art materials were built in Greece. A. Gladiators

B. Sculptors
D. They copied Greek art 100%. C. Irrigation trenches
51. What was the MAIN purpose/function of D. Arches
Trajan’s Forum
A. Propaganda 57. Who was the Pantheon dedicated to?
B. Place of worship A. Mars

C. Home of Emperor Trajan & family B. Venus
D. Governmental center of all of Rome C. Jupiter
52. The name Rome comes from the mythical D. Many/all gods
character
58. The Markets of Trajan were located
A. Mars
A. Within the Forum
B. Remus
B. Along the Forum
C. Romulus
D. none of above C. Behind the Forum near the libraries
D. To the side, out of the way of the Fo-
53. When was the Latin village, that later be- rum
came Rome, built?
A. Around 800 B.C.E. 59. What did the Romans use to build big sta-
B. Around 700 B.C.E diums?
C. Around 700 C.E. A. Concrete

D. Around 1000 B.C.E B. Marble
C. Stone
54. The tall boots worn by L’Arringatore (the
Orator) suggest that the subject was D. Wood
A. Etruscan
60. Which of the following terms means “bed-
B. Greek room” in relation to Pompeiian style
C. Roman homes?
D. Admired A. Cubiculum
55. Remus is killed by B. Tablinum

A. the God of War C. Impluvium
B. his Uncle D. Atrium

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61. In which room would you display most of B. Discus Throwing

your material wealth in your Pompeiian C. Chariot Racing
home? (HINT:It was the most public room
in the house) D. Running
A. Alae 66. “Basilica” during the Roman Empire re-

B. Peristylium ferred to
C. Cubiculum A. religious meaning
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D. Atrium B. governmental meaning
C. educational meaning
62. What is Greek influence on Roman art
called? D. artistic meaning
A. Romano-Greek art 67. Where was the Alexander Mosaic origi-

nally found?
B. Roman Greek art
A. House of Vettii
C. Mediterranean art
B. Pantheon
D. Greco-Roman art
C. Golden House of Nero
63. Who is the first EMPEROR of Rome?
D. House of the Faun
A. Augustus
68. Which of these stories about ancient Rome
B. Julius Caesar
is a myth?
C. Hadrian
A. Latins were Rome’s first settlers
D. Nero
B. Rome’s founders were rescued and
64. Etruscan wealth and power was based on raised by a wolf
C. Etruscans conquered early Rome
A. Knowledge of Iorn D. Rome’s people shared Greek religion
B. Love
69. According to the myth, how were Romulas
C. Beauty and Remus rescued?
D. Knowledge of Iron A. By a wolf.
65. What is an example of a sport that the Ro- B. By a Greek.

mans adopted from the Etruscans? C. By their father, Mars.
A. Triathlon D. By an eagle
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1. What happened to Alexander’s empire af- speak Greek.
ter his death?
C. His generals continued to rule the em-
A. A warring group called the Parthians pire as one.
conquered it.
D. The empire was divided into separate
B. Everyone in the empire was forced to kingdoms.

1.6 Greek 69
2. Aristarchus and Eratosthenes made impor- B. Ionian

tant contributions in the field of C. Pacific

A. philosophy D. Arabian
B. biology
8. Greece’s highest moutain, where the 12
C. astronomy most important gods and goddesses lived
D. mathematics was know as
3. What is the philosophy of the Stoics, which A. Pike’s Peak

says that people should use reason and not B. Mount Olympus
emotion C. Olympics
A. Stoicism D. Thunder Mountain
B. Epicureanism
9. As trade grew, Greeks began to trade us-
C. None ing
D. Federalism A. coins.
4. The of teaching is still used by teachers B. barter system.
today. C. pottery.
A. Question and Answer Method D. grain.
B. True / False Method
10. the works of homer
C. Socratic Method
A. iliad and alexandria
D. Aristotle Method
B. odyssey and zeus
5. considered the greatest historian of the an- C. iliad and doric
cient world.
D. odyssey and iliad
A. aeschylus
11. What represents economics in Ancient
B. odyssey
Greece?
C. plato
A. Olive oil, wine and novelties were
D. thucydides traded along the Mediterranean Sea
6. Who were the only people who held legal B. Spartan Government was an oligarchy
rights in a Greek city-state?
A. hereditary rulers C. Mountainous land surrounded by sea
B. kings D. Mythology told the stories of gods and
goddesses
C. citizens
D. priests 12. the time period when greek ideas spread
throughout non-greek lands.
7. Greek fishing and trading ships criss- A. golden age
crossed the waters of the Mediterranean
Sea to the South, the Aegean Sea to the B. plato era
East, east and the Sea to the west. C. mesozoic era
A. Black D. hellenistic era

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13. this famous greek epic was about the tro- 19. A system for controlling society
jan war.
A. Democracy
A. odyssey
B. Government
B. iliad
C. homer C. Monarchy
D. plato D. Autocracy
14. A traditional story about gods and god-
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20. What is an acropolis?
desses.
A. A temple to Athena
A. myth
B. epic B. An open air market
C. fable C. A fortified hilltop in a Greek polis
D. oracle D. An arena for sporting games
15. What was the first kingdom/civilization in
21. Plato taught
Greece?
A. Minoan A. Socrates
B. Mycenaean B. Aristotle
C. Hellenic C. Alexander the Great
D. Dorian D. none of above
16. Giant statues of figures such as Athena
and Zeus showed the importance of which 22. The civilization was the first to arise
aspect of ancient Greek culture? in ancient Greece.
A. trade A. Phoenician
B. warfare B. Dorian
C. religion C. Mycenaean
D. diplomacy
D. Minoan
17. Hippocratic Oath is sworn by which profes-
sion? 23. Greek philosophers believed that one thing
A. teachers was more important than anything else in
life. What is it?
B. lawyers
C. doctors A. Helping others to be happy and com-
fortable
D. politicians
B. Using the human mind to think and un-
18. school of philosophy founded by Plato derstand
A. Institute
C. Encouraging people to worship the
B. Academy gods
C. University D. Understanding how the human body
D. none of above works

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24. What was the hilltop called where Greeks C. Sparta Oracle
built temples? D. none of above

A. a polis
30. What do Ancient Greeks call themselves?
B. an agora
A. Hellen
C. an ephor B. Hellenes
D. an acropolis C. Hellas
25. A word that means the opposite of run D. Helios
away from is 31. The helots were
A. pursue A. never attacked by ephors
B. retreat B. high in the social status
C. conflict C. artisans
D. voluntary D. farmers
26. What prophet foretold that Alexander the 32. Found the Earth is round
Great’s empire would be divided four A. Aristarchus
ways?
B. Pythagorus
A. Isaiah
C. Euclid
B. Jeremiah D. Eratosthenes
C. Ezekiel
33. The 3 best-known dramatists who wrote
D. Daniel Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripi-
des, and
27. What word means a type of landform that
is nearly surrounded by water? A. Aristophanes
A. peninsula B. Homer
B. bard C. Sophocles
D. Aesop
C. colony
D. polis 34. On what continent is present day Greece
located?
28. Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor A. Asia
from Persian rule?
B. South America
A. Philip II
C. Africa
B. Demosthenes
D. Europe
35. told king ptolemy that “there is no royal
D. Euclid way to learn geometry.”
29. a priestess of Apollo believed by the an- A. stoics
cient Greeks to predict the future B. euclid
A. Rhodes Oracle C. sophocles
B. Delphi Oracle D. demosthenes

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36. What was the name of the most famous 41. The hilltop at the center of most Greek
temple in Greece built to honor the god- poleis
dess Athena? A. Athens
A. Pericles B. Agora
B. Parthenon C. Acropolis
C. Athena D. Rolly McHillspot
D. Oracle 42. Their name means “Greek” and they were
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descendants of the Mycenaeans.
37. a body of land with water on three sides
A. Dorians
A. agora
B. Hellenes
B. colony C. Minoans
C. polis D. Trojans
D. peninsula
43. Established the science of physics
38. a time when Greek culture spread through A. Archimedes
the known world B. Thales
A. Sophocles C. Euclid
B. Hellenistic Era D. Plato
C. Sophists 44. In what did the Stoics believe?
D. Stoics A. The Stoics believed in living unhappy
lives.
39. The branch of mathematics that deals with
B. The Stoics believed in reason rather
the measurement, properties, and relation-
than emotion
ships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and
solids in three-dimensional space is C. The Stoics believed happiness came
when they had no pain.
A. solid geometry
D. The Stoics believed in worrying all the
B. plane geometry time.
C. Socratic method
45. The civilization was the first to arise in an-
D. plane geometry cient Greece
A. Phoenician
40. Alexander
B. Dorian
A. a commander in the army at 16 and a
ruler at 20 C. Minoan
D. Mycenaean
B. a time when Greek culture spread
through the known world 46. new settlement with close ties to its home-
C. rejected the idea of absolute right or land
wrong A. project
D. none of above B. colony

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C. station 52. Which ruler was most responsible for unit-

D. outpost ing Greece?

A. King Philip
47. Which of these ancient Greek playwrights
became famous for writing something B. Alexander the Great
other than tragedies? C. Pericles
A. Aeschylus D. Xerxes
B. Aristophanes
53. He was a student of Plato.
C. Euripides
A. Socrates
D. Sophocles
B. Aristotle
48. Where did the Greeks believe that the ma-
C. Plato
jor gods and goddesses lived?
A. Mt. Olympus D. Hippocrates
B. The Mount of Olives 54. Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

C. Rocky Mountains A. Euclid
D. Mount Rushmore B. Hippocrates
49. The origins of Hellenistic culture can be C. Socrates
traced to D. Thucydides
A. Asia
55. What is the Socratic method?
B. Greece
A. A mathematical formula
C. Egypt
B. a way of asking questions
D. Macedonia.
C. a medical technique for treating sick
50. Which group of Greek women had greater people
freedom?
D. a way of investigating historical facts
A. slave women
B. Athenian women 56. What is an example of ancient Greek poly-
theism?
C. Spartan women
A. the worship of Zeus alone
D. metic women
B. the belief in oracles
51. How did the geography of Greece lead to
many forms of government? C. the belief in the underworld
A. People in ancient Greece liked options D. the worship of both Athena and Ares
57. Which civilization is considered to be the

B. It was diffucult to govern the people of first Greek people?
Greece due to mountains and islands
A. Minoan
C. People found that one form of govern-
B. Mycenaean
ment did not work well and decided to
form new ones C. Dorian
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58. The branch of mathematics that deals with B. Spartan government was an oligarchy.
those same properties as solid geometry,
except on a flat or level plane, rather than C. Agricultural wealth determined social
in three-dimensional space, is status in Greece
A. plane geometry D. Pericles built the Parthenon
B. solid geometry
64. The status of the helots was a result of
C. Epicureanism
A. wealth
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D. ritual
B. inheritance
59. The story of war and the Trojan horse is C. conquest
told in
D. military strength
A. The Iliad by Homer
B. The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop 65. Which building in Athens is dedicated to
the goddess Athena?
C. a myth about Zeus and Hera
A. Erechtheum
D. The Odyssey by Homer
B. Porch of Maidens
60. Who was Socrates’ most famous stu- C. Parthenon
dent?
D. Temple of Philosophy
A. Aristotle
B. Plato 66. Due to there being numerous bodies of wa-
ter around Greece, what economic activity
C. Alexander was very popular?
D. Homer A. fishing
61. What was the type of government of B. sailing
Athens before Cleisthenes? C. scuba diving
A. Dictatorship D. hunting
B. Democracy
67. Philip II was
C. Aristocracy
A. The Macedonian king that loved Greek
D. Socialist culture and planned to conquer Persia
62. Which city of Alexander’s empire was in B. Trapped Persian Boats during the Per-
Egypt? sian War
A. Alexandria C. Freed the Greek cities in Asian Minor
from Persian rule
B. Athens
D. Wrote the Iliad
C. Persepolis
D. Susa 68. What is the branch of mathematics that
shows the relationships of points, lines,
63. What represents politics in Ancient Greece angles, surfaces, and solids in three-
A. Olive oil, wine and novelties were dimensional space?
traded along the Mediterranean Sea A. Circumference

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B. None B. Persian Wars

C. Plane geometry C. Dorian Invasion

D. Solid geometry D. The fear of a Tyrant
69. Alexander defeated the Persians led by 74. What physical geography was the most in-
fluencial to the development of city-states
A. Darius I of Greece?
B. Darius II A. The seacoast
C. Darius III B. The mountains
D. Darius IV C. The marketplace
D. The climate
70. The customs the Greeks introduced into
the empire of Alexander the Great mixed 75. What were Greeks called because they be-
with the arts and ideas of the conquered lieved in many gods and goddesses?
lands to create a new form of culture called
culture. A. monotheistic
A. Hellenistic B. polytheistic
B. Persian C. atheistic
C. Southwest D. materialistic
D. Greek 76. Women, slaves and were not allowed
to be citizens
71. Alliance between Athens and many of its
allied cities following the first attempted A. children
invasion of Persia into Greece. Caused B. girls
a lot of wealth to flow into Athens and
thus contributed to the Athenian “golden C. foreigners
age.” D. poor people
A. Delian League 77. What is a story told by actors called who
B. Phoenician League pretend to be characters in that story?
C. Iberian League A. Fable
D. none of above B. Epic
72. a way of teaching by asking questions that C. Drama
is still used today D. History
A. fable
78. Stocis taught, , ,
B. epic
A. that happiness came from reason and
C. Socratic Method doing one’s duty
D. legacy B. that there was no absolute right or
73. What cause the city-states to unite during wrong
the fifth century BC? C. that music and math go together
A. Peloponnesian War D. that the Earth was flat

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79. Who taught his students the “golden C. Athens

mean”?
D. Macedonia
A. Aristotle
B. Plato 85. They lived on mainland Greece and spoke
Greek; believed to have conquered the Mi-
C. Socrates noans.
D. Archimedes
A. Dorians
80. Something that is done without help is
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B. hoplites
done
C. Hellenes
A. independently
D. Mycenaeans
B. assembly
C. tribute 86. Which ruler was MOST responsible for
D. none of above uniting Greece?
81. soldiers who fight while riding horses
B. Xerxes
A. cavalry
B. comedy C. Pericles
C. fable D. King Philip

D. ritual 87. In Greek city-state governments, voting
82. What led both Herodotus and Thucydides was open to
to write history? A. all men born in that city-state.
A. They wanted to explain legends and B. all adults born in that city-state.
myths.
C. all free men, regardless of birth.
B. They wanted to present information
that was accurate. D. free men born in that city-state.
C. They wanted to provide the reasons 88. Where was Knossos located?
for war.
A. Crete
D. They wanted to tell stories so people
would honor the Gods. B. Athens
C. Peloponessus
83. to become weaker, to move toward a
weaker condition D. Texas
A. stability
89. A story told through the actions and spo-
B. establish ken words of actors that had a happy end-
C. economic ing was a(n)
D. decline A. comedy
84. Philip II was king of B. tragedy

A. Persia C. Sophists
B. England D. tragedy

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90. Ordinary citizens in the army 96. he believed that the best form of gov-
ernment combined parts of monarchy, oli-
A. Satraps
garchy, and democracy

B. Mycenaeans
A. Zeus
C. Hoplites B. Sophocles
D. Minions C. Aristotle
91. Which Greek building honored Athena? D. Socrates
A. Parthenon 97. Principles of Geometry

B. Gymnasium A. Pythagorus
C. Acropolis B. Hypatia
D. Temple to Apollo C. Archimedes
D. Euclid
92. What is the story that teaches a lesson?
98. What archon instituted reforms to help the
A. Story common man?
B. Fable A. Solon
C. Comedy B. Archon
D. Myth C. Zeno
D. Ziggurat
93. Peloponnesus is the
A. southern peninsula of Greece 99. Mainland Greece is divided by mountain
ranges. Between these ranges lie narrow
B. first great trading center valleys and small plains. The mountains
C. northern peninsula of Greece were good for grazing sheep and goats,
but they were too steep and rocky for
D. largest palace on Crete
A. sledding
94. Which of the following Greek root words B. farming
means “to write? ”
C. metal working
A. -logy
D. grazing
B. -graph
100. was called Father of History.
C. tele-
A. Plato
D. -sophy
B. Herodotus
95. Under democracy, who held power over C. Pythagoras
government? D. none of above
A. a single ruler
101. What did Sophocles and Aristophanes
B. a phalanx have in common?
C. male citizens A. drama
D. wealthy judges B. medicine

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C. philosophy D. Nothing, he was just a guy

D. sculpture
107. Who is a commander in the army at 16
102. Which of the following completes the and a king at 20?
analogy? Athens is to Democracy as
A. Alexander
Sparta is to
A. military B. Myth
B. dictatorship C. Pythagoras
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C. oligarchy D. Macedonia
D. autocracy
108. What is a city-state?
103. Hellenistic Era
A. A tall mountain.
A. a great Athenian writer who stressed
courage and understanding B. A group of people living together.
B. a time when greek culture spread C. A city that had its own government and
through the known world laws.
C. believed that happiness resulted from D. none of above
using reason
D. none of above 109. To what famous empire did ancient
Greece fall?
104. Who benefits from a government that
A. Byzantine.
works by peopling voting for the laws?
A. Average citizens B. Roman.
B. Kings/Queens C. Athens.
C. Slaves D. none of above
D. Tyrants
110. This philosopher taught that the universe
105. What invaders conquered the Mycenaean was governed by the same laws as music
Civilization in 1200 BC and ushered in a and numbers
new period of Greek History?
A. Plato
A. Dorians
B. Pythagoras
B. Ionians
C. Aristotle
C. Persians
D. Trojans D. Herodotus
106. Sophists taught 111. They believed that the human mind could
A. that there was no absolute right or understand everything.
wrong A. Epicureans
B. that happiness came from reason and B. Sophists
doing one’s duty
C. Stoics
C. that the Gods lived on Mount Olympus
D. Philosophers

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112. What was the chief magistrate in Athens 118. A word that means the opposite of de-
called? stroy is

A. Solon A. create
B. Archon B. dominate
C. Zeno C. style
D. Ziggurat D. method
113. Who was Greece’s northern neighbor? 119. Whose armies conquered the land as far
A. Macedonia east as modern Pakistan?
B. Crete A. Cyrus the Great
C. Persia B. Ramses II
D. Syria C. Philip II
D. Alexander the Great
114. What word means a new settlement that
keeps close ties to its homeland? 120. Spartan slaves were called . . .
A. colony A. Helots
B. phalanx B. Dorians
C. agora C. Satraps
D. dominate D. Archons
115. Who spread Greek culture throughout the 121. Ancient Greek culture continues to influ-
Near East? ence modern
A. Xerxes A. warfare.
B. Philip II B. architecture, literature, and drama.
C. Alexander the Great C. music.
D. Pericles D. computer technology.
116. The Greeks began to build colonies 122. a long poem about heroic deeds
around the Mediterranean because they A. epic
A. want to increase their trade. B. fable
B. could not grow enough grain to feed C. Socratic Method
their growing population.
D. legacy
C. want to spread their culture.
D. were expert ship builders. 123. The name the Mycenaeans took once they
got pushed out into the Aegean islands dur-
117. A long poem about heroic deeds. ing the Dorian Invasion
A. epic A. Greeks
B. fable B. Hellenes
C. oracle C. Minoans
D. myth D. Phoenecians

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124. Which of the following is not true of 129. What was Zeus the god of? Choose all
Plato? that apply.
A. He was a contemporary of Pericles A. God of the sun.
B. He established the Academy in Athens B. King of the gods.
C. God of lightning and thunder.
C. He believed too much freedom led to
anarchy D. God of the underworld.
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D. He wrote the Republic
130. Alexander’s conquests spread Greek cul-
125. What represents Geography in Ancient ture into Asia, where it blended with local
Greece? cultures. This new form of Greek culture
was called
A. Mountainous land surrounded by sea
B. Pericles built the Parthenon A. Ptolemic
C. Agricultural wealth determined social B. Hellenistic
status in Greece. C. Greco-Roman
D. Olive oil, wine and novelties were
D. Alexandrite
traded along the Mediterranean Sea
126. Which development eventually led to the 131. The Mycenaean civilization developed
Peloponnesian War? around BCE.
A. Creation of the Peloponnesian League A. 1600
and the Delian League B. 1800
B. Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for
C. 1900
power in Greece
C. Athens’ jealousy over Persian support D. 1100
of Sparta
132. Why did the Greeks establish colonies?
D. Persian attacks on the colonies in Io-
nia A. They wanted to gain resources, goods
and money from the colonies.
127. What do you call the writing system of
B. They wanted to learn new languages.
Mycaeans?
A. Linear A C. They wanted to give resources, goods
and money to the colonies.
B. Cuneiform
D. They wanted find a new route to the
C. Linear B
new world.
D. Hieroglyph
133. What word means a market and a place
128. What event marked the end of “The
where people meet and debate?
Golden Age” of Athens?
A. agora
A. Persian War
B. the death of Alexander B. peninsula
C. the burning down of Athens C. bard
D. Peloponnesian War D. phalanx

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134. The Odyssey is about a character named 139. The Greek alphabet was adopted from
traders who sailed from the Mediter-
ranean coast.

A. Ares
A. Dorian
B. Achilles
B. Phoenician
C. Odysseus
C. poor
D. Homer
D. rich
135. Hellenistic sculptors were different from
140. Sparta formed which league to thwart
Greece’s Golden Age sculptors because
the advance of Athenian democracy?
Hellenistic sculptors
A. Corinthian Largue
A. created works that showed balance
and harmony B. Delian League
B. created statues of Hellenistic kings C. Peloponnesian League
C. showed ideal figures D. Spartan League
D. showed people realistically 141. What happened in the battle of Granicus

in 334 B.C.
136. During the Hellenistic Era, which culture
A. Alexander’s army was temporarily de-
was spread throughout many parts of the
feated
world.
B. Alexander’s cavalry crushed the Per-
A. Greek
sian forces
B. Jewish C. The entire Roman Empire was finally
C. Macedonian defeated
D. Egyptian D. Alexander conquered Athens
137. Which of of the following wrote Greek 142. How is citizenship in the United States
Tragedies? similar to citizenship in ancient Athens?
A. Aeschylus A. Immigrants can become citizens.

B. Individuals become citizens at age 18.
B. Archimedes
C. Socrates
C. Free men born in the nation are citi-
D. Euclid zens.
D. A child is a citizen if his or her parents
138. What word means a group of armed foot
are citizens.
soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close
together in rows? 143. Who ran a tyranny?
A. phalanx A. a phalanx
B. community B. a single ruler
C. bard C. ordinary citizens
D. conclude D. wealthy judges

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144. Which Greek philosopher taught Alexan- 149. Who was the King of Persia
der the Great to love philosophy and Greek A. Tyrant
culture?
B. Cyrus the Great
A. Pericles
C. Satraps
B. Socrates
D. Sparta
C. Democrotis
150. The ancient city of Alexandria was a ma-
D. Aristotle
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jor attraction for
145. The Mycenaean civilization collapsed. A. scholars
People were poor, Greece was invaded by
B. athletes
the Dorians, and the art of writing was
lost during the C. farmers
A. Dark Age D. soldiers
B. Enlightenment 151. Which of the following factors was MOST
C. Golden Age important in making Athens the most pow-
erful Greek city-state after the Persian
D. Middle Earth Wars?
146. Who was the most powerful and impor- A. Its relationship with Sparta
tant of the Greek gods and goddesses? B. Its democratic form of government
A. Zeus C. Its control of the Delian League
B. Apollo D. Its support for art and learning
C. Athena
152. What feature of Greek geography encour-
D. Hercules aged a spirit of independence among its
early people?
147. What is the time period after Alexander
died when Greek culture spread to all the A. its many peninsulas
lands in his empire? B. its lack of good soil
A. None C. its coastline
B. Dark Age D. its mountain ranges
C. Golden Age 153. A drama that sells a humorous story is
D. Hellenistic Era what?
A. Comedy
148. What was one important contribution of
Archimedes? B. Drama
A. He discovered that Earth circles C. A funny show
around the Sun D. None of the words
B. He figured out the value of Pi
154. The famous Greek plays held in outdoor
C. He discovered that Earth is round amphitheaters were either comedies or
D. He measured the circumference of
Earth A. Myths

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B. Fables B. Minoans.
C. Tragedies C. Hellenes.

D. Fairy tales D. Phoenicians.
155. The ruler of all gods 161. This is a place where a runner ran many
A. sophists miles during a famous battle. Now there
is a race named after it.
B. zeus
C. king philip II A. Marathon
D. pythagoras B. Athens
C. Thermopylae
156. Aristarchus established the theory that
D. none of above
A. the Earth is the center of the universe 162. Whom did the Greeks worship as their
B. the Earth circles the sun chief God?
C. the Earth is round A. Poseidon
D. the Earth rotates B. Zeus
157. Minoan civilization developed on the C. Athena
A. the mainland of Greece. D. none of above
B. the island of Crete. 163. The father of history
C. Anatolian Peninsula. A. Euripides
D. the island of Cyprus.
B. Aristophanes
158. Who wrote the History of the Persian C. Euclid
Wars
D. Herodotus
A. Herodotus
B. Homer 164. Which structure is considered to be the
finest example of Greek architecture?
A. The temple of Apollo
D. Aristotle
B. The stadium at Olympia
159. Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek
C. The Great Library at Alexandria
A. architecture
D. The Parthenon
B. oral tradition
C. politics 165. What is a polis?
D. temples A. Polis is the title given to Greek soldiers
160. By 750 B.C.E. many descendants of the

B. Polis is a Greek word for a city-state
people who had fled from the Dorians re-
turned to the Greek mainland, calling them- C. Polis is the art and practice of govern-
selves ment
A. Mycenaeans. D. none of above

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166. traveling teachers who taught that there C. myth

was no right or wrong. D. oracle
A. odyssey
172. Most of the territory conquered by
B. epicurus Alexander the Great was previously part
C. sophists of which empire?
D. zeno A. Macedonia
B. Egypt
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167. Who was the king of the Olympian
gods? C. Athens
A. Athen D. Persia
B. Hercules 173. What represents social structure in An-
C. Zeus cient Greece?
D. Posiedon A. Most of the population was made of up
slaves
168. Mycenaeans made fine bronze weapons B. Trade came from other countries to
and help improve the economy
A. silk clothing C. Mount Olympus is the highest moun-
B. wooden weapons tain
C. lamp shades D. Architecture was important to the
D. pottery Greeks
169. Which did NOT happen during the Dark 174. He wrote the Republic.
Age? A. Socrates
A. People lived in poverty. B. Aristotle
B. Farmers grew only enough food for C. Plato
themselves and family. D. Hippocrates
C. Trade slowed down
175. Who are people who have the right to
D. The Chaldeans invaded the Greek participate in government?
Mainland
A. citizens
170. the goddess of wisdom. B. democrats
A. athena C. republicans
B. alexandria D. oligarchians
C. iliad
176. Who could not leave home without a
D. macedonia male relative
171. A philosophy that emphasized happiness A. Herodotus
and pleasure was B. Delian League
A. Epicureanism C. Upper-class Athenian Women
B. Stoicism D. Spartan Women

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177. A priestess who speaks for the guidance C. athena, alexandria, athens
and answers questions about what will D. aristotle, plato, iliad
happen in the future

A. Oracle 183. All of the following statements are true
about Athens during its Golden Age EX-
B. Fable
CEPT
C. Drama
A. Pericles began to rebuild Athens.
D. Tragedy
B. Athens became famous for its art and
178. Who were the true citizens of ancient learning.
Greece? C. Pericles became the king of Athens.
A. Wealthy men and women D. The wealth and power of Athens in-
B. Males only, including foreigner and creased.
slaves
184. When I opened the box, all sorts of ter-
C. Free land-owning men born in the polis rible evils and terrifying things that cause
people sorrow flooded out. Who am I?
D. Nobles and soldiers only
A. Prometheus
179. Which ancient Greek is said to have used B. Icarus
his observations of nature to develop a
C. Myths
military weapon?
D. Pandora
A. Archimedes
B. Hercules 185. Aristotle taught his students the
C. Achilles A. Golden Fleece.
D. Pythagoras B. “golden way.”
180. Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas who C. “silver rule.”
planned to conquer Persia D. “golden mean.”
A. Philip II
186. The Greek gods of Athena and Ares are
B. legacy BOTH associated with
C. Alexandria A. athletics.
D. legacy B. farming.
181. Athens is known for its C. warfare.
A. founding ideas of democracy D. government.
B. militarism
187. What famous philosopher taught Aristo-
C. great seafood tle?
D. Gods A. Pericles
182. the three types of greek architecture. B. Socrates
A. doric, ironic, corinthian C. Plato
B. myths, dramas, fables D. Thales

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188. Mycaeans were known as warriors; how- 193. He founded the Academy.
ever, Dorians were able to invade them. A. Socrates
When this occurred, what happened to
B. Aristotle
Greece?
C. Plato
A. It entered the Dark Ages
D. Hippocrates
B. It entered the Hellenic Period
194. a story that teaches a lesson
C. It entered the Metal Age
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A. Socratic method
D. It entered the Historic Period
B. Sophists
189. Bard C. fable
A. a word spelled incorrectly D. Epicureanism
B. Someone who is an artist 195. Who thought that government should be

headed by philospher-kings?
C. someone who writes or preforms epic
poems or stories about heroes and their A. Aristophanes
deeds B. Jason
D. someone who spells or dances epic po- C. Plato
ems D. Alexander the Great
190. A group of armed foot soldiers who 196. Who was an ancient historian who be-
march together in rows in a tight forma- lieved in accurate, eyewitness reporting of
tion. events
A. Thucydides
A. agora
B. Aristotle
B. phalanx
C. Hippocrates
C. polis
D. Archimedes
D. acropolis
197. A word that means to search for is
191. Citizen soldiers were called A. seek
A. nobles B. hide
B. foot soldiers C. create
D. despite
C. hoplites
198. Why did Sparta refuse to join the Delian
D. phalanx
League?
192. What did city-states have that other A. They didn’t want Athens to dominate
cities did not? Greece
A. impressive acropolises B. They didn’t have the money to pay the
membership
B. independent governments
C. They have their own Army and don’t
C. large marketplaces need Athens to fight Persia
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199. What were the Spartans known for? 204. How were the city-states different from
the other cities?
A. The men served in the military for the

rest of their lives. A. Great italian restaurants
B. Boys trained to be warriors beginning B. Independent governments
at age 7. C. Huge marketplaces
C. Spartans were very independent and D. Large seaports
did not easily let people in and out of their
city. 205. Greek scientist known as the “Father of
Medicine.”
D. All of answers are correct.
A. Hippocrates
200. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A B. Aristotle
type of culture typically referred to after
the conquests of Alexander the Great. C. Socrates
D. Alexander
A. Hellenistic
B. Dorian 206. A body of land with ocean on three sides
C. Indus A. Strait
D. none of above B. Peninsula

C. Hoplites
201. Who is considered to be the “Father of
D. Sparta
History”?
A. Plato 207. Who said, “Give me a lever and a place
to stand, and I will move the Earth? ”
B. Aristotle
A. Archimedies
C. Herodotus
B. Philip II
D. Thucydides
C. Homer
202. a commander in the army at 16 and a D. Euripides
ruler at 20
208. What best describes “aristocracy”
A. Sophocles
A. caste system
B. Sophists
B. ruled by one king
C. Stoics
C. a hereditary class of rulers
D. Alexander
D. people who live there
203. The Greeks gave us words and concepts 209. Which of the following is NOT a Greek
such as god or goddess?
A. pyramids, jewelry, and religion A. Athena
B. food, water, shelter B. Zeus
C. democracy, geometry, and politics. C. Demeter
D. none of above D. Neptune

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210. A procedure or a way of doing something 215. Taught that absolute right and wrong did
is a(n) exist
A. method A. Epicurus
B. dialogue B. Aristophanes
C. community
C. Socrates
D. reveal
D. Euripides
211. Remains on an ancient seafaring nation
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were discovered on the island of Crete. 216. The three best known dramatists who
What was the name given to this civiliza- wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus,
tion? Euripides, and
A. The Mycenaeanss A. Aristopanes
B. The Dorains
B. Homer
C. The Hellenes
C. Sophocles
D. The Minoans
D. Aesop
212. Stoics
A. believed that happiness resulted from 217. What is democracy?
using reason A. People have the power to choose their
B. rejected the idea of absolute right or leaders and help make laws.
wrong
B. People are ruled by a king or queen
C. a commander in the army at 16 and a who makes all the rules.
ruler at 20
C. In a democracy, there are no rules.
D. none of above
D. none of above
213. Which statement best describes the Mi-
noan and Mycenaean civilizations? 218. The success of the hoplites came from
A. The Mycenaean learned from the Mi- their pride in fighting as brave warriors.
noan civilization They fought in a unified formation called
B. The Mycenaean and Minoan civiliza-
tions collapsed because of a “Dark Age” A. phalanx
B. salient
C. The Minoan and Mycenaean were bit-
ter enemies. C. pincher
D. none of above D. penchant
214. The students about whether they 219. is called the Father of History.
liked math or reading time better.
A. Hippocrates
A. debated
B. invader B. Socrates
C. conquest C. Herodotus

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220. In Greece, what qualified a person to be B. Taylor Mountain

a “citizen”?
C. The Unitas

A. A person had to be a man born in
D. The Himalayas
Greece.
B. Anyone could become a citizen if they 226. Who lost the Peloponnesian War?
served in the military.
A. Sparta
C. A person had to be free, born there,
and own land. B. Delos
D. Any person could be a citizen as long C. Persia
as they owned land. D. Athens
221. words or actions that are part of a reli-
227. The empire obtained new land after the
gious ceremony
of the neighboring country.
A. drama
A. debated
B. ritual
B. invader
C. rhetoric
C. conquest
D. comedy
D. none of above
222. Which type of democracy was practiced
in ancient Athens? 228. Which group of people came from Asia
A. direct democracy and settled on the mainland of Greece?
B. city-state democracy A. Trojans
C. parliamentary democracy B. Turks
D. representative democracy C. Minoans
223. In ancient Greece, each city-state, or , D. Mycenaeans
was like an independent country.
229. What was the city that Alexander the
A. polis
Great built by the Nile River?
B. estate
A. Thebes
C. agora
B. Alexandria
D. colony
C. Bucephalas
224. He took over when Philip II died.
D. Crete
A. Alexander
B. Sargon 230. A word that means fight or disagreement
is
C. Darius I
D. Atilla A. conflict
B. truce
225. What was the highest mountain in Greece
that the Gods were believed to live? C. voluntary
A. Mount Olympus D. accurate

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231. Alexander the Great created a huge em- 236. Philip II “targeted” the civilization
pire that spread from Egypt in the west to when he first established his throne.
in the east. A. Italian
A. Egypt B. Greek
B. Italy C. Sumerian
C. India D. Macedonian
D. Arizona 237. the home of greek gods.
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232. Economic A. mount. defiti
A. a pizza company also known as Papa B. mount. zeus
John’s C. mount. sky
B. a new hairstyle made by Marco Polo D. mount. olympus
C. something to do with pigs and farming 238. What is Pythagoras famous for?
A. writing the History of the Pelopon-
D. the system in a country that involves nesian War
making, buying, or selling goods
B. writing a history of the Persian War
233. In 460 BC, Pericles became the influential C. developing an important mathematical
leader of theorem
A. Athens D. his early studies in astronomy
B. Corinth 239. a type of landform
C. Persia A. phalanx
D. Macedonia B. polis
234. The set of promises a new medical doc- C. peninsula
tor makes about how he or she will treat D. agora
patients is known as the
240. Who benefited the most from the oli-
A. Hippocratic Oath garchies that governed many ancient
B. Hellenistic Era Greek city-states?
C. Stoicism A. wealthy people
D. cavalry B. tyrants
C. citizens
235. Around 1450 BCE, Minoan palaces and
towns were mysteriously destroyed . D. small farmers
Most historians believe that were re- 241. Women wanted their kids to win or to die
sponsible. in war or to come home on their shield
A. bitter feuds among the Minoans A. Athens
B. mainland Greeks B. Sparta
C. Roman armies C. Both
D. Egyptian Pharaohs D. Neither

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242. Who is known as the “father of 247. these are the three main greek philoso-
medicine”? phers, in chronological order.

A. Hypatia A. plato, aristotle, socrates
B. Aristarchus B. aristotle, socrates, plato
C. Hippocrates C. socrates, aristotle, plato
D. Epicurus D. socrates, plato, aristotle
243. What type of transportation was proba- 248. Is this statement about Sparta, Athens
bly most useful to the early Greeks espe- or both of them:Participated in the
cially in trade? Olympics.
A. ships A. Sparta
B. foot paths B. Athens
C. roads C. Both
D. dessert trails D. none of above
244. An Athenian leader who made many 249. Philip’s soldiers fought in this formation.
needed reforms that ensured fairness and A. phalanx
justice. B. fortress
A. Cleisthenes C. pyramid
B. Solon D. quadrilateral
C. Aristotle
250. a drama in which characters struggle to
D. Plato overcome problems, but fall
245. How is Athenian society different from A. Stoicism
Spartan society? B. tragedy
A. Athenians focused on intellectual C. Epicureanism
strength while Spartans on bodily D. Socratic method
strength
B. Athenians were just the same as Spar- 251. What were the two possible reasons
tans why Minoan Civilization vanished?
C. Athenians expect men to become war- A. Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption

riors but Spartans expect men to be ath- B. Earthquake and Drought
letes C. Invasion and Drought
D. none of above D. Invasion and Volcanic Eruption
246. In Sparta, who could limit the power of 252. The most famous scientist of the Hellenis-
the council of elders? tic Era was
A. ephors A. Helen
B. helots B. Archimedes
C. women C. Eratosthenes
D. any ordinary citizen D. Euclid

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253. philosophical method of questioning to C. Linear B

gain truth; developed by Socrates D. Hieroglyph
A. Rhetoric
259. The began as an alliance to protect
B. Socratic method
the Greeks from the Persians.
C. Sophists
A. Central Asia
D. None
B. Herodotus
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254. The phalanx was composed of C. Direct Democracy
A. soldiers on horseback. D. Delian League
B. Spartan women.
260. The Spartans valued
C. aristocrats
A. individual expression
D. foot soldiers.
B. fitting in
255. This group had been living on the islands
C. new ideas
of the Aegean Sea. Their return sparked
the end of the Greek Dark Age who D. change
were they?
261. What structure was built in Alexandria
A. The Hellenes to protect all of the progress that had been
B. The Minoans made in the fields of history, science, math,
C. The Mycenaeans and medicine during the Hellenistic Age?
D. The Dorians A. The Lyceum

B. The Lighthouse at Alexandria
256. rejected the idea of absolute right or
wrong C. The Academy
A. Sophists D. The Great Library
B. Alexander 262. A philosophy that taught that using rea-
C. Sophocles son and sound thinking for decisions was
better than using emotions was
D. Stoics
A. Stoicism
257. Where did Mycenaean Civilization
start? B. Epicureanism
A. Peloponnesus C. solid geometry
B. Athens D. circumference
C. Sparta 263. Alexandria became an important center
D. Crete for the study of
A. medicine and mathematics.
258. What do you call the writing system of
Minoans? B. shipbuilding.
A. Linear A C. weapons and warfare.
B. Cuneiform D. economics.

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264. Who taught students that the universe C. method

followed the same laws that governed mu- D. pursue
sic and numbers?

A. Miletus 270. How were the statues of the Hellenistic
Era different from traditional Greek stat-
B. Pythagoras ues?
C. Thucydides A. The statues were larger.
D. Hippocrates B. They only made statues of Greek gods.
265. Which of the following is NOT a modern
example of Greek drama? C. The statues only showed the perfect
human form.
A. concerts
D. The statues showed realistic-looking
B. movies
humans showing emotions.
C. plays
271. Which modern country was the furthest
D. comedy shows
point reached by Alexander and his men?
266. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient A. India
Greece arranged close together in rows B. Iran
A. agora C. Egypt
B. phalanx D. Iraq
C. colony
272. Who is considered the “Father of His-
D. polis tory”?
267. Athens liked A. Thucydides
A. war B. Herodotus
B. horses C. Plato
C. education and learning D. none of above
D. none of above 273. soldiers who fight while riding horses
are?
268. The leading commercial center of the
early mainland Aegean civilization was A. soldiers
A. Knossos B. ralph lauren
B. Minos C. cavalry
C. Mycenae D. none
D. Troy 274. A(n) is a long poem that tells the ad-
ventures of a brave hero.
269. If you walk home in the dark even when
you are afraid, you walk home your A. epic
fears. B. fable
A. despite C. myth
B. despise D. drama

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275. What caused each polis, or city-state, B. the hero’s journey

to be divided and independent from each C. epic poems of war
other?
D. the origins of superheroes
A. beliefs
B. mountains and seas 281. What is the story that is told by the ac-
tions and spoken words of actors?
C. language barrier
A. Comedy
D. traditions
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B. Drama
276. Sophists taught the art of public speaking C. Tragedy
and debate known as
D. Myth
A. rhetoric
282. Which is true of Greek citizens’ strong
B. drama
loyalty to their own city-states?
C. Hippocratic Oath
A. It helped unify the people as a nation.
D. oral tradition
B. It hindered the spread of Greek cul-
277. The geography of Greece caused which of ture.
the following? C. It divided and weakened Greece.
A. Good for grazing sheep & goats D. It frightened invaders away from the
B. Too steep for farming region.
C. Never united/often at war with one an- 283. Who is considered by some to be the
other greatest historian of the ancient world?
D. all answers provided A. Ms. Laufer
278. The Mycenaeans began to adopt features B. Thucydides
of Minoan culture, largely through con- C. Macedonia
tacts made by
D. Athens
A. trade
284. What is the name of the period in which
B. tourism
Greek culture was spread throughout the
C. diplomacy Ancient world?
D. conquest A. Age of Pericles
279. The Greeks had a need for trade due to B. Homeric Age
what feature of Greece’s geography? C. Hellenic Age
A. The mountains D. Hellenistic Age
B. Being located on a peninsula 285. Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose
C. Location on a seacoast true love was
D. A dry summer climate A. writing
280. Which part of Greek mythology is still B. drama

used in present-day literature? C. philosophy
A. the creation of a values system D. giving lectures

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286. A priest or priestess who told what C. wars

would happen in the future was a(n) D. wealth

A. oracle
292. The stories that are told out loud and
B. cavalry
passed on from one generation to the next
C. drama are part of a people’s
D. Hellenistic Era A. oral tradition
287. What 2 city-states fought in the Pelopon- B. ritual
nesian War? C. cavalry
A. Persia vs. Greece D. Hippocratic Oath
B. Athens vs. Sparta
293. Studied under Socrates; wrote “the Re-
C. Egypt vs. Sparta public”
D. Greece vs. Sparta
A. Pythagorus
288. What was the result of the rivalry be- B. Thales
tween Athens and Sparta for supreme
C. Hippocrates
power in ancient Greece?
D. Plato
A. The First Persian War
B. The Second Persian War 294. The Hellenistic Era was
C. The Peloponnesian War A. A time when Greek culture spread
D. The Peloponnesian League throughout the non-Greek world
B. A time Greek culture just stayed in
289. What name did the Persians give to Greece.
Alexander the Great
C. Nothing, just a ruler name Hellenistic
A. Alexander the Dodgy
ruled
B. Alexander the Mad
D. none of above
C. Iskander the Lucky
295. The word philosophy means
D. Iskander the Accursed
A. “love of history”
290. A word that means the opposite of incor-
rect is B. “love of science”
A. accurate C. “love of wisdom”
B. error D. “love of mathematics

C. seek 296. What were Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates
D. style known for?
A. Theater
291. Trade with Greek colonies in Asia Minor
brought the first to Greece B. Architecture
A. slaves C. Philosophy
B. coins D. Art

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297. Who were the early settlers that made A. Minoan culture was influenced by the
their home on the island of Crete? Mycenaeans.
A. Trojans B. The Mycenaeans defeated the Mi-
noans.
B. Turks
C. The Minoans defeated the Myce-
C. Minoans
naeans.
D. Mycenaeans
D. Mycenaean culture was influenced by
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298. The Olympic Games were originally held the Minoans.
in honor of
303. a set of promises about patientcare that
A. Apollo new doctors make when they startpractic-
B. Athena ing medicine
C. Poseidon A. Socratic Method
D. Zeus B. Hippocratic Oath

C. Sophists
299. A new settlement that keeps close ties to
D. None
its homeland is called a
A. colony 304. The library here attracted scholars from
all over the world.
B. polis
A. Babylon
C. acropolis
B. Rome
D. agora
C. Alexandria
300. In ancient Greece, an athletic competition D. Thebes
held every four years in honor of Zeus
A. World Championships 305. GEOGRAPHY:What continents lie to the
east and south of Greece?
B. Olympic Games
A. Antarctica and South America
C. Goodwill Series
B. North America and South America
D. none of above
C. Europe and Australia
301. What represents religion in Ancient D. Asia and Africa
Greece?
306. What is the largest of the Greek is-
A. Mythology told the stories of gods and
lands?
goddesses
A. Rhodes
B. Pericles built the Parthenon
B. Crete
C. Agricultural wealth determined social
status in Greece C. Salamis
D. Spartan government was an oligarchy D. Sparta
302. Which sentence best describes the rela- 307. Who was the god of the seas and earth-
tionship between the Minoans and Myce- quakes?
naeans? A. Zeus

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B. Ares 313. Sophocles

C. Poseidon A. a commander in the army at 16 and a

ruler at 20
D. Aphrodite
B. rejected the ideas of absolute right or
308. A priest or priestess who could tell the wrong
future.
C. a great Athenian writer who stressed
A. oracle courage and understanding
B. epic D. none of above
C. oral traditions 314. The alliance formed by Athens to protect
D. myth Greece from further Persian attack was
called the
309. The term democracy is derived from the A. Corinthian League
Greek words
B. Delian League
A. Demos and Kratos
C. Peloponnesian League
B. Damas and Cruton
D. Spartan League
C. Deme and Crata
D. Demos and Cracy 315. Why did Greeks perform many outdoor
activities?
310. Which Greek philosopher’s method of A. They were very strong.
teaching his followers is still used by
B. They were very energetic.
teachers today?
C. They had a Mediterranean climate.
A. Aristotle
D. They had many stadiums.
B. Socrates
C. Plato 316. Once it was set in concrete, the bench
was there
D. Zeno
A. permanently
311. Chief God of the Greeks B. architecture
A. Apollo C. philosopher
B. Athena D. none of above
C. Hercules
317. Aristotle’s ideas influenced the United
D. Zeus States government because in the United
States government,
312. He was sentenced to death for his teach-
A. the system is fair and just
ings.
B. the people represent themselves
A. Hippocrates
C. only a few strong individuals control
B. Sophocles
the government
C. Alexander
D. no one person or group has too much
D. Socrates power

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318. Greece’s climate was good for which of 324. What word is the custom of passing sto-
the following.. ries from one generation to the next by
A. growing foreign grains telling the stories out loud?
B. growing grapes and olives A. None of the words

B. Ritual
C. growing shallow rooted crops
C. Oral tradition
D. growing olives and sunflowers
D. Fable
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319. He was a historian who rejected the idea
that the gods affected human history. 325. What is the highest mountain in Greece
and home to the gods and goddesses?
A. Thales
A. Mount Olympus
B. Homer
B. Zeus’ Peak
C. Pythagoras
C. Mount Athena
D. Thucydides D. Sparta Point
320. Who said the Earth was round? 326. Greek word for city-state.
A. Eratosthenes A. polis
B. Plato B. phalanx
C. Socrates C. acropolis
D. Aristole D. agora
321. Why did Greece enter the Dark Age? 327. An is Greek for “high city” . (p.
A. Mycenaean civilization was destroyed 231)
A. citizen
B. The Phoenicians developed an alpha-
bet, so the Greeks had to also B. aristocracy
C. The citizens created chaos C. activity
D. nobody was able to live, everyone died. D. acropolis
It was a dark, sad time 328. What new power was rising in the north
322. What does philosophy mean? as Athens and Sparta were fighting each
other?
A. love of history
A. Macedonia
B. love of wisdom
B. Rome
C. love of science C. Persia
D. love of mathematics D. Egypt
323. Which term refers to a city and the basic 329. What is a traditional story about gods
political unit of Greece? and heroes?
A. Acropolis A. Myth
B. Archon B. Thucydides
C. Polis C. Alexander
D. Metropolis D. Story

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330. When the descendants of the people who 335. Sparta gave importance to
had run away from the Dorians returned
A. martial arts
to the Greek mainland, they called them-

selves , or Greeks. B. fishing and hunting
A. Dorians C. arts and learning
B. Minoans D. none of above
C. Mycenaeans
336. What word means a Greek city-state?
D. Hellenes
A. polis
331. Alexandria was the Greek capital of B. decline
Egypt and was most famous among schol-
ars for its C. economic
A. grand art museums D. bard
B. exciting architecture
337. “Having human form or attributes” is the
C. famous theaters definition for which term?
D. vast library A. Personification
332. was a historian who rejected the idea B. Anthropomorphic
that the gods affected human history. C. Humanity
A. Thales
D. Anatomic
B. Homer
338. a Greek city-state
C. Pythagoras
D. Thucydides A. peninsula
B. colony
333. Ten year conflict that ended with the
Greeks giving a “gift” of a large wooden C. polis
horse where Greeks hiding in the horse D. agora
crept out and opened the city gates and
burning Troy to the ground is known as the 339. Who is the goddess of wisdom?
A. Hestia
A. War of Troy
B. Artemis
B. Trojan War
C. Hera
C. War on Trojans
D. Athena
D. War of Greece
334. After his death, Alexander’s empire fell 340. Who is known as “The Father of
apart because his Medicine”?
A. wife gave away the throne A. Hypatia

B. army was sick with plague B. Euclid
C. children did not like war C. Aristarchus
D. generals fought one another D. Hippocrates

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341. What method of teaching did Socrates B. drama

use to help people find the knowledge in- C. ritual
side themselves?
D. Epicureanism
A. Question Method
B. History Method 347. a short tale that teaches a lesson
C. Socratic Method A. epic
D. Searching Method B. fable
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342. The word philosophy means C. legacy
A. love of history D. philosophers
B. love of science 348. the common name of cities founded by
C. love of wisdom alexander
D. love of mathematics A. athens
343. The Minoan culture were highly advanced B. athena

and proof of this is how they C. alexandria
A. created a new type of stone to build D. greece
with in Greece.
349. Which people had a voice in the govern-
B. had huge stone palaces with running
ment of ancient Greece?
water
A. Wealthy men and women
C. began to irrigate for agriculture
D. all of the answers provided B. Males only, including foreigner and
slaves
344. The great philosophers of Ancient Greece C. Free land-owning men born in the polis
were:
A. Socrates D. Nobles and soldiers only Nobles and
B. Plato soldiers only
C. Aristotle
350. Cronus married to
D. all three (Socrates, Plato, and Aristo-
A. Rhea
tle)
B. Hera
345. What did Greeks build in every city-state
to honor the gods? C. Athena
A. temples D. none of above

B. chapels 351. A settlement that has close ties to its
C. oracles homeland.
D. churches A. colony
B. city-state
346. A story about animals that teaches a les-
son is a(n) C. polis
A. fable D. agora

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352. Socrates was accused of corrupting the C. a piece of land without people
of Athens. D. a housing material

A. youth
358. is a body of land with water on three
B. athletes sides.
C. elders A. Island
D. aristocrats B. Peninsula
353. Calculated the value of pi = 3.14, devel- C. Land locked
oped the pulley and lever. D. Polis
A. Archimedes
359. A story told through the actions and spo-
B. Euclid ken words of actors is a(n)
C. Plato A. drama
D. Thucydides B. interpretive dance
354. Through mythology, the Greek people ex- C. tragedy

pressed their D. comedy
A. religious belifs 360. Who was the Macedonian leader who
B. love of poetry conquered Greece and much of Asia?
C. love of sport A. Leonidas
D. political beliefs B. Alexander the Great
C. Hercules
355. I was a philosopher who lived in ancient
Greece and asked a lot of questions. D. Apollo
A. Socrates 361. Which city-state won the Peloponnesian
B. Plato War?
C. Aristotle A. Athens
D. none of above B. Corinth

C. Troy
356. The Mycenaeans were defeated by the
D. Sparta
A. Minoans 362. Belief in many gods

B. Spartans A. Monotheism
C. Athenians B. Polytheism
D. Dorians C. Zionism
D. none of above
357. Peninsula
A. a piece of land nearly surrounded by 363. Which Persian king burned Athens to the
water ground?
B. a piece of land surrounded by animals A. Darius I

B. Darius III

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C. Solon 369. The games held every four years at a fes-

tival to honor Zeus were called
D. Xerxes
A. Goodwill Games
364. Which of the following was NOT a result B. Marathons
of the Peloponnesian War?
C. Olympics
A. Athens entered a “golden age” of art
and culture. D. Triathlons
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B. Thousands of people were killed. 370. B.C.E. The battle that effectively ended
C. Cities were destroyed and govern- the Persian war. The Greek fleet, al-
ments fell. though vastly outnumbered, defeated the
Persian fleet. This helped end the Persian
D. Trade decreased. war, freeing Greece.
365. Who conquered the Minoans? A. Battle of Salamis
A. the Greeks B. Battle of Ionia

C. Battle of Athens
B. the Hellenes
D. none of above
C. the Dorians
D. the Mycenaeans 371. After the Persian Wars, became
the most powerful city-state in ancient
366. Greek scientist known as the “father of Greece.
medicine” A. Sparta
A. Alexander B. Chandler
B. Zeus C. Athens
C. Aristotle D. Greece
D. Hippocrates
372. In what year did Alexander become ruler
of Macedonia?
367. The god “spoke” through the oracle
at Delphi. A. 334 BCE
A. Apollo B. 335 BCE
B. Hades C. 336 BCE
C. Zeus D. 337 BCE
D. Poseidon 373. What was the time in Greek history

when trade slowed and people were poor
368. Who wrote the Odyssey? and fled from the mainland?
A. Aesop A. Trouble Times
B. Euripides B. Age of Uncertainty
C. Homer C. Dark Age
D. Sophocles D. Era of Poverty

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374. What represents achievements in Ancient 379. a story that is told by the actions and
Greece? spoken words of actors

A. Pericles built the Parthenon A. Socratic method
B. Agricultural wealth determined social B. Epicureanism
status in Greece
C. Stoicism
C. Mythology told the stories of gods and
D. drama
goddesses
D. Spartan government was an oligarchy 380. thinkers who created new bodies of
knowledge such as history, political sci-
375. I received my name because I conquered ence, biology, and logic
so many areas during my lifetime.
A. Socratic Method
A. Aristotle
B. legacy
B. Alexander the Great
C. philosophers
C. Plato
D. epic
D. none of above
381. Which structure is considered to be the
376. Greek civilization began in an area domi- finest example of classical Greek architec-
nated by ture?
A. deserts and oases A. The temple of Apollo
B. rivers and plains B. The stadium at Olympia
C. mountains and lakes C. The Great Library of Alexandria
D. seas and mountains D. The Parthenon
377. How can the Dark Age be characterized? 382. League created and led by Sparta that
consisted of Spartan and their allies
A. Peaceful
A. Scandinavian League
B. Dark
B. Peloponnesian League
C. Chaotic and violent
C. Frankia League
D. Prosperous
D. none of above
378. What was the result of the Pelopon-
nesian War? 383. Why were myths so important to the an-
cient Greeks?
A. Athens entered a “golden age” of art
and culture. A. Myths helped explain natural events
and things they did not understand.
B. The Greek city-states were conquered
by Macedonia. B. Myths were used to teach history in
their schools.
C. Athens was forced to give up its demo-
cratic form of government. C. Myths were used to teach lessons
about life develop new ideas.
D. The Greeks defeated an invading Per-
sian army. D. Myths helped Greek philosophers

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384. The majority of the Greek islands are sur- 390. a traditional story that explains a cul-
rounded by which sea? tures beliefs or part of the natural world
A. Aegean A. myth
B. Mediterranean B. rhetoric
C. Ionian C. Sophists
D. Adriatic Adriatic D. ritual
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385. What was the type of government of 391. Who was a dramatist who used painted
Sparta? scenery and three actors to tell a story?
A. Dictatorship A. Sophocles
B. Democracy B. Hellenistic
C. Aristocracy C. Aristotle
D. Socialist D. Stoics
386. is the home of the 12 main gods and 392. I am a goddess who lived on Mount (Mt.)
goddesses. Olympus. Who am I?
A. Mount Olympus A. Athena
B. Myths B. Pandora
C. Persephone C. Hercules
D. Arachne D. Arachne
387. A type of questioning that encourages 393. The defeat of which city-states was key
students to think for themselves is the to the Macedonians’ conquest of Greece?
A. Socratic method A. Athens and Sparta
B. myth B. Thebes and Athens
C. Hellenistic Era C. Sparta and Thebes
D. fable D. Only Sparta
388. Hilltop with a fortress on top. 394. Homer was a famous philosopher for
A. polis which of the following
B. agora A. writing the The Iliad
C. acropolis B. writing the Odyssey
D. phalanx C. writing the laws for the aristocracy

D. writing both the Iliad and Odyssey
389. conquered more land when they
needed room for expansion. 395. foot-long Macedonian pike
A. Sparta A. sarissa
B. Satraps B. javelin
C. Hoplites C. jousting
D. Athens D. none of above

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396. Which of the following is the correct or- C. Egypt

der for the periods of Greek sculpture? D. Mesopotamia

A. Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
402. Which man was of greatest influence to
B. Classical, Hellenistic, Archaic
the founders of the United States govern-
C. Hellenistic, Archaic, Classical ment on his combination of the three types
D. Hellenistic, Classical, Archaic of governments?
397. Dramatist who questioned traditional A. Aristotle

thinking about war. B. Plato
A. Euripides C. Socrates
B. Demosthenes D. Sophi
C. Epicurus
403. a new settlement that keeps close ties to
D. Aristophanes its homeland
398. What is the branch of mathematics that A. colony
shows the relationships of points, lines,
B. phalanx
angles, and surfaces of figures that are
flat or level? C. polis
A. None D. agora
B. plane geometry
404. If you wanted to study something very
C. solid geometry carefully and examine it closely, you
D. circumference would it.
A. investigate
399. Whose work can be linked to the earlier
observations of Thales of Miletus? B. ignore
A. Aristarchus and Democritus C. accurate
B. Democritus and Eratosthenes D. create
C. Eratosthenes and Aristotle
405. The ancient Greek Olympic games were
D. Aristotle and Aristarchus held every years at Olympia.
400. The Hellenistic Era produced a great body A. two
of B. three
A. scientific achievement
C. four
B. art and architecture
D. five
C. literature and philosophy
D. all of the above 406. Organized and wrote about geometry
A. Euclid
401. The famous city of Alexandria was built
in B. Herodotus
A. Asia Minor C. Socrates
B. northwestern Turkey D. Thales

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407. How did government in Sparta differ 412. The most famous writer of Greek come-
from government in Athens? dies was
A. Sparta’s citizens had a smaller voice in A. Aristophanes
their government B. Homer
B. Sparta had a smaller council than C. Alexander
Athens
D. Sophocles
C. The council had less power in Sparta
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than Athens 413. The civilization was the first to arise
D. Women were citizens in Sparta but not in Greece.
in Athens A. Minoan
408. What are the two types of drama that B. Mycenaean
the Greeks performed at religious festi- C. Phoenician
vals?
D. Dorian
A. comedy and tragedy
B. myth and fable 414. Why did the Greeks perform rituals?
C. epic and tragedy A. to be able to marry
D. comedy and myth B. to be able to enter Mount Olympus

C. to win the favor of their God
409. Who helped Athens defteat the mighty
Persian empire in 480 B.C.? D. to win athletic competitions
A. The Eguptians 415. The first civilization in ancient Greece
B. Ionia were the
C. The Delian League A. Mycenaeans
D. Sparta B. Minoans
C. Dorian
410. Who told King Ptolemy that “There is no
royal way to learn geometry? ” D. Hellenes
A. Euclid 416. Hellenistic kings wanted which city’s
B. Pythagoras buildings to serve as a model for all other
cities?
C. Aristotle
A. Athens
D. Poseidon
B. Alexandria
411. The Minoan culture developed on Crete,
C. Rhodes
an island south of mainland Greece. It
spread across the Aegean islands and in- D. Zeno
fluenced mainland Greece around BCE.
417. Phalanx
A. 500
A. a group of giants
B. 450
B. a group of armed foot soldiers in an-
C. 1000 cient Greece arranged close together in
D. 2000 rows

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C. a group of soldiers that are controlled 423. This Greek poet wrote several epic po-
by god ems about heroic deeds, including the Il-
iad.

D. a God
A. Aesop
418. By 700 B.C.E., Greek citizens called
B. Odysseus
made up the city-state armies.
C. Croesus
A. Hellenes
D. Homer
B. Minoans
C. Hoplites 424. The Greeks create an alphabet based on
the
D. Dorians
A. Minoan alphabet.
419. CLIMATE:Greece has a Mediterranean cli- B. Phoenician alphabet.
mate, with mild, wet winters and hot,
C. Egyptian alphabet.
pg.229
D. Latin alphabet.
A. tropical summers
B. dry winters 425. The Minoan people were
A. warlike
C. dry summers
B. seafaring traders
D. none of above
C. farmers
420. Where did Greek Civilization start? D. fishermen
A. Peloponnesus
426. Where did Spartan boys live?
B. Athens
A. in barracks
C. Sparta
B. with military families
D. Crete
C. with helots
421. Which Greek philosopher taught people D. in ephors’ homes
to think by asking questions using reason
and logic and was sentenced to death for 427. this philosopher believed that
his beliefs? philosopher-kings should be in charge of
the government.
A. Aristotle
A. plato
B. Plato
B. iliad
C. Socrates
C. eratosthenes
D. Diogenes D. thucydides
422. Greek myths describe an early civiliza- 428. Aristarchus was an astronomer who
tion that developed taught that the sun was
A. in Egypt A. the chariot of Apollo
B. on Crete B. the center of the universe
C. in Syria C. revolving around the earth
D. on Delos D. collapsing

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429. Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek D. none of above

A. temples.
435. Which factor or factors started the col-
B. politics. lapse of the Mycenaean civilization?
C. oral tradition.
A. the Trojan War
D. architecture.
B. economic collapse and lack of written
430. A drama in which characters struggle language
to overcome problems, but fail is what
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word? C. earthquakes and civil war
A. none of the words D. migration
B. Tragedy
436. are fictional stories that try to ex-
C. Comedy plain things in nature.
D. Drama
A. Pandora
431. The three best-known writers of Greek B. Athena
tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and
C. Myths
A. Aristophanes
B. Homer D. Mount olympus
C. Sophocles
437. The People/Citizens decide government
D. Aesop matters in a
432. An animal that is gentle and obedient is A. Direct Democracy
B. Mycenaeans
A. channel
C. Central Asia
B. marvelous
C. tame D. Athens
D. none of above 438. In Ancient Greece, the main political unit

433. Tragedy and comedy were two forms of was the
art developed in ancient Greek A. village.
A. music. B. polis.
B. theater.
C. agora.
C. pottery.
D. Peloponnesus.
D. architecture.
434. The main military goal of Phillip II of 439. The ancient Greeks were
Macedonia was to A. Monotheistic
A. conquer Rome
B. Polytheistic
B. defeat the Persian Empire
C. Atheist
C. destroy every Greek city-stateconquer
Egypt D. Scientologist

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440. The Mycenaean conquest of the Minoans B. drama

brought them new wealth, which they
C. philosophy
used to

D. giving lectures
A. develop new agricultural techniques.
B. establish new trade routes to the west. 446. The civilization built the palace at
Knosses.
C. expand their military strength. A. Minoan
D. rebuild their palaces and estates. B. Dorian
441. Much of the knowledge that added to C. Phoenician
Greek learning in the Hellenistic Age came
from D. Mycenaean
A. China. 447. a time when Greek ideas spread to non-

B. India. Greek people
C. Egypt. A. Hellenistic Era
D. Persia. B. legacy
442. About how long did Alexander the C. Alexander the Greek
Great’s empire remain united? D. Alexandria
A. About 10 years
448. A studies life, knowledge, and truth.
B. About 500 years
C. About 100 years A. permanently
D. About 1000 years B. architecture

C. philosopher
443. the astronomer who concluded that Earth
is round D. none of above
A. circumference
449. Who is considered to be the “father of
B. Stoicism history? ”
C. Eratosthenes A. Herodotus
D. Euclid
B. Thucydides
444. In which field did Pythagoras make im- C. Aristotle
portant contributions?
D. Plato
A. literature
B. architecture 450. What is the type of drama called that
ends happily?
C. mathematics
D. philosophy A. Fable
B. Tragedy
445. Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose
true love was C. Epic
A. writing D. Comedy

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451. The measurement of the outside of a cir- 457. The democratic government of the an-
cle is its cient Greeks influenced the development
A. circumference of government in the United States. What
type of democracy do we have here in the
B. diameter US?
C. plane geometry
A. representative
D. solid geometry
B. direct
452. Which Greek scientist concluded that
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C. indirect
Earth was round?
A. Epicurus D. absolute
B. Erastosthenes
458. A neighborhood where people know each
C. Archimedes other is a kind of
D. Euclid A. community
453. Greek for “city-state” B. adversary
A. Athens C. reveal
B. Sparta
D. conflict
C. polis
D. community 459. What Persian King led the second inva-
sion of Greece after crossing the Helle-
454. A breakdown of government and order is spont on a bridge of boats?
called
A. Darius I
A. anarchy
B. Xerxes
B. monarchy
C. oligarchy C. Herodotus
D. tyranny D. Pericles
455. Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian refer to 460. Homer’s epic, the Lliad, is about
Greek
A. The Trojian War
A. architecture
B. dialects B. Alexander the Great
C. enemies C. Gilgamesh
D. literature D. The oracle of Delphi
456. The three types of columns the Greeks 461. What was the name of the epic poem
used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, written about the Trojan War?
and
A. The Odyssey
A. Athenian
B. Corinthian B. The Trick
C. Parthenon C. The Trojan Horse

D. Gregoric D. The Iliad

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462. A long distance race is called a C. progress

A. messenger D. vacation

B. Democracy 468. What is the climate of Greece like?
C. marathon A. Mild wet winters with hot and dry sum-
D. none of above mers
B. Harsh winters and cold summers
463. Alexander died at the age of
C. Dry summers with wet mild summers
A. 24
D. none of above
B. 33
C. 40 469. Socrates taught
A. Plato
D. 32
B. Aristotle
464. What modern-day sporting event began
with the Ancient Greeks in 776 BC?
D. none of above
A. Super Bowl
B. World Cup 470. Philip II defeated the Greeks at the Battle
of
C. Masters
A. Troy
D. Olympics
B. Alexandria
465. what a person leaves behind when he or C. Chaeronea
she dies
D. Greece
A. legacy
471. According to the ancient Greeks’ beliefs,
B. philosophers where did most of their major gods live?
C. fable A. In caves deep underground
D. epic B. In the Sea
466. Herodotus and Thucydides are known for C. On Mount Olympus
what type of writing? D. At Delphi on Mount Parnassus
A. poetry
472. A Government by the people
B. history A. Democracy
C. drama B. Oligarchy
D. philosophy C. Monarchy
467. The ancient Greek poet Homer wrote a D. Tyranny
story about a hero’s long voyage home.
473. Greek colonization was especially abun-
The name of the story is still used today
dant on which island?
to describe an extended adventure.What
word used today is also used in the name A. Corsica
of the story described? B. Cyprus
A. odyssey C. Sardinia
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474. In ancient Greece, boys would use a sty- A. They were both friends with Draco Mal-
lus to write things in school/”gymnasia.” foy
In what other cultures were stylus used? B. The Minoans were influenced by the
A. India & China Mycenaean culture
B. Mesopotamia & Egypt C. One conquered the other
C. China & Egypt D. They were allies in a great battle
D. Mesopotamia & India 480. Who created a list of rules for doctors?
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475. The Greek scientist who stated that the A. Herodotus
sun is the center of the solar system and B. Hippocrates
that the Earth revolves around it was
C. Thales
A. Aristarchus
D. Thucydides
B. Euclid
C. Hypatia. 481. this philosopher was sentenced to death
for his teachings.
D. Epicurus
A. socrules
476. became king of Macedonia at age 20 B. plato
A. Hellenistic Era C. socrates
B. legacy D. aristotle
482. Sparta was organized as a military state
D. Philip II because of fear of the
477. Although mountain ranges isolated com- A. democrats
munities, the sea brought contact with the B. oligarchs
wider world. The Greeks became skillful
sailors and C. Messians
A. ice sculptors D. Athenians
B. guitar players 483. A way of teaching through questioning

C. metal workers that is still used today
D. merchants A. Fable
B. Epic
478. I did not listen to my father and I flew
too close to the sun. Who am I? C. Myth
A. Icarus D. Socratic Method
B. Pandora 484. Greek religion was:

C. Monotaur A. Polytheistic (many gods)
D. Prometheus B. Monotheistic (one God)
479. What was the relationship between the C. Atheistic (no gods)
Mycenaeans and the Minoans? D. none of above

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485. The United States’ government is an ex- 490. a drama that tells a humorous (funny)
ample of a representative democracy. The story
citizens’ assembly in ancient Athens is an

A. comedy
example of which type of government?
B. Epicureanism
A. oligarchy
C. Socratic method
B. tyranny
D. Stoicism
C. monarchy
491. The Spartan way of life centered on
D. direct democracy
A. artistic abilities
486. Each city-state had B. military training
A. the same laws and guidelines to follow. C. philosophical writing
D. religious ceremony
B. the same king as their leader.
C. a different kind of government. 492. What are short tales that teach a lesson
about life or morals?
D. the same aristocracy leading each city-
A. Fables
state.
B. Drama
487. an ancient historian who believed in accu- C. Epics
rate, eyewitness reporting of events
D. History
A. Mickey
B. Sophist 493. Free citizen could meet officials in the as-
sembly times in a year.
C. Thucydides
A. thirty
D. Plato
B. forty
488. A landform surrounded by water on three C. fifty
sides. D. none of above
A. island
494. What positive development occurred in
B. acropolis Greece when Dorian warriors invaded the
C. isthmus mainland?
D. peninsula A. They discovered new shipping routes.
B. New methods of farming were intro-
489. What did Sir Evans discover in Crete that duced.
made him conclude that Minoans we excel-
lent architects? C. A new alphabet was accepted into use.
A. Palace of Minos
D. They learned how to make iron
B. Palace of Crete weapons and tools.
C. Palace of Minoans
495. According to the Greek legend, the Greek
D. Palace of Knossos city-state of Athens was named after me

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after I offered the Athenians the gift of the 501. A great poet in ancient Greece and au-
olive tree. thored the Iliad and the Odyssey.
A. Zeus A. Odysseus
B. Hermes B. Euclid
C. Athena C. Homer
D. none of above D. Socrates
502. What is a person who seizes power in an
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496. Plato believed in rule by
illegal way called?
A. the common people
A. King
B. a small group of rulers
B. Savage
C. philosopher-kings
C. Tyrant
D. elected officials
D. Aristocrat
497. Ancient Greek culture continues to influ-
ence modern 503. this greek believed that most things in
nature could be explained with numbers.
A. warfare
A. aesop
B. music
B. archimedes
C. architecture, literature, and drama
C. pythagoras
D. computer technology
D. homer
498. At what mountain-pass battle did a Spar-
504. Which ruler of the Persian Empire did
tan army fight to its death?
Alexander fight against?
A. Marathon
A. Darius III
B. Salamis B. Cyrus the Meek
C. Thermopylae C. Xerxes III
D. Sardinia D. Artaxerxes the Unready
499. he used three actors and scenery to make 505. The student was a good and gave the
his plays more interesting. note to the nurse for his teacher.
A. euclid A. messenger
B. king philip II B. Democracy
C. zeus C. marathon
D. sophocles D. none of above
500. What Greek scientist is known as the “fa- 506. What was the name of Alexanders fa-
ther of medicine”? mous Warhorse?
A. Hippocrates A. Mitelene (’The Accursed’)
B. Pythagoras B. Mitaxes (’Heart-eater’)
C. Socrates C. Antiochus (’Long-tail’)
D. none of above D. Bucephalus (’Ox-head’)

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507. The king of Greece was B. conflict

A. Apollo C. despite

B. Zues D. community
C. Ares
513. A group of philosophers who charged
D. Posiden money for their teaching and did not be-
508. What is a civilization? lieve in absolute right or wrong were the
A. A group of people living together in an A. Sophists

organized way. B. Stoics
B. A very old country. C. oral tradition
C. A large body of water. D. rhetoric
D. none of above
514. the philosophy of Epicurus
509. Where were the government buildings of
A. myth
an ancient Greek community?
A. in the marketplace. B. fable
B. in the countryside. C. comedy

C. on the acropolis. D. Epicureanism
D. on a nearby island. 515. a market and a place where people meet
510. A word that means the opposite of hide and debate
is A. agora
A. reveal B. phalanx
B. conceal C. polis
C. conflict D. colony
D. investigate
516. What is Homer’s epic, the “Iliad”
511. In ancient times, there was no country about?
called Instead, there were communi-
A. the Trojan War
ties of Greek speakers scattered across
the islands and coasts of the Sea. (p. B. Alexander the Great
227)
C. Gilgamesh
A. Egypt, Baltic
D. the oracle at Delphi
B. South America, Atlantic
C. Mexico, Pacific 517. a great Athenian writer who stressed
courage and understanding
D. Greece, Mediterranean
A. Sophocles
512. The marble columns in Greek temples
B. Sophists
are designed in a distinctive form that is
known as the classical C. Alexander
A. style D. Stoics

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518. taught the way to seek truth is 523. Which of the following were historians?
through a series of questions & answers. A. Aristophanes and Sophocles
A. Socrates B. Herodotus and Thucydides
B. Archimedes C. Pythagoras and Eratosthenes
C. Aristotle D. Zeno and Epicurus
D. Plato 524. In ancient Greek religion, I am the king
of all the gods and goddesses on Mount
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519. All citizens in Athens had the right to par-
Olympus.
ticipate in making laws for their city. This
is an example of which type of govern- A. Athena
ment? B. Zeus
A. democracy C. Apollo
B. monarchy D. none of above
C. oligarchy 525. They told stories and sang songs of the
D. tyranny world that existed before the (p.
230)
520. Alexander wanted to spread the ideas A. Trojan War
and culture of the civilization. And he
modeled his cities in their style. B. dark age
C. Mycenaeans
A. Persian
D. fun time
B. Greek
C. Egyptian 526. What was the consequence of the Trojan
War for the Greeks?
D. Macedonian
A. They developed even more.
521. When one person has the ruling power B. They called their capital city Ilion.
and this power is often inherited, it is
C. The were invaded by the Dorians.
known as which type of government?
D. They build big monuments to honor
A. democracy
their gods.
B. monarchy
527. When Alexander died his kingdom was
C. oligarchy split between his three
D. tyranny A. girlfriends
522. Which factor(s) started the collapse of B. sisters

the Mycenaean civilization? C. generals
A. the Trojan War D. wives
B. economic collpase and lack of writing 528. Which of the following is not associated
language with Sparta?
C. earthquakes and civil war A. Glorification of the State
D. migration B. Isolation

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C. Militarism C. Archimedes
D. Commercial Endeavors D. Thales

529. Philosophical method developed by
534. Why did Greeks rely more on trading
Socrates
than in farming? It is because
A. comedy
A. They liked selling more than farming
B. Socratic method
B. They had limited farmlands because of
C. fable the mountains
D. drama
C. They didn’t know how to farm
530. What group of people invaded Greece D. They got more profit in trading than in
from the north and ruled the land for 300 farming
years?
A. Mycenaeans 535. What were the 2 key geographic fea-
B. Dorians tures of ancient Greece?
C. Hellenes A. rivers & seas

D. Trojans B. mountains & rivers
531. Under the Greek definition of citizen, C. deserts & rivers

who qualified for citizenship? D. mountains & seas
A. free, native-born men who owned land
536. Dramatist who used painted scenery and
three actors to tell a story.
B. any man, whether he owned land or
not A. Sophocles
C. wealthy men or women who owned B. Pythagoras
slaves and land
C. Euclid
D. foreign-born or native born men, who
may or may not have been landowners D. Thucydides
532. Which aspect of physical geography most 537. Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about
influenced the development of city-states A. Alexander the Great.
in Greece?
B. Gilgamesh.
A. the sea
B. the location near Asia and Africa C. the oracle at Delphi.
C. the climate D. the Trojan War.
D. the mountains
538. The aristocracy got its power through
533. Who was a philosopher who studied and A. birth
wrote about government, astronomy, po-
litical science and biology? B. religion
A. Homer C. war
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539. Homer’s Odyssey is another epic poem, 544. The government of Athens under Pericles
which describes the adventures of the hero was
on his journey home after the war. (p.
A. a monarchy
230)
B. a tyranny
A. Odysseus
C. an oligarchy
B. Achilles
C. Pericles D. a democracy
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D. Socrates 545. Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, Present-
day Turkey, Israel and Indus Basin in sub-
540. What was the origin of Mycaeans?
continent were conquered by
A. Indonesians
A. Aristotle
B. Aryans
B. Alexander
C. Inus Valley
C. Carthage
D. Indo-Europeans
D. none of above
541. What indicates the lasting influence of
Aesop’s Fables? 546. The Iliad is about a character named
A. The stories show human weaknesses A. Ares
and strengths. B. Achilles
B. The stories are still read by people
C. Odysseus
around the world.
D. Homer
C. The stories were part of Greek oral tra-
dition. 547. Because Greece was a peninsula, Greeks
D. The stories end with a useful truth. became
542. Hades, Poseidon, and Apollo are all gods A. trappers of animals that swim in wa-
described in the stories of Greek ters nearby
A. polytheism B. kings of the mountains who drank wine
and ate olives all day
B. chorus
C. skillful sailors who went out to trade
C. fables
and make contact with other cultures
D. mythology
D. poets
543. Because Greece was a peninsula, Greeks
became 548. way of teaching developed by Socrates
that used a question-and-answer format
A. trappers of animals that swim in wa- to force students to use their reason to see
ters nearby things for themselves
B. kings of the mountains who drank wine
A. Socratic Method
and ate olives all day
B. Platoic Method
C. skillful sailors who went out to trade
and make contact with other cultures C. Aristotlic Method
D. poets D. none of above

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549. Why did the citizens meet at the govern- 554. founded by Alexander in Egypt
ment center of their city-state? A. Alexandria

A. to have court B. Philip II
B. to decide on the new location of C. Alexander the Great
Corinth
D. legacy
C. to discuss any problems with their
economy 555. Greeks were the
D. to make laws and discuss issues af- A. monotheist
fecting the communiy
B. polytheist
550. Which of the following famous Greeks de- C. atheist
veloped the mathematical theorem that de- D. none of above
termines the missing side of a right trian-
gle? (We did this in class!) 556. Which of the following was one result
A. Pythagoras of the independent spirit of the early
Greeks?
B. Socrates
A. Numerous attempts to unite Greece
C. Archimedes under one government
D. Hippocrates B. Frequent wars between city-states
551. the traditional stories of gods and god- C. Heavy trade between city-states
desses. D. Increased efforts to establish Greek
A. epics colonies overseas
B. fables 557. In ancient Greece, hoplites arranged
C. myths themselves in rows and marched forward
into battle in a unified formation called
D. dramas a(n)
552. For whom was the Parthenon built as a A. group
tribute? B. war battle
A. Xerxes C. phalanx
B. Hercules D. tribe
C. Hades
558. Greek “Father of the Study of
D. Athena Medicine”.
553. A traditional story that explains the prac- A. Aristotle

tices or beliefs of a people is a(n) B. Hippocrates
A. myth C. Homer
B. drama D. Pythagoras
C. oracle
559. Which feature of Greece’s geography ex-
D. Socratic method plains the ancient Greeks’ need for trade?

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A. the location along the boundary be- 565. Explained how the planets and sun
tween Asia and Europe moves
B. the location along the seacoast A. Hipparchus
C. the dry summer climate B. Hippocrates
D. the mountainous landscape C. Hypatia
D. Aristarchus
560. these people believed that happiness
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comes from doing one’s duty. 566. The Chief God that the Greeks wor-
shiped.
A. socrules
A. Artemis
B. stoics
B. Apollo
C. socrates
C. Athena
D. sophocles
D. Zeus
561. Greek word for “city-state”
567. What community had its own govern-
A. Athens ment and a marketplace?
B. Sparta A. acropolis
C. polis B. polis
D. community C. city state
D. Greece
562. A priest or priestess who could predict
the future 568. Hoplites often organized into this forma-
A. Sophist tion of closely formed rows of soldiers
B. Philosopher A. Phoenix
B. Phalanx
C. Oracle
C. Philosophy
D. Zeus
D. Philip
563. Describe the land in ancient Greece.
569. A is a gift or compliment that is given
A. Flat land that was good for farming. to honor or remember someone.
B. A land of high, rugged mountains. A. independently
C. Wetlands with many swamps. B. assembly
D. Hot and dry with good soil. C. tribute
564. The most famous oracle in ancient Greece D. none of above

was at the temple of 570. A type of landform with water on 3 sides
A. Aphrodite at Rome A. Island
B. Athena at Athens B. Peninsula
C. Apollo at Delphi C. Isle
D. Zeus at Sparta D. Texas

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571. Which Greek philosopher had the most A. to honor the cities where they were
influence on the formation of the United built
States government?

B. to keep deities close to the people of
A. Sophists Greece
B. Aristotle C. to provide a place for the oracles to
C. Plato live and work
D. Socrates D. to provide a place for Greek citizens to

bathe
572. The government of Athens under Pericles
was . . . 577. What do you call the tombs made by My-
caeans?
A. Monarchy
A. Tombo
B. Tyranny
B. Tholeus
C. Oligarchy
C. Tholos
D. Democracy
D. Tombeus
573. Two important cities in ancient Greece:
578. The empire obtained new land after the
A. Athens and Sofia conquest of the neighboring country.
B. Athens and Sparta A. True
C. Sparta and Rome B. False
D. none of above C. C
574. What was the “Dark Age”? D. none of above
A. a time period that followed after the 579. How can you characterize the Polis?
Mycenaeans were defeated by the Dori-
ans. A. It had strong walls, an agora and an
Acropolis
B. time period when mainland Greeks mi-
grated across the Aegean. B. It was divided into phratry
C. time when the Greeks lost the ability C. Its culture was the same for all Polis
to read and write. D. Its government type was the same for
D. all answers provided. all Polis
575. What was the type of government of 580. Politics is the practice of
Athens after Cleisthenes? A. art
A. Dictatorship B. religion
B. Democracy C. culture
C. Aristocracy D. government
D. Socialist 581. What factor or factors started the col-
576. Why did the ancient Greeks construct lapse of the Minoan civilization?
temples? A. the Trojan War

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B. economic collapse and lack of written D. They had to swear loyalty to the Greek
language leader.
C. large earthquakes 587. said “give me a lever and a place to
D. migration stand, and i will move the earth”
582. A performance that is excellent, or won- A. archimedes

derful, might be called B. pythagoras
A. channel C. herodotus
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B. marvelous D. hippocrates
C. tame
588. Assistance from helped Athens de-
D. none of above feat the mighty Persian empire in 480 B.C.
583. A strip of water between two bodies of A. the Egyptian army
land is called a B. the Delian League
A. channel C. Ionia
B. marvelous D. Sparta
C. tame
589. Mycenaean civilization are connected to
D. none of above which of the following
584. Modern Greece occupies a large peninsula A. They built the palace at Knossos
that juts into the Mediterranean Sea. A B. the archeologist Evans
peninsula is land area surrounded by wa-
C. They came from central Asia
ter on sides.
D. They were skilled in metal work
A. 2
B. 3 590. Aristotle taught his students to follow
the
C. 4
A. Golden Fleece
D. none of above
B. Golden Rule
585. He questioned democracy, patriotism and
C. Golden mean
religion.
D. None of the above
A. Socrates
B. Aristotle 591. Greek has many that are like mini
C. Aristotle countries.
D. Hippocrates A. counties
B. city-states
586. How did Hellenistic political ideas affect
the people living in conquered lands? C. provinces
A. They had to follow Greek laws. D. parishes
B. They no longer had to pay taxes. 592. The most important result of the Pelopon-
C. They could be elected as representa- nesian War was
tives. A. political unity in Greece

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B. political disunity in Greece 598. Athena was

C. development of the Golden Age A. The goddess of wisdom and crafts

D. development of city-states
B. The goddess of the harvest
593. The period of time in which Greek culture C. The goddess of marriage
spread to all of the lands conquered by
Alexander the Great is known as the D. The goddess of the hunt
A. Hellenistic Era
599. On the mainland, the Greek civilization
B. Dark Ages
C. fable
A. developed after the Persian War
D. ritual
B. suffered a further decline after the
594. The Greeks people lived around sea. Dark Age
A. Caspian C. developed after the Dark Age, around
B. Aegean 700 B.C.E.
C. Arabian D. developed about 1000 B.C.E.
D. none of above
600. the philosophy of the Stoics
595. The following information describes
which battle of the Persian wars:Narrow A. drama
mountain pass where Persians attacked
B. fable
Athens from behind and then burned
Athens. C. Stoicism
A. Thermopylae D. comedy
B. Salamis
C. Plataea 601. greeks performed in order to get
on the good side of their gods and god-
D. Marathon desses.
596. The Peloponnesian War developed over A. oral traditions
A. succession in the Spartan government
B. dramas
B. succession in the Athenian govern- C. stories

ment D. rituals
C. a rivalry between Athens and Sparta
D. a rivalry between Persia and Greece 602. is a form of government where the
citizens help make decisions by voting for
597. Two types of are tragedy and com- their leaders.
edy.
A. messenger
A. epic
B. Democracy
B. myth
C. drama C. marathon
D. fable D. none of above

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603. What is an Acropolis? 608. Which type of government has a ruler

A. A small town in the country that took control and rules through force?
A. democracy
B. A high-city with public buildings, tem-
ples, and was a fortress during war B. monarchy
C. A group of low class citizens C. oligarchy
D. none of above D. tyranny
609. Which term means the same thing as the
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604. Which group resented Athens’ growing
power after winning the Second Persian ancient Greek “agora? ”
war? A. market
A. Sparta, members of the Peloponnesian B. house
League, and members of the Delian C. temple
League
D. university
B. Only Sparta and members of the Pelo-
ponnesian League 610. Who wrote the “Odyssey”?
C. Only Sparta A. Sophocles
D. Only Sparta and members of the Delian B. Homer
League C. Euripides
605. In what kind of government do citizens D. Aesop
elect other people to make decisions on
611. Which of the following statements best
their behalf?
explains why direct democracy worked in
A. aristocracy ancient Athens?
B. oligarchy A. the council controlled the work of the
C. direct democracy assembly
B. people were paid to take part in gov-
D. representative democracy
ernment
606. The History of the Persian Wars was C. the city-state’s population was small
written by
D. free people could vote and hold office
A. Hoplites
612. Greek scientist who concluded that Earth
B. Herodotus was round
C. Sparta A. Aristotle
D. Spartan Women B. Zeus
607. What is a type of drama called that has C. Eratosthenes
a sad ending? D. Alexander
A. Fable
613. Expanded knowledge of math and knowl-
B. Tragedy edge
C. Epic A. Hypatia
D. Comedy B. Hippocrates

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C. Socrates 619. A word that means the opposite of un-

willing is
D. Plato

A. voluntary
614. Each of the following Greeks valued ob- B. reluctant
servation and knowledge gained through
the senses in reaching scientific conclusions C. investigate
EXCEPT D. seek
A. Aristotle 620. Alexander was years old when he
B. Hippocrates died.
C. Thales A. 25
B. 30
D. Plato
C. 35
615. Why did Alexander lead his men back D. 33
home in 327 B.C.?
A. He was tired of fighting 621. Which factor or factors possibly started
the collapse of the Mycenaean civiliza-
B. He had conquered all the lands he tion?
wanted
A. the Trojan War
C. He missed his new city, Alexandria B. economic collapse and lack of written
D. His soldiers were tired and refused to language
go further C. earthquakes and civil war
616. The basic political unit of Greece was the D. migration
A. acropolis 622. Who owned large properties and ruled

the Greek city-states?
B. Olympiad
A. nobles
C. Parthenon
B. farmers
D. polis
C. serfs
617. The Iliad D. foreign kings
A. Vergil 623. Philip II got some Greek cities to join him
B. Aeschylus by them.
C. Homer A. Conquring
D. none of above B. Inviting

C. Bribing
618. The Greek lived around
D. All of these
A. Aegean Sea
624. Who was sentenced to death for his
B. River Tiber teachings?
C. Indus River A. Archimedes
D. River Tigris B. Socrates

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C. Ares C. Epic and tragedy

D. Plato D. Comedy and myth
625. When the Greeks began to make coins 630. How far east did Alexander lead his
from metal, armies?
A. the wealth of the Greek colonies fell A. to Persia
dramatically. B. to India
B. merchants began trading money for
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C. to Mesopotamia
goods rather than bartering.
D. to Syria
C. other civilizations refused to trade
with them. 631. Sparta formed which league to stop the
D. Greek colonies quickly became self- advance of Athenian democracy?
sufficient. A. Corinthian League
626. To whom were Greek citizens most B. Delian League
loyal? C. Peloponnesian League
A. their family D. Spartan League
B. their city-state
632. What was a woman’s most important
C. their country role in Spartan society?
D. their gods A. to educate her children to be good cit-
izens
627. Leaders of the Greek oligarchies made
laws that likely favored the B. to stay at home and care for her family
A. poor
C. to produce and raise strong boys to be
B. rich
good soldiers
C. foot soldiers
D. to participate in the government of the
D. judges city-state
628. What represents Social Structures (Social 633. What was known as the “high city”?
Classes) in Ancient Greece
A. polis
A. Mythology told the stories of gods and
B. palace
goddesses
C. acropolis
B. Pericles built the Parthenon
D. Athens
C. Agricultural wealth determined social
status in Greece 634. this macedonian king loved the greek cul-
D. Mountainous land surrounded by sea ture and planned to conquer persia.
629. The Greeks performed both types of A. king philip

drama as part of religious festivals. B. illiad
A. Comedy and tragedy C. alexander
B. Myth and fable D. king philip II

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635. Which public speaker said that the Mace- 641. Because of Greece’s mountains they had
donian king Philip II was considered a a lack of..
threat to Greek freedom?

A. Farmland
A. Plato B. Rain
B. Aristotle C. Sun
C. Demosthenes
D. Mountains
D. Thucydides
642. In Greece, was born.
636. Who believed that that human mind could
A. monarchy
understand everything?
B. democracy
A. Sophists
C. republic
B. Socrates
C. Philosophers D. none of above
D. Plato 643. the art of public speaking and debating

637. is the study of designing buildings. A. tragedy
A. permanently B. drama
B. architecture C. comedy
C. philosopher D. rhetoric
D. none of above 644. To honor the God or Goddess who pro-
tected their city, the Greeks would hold a
638. On what island was the earliest center of
ceremony called a(n)
Aegean civilization?
A. ritual
A. Cyprus
B. Sicily B. tragedy
C. Sardinia C. comedy
D. Crete D. drama
639. What did Greeks believe gods con- 645. Communities in ancient Greece were
trolled? A. separated by rivers and deserts
A. animals B. separated by valleys and rivers
B. people C. separated by rugged mountains and
C. nature and everyday life valleys
D. after life D. separated by deserts and mountains
640. Alexander the Great is a famous of 646. What was the typical garment worn by
the Persian Empire. men in Ancient Greece?
A. debated A. Toga
B. invader B. Peplos
C. conquest C. Skirt
D. none of above D. Chiton

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647. Which famous philosopher taught Aristo- B. a great Athenian writer who stressed
tle? courage and understanding
A. Pericles C. rejected the idea of absolute right or
wrong
B. Plato
D. none of above
C. Socrates
D. Thales 653. What did Alexander the Great do once he
became king?
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648. The ancient Greek world was spread A. He took control of India.
across the coasts and Islands of the
Sea. B. He unified the Greek city-states.
A. Black C. He conquered the Persian Empire.
B. Mediterranean D. He destroyed Macedonia’s military.
C. Deep Blue 654. Alexander’s main enemy, the king of the

Persians, was
D. Caribbean
A. Philip II
649. the two types of plays in ancient greece
B. Issus
A. tragedy and humor
C. Homer
B. comedy and sadness D. Darius III
C. comedy and tragedy
655. The Greeks believed in many gods such
D. curiousness and adventurous as Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades. This means
the Greeks were
650. Type of landform surrounded by water on
three sides A. Monotheistic
A. peninsula B. Democratic
B. island C. Islamic
C. plain D. Polytheistic
D. marsh 656. Studied how points, lines, angles, and
planes relate to one another.
651. To be a citizen in most Greek city-states
a person must A. Euclid
A. be foreign-born or native-born man B. Socrates

who had to own land. C. Pythagoras
B. be living in the city-state. D. Aristotle
C. be a free, native-born man who owned 657. Greece is located on a , which means
land. land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
D. wealthy land owning woman. A. island
652. sophists B. peninsula
A. a time when Greek culture spread C. polis

through the known world D. acropolis

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658. The Mediterranean climate was ideal for C. Representative democracy was
growing deep rooted plants such as adopted.

A. bananas and oranges D. Islamic culture was spread throughout
B. olive trees and grape vines Europe.
C. sugar cane and onions 664. Greeks began to organize themselves
D. wheat and other grains into which of the following after it began
to rebuild after the Dark Ages?
659. Pakistan has the last remanents of
Greeks in A. aristocracy
A. Gandhara B. polis
B. Mohen jo Daro C. acropolis
C. Harrapa D. political parties
D. none of above
665. Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
660. became the capital of Greece. A. Shakespeare
A. Athens
B. Mozart
B. Sparta
C. Hamlet
C. Sadis
D. Homer
D. none of above
661. Greek myths were important to the 666. A polis is a (p. 231)
Greek people because they A. lowland
A. told about city-states B. high city
B. showed Greek religious beliefs C. city-state
C. represented the best of Greek culture D. country
D. presented Gods as all-powerful beings 667. Which landform made it difficult to travel
in Greece?
662. Where did the ancient Greeks conduct
daily business and trade deals? A. seas
A. acropolis B. mountains
B. ephor C. valleys
C. agora D. plains
D. bard
668. A traditional story about gods, god-
663. Which was a result of the conquests of desses and heroes
Alexander the Great? A. Fable
A. Greek culture was spread through
B. Epic
North Africa and Asia.
C. Oracle
B. Gold and salt trade expanded through-
out West Africa. D. Myth

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669. Which event BEST shows the spread of 674. Why did Philip II have an advantage over
Hellenistic culture? the Greek city-states?
A. The division of Alexander’s empire into A. Macedonia directly bordered Athens.
kingdoms.
B. Macedonia allied with the Persian Em-
B. Alexander’s last major battle in what is pire.
now Pakistan.
C. Macedonia required all men to join the
C. Alexander’s destruction of the city- army.
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state of Thebes.
D. Macedonia conquered other territo-
D. The creation of a new city in Egypt
ries quickly.
called Alexandria.
670. When a city’s population became to big, 675. Alexander and his army of 40, 000 Greek
it would send off people to move away and Macedonian soldiers defeated the Per-
to start a new community with ties to the sians in the Battle of
original. What was this called? A. Granicus
A. a colony B. Syria
B. a polis C. Alexandria
C. an agora
D. Athens
D. a phalanx
676. Father of Medicine
671. What is the name given to rich landown-
ers? A. Hippocrates
A. elitists B. Archimedes
B. high class C. Hipparchus
C. noblemen D. Hypatia
D. aristocrats
677. Greek soldiers fought in a certain forma-
672. Central area in a Greek city-state that tion called the
served as a marketplace and a meeting A. phalanx
area.
B. colony
A. polis
B. acropolis C. polis
C. agora D. agora
D. phalanx 678. Most Greek oligarchs were rich men or
who inherited land from their fami-
673. What is the outer border of a circle; the
lies.
measurement of that border?
A. circumference A. samurai
B. 3.14 B. aristocrats
C. cirlce C. senators
D. geometry D. philosophers

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679. (490 B.C.E.) Battle where the Persians C. acropolis

who invaded Greece were defeated on the
D. phalanx
Plain of Marathon by an Athenian army.

A. Battle of Marathon 685. The Minoans lived on
B. Battle of Salamis A. Crete
C. Battle at Thermopylae B. Peloponnesus
D. none of above C. Myceans
680. The students were invited to the to D. Balkan Peninsula
hear a speech from the new principal.
A. independently 686. They were not considered to be Greek
because they didn’t speak the Greek lan-
B. assembly guage.
C. tribute
A. Minoans
D. none of above
B. Mycenaeans
681. A commander in the army at age 16 and C. Dorians
a ruler at age 20.
D. Hellenes
A. Eratosthenes
B. Socrates 687. a traveling professional teacher
C. Aristotle A. Sophist
D. Alexander B. Plato
682. In Greek city-state governments, voting C. philosophers
was open to
D. Thucydides
A. all men born in that city-state.
B. all adults born in that city-state. 688. The Greeks hoped to earn the favor of
their gods and goddesses, by performing
C. all free men, regardless of birth.
A. prophecies.
D. free men born in that city-state.
B. oracles.
683. Why did Greeks create Myths?
C. dramas such as tragedies and come-
A. To explain what they could not under- dies.
stand.
D. rituals, sacrifices, and festivals.
B. They love to narrate stories.
C. They were very religious people. 689. Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning,
and public speaking
D. They had theocratic governments.
A. ritual
684. Which word means a Greek storyteller
that shared ideas, myths, and legends? B. fable
A. bard C. Sophists
B. citizen D. myth

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690. the chief god that Greeks worshipped 696. Who were the storytellers and actors in
A. Socrates Greece?
B. Alexander A. helots
C. Zeus B. phalanx
D. Hippocrates C. ephors
691. The mountains isolated lowland commu- D. bards
nities, so a fiercely spirit developed
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among the Greeks. 697. Which of these simple machines is associ-
ated with Archimedes?
A. cooperative
A. pulley
B. independent
B. wheel
C. positive
D. evil C. plane
D. lever
692. The soldiers in Alexander the Great’s
army who rode horses into battle were 698. Alexander was years old when he
the took over the throne.
A. cavalry A. 10
B. cavity
B. 20
C. circumference
C. 30
D. Stoicism
D. 40
693. Who is considered the ancestors of the
modern day Greeks? 699. What is the philosophy of Epicurus, which
says that the purpose of life is to find hap-
A. Hellenes
piness and peace?
B. Minoans
A. Stoicism
C. Myceneans
B. Epicureanism
D. Bards
C. Sophists
694. Age of creativity and learning in Athens
D. None
A. Direct Democracy
B. Battle of Salamis 700. What happened to Alexander’s armies on
the march home?
C. Delian League
D. Age of Pericles A. Many of the soldiers decided to settle
in Persia.
695. Who was in charge of running/governing
B. Thousands of soldiers died of heat and
Greek city-states?
thirst in the desert.
A. kings
C. They fought unexpected battles
B. citizens against Persian forces.
C. politicians D. The army and the cavalry fought with
D. soldiers each other.

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701. Who wrote the textbook on geometry C. statues

called the Elements? D. art

A. Euclid
707. After he compared 158 governments to
B. Archimedes find the best one, who wrote the book Pol-
C. Eratosthenes itics?
D. Pythagoras A. Plato
702. Who was Alexander’s father? B. Aristotle
A. Philip II of Macedon C. Thucydides
B. Philip I of Macedon D. Herodotus
C. Philip III of Macedon 708. Xerxes was the king of

D. Aristotle A. Athens
703. At the center of each ancient Greek polis B. Sparta

was C. Crete
A. large tracts of farmland and open D. Persia
space.
709. Who was the Greek god of war?
B. a fort built on a hilltop.
A. Athena
C. a large estate where Greek nobles
lived. B. Ares
D. the agora, or marketplace. C. Zeus

D. Hades
704. Which of the following is a right for being
a Greek Citizen? 710. Through mythology, the Greek people ex-
A. own property pressed their
B. vote A. religious beliefs
C. defend yourself in court B. love of poetry
D. all above C. love of sport

D. political beliefs
705. were trained in running, wrestling,
and javelin throwing. 711. This is the Greek word that describes a
A. Spartan Women city-state.
B. Hoplites A. an agora
C. Satraps B. a polis
D. Mycenaeans C. a phallanx
D. a colony
706. The of the White House shows the
influence that ancient Greek architecture 712. The Greek believed that gods lived on
had. in the north of the country.
A. doors A. Mount Olympus
B. columns B. Mount Egaleo

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C. Mount Athos C. Persian

D. none of above D. Athenian
713. Greek city-states were run by their 718. What do Ancient Greeks call Greece?
A. soldiers A. Hellen
B. citizens B. Hellenes
C. politicians C. Hellas
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D. kings D. Helios
714. The Greeks won the naval Battle of 719. Earth revolves around the Sun
Salamis because
A. Aristarchus
A. their ships could move quickly
B. Hipparchus
B. they had better weapons
C. Archimedes
C. they had 10, 000 solidiers
D. Euclid
D. Athens surrendered
715. Athens is credited with the development 720. In Hellenistic kingdoms, government busi-
of , a form of government where the ness was conducted in what language?
people choose how they are ruled. A. Egyptian
A. Monotheism B. Persian
B. Anarchy C. Greek
C. Monarchy D. Macedonian
D. Direct Democracy
721. The god of the sea is
716. What happened during the Battle of A. Hera
Marathon?
B. Hestia
A. The Greeks became friends with the
Persians. C. Zeus
B. The Persians defeated the Greeks and D. Poseidon
took over Greece.
722. What military tactic did Philip II use to
C. The Greeks defeated the Persians by defeat the Greek city-states?
using a wise strategy.
A. He fought a defensive war on land.
D. none of above
B. He used the navy to fight battles at sea.
717. Much of the territory conquered by the
Alexander Great was previously part of C. He drew enemy soldiers into narrow
which empire? areas.
A. Macedonian D. He relied on long-standing military
B. Egyptian technology.
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1.7 Hittite 135
1. To which century does most of the Hittite B. religion became more of a king’s prior-
evidence (Alaksandu Treaty, Tawagalawa ity even though the military was fighting
letter, Milawata letter) date?

A. 15th c. BC C. unity of opponents
B. 14th c. BC D. none of above
C. 13 c. BC 7. How many layers have been identified at
D. 12th c. BC Hisarlik?
A. 6
2. What happened to Agamemnon when he
returned home? B. 7
A. killed by his wife and her lover C. 9
B. killed by his wife and lover D. 12
C. killed by his son 8. Which statement best identifies Hattusa?
D. celebrated with a feast A. He was the first King of the Hittite Em-
pire
3. Although the Hittites had their own lan-
guage they adopted this language for the B. it was the capital city of the Hittite Em-
governing of their empire? pire
A. Akkadian C. It was the River along which Hittite Civ-
ilization developed
B. Persian
D. none of above
C. Greek
D. Egyptian 9. Which Wilusan king did the Hittites re-
store to power?
4. The following are prominent rulers in Per- A. Alaksandu
sia except one.
B. Walmu
A. Cyrus
C. Muwattalli
B. Cambyses
D. Piyama-radu
C. Darius
10. In the Tawagalawa letter, the king of the
D. Means
Hittites tells the king of Ahhiyawa to do
5. From where do we have evidence of tower what?
shields such as Ajax is supposed to carry? A. stop his brother supporting a Hittite
A. the Iliad rebel
B. Minoan frescoes on Thera B. stop supporting a Hittite rebel
C. Mycenaean frescoes at Pylos C. stop attacking Wilusa
D. frescos found at Hisarlik D. stop attacking Hattusa
6. All of the following were reasons for the 11. When was Schliemann excavating?
fall of the Hittites except one. A. 1860s
A. abusive relative of the king B. 1870s

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C. 1880s C. 25 yards
D. 1890s D. 25 feet
12. The Hittites’ original spoken language 16. A. Instructions: Choose the letter of the
belonged to which language family of correct answer. First discover the use of
group? iron?
A. Indo-European A. Hittite
B. Slavic
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B. Persian
C. Romance
C. Chaldean
D. Trans-Siberian
D. none of above
13. Which king of Wilusa did the Hittite kings
put back in power? 17. Which area did Schliemann excavate?
A. Alaksandu A. Hisarlik
B. Piyama-radu B. Ilios
C. Walmu C. Taruisa
D. Tudhaliya D. Troy
14. What was Homer’s name for the Greeks? 18. How did the Greeks gain favourable winds
A. Dorians to sail to Troy?
B. Achaeans A. sacrificed Agamemnon’s daughter to
Poseidon
C. Dardanians
B. sacrificed Agamemnon’s daughter to
D. Hittites
Artemis
15. How high was the tower in the defensive C. the god Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag
wall which Dorpfeld discovered? of winds
A. 300 yards D. the god Aeolus gave Agamemnon a
B. 300 feet bag of winds
1.8 Indus Valley

1. Shared or used in COMMON with a group B. Karhma
or community
C. Wealth
A. communal
D. Class
B. groupal
C. granary 3. The first language of Ancient India
D. Harappan A. Hieroglyphics
B. Cuneiform
2. In the Indus Valley played a big part
in their laws C. Sanskrit
A. Darhma D. English

4. Harappa was located on the banks of B. 23 centimeters

which river? C. 1.6 millimeters

A. Jhelum
D. 0.004 inches
B. Chenab
10. What is the Indus valley civilization also
C. Indus
called?
D. Ravi
A. the Mohenjo-Daro civilization
5. What caste system are priests and reli- B. Harappan civilization
gious leaders?
C. Dholavira civilization
A. Brahmin
D. Kalibangan civilization
B. Sudras
C. Untouchables 11. One of the largest cities of the ancient In-
dus Valley Civilization
D. none of above
A. Harappa
6. The Great Bath if Indus Valley Civilization
is found at? B. Mohenjo-Daro
A. Harappa C. Tuscaloosa
B. Mohenjo-Daro D. Kissimmee
C. Ropar 12. Followers of Buddhism have a goal of
D. Kalibangan reaching , which means that they have
achieved ultimate wisdom, ultimate real-
7. What was the order of social rankings Mo- ity and have reunited with “The Great
henjo Daro (highest to lowest)? World Soul”.
A. Priests, warriors, farmers, servants, A. dharma
and slaves
B. kharma
B. warriors, farmers, slaves and ser-
vants, priests C. nirvana
C. slaves and servants Priests, warriors, D. reincarnation

farmers,
13. The Indus River flows through
D. The creators of this quiz
A. Northern China
8. The Harappan city complex was divided B. Central Iraq
into and
C. Central Africa
A. Small city and big city
D. Central Pakistan
B. Lower town and upper town
C. Citadel and Lower Town 14. Who invented Harappa
D. none of above A. Dayaram Singh
B. dayaram sahni
9. What was the smallest unit of measure-
ment the Indus Valley CIvilization had? C. Jay Ram Sharma
A. 1.6 inches D. none of above

15. Why was fertile soil so favorable to the 20. The Caste System
development of the Indus Valley civiliza- A. Shares the economic wealth
tion?
B. Creates religious peace
A. It prevented attacks from enemies
C. Divides people into status levels
B. Brought rain and flooding to water
D. Creates a healthy society
crops
C. It allowed settlers to plant and harvest 21. The black and red ware that has been
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crops in one location found from many harrapan sites is a type
of?
D. none of above
A. Textile
16. China’s periods of leadership are broken B. drainage system
into
C. Agricultural tool
A. Kingships
D. pottery
B. Eras
22. Where is larger residential area situated.
C. Periods
A. Kalibanga
D. Dynasties
B. lower Town
17. Why was the Ganges Plain a good place to C. Gujrat
settle in?
D. Rajasthan
A. It has a river, rich soil, good resources
23. Where is the Indus River Valley located?
B. It had good elevation A. Mexico and Italy
C. The river was dirty B. Rajasthan and Gujarat

C. Sindh and Punjab
D. none of above
D. Hawaii and Africa
18. Where did the first Indian civilization
arise? 24. According to Hinduism, what is the effect
of good or bad actions have on the soul
A. The Mediterranean Sea called?
B. The Nile River A. Dharma
C. The Himalayas B. Karma
D. The Indus River Valley C. Nirvana
D. Ahimsa
19. What Indian leader was against the caste
system? 25. What does the word Buddha mean?
A. Indo-Aryan A. enlightened one
B. Martin Luther King Jr. B. prophet
C. Asoka C. smart one
D. Mahatma Gandi D. godly one

26. Ancient India and Egypt were similar be- 32. The early civilization expand near
cause they both
A. river banks

A. had the Nile River and river deltas.
B. city
B. were a part of the Fertile Crescent.
C. mountain
C. had rivers and natural boundaries.
D. none of above
D. shared the written language of hiero-
glyphics.
33. A divine law that requires citizens to do
27. What caste system were landowners, their duty is More is required of higher
farm owners, merchants, skilled traders? castes.
A. Vaisyas A. varnas
B. Sudras B. caste system
C. Brahmin C. dharma
D. none of above D. karma
28. What are the mountain ranges on the
northern part of India? 34. Which of these statements is true of Hin-
duism?
A. Himalayas and Alps
A. It arose from the teachings of one sin-
B. Rockies and Hindu Kush
gle founder
C. Himalayas and Hindu Kush
B. Its sacred books were written inhiero-
D. Alps and Poconos glyphics.
29. What were the toys made up of? C. It is a way of life for over two billion-
A. Bitumen people.
B. Teracotta D. It has absorbed manybeliefs from
C. Amulets other religions.
D. Girdle 35. Who was discovered the site of Mohenzo-

30. What is the name of the seasonal winds daro?
that cause the wet and dry seasons in In- A. Dayaram sahni
dia?
B. Madhoswaroop vatsa
A. hurrican
C. Wheeler
B. tsunami
D. R. D. Beerjii
C. Monsoon
D. tornado 36. A central fortress usually found in the cen-
ter of a Harappan Civilization city
31. India is located on a
A. Citadel
A. Strait
B. Subcontinent B. Pyramid
C. Channel C. Temple
D. Mesa D. Ziggurat

37. Where was dockyard situated 43. Which of the following statements is NOT
A. Lothal true about the houses in the Indus Valley
cities?
B. Harappa
A. They were built with oven-baked
C. Mohenjo daro bricks.
D. none of above B. They had flat roofs.
38. Shifting winds that bring heavy rains to C. They had indoor bathrooms and
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India in the summer are called garbage chutes to get rid of wastes.
D. They were made of clay from the Tigris
A. monsoons
river.
B. mongols
44. Which was the First site of Indus Valley
C. hurricanes Civilization to be discovered
D. tornados A. Kot Diji
39. The ornaments riches wore- B. Mohenjodaro
A. Shell, girdles, razors C. Lothal
B. Copper, bone, bronze D. Harappa
C. Gold, silver, ivory 45. The two biggest cities of Indus valley civi-
lization were
D. none of above
A. Pakistan and Mohenjo-Daro
40. The site of Kalibangan is in:
B. Acropolis and Harappa
A. Gujarat C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
B. Punjab D. none of above
C. Haryana
46. How many cities are there in all?
D. Rajasthan
A. 4
41. List the possible reasons that Historians B. 5
speculate could have caused the decline of C. 2
the Indus River Valley.
D. 6
A. .climate related disaster
47. EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION FLOURISHED ON
B. flooding from monsoons
THE BANKS OF
C. epidemic disease
A. INDUS
D. all answers are possible B. NILE
42. Which was the first site to be excavated C. HUANG-HO
A. Harappa D. none of above
B. Mohenjo daro 48. DOCKYARD HAS BEEN EXCAVATED AT
C. Bhirrana A. ALMANGIRPUR
D. Lothal B. LOTHAL

C. ROJDI 54. The first discovered site of the indus valley

civilization is?
D. DHOLAVIRA
A. Mohenjadaro

49. Which of the following is an specialised B. Harappa
centre for making shell objects like ban-
C. Chanhudaro
gles, ladles etc?
D. Dholavira
A. Nageshwar
55. The stone sculpture of male torso was
B. Lothal
found in which of the following archaeo-
C. Harappa logical site?
D. Dholavira A. Mohenjo-daro
B. Lothal
50. Which of the following items would the
people of the Harappan civilization have C. Dholavira
exported to trade with the Sumerians? D. Harappa
A. gold and silver 56. The main skills of the Indus people in Town
Planning
B. copper and tin
A. Adm. System
C. cotton and jewelry
B. River Management
D. ivory and rubber
C. underground drainage system
51. citadel contains of: D. none of above
A. lower class people 57. What was the main occupation of the peo-
B. animals ple in Indus valley?
A. Trading
C. plants
B. Agriculture
D. upper class people
C. Metal work
52. What is the name of the Indus River Valley D. none of above
Civilization’s writing?
58. The Indus Valley civilization flourished
A. Cuneiform years ago
B. Hieroglyphics A. 4500
C. Indus Script B. 2000
D. Pictographs C. 3000
D. none of above
53. The name of the large city discovered in
1921 59. Which of the following terms means “dry
land area that gets very little rain? ”
A. Harappa
A. ocean
B. Cayro B. granary
C. Bay of Bengal C. desert
D. none of above D. plains

60. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distin- 65. Other Name Of The Harrapan Civilization
guished from the other contemporary civil-
A. Indus Valley Civilization
isations by its
B. Ayodhya
A. town planning
C. Hyderabad
B. underground drainage system
D. Kanyakumari
C. uniformity of weights and measures
D. large agricultural surplus 66. Historians believe that the Indus Valley
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traded with Mesopotamia because
61. Houses in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had
A. A ziggurat was found on the citadel
all of the following except
B. A statue of the Bearded Man was
A. buildings to store grain
found in Mesopotamia
B. indoor bathroom
C. Indus Valley artifacts were found in
C. flat roofs Mesopotamia
D. mud brick walls D. Cuneiform writing was found in the In-
dus Valley
62. What is the name of the strict social struc-
ture of the Indus Valley? 67. What does granary mean
A. Upper Class A. A building where grains are stored
B. Caste System B. A decorative design or pattern
C. Triangle Structure C. A fort-like structure built on a raised
ground
D. Social System
D. none of above
63. Which is the biggest Harappan Civilization
site 68. Why were the cities in the Indus Valley
built around citadels?
A. Ropar
A. to make it easier for the farmers to
B. Lothal
work together
C. Kalibangan
B. to protect the people in case enemies
D. Rakhigarhi attacked
64. The Indus River Valley Civilizations’ cities C. to make transportation easier
were structured: D. to help the people become rich
A. in ovals, with small square buildings
69. It is believed that Indus Valley is about
B. in grids, with separate areas for resi- years old
dential and governmental buildings
A. 1000
C. in triangles, centered around the pyra-
B. 5000
mids
C. 8000
D. in squares, separated by social
classes D. 800

70. Which tool allowed the Aryans to move C. They did not trade
through and conquer portions of the Indian D. Through throwing
subcontinent?

A. chariots 76. One of the centers of the Indus Civilization
that flourished from 2500 to 1700 BCE
B. spears
A. Ciaro
C. catapults
B. Mohenjo-Daro
D. horses
C. Ur
71. Indus valley people cared about their D. Harappa
health & wealth. True or false?
77. The most important reason that people de-
A. True
velop cities near rivers is to
B. Falsa
A. wash dishes
C. False
B. bathe
D. Treu C. farm
72. The Indians’ invention of which of the fol- D. trade
lowing affected the study of mathematics
and science? 78. Why is India considered to be a subconti-
nent?
A. pi
A. It is separated from Asia by a shallow
B. decimals sea
C. zero B. It has few large rivers, unlike the rest
D. fractions of Asia
73. Indus Valley Civilization belonged to the C. It has landforms that are not found in
age other parts of Asia
A. Copper D. It is a large land mass separated from

Asia by mountain ranges
B. Iron
79. The figure of a was discovered in the
C. Bronze
house of Mohenjodaro.
D. none of above
A. Dancing girl
74. In the years following the Harappan civ- B. Running girl
ilization collapse, what group began set-
C. Walking girl
tling in the region?
D. Crying girl
A. Aryans
B. Raja 80. What item was found in ancient
Mesopotamia that lead us to believe that
C. Punjab
Indus Valley traded over long distances?
D. Brahmins A. Jewelry
75. How did the Indus valley people trade? B. Pottery
A. Through water C. Seals
B. Through walking D. Swords

81. The earliest civilizations in India developed 87. Belief in more than one deity/ god
along which river? A. Aetheism
A. Indus B. Monism
B. Ganges C. Monotheism
C. Brahmaputra D. Polytheism
D. Krishna
88. Where on earth is the Indus River Valley?
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82. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are? A. Iraq
A. Buddhist gods B. Pakistan and Western India
B. Hindu gods C. North Carolina
C. the monsoon D. China
D. three of the Four Noble truths 89. What was a citadel used for?
83. How many years did the excavation last? A. It was a center for religion and govern-
ment
A. 2 years
B. It was used to hold grain.
B. 5 years
C. It was a collection of sacred hymns.
C. 1 month
D. It was used for irrigation.
D. 1 year
90. What was one of the religious beliefs of
84. The highest mountain in the Himalayas is the Indus Valley?
called
A. They were monotheistic.
A. Mt. Everest
B. They mummified the dead.
B. Khyber Pass
C. They were polytheistic.
C. The Hindu Kush
D. They had shrines to the dead.
D. Indus Range
91. Why were the surrounding landforms fa-
85. What MAJOR religion developed from the vorable to the development of the Indus
Indus River Valley? Valley civilization?
A. Buddhism A. The physical features provided natural
B. Christanity barriers for protection
C. Hinduism B. Fertile soil allowed settlers to plant

and harvest crops
D. Islam
C. It gave the people timber to build
86. The rivers where the Indus Civilization set- homes
tled along D. none of above
A. Tigris & Euphrates
92. What weather event did early farming vil-
B. Indus & Ganges lages in India depend on?
C. Mississippi & Missouri A. Summer monsoon
D. Amazon & Nile B. Spring typhoon

C. winter blizzards 98. The earliest city discovered in India was

D. fall droughts A. Harappa

B. . Punjab
93. The mountains to the north of India are
called.. C. Mohenjo Daro
A. The Rocky Mountains D. Sindh
B. The Andes Mountains 99. and Mohenjo-Daro were very well or-
C. The Himalayas ganized cities in the Indus River Valley.
D. Caucasus Mountains A. Hamahama
B. Harappa
94. The remains of a brick dockyard was dis-
covered at C. Himalaya
A. Lothal D. Hindu Kush
B. Dholavira 100. This river is sacred to the Hindus.

C. Chanhudaro A. Tigris
D. Rakhigarhi B. Ganges
C. Nile
95. Harappa was located on the banks of the
river D. Indus
A. Ganga 101. Who did the Harrappans trade with?
B. Sutlej A. Persians
C. Ravi B. Greeks
D. Indus C. Romans
96. One major religion in India is It origi- D. All of the above

nated with the Aryans and includes many 102. On which continent was the Indus River
gods and goddesses, such as Brahma and Valley located?
Ganesha.
A. Africa
A. Hinduism
B. Asia
B. Buddhism
C. Australia
C. Brahmins
D. Europe
D. Kshatriyas
103. What was the shape of the Harappan
97. Where did the people of this civilization seals?
store their surplus grain?
A. It was a Circle
A. Citadels
B. It was a triangle
B. The Great Bath
C. it was a star
C. Granaries D. The shape of the Harappan seals was
D. Pyramids square with a 2X2 dimension.

104. Traces of canal has been found at the 110. What continent is the Indus Valley lo-
Harappan site of? cated on?
A. Shortughai A. North America
B. Rakhigari B. Asia
C. Banawali C. Africa
D. Mohanzodaro D. Europe
105. Grew from the Ayran beliefs Everyone
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111. Mesopotamian texts from about indi-
shares the same social status cate trade relations with Indus Valley.
A. The soul can be reincarnated A. Year 1697
B. Praying five times a day
B. Circa 2450 BCE
C. Everyone shares the same social sta-
C. Circa 2790 BCE
tus
D. none of above D. 2350 BCE
106. The ancient Hindu collection of sacred 112. BAKED BRICKS WERE USED TO
verses, hymns, prayers, and teachings A. CONSTRUCT HOUSES AND OTHER
were called the BUILDINGS.
A. Bible B. COOK FOOD
B. Torah C. PLAY GAMES
C. Vedas D. TO MAKE ART
D. Koran
113. A leader of an Aryan tribe?
107. great bath is found in
A. Harappa
A. harappa
B. rajah
B. mesopotamia
C. mystic
C. mohenjodaro
D. brahman
D. lothal
114. the city of lothal is a
108. India’s climate has monsoons. Monsoons
are A. western site
A. blizzards B. eastern site
B. rain storms C. coastal site
C. strong, seasonal winds D. none of these
D. none of above 115. What kinds of materials did Harappan ar-
109. how old is the indus-valley civilisation tisans work with?
A. 5500 BC A. gold and precious stones
B. 7569 BC B. bronze and shells
C. 8000 BC C. terracotta and stone
D. none of above D. all answers are correct

116. Where was great bath situated 122. Which word best describes a large land
A. Mohenjo daro mass that is smaller than a continent?

B. Lothal A. country
B. subcontineent
C. Harappa
C. state
D. none of above
D. region
117. Which is the most ancient civilization of
India? 123. Each city had a large
A. Pre vedic A. room
B. Post vedic B. granary
C. Indus valley C. house
D. Maya D. none of above
118. The Indus Civilization is between- 124. Why Indus Valley Civilization is Called
Harappan Civilization?
A. 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE
A. It was beacause it is Harrapan Civiliza-
B. 2500 CE to 1500 BCE tion
C. 2500 CE to 1500 CE B. This civilization is called the Indus Civ-
D. none of above ilization because it was discovered on the
banks of the river Indus.
119. Which city was situated in Khadir beyt,
C. Its beacause they are the same
in the Rann of Gujrat.
D. The Delhi Civilization
A. Kalibangan
B. Lothal 125. Amulets were worn to
C. Dholavira A. Look beautiful
D. none of above B. Show religious importance

C. To keep away from evil
120. What were the enduring legacies of the
ancient Indus Valley? D. none of above
A. sewer system & wheel 126. Indus valley civilization is also known as
B. sewer system & concept of zero A. Harappan civilization
C. writing & sewer system B. Bhirrana civilization
D. concept of zero & writing C. Mesopotamian Civilization
D. none of above
121. What were the main characteristics of
the indus valley civilization 127. Along which river Harappa is Situated
A. Town planning A. INDUS
B. Drainage system B. RAVI
C. Both A and B C. LUNI
D. None of these D. SULTEJ

128. HOW IS THE INDUS RIVER SIMILAR TO 133. Who is the founder of Buddhism?
THE NILE AND TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
A. No clear founder
RIVERS?
B. Siddhartha Gautama
A. IT FLOODS EVERY YEAR
C. Muhammad
B. IT DRIES UP EVERY YEAR
D. Jesus
C. CANALS ARE DUG TO RELIEVE THE
FLOODING 134. Who discovered Mohenjo-Daro?
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D. ALL OF THEM FLOW IN THE SAME DI- A. Dayaram Sahni
RECTION
B. Lady Ada Lovelace
129. Which of the following technique used for C. Rakhaldas Banerjee
making bronze statues during Harappan
Civilization? D. Charles Dickens
A. Lost Wax Casting 135. Where was Mohenjo Daro located?

B. Ivory carving A. India
C. Wood carving B. China
D. Stone carving C. Egypt
D. Pakistan
130. Like other ancient civilizations, ancient In-
dia was divided into four , also 136. How many cities are in India?
called , based on occupation.
A. 4
A. ultimate religions, leaders
B. 2
B. social classes, castes
C. 3
C. government classes, dictators
D. 1
D. none of above
137. Which was the first city to be discovered
131. Dholavria was divided in how many in Indus valley civilization
parts.
A. Harappa
A. 1
B. Mohenjo Daro
B. 5
C. Pakistan
C. 3
D. Afghanistan
D. 2
138. Clothes made of which fabric were used
132. The cut each other at right angles by the Indus people.
A. drains A. Cotton
B. streets B. Jute
C. houses C. Silk
D. seals D. Linen

139. Houses were & other buildings were B. written language, temples
made up of C. roads, irrigation

A. Rock D. none of above
B. Baked bricks
145. Why people wore amulets
C. Bricks A. For fashion
D. Wood B. To ward them off from evil spirits
140. What is dharma? C. None of these
A. A state of happines and peace D. none of above
B. Social classes in Ancient India 146. The Indus Valley civilization is also
C. The release from samsara called:
D. One’s religious and moral duties A. Mohenjodaro civilization
B. Harappan civilization
141. Which of the following artifact of the
C. Lothal civilization
Harappan civilization was mainly used for
commercial purposes? D. None of these
A. Bronze/metal sculpture 147. Buildings and streets in Indus Valley
B. Stone sculpture cities were arranged in a:
C. Seal A. hill
B. grid system
D. Terracotta
C. circle
142. What happened to the citadel cities?
D. cul-de-sac
A. They were eventually united into one
kingdom 148. The Indus civilization began in where?
A. the Indus River
B. No one knows for sure
B. the Indus Lake
C. They had been deserted and covered
with dirt and sand C. the Indus mountains
D. both 2 and 3 D. none of above
143. Which of the following is NOT an exam- 149. What trading system did the Indus valley
ple of a climate in the world civilization use?
A. Barter system
A. Tropical
B. Barter systen
B. Temperate
C. Bartern system
C. Country
D. Barter systej
D. Polar
150. Dholavira has the evidence of
144. What were two things that these ancient
A. copper-working
people developed in the Indus River Valley
that cause historians to believe there was B. bead-working areas
a strong, central government? C. all of these
A. sewer system, grid-like streets D. none of above

151. played a major role in Indus Valleys 157. which seal in Indus Valley Civilization.
success A. Mother Goddess figurine
A. Religion B. Dancing girl
B. Agricultire C. Priest king
C. The after life D. Pashupati
D. Hammurabis code
158. were the Indus Valley’s leaders who
152. Who was the first Director General of created small kingdoms and fought one an-
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ASI? other over women, cattle and treasure.
A. R E M Wheeler A. Varnas
B. Cunningham B. Sudras
C. John Marshall C. Untouchables
D. None of the above D. Rajas
153. the city of dholavira is situated in khadir 159. In, Harappan society who were the peo-
island in the ple that didn’t trade?
A. Rann of Kutch A. merchants
B. coastal site B. farmers
C. Lothal C. administrators
D. none of above D. both farmers and administrators
154. Indus valley civilization is also called as 160. What was the Main Occupation of the
people of indus valley civilization
A. Harrapan civilization A. Agriculture
B. River Civilization B. Trade
C. Indian Civilization C. Both A and B
D. Civilization D. None of these
155. Buildings and streets in Harappa and 161. Who created the first indoor plumbing
Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a system
A. mountain A. Harappa
B. grid B. Bob’s Porta-potties
C. circle C. Inca
D. none of above D. Mohenjo Daro
156. Which of the following Indus People 162. why was the name also the harappan civ-
didn’t know about? ilization
A. Copper A. because they liked it
B. Iron B. because it was the first city found
C. Stone C. just like that
D. None of above D. none of the above

163. Name the two rivers that were part of C. cotton, melons, and grain
the Indus Valley D. grain, corn, and rice

A. Euphrates and Nile
169. Ancient Greek was a powerful civiliza-
B. Arabian and Bengal tion of years ago.
C. Ganges and Indus A. 1000
D. none of above B. 2000
164. fire altars were found at: C. 1500
A. lothal, kalibabgan D. none of above
B. mohenjo daro, harappa 170. What was the main occupation of the peo-
C. rakhi gari, lothal ple of the Indus Valley Civilization?
D. mohenjodaro, rakhigarhi A. Agriculture
B. Trade
165. People wore clothes.
C. Priests
A. Cotton
D. Craftsmanship
B. Woolen
171. Harappan farmers grew
C. Both the above
A. Barely
B. Wheat
166. In Mohenjo-daro, the largest building is
C. Peas
the
D. All of these
A. granary
B. lower town 172. What animal did the Indus Valley people
use to pull the carts?
C. Great bath
A. husky
D. dockyard
B. reindeer
167. Which of the following is a teaching of C. domesticated bull
Buddhism?
D. none of above
A. People should pursue pleasure
173. Which water body is Lothal located next
B. People should follow the Twelvefold
to
Path
A. Gulf of Oman
C. People should accept their place in the
caste system B. Gulf of Khambat
D. People should think of themselves as C. Indian Ocean
equal to others D. Arabian Sea
168. What three crops did the farmers in India 174. In the Indian subcontinent, the first cities
grow? emerged in the valley of
A. grain, corn, and melons A. River Ganga
B. rice, beans, and grain B. River Satluj

C. River Indus C. Peninsula

D. River Chenub D. Lagoon
175. The ruins of ancient city Mohenjodaro 180. How did the Civilization come to the
provides evidence of an early system of end?
town planning. These ruins date back to
the beginning of millennium bce. A. A destructive earthquake happened.
A. 15th B. No one is sure what happened.
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B. 2nd C. They ran out of food.
C. 3rd D. The river changed course.
D. None of these options 181. The strict division of classes that began
176. Who was the director general of archae- in India around 500 B.C. is known as the
ological survey of British India? system
A. Daya Ram Sahani A. caste

B. R D Banerji B. class
C. Alexander Cunningham C. social
D. none of above D. sanitation
177. Why was the Harappan civilization 182. The main features of the Harappan Civi-
unique among the other river valley civilization was
lizations?
A. Rural Planning
A. It had a writing system
B. Town Planning
B. It had indoor plumbing
C. Adm.System
C. It was lcoated along a river
D. None of the Above
D. It had advanced buildings
183. MOST INDUS CITIES WERE DIVIDED INTO
178. Which of the following were found in
TWO PARTS-
Mohenjo-daro?
A. Bronze image of a dancing girl A. HARAPPA, MOHENJO-DARO
B. Steatite image of a bearded man B. CITADEL, LOWER TOWN
C. Seal representing Mother Goddess C. ASSEMBLY HALL, GREAT BATH

with a plant growing from her womb and D. NONE OF THESE
woman to be sacrificed by a man with a
knife 184. What is evidence that the Indus Valley
D. All of the above had surplus?
A. The Great Bath
179. An area of land surrounded by water on
three sides B. The monsoons
A. Island C. The Granary
B. Continent D. The Sanitation System

185. The indus valley civilization is located in 191. a dockyard excavated at

present day where? A. Mohenjo Daro

A. is located in present day Jerusalem B. Dholavira
B. is located in present day Mexico C. Gola Dharo
C. is located in present day Israel D. none of these
D. is located in present day Pakistan
192. Because food was abundant, people in
186. Where was Kalibangan situated. the Indus River Valley were able to
A. Gujrat A. specialize their food production

B. make brick houses
B. Citadel
C. farm for different crops
C. Lower Town
D. become artisans and merchants
D. Rajasthan
193. What where the part’s romoved in
187. What type of religion did the Indus River Ramesses 2
Valley people most likely practice?
A. Stomach, Liver, brain, intestine
A. Aetheism
B. Hand
B. Monism
C. elbo
C. Monotheism
D. some thing’s they romoved
D. Polytheism
194. Where does the Indus River empty out
188. A plan or thought for the design of a city to?
A. Urban Planning A. Tigris River
B. Subcontinent B. Yellow Sea
C. Hinduism C. Arabian Sea
D. Caste System D. Persian Gulf
189. Which materials were used in making 195. Which civilization is also known as
buildings in Harappan culture? Harappan civilization?
A. Indus valley civilization
A. Cement
B. Chinese civilization
B. Terracotta
C. Egyptian civilization
C. Stones
D. none of above
D. Bricks
196. Houses, Canals and pavements were
190. Reincarnation is made of
A. a cycle of death and rebirth A. Bricks
B. an important Muslim tradition B. Burnt Bricks
C. an important part of Christian faith C. Stone
D. a way to serve milk D. Pebbles

197. Craftsmen in the Indus Valley produced 202. RAKHIGARHI IN PRESENT DAY IS
KNOWN AS?
A. Jade necklaces A. PAKISTAN
B. Cotten Cloth B. PUNJAB
C. Written records C. HARYANA
D. Calenders D. GUJRAT
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198. Large amount of grains were stored in 203. What body of water does the indus river
the for further use. flow into?
A. The Great Bath A. Arabian Sea
B. Granary B. Persian Gulf
C. Citadil C. Bay of Bengal
D. courtyard D. Red sea
199. The Arabian Sea is on the of the Indus 204. The script of Indus valley is characterized
River as script and has not been
A. North A. pictograph, hieroglyphic
B. South B. Cuneiform, deciphered
C. East C. pictographic, deciphered
D. West D. pictotraph, cuneiform
200. India’s agriculture is largely regulated 205. Harappan people had closest external
by: link with
A. Unpredictable snow stroms that melt A. Greek
in the mountains.
B. Mesopotamia
B. Predictable droughts in the “Great In-
C. Bahrain
dian Desert”.
D. Iran
C. Predictable thunderstorms through-
out the coastline. 206. WHAT DID THE PEOPLE IN THE IN-
D. Unpredictable Monsoon that flooded DUS RIVER VALLEY BELIEVE ABOUT THE
the Indus-Ganges plains. CITADEL?
A. THAT IT WAS THE CENTER OF THE
201. In which year R.B Daya Ram Sahni found
COUNTY
the ruins of Harappa.
B. THAT IT WAS THE CENTER OF THEIR
A. 1956
GOVERNMENT
B. 1923
C. THAT IT WAS A RELIGIOUS CENTER
C. 1935
D. THAT IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
D. 1921 PART OF THEIR ECONOMY

207. What were the materials used to make A. The Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Hi-
the seals? malayan Mountains

A. Building Blocks B. The Sahara Desert and Mediterranean
Sea
B. Paint
C. Pacific Ocean and Great Wall of China
C. Most of the seals were made of
steatite (it is kind of soft stone). A few D. The Ganges River, Indus River, and
of the seals were also made of gold, ivory, Deccan plateau
agate, terracotta, chert and faience. 213. Which group utilized the caste system?
D. Limestone A. Harappa
208. Based off the info in the slides which of B. Mohenjo-Daro
the following did the Indus Civilization DID C. Aryans
NOT have? D. Dravidians
A. Baked brick houses
214. Where the dancing girl was displayed?
B. Mines for Resources A. Haryana
C. Tons of nonresidential buildings B. Telangana
D. Drainage system C. New delhi
209. The people of the Indus Valley bought D. none of above
A. gold from South Africa 215. How many cities are there in Pakistan?
B. gold from America A. 2
C. gold from southern India B. 6
D. none of above C. 1
D. 3
210. A notable feature of the Indus Valley civ-
ilization was its? 216. The Indus Valley people used to con-
struct their buildings. They were very uni-
A. cuneiform writing form and well-made.
B. large, well-planned cities A. animal dung bricks
C. the monsoon B. mud bricks
D. rigid society based on wealth C. cement blocks
D. ceramic bricks
211. How was the Indus Civilization different
than that of Mesopotamia 217. In terms of achievements, how were the
A. It had mountains for protection. Harappans different from other early civi-
lizations?
B. It had a dessert to the northeast.
A. The Harappans had a writing system.
C. It had no farmable land.
B. The Harappans had cities.
D. It was on a different continent.
C. The Harappans had a number system.
212. India has which of the following natural
boundaries for protection: D. The Harappans had indoor plumbing.

218. Another name for the Indus Valley civi- 224. What river ran through the Indus Valley
lization civilization?
A. Mohenjo-daro A. Tigris River
B. India B. Euphrates River
C. Harappan Culture C. Huang Ho River
D. Pakistan D. Indus River
225. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SURPLUS
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219. What prevented ancient India from being
in contact with other civilizations? A. MORE PRODUCE THAN THEY NEEDED
A. religion B. LEAST AMOUNT
B. Himalayas C. NOT SUFFECIENT
C. no language D. none of above
D. none of above 226. What type of water supply did the city
have?
220. For how many years the Indus valley civ-
A. basic, mainly basins for rainwater
ilization existed in India
B. complex, including bathrooms and
A. 8000
sewers
B. 4500
C. rivers only, buckets to transport sup-
C. 2500 ply
D. 1500 D. none of above
221. Name the biggest site of Harrapa 227. The Bath Used For Religious Ceremonies
A. Kalibangan
A. The Great Bath
B. Rakhigarhi
B. Radha Kund
C. Lothal
C. Ganga River
D. Ropar
D. Krishna River
222. Historians learn about the Indus River
Valley culture by studying its 228. What were the two cities named that we
studied in the Indus Valley?
A. government
A. Harappa and Brahmaputra
B. ancient texts
B. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
C. city ruins C. Pakistan and Harappa
D. economics D. Mohenjo-Daro and Peachtree City
223. What did the people in the Indus Valley 229. Remains of a were discovered in an
use to construct buildings? excavation at Lothal.
A. Stone A. Rocks
B. Clay bricks B. Fossils
C. Wood C. Dock
D. Oven Baked bricks D. Animals

230. Many ancient cities were built near 236. Who gave the Theory of Aryan Invasion
A. Police stations as reason for decline of Harappan Cul-
ture?

B. Citadels
A. MS Vats
C. Rivers
B. Dayaram Sahni
D. Farmlands
C. Mortimer Wheeler
231. Which one of the following Harappan D. None of the above
sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
237. What is a varna?
A. Surkotada
A. A holy temple in Ancient India
B. Rangpur
B. A floodplain
C. Sutkagendor
C. A social class in ancient India
D. Desalpur
D. The currency of ancient India
232. What did the hunter do when they
stopped cooperating with each other? 238. The term civilization is derived from Latin
word:
A. kept them for pets
A. Civitas
B. took them to a safe place
B. Civvillis
C. ate them for supper
C. Civitass
D. told them to be nice to each other
D. Civilist
233. What word dest describes a large land-
239. A huge has been discovered at
mass that is smaller than a continent?
Mohenjo-Daro in the middle of the
A. Country Citadel.
B. Subcontinent A. Citadel
C. State B. Kingdom
D. Region C. Great bath
234. What was the main occupation of the In- D. Palace
dus Valley civilization? 240. what is the most notable achievment in
A. Agriculture the indus valley civilization?
B. Pottery A. bead making
C. Painting/Art B. ornament making
D. Building C. seal engraving
D. Bronze figurine making
235. The statues that were found in Indus Val-
ley Civilization were made of 241. People of The Indus Civilization are
A. terracotta A. The Bramhins
B. glass B. The Civilized Persons
C. plastic C. The Hunters And Gather
D. none of above D. The Vaishnavas

242. The indus valley civilization started at C. Bronze age

D. none of above
A. 4700 Years ago
248. The lowest level in the Ancient Indian so-
B. 2900 BCE
cial system was made up of They had
C. 4300 Years ago to bang sticks together to notify others
D. 6000 Years ago when they were approaching so that they
could move away.
243. What kinds of pictures appear on the
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A. untouchables
clay seals found at Harappa and Mohenjo-
Daro? B. Kshatriyas
A. pictures of houses and buildings C. Brahmins
B. pictures of kings and queens D. Vaisyas
C. pictures of mountains and rivers 249. The Himalayan mountain range is located
D. pictures of animals and people to the of the Indus river
244. Which of the following climates is the A. North
coldest B. South
A. Polar C. East
B. Temperate D. West
C. Tropical
250. Why don’t we know much about the In-
D. Arid dus civilization?
245. Which of this statement is true? A. We can’t speak their language
A. The Indus is moderately rich in fish. B. We can’t read the writing
B. The Indus is poor C. Their are no artifacts left from the civ-
C. The Indus is rich ilization
D. The Indus are struggling for food D. We don’t know where it is?
246. In the center of Mohenjo-Daro, there was 251. Where is Great Bath situated.
a fortress consisting of a group of public A. Rajasthan
buildings. Another name for this fortress
is a B. Gujrat
A. citadel C. Citadel
B. palace D. Lower Town
C. granary 252. Mohenjo-daro was known for having one
D. Great Bath of the first
A. city wells
247. The period of the river valley civilizations
is also known as B. city walls
A. Neolithic age C. city sewage systems
B. Stone age D. city banks

253. Who invented mohenjo Daro 259. What is the term that means a fortress
A. Aryan or fort?

B. Dr rakhal Das Banerjee A. citadel
B. monsoon
C. Dayaram Sahni
C. castle
D. none of above
D. none of above
254. The swimming pool called great bath is
located at 260. What was the agriculture of Indus valley
people?
A. Harappa
A. Rice, wheat and mustard
B. Mohenjodaro
B. Meat, egg, fish
C. Lothal
C. Cotton
D. none of above
255. THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
FLOURISHED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 261. Harappa script was?
A. 1000 BCE AND 600 BCE A. Textual
B. 10, 000 BCE AND 2000 B. Numeric

C. Pictographic
C. 2500 BCE AND 1500 BCE
D. 2500 BCE AND 2000 BCE
262. What do Buddhists try to live by?
256. What are the two major cities of the
Harappan civilization? A. Vedas
A. Harappa and Ganges B. Eightfold Path
B. Alexandria and Mohenjo-Daro C. Moksha
C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa D. Nirvana
D. Ganges and Mohenjo-Daro 263. The Indus Valley civilization disappeared
257. What was a “seal”?

A. due to severe floods.
A. Stamp to mark an object made by
someone B. due to severe drought.
C. due to a loss of forests.
B. A way to hold an envelope together
D. for reasons not known for certain.
C. A barking animal
D. none of above 264. INDIA IS A PART OF A WHICH IS A
PIECE OF THE CONTINENT THAT JUTS OUT
258. The Caste system was created by the FROM THE REST OF THE CONTINENT.
A. Aryans A. HYPERCONTINENT
B. Indians B. EXOCONTINENT
C. Chinese C. SUBCONTINENT
D. none of above D. MESOCONTINENT

265. The lowest of the caste system isn’t con- 270. More than how many seals have been
sidered a part of the caste. They are found in Indus valley civilization
garbage collectors, sweep the streets, and A. 2000
slaughter animals for their leather. They
are the B. 3000
A. Brahmin C. 200
D. 1000
B. Sudras
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C. Dalit 271. Which of the following statement is cor-
rect about terracotta?
D. Vaisyas
A. It is clay like earthenware
266. Great rise in the mountains and are B. The terracotta representations of hu-
fed by melting snow and rain man form crude in the Indus valley
A. rivers C. All of the above
B. cities D. none of above
C. leaders 272. Bhirrana is located in at present
D. farms A. Haryana
267. Terracotta model of the plough have been B. Uttarakhand
found at the site in? C. Assam
A. Harrapa D. Maharashtra
B. Dholavira 273. The Indian Caste System is:
C. Banawali A. The separation of government and res-
D. Banawali & Cholistan idential buildings.
B. The division of Indian society based on
268. Which of the following is not one of the birth, wealth, and occupations.
artifacts found in the Indus Valley Civiliza-
tion? C. The process of selecting occupations
based on family status.
A. pottery
D. The division of farmland in Ancient In-
B. toys dia.
C. paintings
274. What protected the citadel from frequent
D. seals floods of Indus Valley?
269. The area that we call the Indus River A. A thick wall
Valley civilization is now in what modern B. King’s Palace
country? C. Farm
A. India D. None of the following
B. Pakistan
275. Which crops is not grown in Harappa and
C. Tibet mohinjo daro
D. Asia A. Wheat

B. Barley 281. The indus cities were known for what

C. Peas types of planning?
A. Urban

D. Rice
B. Industrial
276. One of the centers of the Indus Valley Civ- C. War
ilization, rediscovered in 1921
D. Event
A. Mohenjo-Daro
282. Toys were generally made of
B. Indus Valley
A. Clay
C. Harappa
B. wood
D. bazaar C. Terracotta
277. was the written language developed D. none of above
by Aryans in the Indus Valley. Using it,
283. What was the most important building in
they recorded their legends and religious
Harappa? answer choices
(Hindu) texts.
A. The Granary
A. Sanskrit
B. The houses
B. Hieroglyphics
C. The Great Bath
C. Cuneiform D. none of above
D. English
284. Which metals were mostly used to make
278. What is the holy text for Buddhism the tools and weapons of Harappan civi-
known as? lization
A. Nirvana A. iron and silver
B. gold
B. Moksha
C. copper and bronze
C. Vedas
D. clay
D. Tripitaka
285. Indus valley was located near
279. The written language used by the Indo- A. Indus river
Aryans is called
B. Indus rivelt
A. Hieroglyphics
C. Inds river
B. Vedas
D. Indun river
C. Cuneiform
286. Why did cities develop in the indus River
D. Sanskrit Valley?
280. Their main food was A. The valley was ruled by a king.
A. Wheat B. There was no need to trade for goods.
B. Rice
C. Priests ruled individual cites.
C. Barley D. Farmers were able to produce a sur-
D. none of above plus of food.

287. Which Seal has an image similar to Lord B. Mohenjo-Daro

Shiva. C. Hinduism
A. The Dancing girl D. Peninsula
B. Preist king
293. What is the script of Indus Valley civiliza-
C. Mother Goddes figurine tion?
D. Pashupati Seal A. Pictography
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288. What is one of the best things found at B. Cuneiform Script
mohenjodaro C. Hieroglyphic Script
A. Drainage system D. Sanskrit
B. Great bath
294. What is NOT another name for the Indus
C. nothing Valley Civilization?
D. Granary A. The Ancient Indian Civilization
289. Which artefact of the Harappan Civiliza- B. The Harappan Civilization
tion was mainly used for commercial pur- C. The Indus-Saraswati Civilization
pose
D. none of above
A. Stone sculpture
295. The Aryans in the Indus Valley lived in
B. Seal
groups, ruled by a raja. What is a raja?
C. Terracotta sculpture
A. An elected official.
D. none of above
B. A prince.
290. The people of the Indus Valley practiced C. An unimportant person.
A. pottery making D. A priest.
B. communal farming
296. Select any feature of Mesopotamian Civ-
C. reading and writing ilization.
D. none of above A. Cuneiform
291. What does it mean to meditate? B. Hieroglyphics
A. To sleep for a really long time. C. Writing
B. To perform duties related to your so- D. mathematics
cial class. 297. With reference to the Indus Valley Civili-
C. To focus your thoughts to gain a higher sation, which of the following statements
level of spiritual awareness. is/are correct?
D. To fast for a long time. A. 1) Harappa was the first Indus Valley
Civilisation site to be excavated
292. The social hierarchy of India created by
the Aryans that divided Indian society into B. Harappa is the only Indus Valley Civili-
groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, sation site to be excavated
or occupation C. 3) None Of These
A. Caste System D. 4) Both 1 and 2

298. What is the tallest mountain in the 304. The outcastes of the Indian society were
world? referred to by all of the following terms
EXCEPT

A. Mt. McKinley
B. Mt. Kilimanjaro A. Harijan
C. Mt. Rushmore B. Dalit
D. Mt. Everest C. Untouchable
D. Classless
299. Along with Harappa, what other city was
located in the Indus Valley? 305. Two most thickly populated cities of the
A. Mesopotamia Harappan civilization were
B. Sumer A. Lothal and Kalibangan
C. Mohenjo-Daro B. Mohenjodaro and Dholavira
D. Babylon C. Harappa and Mohenjodaro
300. Which is the largest building in Harappa. D. Dholavira and Shortugai

A. Drainage System 306. The Indus seals were made of:
B. Great Bath A. Stealite
C. Granary B. Faience
D. none of above C. Terracotta
301. The excavations of Harappa and D. Bronze
Mohenjo-daro were carried out by the
307. Where is the Indus Valley located?
then Director General of Archaeological
Survey of India, whose name was A. North India
A. John Hubert Marshall B. China
B. John Galt C. Afghanistan
C. Herbert Simon D. Pakistan
D. Sean Gilbert Marshall 308. Harappa is also known as in the
302. Where did the people obtained gold mesopotamian text?
A. South India A. Meluha
B. Mesopotamia B. Dilmun
C. Oman C. Oman
D. Afghanistan D. None of the above
303. What is the most famous Bronze figurine 309. What is the Indus Valley civilisation also
of the Indus valley civilization? known as?
A. Dancing girl A. Harapaan Civilization
B. Carriage carrying pot B. Harrapan Civilization
C. wooden logs C. Harappan Civilization
D. buffaloes D. Japanese Civilization

310. Signification of the seal- 315. This group of people are at the TOP of
A. A well developed language with writ- the social class system.
ten scripts. A. Untouchables
B. Dances B. Priests
C. The games they played during recre- C. Peasants
ation D. Laborers
D. none of above
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316. Mohenjo-daro designed and built one of
311. The Harappan Civilization built and de- the first
signed one of the first- A. building complex
A. building complex B. park system
B. sewage and drainage system C. drainage and sewage system
C. park system D. none of above
D. none of above
317. What was the largest city along the river
312. Indus civilization placed restrictions on A. Harappa
marriage and employment which were
based on social class. What were Indus B. Himalayas
social classes called? C. Mohenjo Daro
A. Feudal System D. Kish
B. Castes 318. When did the Indus Valley civilization
C. Hierarchy flourish?
D. Patriarchy A. 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE
313. One of the most popular and worshiped B. 500 CE to 1500 CE

gods in the Hindu religion is He is be- C. 3500 BCE to 2500 BCE
lieved to have the head of an elephant and D. none of above
is the god of wisdom and learning. He is
also the “remover of obstacles”. 319. Which was the most impressive building
A. Buddha in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?
B. Sudra A. Dockyard, Great granary
C. Kshatriya B. Assembly hall, dockyard
D. Ganesha C. Great bath, Great granary

D. Great bath, bitumen
314. A seasonal wind that causes wet & dry
seasons 320. Buddha was born as a
A. Monsoons A. pauper
B. Hurricane B. prince
C. Tornado C. king
D. Flood D. rich brat

321. What caste system were farm workers, 327. Which of the following is NOT a theory
servants, and other unskilled workers? for the collapse of the Indus Valley Civi-
lizations?

A. Kshatriyas
B. Untouchables A. Conquest
C. Sudras B. Environmental Disaster
D. none of above C. Earthquake

D. Economic Collapse
322. We understand the religions and social
life of the Indus Valley age mostly from 328. The law of karma is:
A. Remains of houses and buildings A. belief in many gods.
B. Pottery B. code of law that covers all aspects of
C. Burial Grounds life.
D. Terracotta figures and seals C. the belief that actions in this life effect
the soul in the next life.
323. The main building materials of the Indus
Civilization was D. the process of reaching heaven by rit-
uals and prayer.
A. Stone
B. Brick 329. Indus valley civilization had 3 structures
in Upper town and they were?
C. Wood
A. Great bath, granary, assembly hall
D. Straw
B. Grat bath, granary, assembly hall
324. Monsoons cause India to become
C. Great bath, granari, assembly hall
A. Cold and Dry
D. Great bath, granary, assembly hale
B. Cold and Wet
C. Hot and Wet 330. A chamber carved from a rock cliff that
was used for religious ceremonies by
D. Hot and Dry monks was a
325. Where is Rakhigarhi located A. pillar
A. Gujarat B. stupa
B. Haryana C. rock chamber
C. Uttar Pradesh D. caste
D. Afganistan
331. In the Indus Valley, a was a burial
326. What materials did the Harappan build ground or mound in the earth to bury
with? kings.
A. Concrete A. pillar
B. Baked bricks B. stupa
C. Wood C. rock chamber
D. none of above D. caste

332. What religion did Indus Valley 338. What is great bath used for
had/have? A. Assembly hall
A. Christian
B. Washing clothes
B. Buddhism
C. Religious bathing
C. Hinduism
D. none of above
D. Islam
339. The figure of Pashupati found on the In-
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333. What was the height of the dancing girl dus seals is identified with:
A. 10.5 cm A. God Vishnu
B. 10 cm
B. God Brahma
C. 5 cm
C. God Shiva
D. None of these
D. God Indra
334. Today the Harappan Civilization is mostly
found in what country? 340. What were the seals made up of?
A. Pakistan A. Copper
B. India B. Clay
C. Afghanistan C. Stone
D. Nepal D. All of the above
335. What was the first urban civilization of 341. What does kalibangan mean?
the Indian subcontinent?
A. Brown Bangles
A. Egyptian Civilization
B. Black Bangles
B. Chinese Civilization
C. Artisanship
C. Harappan Civilization
D. Both a and b
D. none of above
342. What were the houses in the Indus Valley
336. How early did the first people arrive in made of?
the Indus Valley region?
A. stone
A. as early at 3300 B.C.E.
B. cedar logs
B. as early as 2600 B.C.E.
C. as early as 260 B.C.E. C. animal skins
D. as early as 330 B.C.E. D. mud bricks baked hard in ovens
337. What is the supreme god in Hinduism 343. The Indus Valley Civilisation belonged to
known as? the age.
A. Veda A. Copper
B. Nirvana B. Bronze
C. Brahman C. Iron
D. Moksha D. Stone

344. The group of nomadic, Indo-European, 350. When did the Harappan civilization be-
light-skinned invaders who came to the In- gin?
dus Valley around 1500 B.C. were A. around 3300 B.C.E.

A. Aryans B. around 1600 B.C.E.
B. Brahmins C. around 2600 B.C.E.
C. Untouchables D. around 3300 C.E.
D. Sudras 351. The Social System of the Harappans was
345. Harappan site in Rajasthan A. Fairly egalitarian
A. Ruper B. Slave Labour based
B. Wake up C. Colour Varna based
C. Lothal D. Caste based
D. It’s weird too 352. What evidence suggests that Indus Val-
ley cities were run by a strong central gov-
346. One of the oldest polytheistic religions ernment?
that was created by the Aryans is
A. Global climate change
A. Buddhism
B. Large fortified citadels, organzied well
B. Hinduism planned cities
C. Judaism C. The Hindu Kosh Mountains, Himilayas
D. Catholicism D. Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot
walls
347. From October to May, the winter mon-
soon blows from the 353. What is a strong, seasonal wind that
A. northeast brings heavy rain to southern Asia?
A. hurricane
B. Southwest
B. tsunami
C. northwest
C. monsoon
D. southeast
D. none of above
348. Where would Indus Valley traders get
turquoise? 354. Where was the Great Public Bath lo-
cated?
A. India
A. Harappa
B. Afghanistan
B. Mohenjodaro
C. China C. Lothal
D. Iran D. none of above
349. The new metal used by the Aryans was 355. The Vedas are
A. copper A. language created by Indo-Aryans.
B. tin B. Sacred text of Egyptians
C. iron C. religious books of Indo-Aryans
D. none of above D. the class system of India

356. Where was the Indus Valley Civiliza- 362. WHEAT AND BARLEY WERE USED TO
tion? MAKE
A. South Africa A. GHEE
B. Pakistan and India B. SALT
C. Iraq and India C. OIL
D. none of above D. BREAD
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357. Which animal is probably not known to 363. A region in what is now Pakistan and
the indus people western India, along the Indus River
A. Horse A. Harappan Culture
B. Elephant B. Egypt
C. Bull C. Mohemjo-daro
D. Sheep D. monsoon
358. What is the most important building in 364. Which is the Civilization which may have
the ruins of Harappa? imported gold to the Indus Valley Civiliza-
A. The Great Granary tion
B. The Great Bath A. Israel
C. The houses B. Persia
D. none of above C. Iran

D. Egypt
359. What is the largest building discovered in
mohenjo Daro 365. Who surveyed Harappa site in 1921?
A. The great bath A. M.S. Vatsa
B. Assembly hall B. Dayanand Sahani
C. granaries C. Gopal Majurdam
D. Drainage system D. None of Above
360. When was Harappa discovered? 366. About how long is the Indus River?
A. 1921 A. 3300 meters
B. 1922 B. 3100 miles
C. 1924 C. 300 miles
D. 1923 D. 2600 miles
361. The two major rivers in India are 367. Metals used by Indus people were
A. Nile and Ganges A. Stone
B. Nile and Tigris B. Copper
C. Ganges and Indus C. Bronze
D. Euphrates and Indus D. All of the above

368. Toys in the Harrapan Civilization were B. IT WAS THE LAST SITE TO BE EXCA-
made of VATED

A. terecotta C. IT WAS NOT EXCAVATED
B. plastic D. IT WAS THE FIRST SITE TO BE EXCA-
C. steel VATED
D. leather 374. Were there writings on Harappan Seals?
369. Which site has emerged as the oldest In- A. No writing

dus site. B. No, i do not think so
A. Lothal C. There are writings on both sides of the
B. Bhirrana seals. The writings are in the Kharosthi
style (right to left).
C. Alamgirpur
D. I dont know
D. Mohenjo Daro
375. suggests that granaries played a vi-
370. What is a citadel?
tal role in the Indus Valley Civilizations.
A. a circular mound at the center on the
A. Archaelogist
city
B. Excavations
B. the lookout tower
C. Researchers
C. the smaller version of the city
D. none of these
D. where the army was located
376. harappa was first excavated on:
371. Which material in Mohenjodaro is used
to make beads, bangles, earrings and tiny A. 1921
vessel? B. 1723
A. faience C. 2009
B. clay D. 1978
C. flax
377. What were the capital cities in the an-
D. none of above
cient Indus Valley?
372. What happened to end the Indus Valley A. Harappa+ Giza
civilization?
B. Ur +Sumer
A. A destructive earthquake happened.
C. Ur+ Babylon
B. No one is sure what happened.
D. Mohenjo Daro+ Harappa
C. They ran out of food.
378. Harappa was located in the bank of river
D. The river changed course.
A. jhelum
373. WHY INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION WAS
B. sutlej
ALSO CALLED AS HARAPPAN CIVILIZA-
TION? C. Ravi
A. IT WAS THE LARGE SITE D. chenab

379. Which was the largest Indus site in In- 385. where is Harappa situated
dia?
A. Harappa is situated at gulgana district
A. Lothal of river shlookas
B. Kalibangan B. Harappa is situated at aswahym dis-
C. Dholavira trict of river mynamha
D. Alamgirpur C. Harappa is situated at ashagana dis-
trict of river swaha
380. the Indus valley people excelled in
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A. city planning D. Harappa is situated at mantogometry
district of river ravi
B. copper-working
C. town planning 386. What structure was most likely at the
top of Indus Valley civilizations?
D. none of above
A. Temple
381. The early civilization sprang up near
B. Palace
A. river banks
B. city C. Bath House
C. mountain D. Goverment Building
D. none of above 387. The Indus Civilization began to decline
382. What is the group underneath the caste around the
system known as? A. 2000’s BC
A. brahmin B. 1900’s BC
B. kshatriya
C. 1800’s BC
C. untouchable
D. 1700’s BC
D. vaishya
383. What/who is Mohenjo Daro? 388. This is the name of the pass that the
Aryans travelled through to get to the In-
A. Mohenjo Daro is a place where people dus River Valley.
would always start to trade
A. Everest
B. Mohenjo Daro is a person that is the
founder of Indus Valley B. Himalayan
C. Mohenjo Daro is a person the created C. Hindu Kush
a city
D. Khyber Pass
D. All of the Above
389. Harappa is situated on the banks of river
384. The Indus Valley is on the border be-
tween
A. Indus
A. India, Pakistan & China
B. India, Pakistan B. Ravi
C. India, Pakistan & Afghanistan C. Beas

390. MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE INDUS VAL- 396. Siddharta Guatama, a wealthy prince
LEY WERE SKILLED AT WHAT SUBJECT who walked away from his family and
wealth to seek spiritual truth, became

A. READING
known as , or “The Englightened
B. BUILDING THINGS One”.
C. INVENTING NEW THINGS A. Ganesha
D. MATHEMATICS
B. Brahma
391. is the language spoken by Indus valley C. Poseidon
civilians identified by archeologists
D. Buddha
A. Yes
B. No 397. All of the following were examples of In-
dus River Valley Civilization’s technology
C. Probably EXCEPT:
D. Not sure
A. Plumbing
392. What river was Indus Valley located by? B. Potter’s wheel
A. Tigris & Euphrates Rivers C. Public baths
B. Yellow River D. Public Wells
C. Indus River
398. How was Mohenjo-Daro built?
D. Nile River
A. haphazardly, with no forethought
393. What are the Main sources of our knowl-
edge about the Indus Valley civilization B. somewhat planned, some buildings
planned, others grew up on their own
A. Veda
C. carefully planned and organized
B. Archeological excavation
D. none of above
C. Puranas
D. None of these 399. The civilization flourished between
394. When was the Harappan civilization on A. 2500-1500 BC

the verge of decline: B. 1500-1000 BC
A. 2000 BCE C. 3500-1500 BC
B. 1350 AD D. 2000 BC-AD 2000
C. 1500 BCE
400. Hindus believed that their caste in the
D. 1000 CE
next life could be changed by their actions
395. A dockyard has been discovered at in this life. This belief was known as
A. Lothal in Gujrat A. Karma

B. Kalibangun B. Vedas
C. Rupar C. Dharma
D. Mohenjo-Daro D. Harijan

401. DOCKYARD TRADED WITH 407. Why were the seasonal monsoons favor-
A. EGYPT able to the development of the Indus Val-
ley civilization?
B. MESOPOTAMIA
A. Brought rain, and flooding but also wa-
C. PARIS
tered crops
D. IRAQ
B. Deposited fertilizer to grow crops
402. When a Buddhist reaches “enlighten-
ment” it is said they reach a certain state C. People did not want to live in the terri-
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that is translated as “snuffing out” as in ble climate
blowing out a lamp. What is this state D. none of above
called?
A. Oklahoma 408. What is the holy text for Hinduism
B. Nirvana known as?
C. bliss A. Dharma
D. Mumbai B. Moksha
403. Which Indus valley site indicates the east- C. Tripitaka
ern border of the civilization
D. Vedas
A. Manda
B. Kalibangan 409. The Indus Valley Civilization began circa
BC
C. Dholavira
D. Alamgirpur A. 3000
404. How old is the Indus Valley civilization? B. 2000

A. 5000 C. 1500
B. 7500 D. 520
C. 11000
410. which is the river which grew in the
D. 8000
egypt civlisation
405. The Indus Valley civilization is often
A. Ganga
called
A. Mesopotamia B. indus
B. Ancient Greece C. River nile

C. Ancient Rome D. The are no river’s
D. Harappan Civilization
411. The Great Bath was located at?
406. What were the regions divided into?
A. Mohen-Jo-Daro
A. Country
B. Citadel
B. State
C. City States C. Lumbini
D. City D. Tokoyo

412. What did the Indian farmers use for farm- 417. What was the cause of the decline of In-
ing tools? dus Valley?
A. War

A. boats to trade crops
B. iron tools B. Thunder
C. canals to irrigate C. Invaders
D. elephants and water buffalo D. Climate change

418. How many hectares is Rakhigarhi?
413. Why did ancient people use the river as
a road? A. 500 hectares
A. the people could not agree where to B. 950 hectares

build roads C. 350 hectares
B. it was safer than building roads D. 650 hectares
C. it was easier and faster to travel by 419. Which statement is false about Mohanzo-
boat than across land daro?
D. the people did not have enough money A. It was first site to be discovered
to build roads B. It was well planned urban centre
414. Which is the latest Indus city discovered C. It was divided into two part
in India? D. It had a well planned drainage system
A. Rakhigarhi 420. Which are two great rivers on the sub-
B. Dholavira continent?
C. Banawali A. The Hindu Kush Mountains, Himilayas
D. Bhirrana B. Citadels and fortified and have 40 foot

walls
415. The Indus River Valley civilization is also C. The Indus and the Ganges
called D. Large fortified citadels, organzied well
A. the cradle of ancient India planned cities
B. the birthplace of Buddhism 421. What present-day country does the ma-
C. the land between two rivers jority of the Indus River flow through?
D. the land of the monsoon A. Pakistan
B. Iraq
416. Why do you think Indus Valley has mys-
C. China
teries?
D. India
A. Because people wondered where it
went and where its people went. 422. Which of the following Harappan cities
B. Because there might be ghost in Indus has yielded the evidence of rice?
Valley. A. Kalibangan
C. Because there are no kings B. Lothal
D. Because people in Indus Valley were C. Harappa
waiting for something mysterious D. Rakhigarhi

423. Why do scholars believe that the Indus C. Chert

Valley had an advanced civilization?
D. Limestone
A. It left behind many written records.
B. It had a highly organized religion. 429. The idea that a person’s actions will de-
termine what their next life will be like
C. Its royal tombs hold many artifacts. when they are reborn is
D. Its cities show advanced planning. A. Ganesha
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424. What was the Indus Valley social class B. caste system
full of?
C. untouchables
A. Elites
D. karma
B. Kings
C. Commoners 430. What were the main occupation followed
in Mohenjodaro?
D. Priests
A. farming and rearing of animals
425. Which of the following was not a contem-
B. construction
porary of the Indus or Harappan civiliza-
tion? C. dancing
A. Bahrain D. none of these
B. Greek
431. The people of the Indus Valley worshiped
C. Mesopotamia the
D. Egypt A. Tiger
426. Mohenjodaro was located on the bank of B. Goat
river C. Bull
A. Indus
D. Crow
B. Ravi
C. Jhelum 432. fire altars that indicate the practice of re-
ligious sacrifices have been found at the
D. Sutlej sites of and
427. When did the Indus Valley civilization de- A. Lothal, dholavira
cline? B. Kalibangan, dholavira
A. around 800 B.C.E.
C. chanhudaro
B. around 1600 B.C.E.
D. Lothal, kalibangan
C. around 1800 B.C.E.
D. around 16, 000 B.C.E. 433. Kalibangan is located at
A. Gujarat
428. The weights found at Harappan sites are
made of B. Rajasthan
A. Faience C. Himachal Pradesh
B. Iron D. Punjab

434. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS LARGEST 439. Which stone did the Indus Valley people
IN AREA OF ALL THE OTHER CONTEMPO- use to make jewellery?
RARY CIVILIZATION A. opal

A. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION B. ruby
B. CHINESE CIVILIZATION C. carnelian
C. RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION D. none of above
D. none of above 440. According to Radio Carbon dating the In-

dus Valley Civilisation flourished during
435. What climate feature greatly impacted A. 3500-2000BC
the lives and remains of those in the Indus
B. 2500-1750 BC
Valley-past and present?
C. 5000-1750 BC
A. monsoons
D. 2900-1000BC
B. earthquakes
441. Harrapan culture flourished on which
C. tsunamis river?
D. typhoons A. River Ganga
B. River Brahmaputra
436. Hinduism has many religious components.
One of the most important is , which is C. River Indus
the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in D. River Sarasvati
a different form after death.
442. Why do scholars not completely under-
A. dharma stand some aspects of Harappan society?
B. reincarnation A. they were secretive
C. kharma B. they had many seals showing wars
D. nirvana C. they have yet to learn how to read their
language
437. What did ancient cities do with other D. they understand that their religion was
cities to make money? complex
A. farmed 443. the harappan people worshipped:
B. made war A. lord shiva
C. traded B. the three horned god
D. made jewelry C. the four headed goddess
D. jesus christ
438. THE HARAPPAN CITIES ARE DISTIN-
GUISHED BY THEIR 444. What river did the people of India build
cities near?
A. CULTURE
A. Ganges
B. TRADE B. Nile
C. TOWN PLANNING C. Indus
D. none of above D. Brahmaputra

445. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisa- 451. The was used to justify the rise and
tion is found at fall of China’s dynasties.
A. Harappa A. Mandate of Heaven
B. Mohenjo-Daro B. Feudal System
C. Ropar C. Ziggurat
D. Kalibangan D. Code of Hammurabi
452. How was grain moved from the fields
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446. A place to store grain
into the cities?
A. granary
A. on men’s backs
B. communal
B. on wheeled carts pulled by oxen
C. Indus Valley
C. on llamas
D. grain thermos D. on sleds pulled by men
447. What were two things that these ancient 453. The seals were made up of
people developed in the Indus River Val-
A. steatite
ley?
B. Marble
A. sewer system, grid-like streets
C. Terracotta
B. written language, temples
D. none of above
C. roads, irrigation
D. none of above 454. Where is the Indus River located?
A. It is located in Santacruz
448. Who discovered the Harappa civilization
B. It is located in Delhi
A. John Marshal
C. It is located in Rajasthan
B. Dayaram Sahani D. The Indus River originates near the
C. S.R Ral Mansarovar Lake in the Tibetan plateau,
D. Rakhal Das Banerjee on the northern slopes of the Kailash
Mountain Range.
449. What is the most important physical fea-
ture in the Indus Valley? 455. Which of the following is the warmest cli-
mate
A. Indus River
A. Tropical
B. Ganges River
B. Polar
C. Himalaya Mountains C. Continental
D. Mt. Everest D. none of above
450. What is one of the things that the people 456. Independent cities with their own govern-
of the Indus Valley built? ment and systems is known as
A. courtyards A. City-state
B. wells B. Dynasty
C. toilets and drains C. Empire
D. all of these D. Theocracy

457. What is Sanskrit? D. Citadil

A. a book written by Aryan Brahmins. 463. Which of the following distinguishes the

B. the language of ancient India. Harappan from other contemporary civi-
C. animal sacrifice practiced by Harap- lizations of the world?
pans. A. Town planning, drainage and sanita-
D. the practice of mummification. tion
B. Uniform weights and measures
458. What does subcontinent mean?
C. Religious Practices
A. a nation or territory considered as an
organized political community under one D. Development of Science and Technol-
government ogy
B. a mainland contrasted with islands 464. harappa was excavated by
C. a large town A. Luigi Pio Tessitori
D. A large clear part of a continent B. Sir Mortimer Wheeler
459. ‘The Great Bath’ & ‘The Great Granary’ C. Rai Bahadur Daya Ram
belong to which site D. R D Baneji
A. Kalibangan
465. What religion did Indus Valley link to?
B. Harappa
A. Christianity
C. Mohenjo-daro
B. Hinduism
D. Lothal
C. Judaism
460. The Harappan people worshipped the D. Buddhism
A. cow
466. which tree was considered holy to the
B. humped bull harappan people
C. snake
A. neem
D. none of above
B. coconut
461. The entire area of the Harappan Civiliza- C. banyan
tion shaped like
D. the leafless tree of harappa
A. a Circle
467. Where is the great bath located?
B. a Rectangular
A. Harappa
C. a Triangle
B. Mohenjo-Daro
D. a Square
C. dholavira
462. The Great Bath was used for
D. Punjab
A. daily by general public
B. by general public on certain religious 468. India is a , meaning it is a part of
festivals Asia.
C. by priests on certain religious festivals A. subcontinent

B. continent

C. region 474. The caste system was a hierarchy and

D. landform made up of 4 groups which were
A. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and
469. Monsoons with too much wind and rain Shudras
came
B. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and
A. in winter Varnas
B. in fall C. Priests, peasants, warriors and mer-
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C. in spring chants
D. in summer D. none of above
470. How do Historians know what we know 475. Who invented the solar calendar?
about the Harappan civilization? A. Chinese people
A. We learned from Harappan written B. Harrapan culture people
records.
C. Egyptian people
B. We learned from people who live there.
D. Mesopotamian people
C. We learned from textbooks. 476. Which was the most important building
in this Civilization?
D. We learned from primary sources.
A. The Great Bath
471. Which is the impressive building found
B. Granary
in Mohenjodaro that has a hall with thick
walls supported by pillars? C. The sewage sysytem
A. The Great Granary D. Citadil
B. The Assembly Hall 477. What was the main occupation of the In-
C. The Great Bath dus Valley people?
D. None A. Pottery
B. Agriculture
472. What was the first ancient city archeol-
ogists discovered in the Indus River Val- C. Trade
ley? D. Artists
A. Harappa
478. What prevented ancient India from hav-
B. Pakistan ing much contact with other civilizations?
C. Medina A. religion
D. none of above B. the Himalayas
473. What did the Indus Valley people have C. no language
few of. D. it was illegal
A. Silver 479. Most Indus cities were divided into two
B. Weapons parts-the & the
C. Barley A. Citadel, lower town
D. Wheat B. Jericho, Lagash

C. Ur, Kish 485. What are Kot diji, Amri and Chanhu-daro
in present day?
D. Uruk, Eridu

A. Uttar pradesh
480. During which age did the Indus Valley civ- B. Pakistan
ilization exist?
C. Gujarat
A. Stone Age
D. Rajasthan
B. Bronze Age
486. What caste system are kings, cheiftans,
C. Copper Age warriors?
D. none of above A. Brahmin
B. Vaisyas
481. Which plant was worshipped by Indus
valley people C. Kshatriyas
A. Pipal tree D. none of above
B. Papaya tree 487. How long did the Indus River Valley
last?
C. Banana tree
A. about 5, 000 years
D. Mango tree
B. about 3, 500 year
482. and sites of indus valley located C. about 2, 000 years
in pakistan D. about 1, 500 years
A. Mohenjo-daro Harappa
488. India is part of a and is located in
B. Lothal and Banawali
A. Subcontinent, Africa
C. Dolavira and Alamgirpur B. Continent, Asia
D. none of above C. Subcontinent, Asia
483. What were the Seals made of? D. Continent, Africa
A. The were Paintings 489. The most important public place in

Mohenjo-daro was
B. The seals were made out of carved
stone. A. Granary
B. Great Bath
C. They were made out of limestone
C. Hall
D. They were made out of metal.
D. none of above
484. The Aryans eventually moved into the
490. What is the most famous artefact in In-
valley.
dus Valley Civilization?
A. Ganges River A. Priest King
B. Tigris River B. Pashpupati Seal
C. Euphrates River C. Dancing Girl
D. Nile River D. Seals

491. WHY IS IT EASY TO GROW CROPS IN B. found in subtropical climates.

THE INDUS VALLEY REGION C. destroyed by drastic changes in cli-
A. BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS ALWAYS mate.
COOL THERE D. centered around rivers that flooded
B. BECAUSE IT’S WARM-ALL YEAR regularly.
ROUND
497. China was isolated from other civiliza-
C. BECAUSE THE SOIL ISN’T VERY FER-
tions due to its
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TILE
A. Geography
D. BECAUSE THE FARMERS IN THE IN-
DUS VALLEY ARE VERY SKILLED AT WHAT B. Military
THEY DO. C. Rulers
492. One achievement of the Indus Civilization D. Religion
was the
498. What was unique about Mohenjo-Daro
A. concept of zero and Harappa?
B. use of compass A. People were warriors
C. creation of alphabet B. They had excellent plumbing skills
D. use of wheel and plow C. They imported grain
493. Select the collect seal. D. Women were the rulers
A. Bull seal 499. Buddhist founder who became known as
B. Unicorn seal “The Enlightened One” or The Buddha?
C. pashupati seal A. Siddhartha Guatama
D. All B. Gurus
494. Toys in Mohenjodaro resembles C. Shiva
A. animals D. Jesus Christ
B. Buildings 500. Which was the first fortified city to have
C. ball a citadel and lower town?
D. none of above A. Banawali
B. Nausharo
495. How did most Indus Valley people earn a
living? C. Kot Diji
A. They were farmers. D. none of above
B. They were artisans. 501. The largest sites of Indus Valley Civiliza-
C. They were merchants. tion
D. They were religious. A. Lothal and Kalibhangan
496. Early civilizations-such as those in Egypt, B. Mohenjodaro

Sumer, and Harappa-were all C. Harappa and Mohenjodaro
A. located along coastal areas. D. Harappa and Lothal

502. What is the process of rebirth known B. Tungabhadra

as?
C. Indus

A. karma
D. Yamuna
B. nirvana
C. moksha 508. What did their writing system consist
of?
D. reincarnation
A. Pictograph
503. Evidence of water reservoirs have been
found at the site in? B. Pictograms
A. Lothal C. Carvings
B. Dholavira D. Cuneform
C. Mohanzodaro
509. Which Bronze age civilization occupied
D. Balakot largest area
504. Where was the Harrapan Civilization lo- A. Mesopotamian
cated? B. Indus valley
A. In Rajasthan
C. Chinese
B. In India
D. Egyptian
C. The Harappan civilization was located
in the Indus River valley. Its two large 510. A common building material in the Indus
cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro River Valley was
D. In Dubai A. stone
505. The people in the Indus Valley built B. bronze
systems to keep their streets from flood-
C. mud brick
ing
A. Sewer D. terracotta
B. irrigation 511. Who invaded the Indus River Valley?

C. Trade A. Huns
D. religious
B. Spanish
506. What contributions did the Indus Valley C. Aryans
people create?
D. French
A. Printing Press
B. Planned Cities 512. Which rivers supply the Indus Valley civ-
ilizations?
C. Paper (from trees)
D. none of above A. Tigris & Euphrates
B. Indus & Ganges
507. Which river is located near two important
Harrapan cities? C. Nile & Brahmaputra
A. Krishna D. Jordan & Himalayan

513. If the summer monsoon is too or , B. caste system

crops die, causing C. untouchables
A. late, weak, famine D. karma
B. long, tall, hunger
519. What in the most important building in
C. early, weak, surplus the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro?
D. windy, strong, wealth A. The Great Granary
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514. Why do historians think Indus Valley peo- B. The Great Bath
ple may have practiced an early form of
C. The Sewage System
Hinduism?
D. none of above
A. they found sacred writings
B. they found many temples 520. Which of these is true of Asoka?
C. they found statues that look like Hindu A. He grew to hate violence
gods B. He was an expert in astronomy
D. they found burial sites C. He gave up wealth to seek enlighten-
ment
515. Traces of which of the following have
not been found in tile Indus Valley Civiliza- D. He built a beautiful temple that is still
tion? standing
A. Sugarcane 521. Why don’t historians know a lot about
B. Barley Harappan society?
C. Sesamum A. Historians have not excavated there.
D. Mustard B. Historians don’t understand their lan-
guage.
516. The Indus River civilization is located on
C. Historians don’t understand their cus-
the continent of
toms.
A. Africa
D. Historians don’t recognize their signif-
B. Australia icance.
C. Antarctica
522. What is the staple food of Harappan Civ-
D. Asia ilization.
517. Which body of water does not surround A. Rice
India? B. Idly
A. The Arabian Sea C. Paratha
B. The Bay of Bengal D. Pork
C. The Indian Ocean
523. Carvings of god-like figures on clay seals
D. The Caspian Sea lead historians to believe that the Indus
518. The four major social classes in Indus Val- people
ley society are A. believed in reincarnation
A. varnas B. traded with the Mesopotamians

C. were polytheistic C. Himalayas

D. believed in reincarnation D. Indialius

524. The Indus Valley people preferred 530. What kind of barrier was used in
A. Indoor games Mohenjo-Daro?
B. Outdoor games A. Citidel barrier
C. Both of the above B. Physical Barriers
D. none of above C. Concrete Construction Barriers
525. When was Mohenjo-daro discovered? D. Fencing
A. 1921
531. what is the civilisation which cleaned af-
B. 1923 ter the indus valley civilisation
C. 1922 A. roman civilisation
D. 1924
B. greek civilisation
526. Where are most examples of the Indus C. maya civilisation
Script located?
D. none of the above
A. Citadels
B. Small seals 532. The highest caste in the caste system are
C. Temples the They include the priests and the
teachers.
D. Ziggurats
A. Kshatriyas
527. The and the suggests that the In-
B. Brahmin
dus valley people were accomplished archi-
tects. C. Sudras
A. Drainage system and the Great Gra- D. Untouchables
nary
B. Drainage system and the Great Bath 533. Which one was the biggest industrial site
of Harappa Civilization
C. Great Granary and the Great Bath
A. Chahnudaro
D. none of above
B. Ropar
528. Indus Valley Civilization belonged to
C. Lothal
A. Old Stone Age
D. .Dholavira
B. Middle Stone Age
C. New Stone Age 534. A large land area isolated from the rest
of the continent
D. Metal Age
A. Peninsula
529. This mountain range separates India from
the rest of Asia. B. Subcontinent
A. Alps C. Island
B. Carpathian D. Plateau

535. One of the most recent discovered sites C. Earthquakes and floods
is D. none of above
A. Dholavira
541. Where is Indus valley Civlisation lo-
B. Rangpur
cated?
C. Banawali
A. IN ABU DHABI
D. Surkotada
B. River nile
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536. In Which country Mohen-jo-Daro is cur- C. North western india and mordern day
rently located? Paskisthan on the banks of river indus
A. Pakistan D. In dubai
B. India
542. The major religion of India. Still practiced
C. Nepal in India today
D. Bhutan
A. Christianity
537. When the Aryan settlers in the Indus val- B. Buddhism
ley began to farm, they developed a writ-
C. Voodoo
ten language called
D. Hinduism
A. hieroglyphics
B. cuneiform 543. For stamping they used
C. Olde English A. soft stones
D. sanskrit B. coins
538. What destroyed the Indus Valley’s irriga- C. Seals
tion system? D. clay
A. earthquakes and floods
544. What is nirvana?
B. a volcano
A. The feeling of Enlightenment
C. hurricanes
B. To realize one’s purpose in life
D. invaders called Aryans
C. To achieve inner happiness and peace
539. The Indus River Valley Civilization is lo-
cated in which modern country?
D. To reach heaven
A. Asia
545. The very first Indus Valley city discov-
B. China
ered was For this reason, the Indus
C. India Valley Civilization is also known as the
D. Pakistan civilization.
A. Mohenjo-Daro, Mohenjan-Daran
540. What caused the irrigation system to be
destroyed? B. India, Indian
A. Invadors C. Harappa, Harappan
B. Volcanos D. New Dehli, New Dehlian

546. The Indus valley civilization belongs to 551. The Ramayana and Mahabharata are?
age A. gods who help Krishna rule the world.

A. Copper
B. Bronze B. Special sacrifices made to Aryan
deities
C. Neolithic
C. long epic poems in Sanskrit
D. none of above
D. two parts of Indra, the god of war.
547. What was the language used in the Indus 552. THE OLDEST INDUS SITE
Valley?
A. BHIRRANA
A. English
B. LOTHAL
B. Cuneiform
C. UTTAR PRADESH
C. Sanskrit D. RUPAR
D. Hieroglyphics
553. Indus valley civilization also known as
548. Which animal is sacred to the Hindus of
India? A. Vedic civilization
A. pigs B. Harappan civilization
B. sheep C. Mosopotamian civilization
C. cows D. none of above
D. goats 554. Which is the largest site of Indus?

A. Harappa
549. Where did the Indo-Aryans develop their
kingdoms in 500 B.C.E.? B. Lothal
A. North India, Central India C. Kalibangan

D. Mohenjodaro
B. North India, Central India, and East In-
dia 555. What kind of Government did Indus Val-
C. North India, Central India, and West ley had?
India A. The type of government they had was
D. All of India a president
B. There is not enough evidence to what
550. Which is correct in respect to the Indus type of government they had
Valley?
C. No body knows
A. The houses were made of mud D. The type of government they had was
B. The streets were not grid formation a king
C. Each house had a private drainage 556. Civilization in Mesopotamia developed
pipe connected to the publicdrainage between which two rivers?
D. The entire city was divided into trian- A. the Persian Gulf and the Mediter-
gular blocks ranean

B. the Tigris and the Persian Gulf 562. What was the upper part of the city
called?
C. the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
A. Citadel
D. the Euphrates and the Tigris
B. Upper Town
557. What was The Indus Valley Civilization C. Lower Town
called?
D. High-Town
A. The Delhi Civilization.
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563. What natural barrier separates China and
B. The Indian Civilization.
India?
C. The Harrapan Civilization.
A. Hindu Kush
D. The Indus Valley Civilization. B. Bay of Bengal
558. What brick did the Indus Valley Civiliza- C. Himalayan Mountains
tion use to make building? D. Ganges River
A. Burned Clay Brick
564. Indus Vallley Civilization also known as
B. Concrete Brick the Civilization
C. Fly ash Brick A. Chinese
D. Moderated Brick B. Greek
C. Roman
559. Who discovered Harappa?
D. Harappan
A. The Wright Brothers
565. What could be the climate at Indus Valley
B. Robert Hooke
Civilization?
C. Dayaram Sahni
A. 32◦
D. none of above B. 18◦
560. Buddhism shares many values with Hin- C. Indus River in northern Sindh and of-
duism but also has many differences such ten records summer maximums of 120 ◦ F
as: (49 ◦ C).
A. the belief in many gods. D. -1◦
B. the idea of reincarnation. 566. Who led an excavation that discovered

the Indus valley civilization
C. the Caste System.
A. John Locke
D. individuality.
B. Indiana Jones
561. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were lo- C. John Hubert Marshal
cated near the:
D. Ms. Whitted
A. City of Bodh Gaya
567. The famous seal of the Indus Valley Civi-
B. Arabian Sea
lization shows the picture of , the Lord
C. The Desert of animals.
D. Indus River A. Lord Shiva

B. Lord Vishnu 573. One surprising technology the Indus Civi-

C. Lord Pasupati lization had was

A. Arches
D. Lord Rama
B. Sewers
568. Which is the biggest site of the Indus Val-
C. Domes
ley Civilization?
D. Iron weapons
A. Pakistan
B. Mohenjo-Daro 574. Which other river civilization had natural
barriers to protect it from invaders?
C. Harappa
A. Egypt
D. Rakhigarhi
B. Mesopotamia
569. Which of the following Indus sites is lo- C. Israelites
cated in Larkana district of Sindh in Pak-
D. Phoenicians
istan
A. Ropar 575. The cities of Harappa except Dholavira
were divided in how many parts.
B. Harappa
A. 4
C. Mohenjodaro
B. 1
D. Kalibhangan
C. 2
570. What group of animals was trying to es- D. 6
cape from the hunter in the ancient story?
576. The Aryans were from the North.
A. elephants
A. friends of the Indus River Valley peo-
B. quail ple
C. water buffalo B. towns in the Indus River Valley
D. chickens C. invaders
571. What Is another name for the Indus val- D. a social system
ley civilization?
577. The Great Bath is located at:
A. Harappan civilization
A. Dholavira
B. Horappon civilization
B. Lothal
C. Indos civilization C. Harappa
D. Urban River Civilization D. Mohenjodaro
572. The houses in Harappan cities were built 578. How did the Indo-Aryans measure their
of wealth
A. wood A. Size of cattle
B. mud B. Amount of Land
C. bricks C. Size of house
D. none of above D. Amount of coins

579. What is a fillet? B. They have large graneries, wells, and

A. a type of amulet public baths.
B. the outlet used to drain out water in C. They have clay seals.
the great bath D. The have materials like gold, bronze,
C. a round band worn around the head and terracotta.
and over the hair
585. What were the capital cities of ancient In-
D. none of above dus Valley?
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580. first appeared in Northern India. It A. Ur and Sumer
is based on the teachings of Siddhartha B. Babylon and Thebes
Guatama.
C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
A. Hinduism
D. Harappa and Memphis
B. Buddhism
C. Brahmins 586. Till when the Indus valley civilization
end?
D. Kshatriyas
A. 2550 BCE
581. Why was the Indus River so favorable to
the development of the Indus Valley civi- B. 1440 BCE
lization? C. 2400 BCE
A. It brought rain to the area D. 2500 BCE
B. It was difficult to cross
587. Which continent is this Indus civilization
C. It made the land fertile located on?
D. none of above A. Eurasia
582. In Indus valley how many societies were B. Asia
there? C. Africa
A. 4 D. Oceania
B. 3
588. were used to construct buildings
C. 2
A. Mud and hay
D. 6
B. Mortar and cement
583. how many reasons of decline were there
C. Sun-dried bricks
A. 5
D. Baked bricks
B. 91
C. uncountable 589. What was the most important building in
Mohenjodaro?
D. 8
A. The Great Gramary
584. How do historians know that the cities of
B. The Sewage System
the Indus Valley were well planned?
A. They have uniform weights and C. The Great Bath.
meansures. D. none of above

590. The Harappan script contains how many 595. Which was the only Indus site with an
pictographics? artificial brick dockyard?

A. 500-1000 A. Lothal
B. 10-20 B. Kalibangan
C. 250-400 C. C. Harappa
D. none of above D. Mohenjo Daro
596. What means worshipping animals, trees,

591. What pictures were on the Harappan
and stones believing that they possess
seals?
spirit or soul
A. No pictures
A. Tribal rituals
B. All the seals have pictures of animals B. Atheism
with something written in a pictographic
script (which is yet to be deciphered). C. Agnosticism
D. Animism
C. A sunflower
D. A tiger 597. The Harappan civilization settled along
the Indus River in which present day coun-
592. The remains of a brick dockyard were dis- try?
covered at? A. Japan
A. Lothal B. China
B. Chanhudaro C. Iraq
C. harappa D. Pakistan
D. Dholavira 598. What physical feature gave the Indus val-
ley natural protection?
593. These are the two Harappan cities in Gu-
jarat . A. Red Sea
A. Kalibangan and lower Town B. Mediterranean Sea
B. Dholavira andLothal C. Fertile Crescent

D. Himalayan Mountains
C. Mohenjadaro and Harappa
D. Surat and Lothal 599. Which of the following Indus Valley sites
is presently in Pakistan?
594. A would be placed at various sites A. Kalibangan
in the Indus Valley to mark events in Sid-
dhartha Guatama’s, or the Buddha’s life. B. Harappa
They often had carvings and designs de- C. Alamgirpur
picting his teachings. D. Lothal
A. pillar
600. which is the earliest form of writing dis-
B. stupa covered in India
C. rock chamber A. Egyptian hieroglyphs.
D. caste B. Harappan script

C. cuneiform script C. large, home to thousands of people

D. Anatolian hieroglyphs D. none of above
601. WHICH OF THESE IS NOT A PART OF DE- 606. What was the most important building in
CLINE OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION? Harappa?
A. A CHANGE IN THE COURSE OF RIVER A. The Great Granary
INDUS
B. The houses
B. NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS EARTH-
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QUAKES, FLOODS, DISEASES C. The Great Bath
C. LACK OF WATER D. none of above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE 607. A person’s level in the caste system was
determined by:
602. A large Granary has been found in which
city? A. education
A. Ur B. death
B. Kurukshetra C. birth
C. Mohenjo-Daro D. marriage
D. Rangpur 608. Circa 1500 BC, when the Aryans invaded
603. What are some theories about why the the Indus Valley, iron was introduced. This
Indus Valley people have disappeared allowed them to make for farming.
from Indus Valley? A. mud bricks
A. There might have been a bred of B. iron plows
mosquitoes
C. iron pillars
B. There might have been no wood
D. iron wells
C. There might have been a drought
D. All of the above 609. Because the Indus cities were so well-
organized, they must have had
604. What evidence was found to suggest A. a social class system
that the Indus Valley Civilization was very
clean? B. a polytheistic religion
A. Indoor plumbing C. a strong military

B. the Granary D. a strong government
C. the Bearded man 610. While the Bearded Man statue may be ev-
D. Indus Valley seals idence of government, it definitely shows
that the Indus people were great
605. What was the size of Mohenjo-Daro?
A. religious leaders
A. very small, home to several dozen peo-
B. priest-kings
ple
B. village-sized, home to several hundred C. artisans
people D. merchants

611. Who was the archaeologist who exca- 617. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MAJOR
vated Harappa RELIGION PRACTICED IN THE INDUS VAL-
LEY

A. Rakhaldas Banerjee
B. John Marshall A. ISLAM
C. Daya Ram Sahni B. CHRISTIANITY
D. none of above C. HINDUISM
612. The dockyard at Lothal was well con- D. BUDDHISM
nected with the river:
618. What is correct about the social struc-
A. Tapti
ture?
B. Narmada
A. 1st is Vaishyas
C. Bhogavo
B. 3rd is Kshatryas
D. Ghaggar
C. 5th is Sudras
613. Which was not a industrial centre in indus
valley civilization? D. 4th is Sudras
A. Nageshwar 619. How many Wells were found in mohenjo
B. Chanhudaro daro
C. Balakot A. 700
D. Kalibangan B. 800
614. Which one of these statements are true? C. 1000
A. The Indus is pooor D. 7000
B. None
620. MOST CITIES IN THE INDUS VALLEY HAD
C. Irrigation from Indus waters has pro-
A HUGE FORTRESS IN THE CENTER OF THE
vided the basis for successful agriculture
CITY CALLED A WHAT
since time immemorial.
D. None Of Them Above A. TEMPLE
B. SYNAGOGUE
615. These people traded with
A. Persia C. CHURCH
B. Mesopotamia D. CITADEL
C. Afghanistan 621. Hinduism and Buddhism both believed in
D. All of the above the idea of reincarnation, which means
616. Why is india a subcontinent? A. the process of preparing a body for the
afterlife.
A. It is surrounded by fertile plains.
B. It is an island. B. the process of rebirth.
C. It is isolated by the mountains and C. the process of creating paper.
seas. D. the process of creating social class
D. It is mostly desert. systems.

622. What was the name of the Indus valleys C. giving up selfishdesires
ruler? D. realizing that it could not beprevented.
A. King
628. Where was Banawali located?
B. Religious Priests
A. Haryana
C. Pharophs
B. Punjab
D. Prince
C. U.P.
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623. Which of the following was NOT a tech-
nology used by the Indus Valley civiliza- D. Gujrat
tion?
629. In the houses of these people the rooms
A. Standard weights and measures were the courtyard.
B. Standard sized mud bricks A. around
C. A bronze gate B. above
D. Sanitation system C. below
624. What were the Indus Valley Civilization D. none of above
good at to gain achievements
630. In the indian subcontinent the first civi-
A. Mathematics lization developed in the valley of river
B. English
A. Ganga
C. Sports
B. Indus
D. none of above
C. Yamuna
625. The Indian who was involved in the exca- D. Brahmaputra
vations of Mohenjo-daro was
A. SD Rathore 631. Find the word that matches the definition.
a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian
B. KK Menon traditions that a person has a duty or obli-
C. RD Banerjee gation to live an honorable life
D. RD Sharma A. Nirvana
626. The major ocean south of India is called B. Caste

the C. Dharma
A. Pacific D. Enlightenment
B. Bay of Bengal
632. One of the centers of the Indus Valley
C. Arabian Sea Civilization; home to merchants and crafts-
D. Indian men (Look Back Carefully).
A. Greece
627. Gautama taught that a person could be-
come free from suffering by B. Harappa AND Mohenjo-daro
A. pretending that it did not exist C. Harappa
B. changing the form of government D. Mohenjo-daro

633. What were the Vedas 638. What was the Caste System?
A. The hundreds or thousands of sacred A. The social class of Egypt Ancient

hymns and texts that explain about daily B. The social class of Ancient India
life in Ancient India
C. The system to caste people from a
B. Their God town
C. The bus that was used to travel D. none of above
D. none of above 639. What were the seals found in Harappa
made of
634. Approximately, how many years has it
been since the harappan civilization’s de- A. Steatile
cline B. Copper
A. 4500 C. Gold
B. 2000 D. Nickel
C. 2500 640. Indus rulers governed their cities through

the control of
D. 3070
A. trade
635. Name any one important sites of indus B. religion
valley civilization?
C. Both of the above
A. Harappa
D. none of above
B. Mumbai
641. Who prepared seals in Mohenjodaro?
C. Rajasthan
A. scribes
D. Gujarat
B. ruler
636. what was citadel? C. farmer
A. Harappan cities were divided into two D. none of above
parts east and west, western part is 642. What was the purpose of the seals?
smaller but higher eastern part larger but
in lower. A. The purpose is to wear clothes
B. Great Bath tank B. The purpose of the Seals were as paint-

ings
C. Assembly hall
C. Seals were primarily used for commer-
D. Drainage system cial purposes. A few seals were also used
as amulets, perhaps as a kind of identity
637. Buddhism shares its roots with this other card.
major religion. What is it?
D. It was use as food to eat.
A. Christianity
643. Scholars believe that the first Indus Val-
B. Confucianism ley people used granaries to
C. Hinduism A. store a surplus of grain.
D. Taoism B. hold religious ceremonies.

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C. make cloth from cotton. B. Brought rain and flooding to water

D. defend their villages. crops
C. It allowed settlers to plant and harvest
644. The Great Granary was found in crops in one location
A. Mohenjodaro
D. none of above
B. Harappa
647. Who were the founders of Indus Valley
C. Lothal
Civilization?
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D. none of above
A. Aryans
645. Which Indus Valley sites are situated in B. Dravidians
present Pakistan
C. hunas
A. Harappa, Kalibangan
D. Kushanas
B. Lothal, Chanhudaro
C. Mohenjodaro, Suktagendor 648. Houses of the people of Indus Valley Civ-
ilization were the open courtyard.
D. Manda, Banawali
A. above
646. Why was fertile soil so important to the
development of the Indus Valley civiliza- B. around
tion? C. below
A. It prevented attacks from enemies D. next to
1.9 Lydian
1. Where would the Lydian Empire be located B. Bible
today?
C. Temple
A. Egypt
D. none of above
B. Syria
4. What were the main activities said that
C. Turkey
the Lydian Empire performed?
D. Istanbul
A. Summoning spirits
2. What is the capital city of Lydia? B. Chariot races
A. Lothal C. Art and sculpting
B. Paithan D. Tending to the land and coin measure-
C. Cairo ments
D. Sardis
5. What is the height of power?
3. This is the greatest legacy of the Hebrews A. 9th and 8th BCE
in the civilization that became the founda-
B. 7th and 6th BCE
tion of the faith of Judaism and Christian-
ity. C. 5th and 4th BCE
A. monotheism D. 3rd and 2nd BCE

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6. Worship of the same God or Monotheism 12. They are famous for the Purple Dye prod-
is one of the legacies of this civilization. uct or cheap dye that is taken from the
Murex fish.

A. Lydian
B. Hebrew A. Lydian
C. Phoenician B. Phoenician
D. none of above C. Hebrew
7. What was the new invention that the an- D. none of above
cient Lydian empire created?
13. What were some of the religious beliefs of
A. Coinage the ancient Lydian empire?
B. Shipment A. Hinduism
C. Painting
B. Judaism
D. Mailing
C. Polytheistic, Cybele and Kore (god-
8. What was the unique custom in the Lydian desses), Zeus (god)
empire? D. Christianity
A. Henna
B. Retail trading 14. What were the new techniques for the an-
cient Lydian Empire?
C. Tipping
A. Good textiles
D. Piercings
B. Fasting
9. Who are the important leaders?
C. Marketing
A. Alyattes and Croesus
D. Spear fishing
B. Seleucids and Persepolis
C. Cambyses and Artxerxes 15. What were the four examples of trade
D. Selecus and Orodes I good in the Lydian empire?
A. Jewels, salt, and silk
10. What is the location of ancient Lydia?
B. Papyrus, bamboo, and pearls
A. Anatolia
B. Ephesus C. Copper, metal, and wood
C. Levant D. Gold, silver, leather and textiles

D. Ionia 16. What was the social system of the ancient
11. What were some of the inventions that the Lydian empire?
ancient Lydian empire created? A. Emperor, magistrates, farmers
A. Shoes and water systems B. patricians and plebeians
B. Chariots and plows C. King (royal family), ancient nobility, up-
C. Paint and statues per class, lower class
D. Coins, textiles, and leather goods D. There was no social system

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1. What was the name of the capital of the B. Their homes would not flood there.
Minoans on Crete? C. They could better defend themselves
A. Knossos from there.
B. Marathon D. none of above
C. Sparta 7. How was ancient Greek democracy differ-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Mycale ent from democracy in the United States
today?
2. What was the capital of the Minoan civi-
lization located in the northern part of the A. citizens listened to the ideas of power-
island? ful speakers
B. citizens voted directly on all issues
A. Mycenaean
C. citizens elected representatives to
B. Naxos
make laws
C. Rhodes
D. none of above
D. Knossos
8. A blind poet who authored the most fa-
3. culture that adapted their ways from the mous ancient Greek writings.
Minoans
A. Zeus
A. Trojans
B. Homer
B. Aegeans
C. Aries
C. Mycenaeans
D. Toner
D. Cyclades
9. What is Greece’s hilly terrain (land) good
4. Jallianwala Bagh massacre for?
A. 13 th April 1919 A. lots of farming
B. 30 April 1920 B. communication between city-states
C. 13 th March 1919 C. growing grapes and olives
D. 13 April 1921 D. providing water for the crops
5. Who was the group of people who at- 10. Where did Theseus fight the Minotaur?
tacked the Mycenaeans?
A. A maze
A. Dorian B. The labyrinth
B. Durian C. On Mt. Olympus
C. Minoan D. none of above
D. Athenian
11. After Solomon’s death the Hebrews were
6. What is the best reason the Mycenaeans divide into two kingdoms. Israel in the
built their homes at the top of hills? North and in the South.
A. They could see best from there. A. Palestine

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B. Judah 17. What did the Ancient Greeks drink?

C. Persia A. tea

D. Canaan B. soda
C. wine
12. None Cooperation movement was started
by D. none of above
A. Vinayak Savarkar 18. Fights a river
B. Bhagat Singh A. Achilles
C. Gandhiji B. Zeus
D. None of these C. Hector
13. What is another name for a Greek city D. Ares
state? (What did they call their cities)
19. THE ACROPOLIS WAS USUALLY BUILT ON
A. Country ;
B. Polis A. plains
C. Territory B. BEACH
D. none of above C. TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
14. What was the hill called where the Myce- D. SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
naean king lived in? (Hint:every Greek 20. Age when Spartan boys began military
city state had one!) training
A. acropolis A. Thirty
B. hill B. Sixty
C. agora C. Seven
D. polis D. none of above
15. A government ruled by a few powerful cit- 21. In what continent is Greece located?
izens is a(n)
A. Africa
A. democracy
B. South America
B. oligarchy
C. Asia
C. monarchy
D. Europe
D. none of above
22. Crete is the name of Greece’s biggest
16. Himalayan ranges is in which direction ?
A. Noth A. Body of water
B. South B. God/goddess
C. East C. island
D. West D. none of above

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23. What do we call land with water on 3 29. What is a peninsula

sides? A. Mountains
A. island B. Land surrounded by water on 1 side
B. inlet
C. Land Surrounded by water on 3 sides
C. peninsula
D. Land surrounded by water on 6 sides
D. none of above
30. What was the primary focus of the culture
NARAYAN CHANGDER
24. This is a legend about an ogre with the in the city-state of Athens?
head of a bull and the body of a man.
A. War & fighting
A. Legend of the Minotaur
B. Athletics & competition
B. Legend of the Bull
C. Art & education
C. Legend of Kapre
D. none of above
D. Legend of the Crocodile
31. The Mycenaeans invaded in 1500 BC.
25. In which country did the Minoan and Myce-
naean Civilizations develop? A. Athens
A. Egypt B. Crete
B. Italy C. Sparta
C. Greece D. Thebes
D. Turkey 32. It is an art of taking the bull by the horns
and circling behind it.
26. Unlike most other early civilizations, such
as the Egyptian and Mesopotamian, Mi- A. Minotaur Dancing
noan culture showed little evidence of B. Bull Dancing
A. international trade C. Bull Fighting
B. the development of a religion D. Boodle Dancing
C. warfare
33. This work tells the story of the victory of
D. artistic interests the Mycenaeans against the Trojans in the
27. The earliest civilization in Europe was? Trojan War.
A. Minoans A. Iliad
B. Mycenaen B. Odyssey
C. Trojans C. The Prince
D. Spartans D. Euthopia
28. What was the Mycenaean capital? 34. When did The second world war ended
A. Athens A. 1945
B. Sparta B. 1936
C. Mycenae C. 1952
D. Crete D. 1987

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35. A narrow strip of land that connects main- 40. Which civilization was the first to move
land Greece to the Peloponnesus into mainland Greece?

A. rocky mountain A. Minoans
B. island B. Mycenaeans
C. isthmus C. Hellenes
D. peninsula D. none of above
36. A classical scholarly aid in the analysis of 41. This is the continent where the Greek civi-
the writing system of the Minoans and lization sprang up.
Mycenaeans. A. Africa
A. James Chadwick B. Asia
B. John Belly C. Europa
C. John Chadwick D. Oceania
D. James Belly 42. What was the name of the writing created
by the Minoans?
37. The Mycenaeans were towards other
A. Linear A
clans (civilizations.)
B. Cursive
A. kind
C. Linear B
B. helpful
D. Cuneiform
C. warlike
43. Where were the Mycenaeans based?
D. sneaky
A. Crete
38. The ancient Greeks called themselves
B. Mainland Greece
“Hellas “ because it mean they are living
in a place with a C. Samos
A. Greek God who rules of their way of D. Cyprus
life 44. was one of the most prized Greek ex-
B. Greek yogurt which is part of their way ports.
of life A. Grain
C. Greek way of Life B. Pottery
D. Greek ship which was their way of life C. Olive Oil
39. The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age D. Wine

Aegean civilization on the island of Crete 45. This became the main occupation of the
and other Aegean Islands, flourishing from Minoans because they were close to the
c. 3000 to c. Aegean sea.
A. BC A. Farming
B. BCE B. Mining
C. AD C. Trading with neighboring islands
D. ADE D. Trade with fellow citizens

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46. What were the two main city-states of An- 52. THE FIRST CIVILIZATION THAT EMERGED
cient Greece? IN CRETE WAS THE
A. Rome & Alexandria A. ATHENS
B. Corinth & Olympia B. MINOAN
C. Sparta & Athens C. MYCENAEAN
D. none of above D. SAVES
47. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BODIES SUR-
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53. The mainland of Greece is known as the
ROUND GREECE? Peninsula.
A. ATLANTIC A. Balkan
B. INDIAN
B. Peloponnesus
C. MEDITERRANEAN
C. Greece
D. PACIFIC
D. Crete
48. What animal was revered and celebrated
by the Minoans? 54. What island did the Greek civilization be-
gin on?
A. donkey
A. Hawaii
B. goat
B. Crete
C. bull
C. Madagascar
D. horse
D. none of above
49. Half human, half bull
A. Pegasus 55. This is the name of the writing system of
the Mycenaeans
B. the Kraken
A. Linear A
C. the Minotaur
B. Linear B
D. none of above
C. Linear AB
50. In Greece herds of sheep and live on
wild plants that grow on the rugged hill- D. Linear C
sides. 56. Why were the Olympics held?
A. cattle
A. To compete against other countries
B. deer
B. For gods and goddesses to compete
C. goats
C. To honor the god Zeus
D. birds
D. none of above
51. The Minoan civilization was located at the
island of what 57. The Crete was a part of
A. Bora Bora A. Greece
B. Crete B. Europe
C. Hamilton island C. America
D. Santorini D. Wales

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58. What was the name of the main city and C. Minoans
palace of the Minoans on Crete? D. Hebrews

A. Knossos
64. What is Olympos/Olympus?
B. Marathon
A. City in Greece
C. Sparta
B. A peninsula
D. Mycale
C. A god/goddess
59. What did the Greeks use for transporta- D. Home of the gods
tion?
65. Which famous war involved the Myce-
A. Land naeans?
B. Chariot A. Persians War
C. Water B. Peloponnesian War
D. Air C. Trojan War
60. The capital of Mycenae is located at the D. Egyptian War
point of 66. What made travel over the land difficult?
A. Crete A. Mountains
B. Knossos B. Few Roads
C. Athens C. Pirates
D. Peloponnesus D. Stopping to take Cornell Notes!
61. When did the Civil Disobedience Move- 67. What type of government did the Minoans
ment started have?
A. 1929 A. Anarchy
B. 1930 B. Oligarchy
C. 1947 C. Democracy
D. 1942 D. Monarchy
62. Which of the following is NOT true about 68. Kachi dessert is in which direction
the Minoans? A. North
A. They had palaces with running water B. South
B. They had beautiful artwork C. East
C. They moved often while following the D. West
food they hunted.
69. are very old stories told to explain
D. They had a writing system that still has events or to justify beliefs and actions.
not been translated
A. myths
63. Who did the Mycenaeans conquer? B. epics
A. Hittites C. agoras
B. Phoenicians D. none of above

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70. He became the ruler of the city of Myce- 75. A Greek who fights Aeneas and wounds
nae. He was considered the richest and Aphrodite
most powerful king in ancient Greece. A. Menelaus
A. Haring Agamemnon B. Diomedes
B. Haring Herodes C. Agamemnon
C. Haring Nebuchadnezzar D. Patroclus
D. Haring Minos
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76. Which direction was the workshops situ-
ated
71. The Greek word for ‘city-state’ is
A. North
A. county
B. South
B. town
C. East
C. borough
D. West
D. polis
77. Knossos is
72. A person through whom the gods was be-
A. Ah mix
lieved to speak.
B. a wild fruit from Crete
A. Minotaur
C. a war ship
B. Socrates
D. a city and palace in Crete
C. Oracle
78. The most famous Mycenaean king was
D. Myth
A. Minos
73. What weakened many Minoan coastal B. Agamemnon
cities?
C. Odysseus
A. Attacks by the Mycenaeans
D. Homer
B. Tidal waves
79. Which of these is not a physical feature of
C. Poorly built structures
Greece?
D. An earthquake A. rugged mountains
74. What two items were Phoenicians famous B. deep valleys
for exporting? C. great rivers
A. lumber from lebanon and a purple dye D. many islands
called Murex from Tyre and Sidon
80. Which is a crop that Greeks could grow a
B. vases from Greece and Gold from
surplus of?
Africa
A. pineapple
C. tin from Great Britain and statues from
Greece B. grapes
D. linen cloth from Egypt and Jewelry C. grain

from Sardinia D. oranges

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81. What is a labyrinth? 87. a settlement in a distant place

A. a maze-like structure A. agora

B. a garden B. acropolis
C. a park C. colony
D. none of above D. tyranny

88. Who was the main god or goddess of the
82. The Minoans had to trade because they
Minoans?
lived on the island of Crete and
A. Mother Earth
A. there wasn’t enough room
B. Zeus
B. the Mycenaeans took their food
C. Athena
C. they didn’t have plows
D. Poseidon
D. the soil was poor
89. The Minoan civilization first arose on what
83. a powerful city of the Minoans island?
A. Athens A. Italy
B. Sparta B. Tahiti
C. Peloponnesus C. Santorini
D. Knossos D. Crete
90. Which civilization began in 6000 B.C.,
84. of the city-state in Greece with the aim of but reached its peak around 2100-1500
building an army. B.C.?
A. Athens A. Minoan
B. Corinth B. Mycenaeans
C. Megara C. Persians
D. Sparta D. Simpsons
85. This is the name of the writing system of 91. The Minoans and Mycenaeans were both
the Minoans located on the island of
A. Linear A A. Knossos
B. Linear B B. Rhodes
C. Linear AB C. Crete
D. Greece
D. Linear C
92. Who was the first group to exist on
86. Who was the legendary king of Crete? Greek’s mainland (peninsula)?
A. King Minos A. Greeks
B. King Agammenon B. Mycenaeans
C. King Akhenaton C. Trojans
D. King Midas D. Minitours

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93. After the Mycenaean Civilization fell, 99. What crops can be grown in Greece?
Greece entered a period known as the
A. olives, grapes
A. Trade Explosion
B. wheat, barley
B. Decade of War
C. corn, oats, potatoes
C. Happy Years
D. Dark Ages D. olives, grapes, wheat and barley
94. Athens main rival was the city-state of 100. Each city-state in ancient Greece made its
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A. Anatolia own laws and ruled themselves differently
as they were of one another.
B. Marathon
C. Sparta A. dramatic
D. none of above B. caring
95. Which of the following best describes the C. cray-cray

climate in Greece? D. independent
A. Cold all year round
101. During this period, the war between
B. Cool summers and mild winters
the different kingdoms became rampant.
C. Hot summers and mild winters Trade, farming, and other economic activ-
D. Mild summers and freezing winters ities were stopped. Even the growth of
art and writing was gradually hindered.
96. What was a Greek soldier called?
A. Hellenic
A. Hoplite
B. Dark Age
B. Captain
C. Sargent C. Hellenistic
D. none of above D. Persian War
97. According to the reading a time where im- 102. Which invading civilization conquered the
portant skills such as reading and writing Minoans?
are lost is known as a
A. Trojans
A. Dark Age
B. Prehistoric Age B. Spartans
C. Prepalatial Period C. Pericles

D. Bronze Age D. Mycenaeans
98. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING MADE 103. What type of art were the Minoans
GREATER CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILOSO- known for?
PHY?
A. Graffiti
A. COPERNICUS
B. HIPPOCRATES B. Frescoes
C. PERICLES C. Glassblowing
D. SOCRATES D. Metalwork

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104. These are vessels made of clay which B. greek subcontinent

was the main product that the Minoans ex- C. greek polis
ported overseas.

D. none of above
A. weapon
B. pot 110. an area of land surrounded on three sides
by water
C. paper
A. representative democracy
D. hemp
B. peninsula
105. This is considered the residence of the
C. island
warrior kings of the Mycenaeans civiliza-
tion. D. isle
A. CITIES 111. Which type of landscape best describes
B. citadel much of the region of Ancient Greece?
C. citadel A. Flat
D. citadel B. Mountainous
106. The Mycenaeans became powerful by: C. Desert
A. trading with their neighbors. D. Rainforest
B. fighting with their neighbors (and 112. The easiest and quickest way for ancient
among themselves). Greeks to travel was by
C. building things for their neighbors. A. horseback
D. Stealing technologies from their neigh- B. walking
bors.
C. ancient trains
107. Where was the Mycenaean civilization D. using the seas as a “highway”.
based?
113. Which of the following is NOT TRUE
A. Crete
about the geography in Greece?
B. Mainland Greece
A. They became excellent fishermen,
C. Sicily sailors and traders
D. Turkey B. There was lots of farmland to grow
crops.
108. culture named after the Greek King Mi-
nos C. The mountains made it difficult to com-
A. Mycenaean municate and travel
B. Trojan D. Trade was very important
C. Cyclades 114. It is a structure made up of smooth

D. Minoan stones, many floors, the stairs are made
of precious stones, the walls are decorated
109. Like the Mycenaeans, the Hellenes also with colorful paints, there is drainage,
lived on the what? baths and toilets.
A. greek mainland A. Palace

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B. Fresco 120. The Minoan civilization thrived on which

C. Market islands?
D. bath A. Crete and Thera

B. Sicily and Cyprus
115. One reason for referring to a time period
as “Dark Age” is that C. Iceland and Greenland
A. people didn’t write things down so lit- D. Staten and Prince Edward
tle is known about them
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121. Who discovered the ruins of Mycenaea?
B. there was less sunlight during this
time period A. Howard Carter
C. people’s skin gradually got darker B. Sir Arthur Evans
D. no one knows why it’s called a “Dark C. Heinrich Schliemann

Age” D. William Stukeley
116. Which civilization was the first to arise 122. A group of people from the north entered
in Greece? Greece and defeated the Mycenaeans.
A. Minoans A. Athenian
B. Mycenaeans B. Spartan
C. Greeks C. Ionian
D. Hoplites D. Dorian
117. Which legendary king is considered the 123. Another word for a city-state is
first ruler of the Minoan Civilization?
A. political colony
A. Zeus
B. agora
B. Agamemnon
C. independent empire
C. Minos
D. polis
D. mostly
118. The Minotaur was 124. Crete was the first great
A. half-man and half-dolphin A. trading center
B. half-bird and half man B. temple for Zues
C. half-horse and half-man C. volcano

D. half-bull and half-man D. warship of the Greeks
119. According to Greek legend, the minotaur 125. Which monotheistic religion was founded
was a monster. by the Ancient Hebrews?
A. half-human, half-bull A. Christianity
B. half-human, half-horse B. Islam
C. half-bull, half-bird C. Hinduism
D. half-human, half-goat D. Judaism

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126. The Minoan people lived on a large island C. Volcanic Eruptions

on the southern edge of the . D. Egyptian invasion

A. Black Sea
132. Where did the Mycenaeans live?
B. Aegean Sea
A. Island of Greece
C. Mediterranean Sea
B. Island of Crete
D. Ionian Sea
C. Mainland of Greece
127. After the decline of the Mycenaean civ- D. Mainland of Crete
ilization, Greece entered a period known
as 133. Any citadel or complex built on a high
hill.
A. the Dark Ages
A. Athens
B. the Enlightenment
B. Acropolis
C. the Golden Age
C. Agora
D. the Hellenistic Age
D. Alliance
128. What city did King Minos live in?
134. What dangerous sport did the Minoans
A. Knossos play?
B. Crete A. boxing
C. Athens B. free diving
D. Greece C. big wave surfing
129. Because they were very proud of their D. bull leaping
military heroes, the time period when the
135. When did the minoans live?
Mycenaeans were in charge is called
A. From 2700 to 1100 BCE
A. the Heroic Age
B. From 1100 to 600 BCE
B. The Dark Age
C. From 3000 to 600 BCE
C. the Enlightenment
D. none of above
D. none of above
136. Which powerful Phoenician City-state
130. Greeks adopted the alphabet to give was an ally to the Kingdom of Israel un-
themselves a unified system of writing der their King Solomon?
A. Phonecian A. Tyre
B. Egyptian B. Carthage
C. Persian C. Sidon
D. Roman D. Byblos
131. What was NOT a reason for the fall of 137. King Minos had this built under his palace
the Minoan culture? where a half human, half bull lived.
A. Tsunami A. a labyrinth
B. Earthquakes and famine B. a cellar

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C. a cave C. Museums
D. none of above D. Banks
138. Who is known as the earliest civilization 144. This is the civilization whose writing sys-
in ancient Greece? tem and culture were borrowed from the
A. Mycenaeans Minoans
B. Minoans A. Greece
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C. Spartans B. Minoans
D. Athenians C. Mycenaeans
139. Patroclus kills this Trojan D. Trojans
A. Hector 145. The fact that Crete is called the “stepping

B. Priam stone to the continents” made it a perfect
C. Aeneas
A. place to irrigate
D. Sarpedon
B. place to grow grain
140. Identify the important palace city discov-
C. ancient trading hub
ered on the north shore of Crete
D. place to travel to by foot
A. Akrotiri
B. Thebes 146. Which Greek city state was known for
C. Rhodes having one of the first democracies?
D. Knossos A. Troy
B. Mycenae
141. Where the the Minoans live?
C. Athens
A. Island of Greece
D. none of above
B. Island of Crete
C. Mainland Greece 147. Complete the analogy.Greeks:Olive
Oil::Egyptians:
D. Mainland of Crete
A. papyrus
142. What city was Mycenaea’s main competi-
tor in Aegean Sea trade? B. metal
A. Athens C. spices
B. Delos D. none of above

C. Rhodes 148. This is the writing system of the Mi-
D. Troy noans.
A. Linear A
143. What was at the center of the Myce-
naean kingdom? B. Linear B
A. Stadiums C. Linear C
B. Palaces D. Linear D

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149. What were the two earliest cultural B. Attica

groups to develop in Greece?
C. Peloponnesus

A. Dorians and Hebrews
D. Rhodes
B. Minoans and Mycenaeans
C. Trojans and Olympians 155. This is evidence that the Minoans were
not fearful of attack:
D. Sumerians and Athenians
A. Their palaces were built on hills
150. How would you describe the relation-
ship between the Mycenaeans and the Mi- B. Their palaces were built near harbors
noans? C. Their palaces lacked defensive walls
A. They fought with one another D. Their palaces had paved streets
B. They pirated each other’s ships
156. Where did the Ancient Greeks believe the
C. They traded and learned from one an-
Twelve Olympian gods lived?
other
D. They were allies in war A. Ionian Sea
B. Island of Crete
151. After the Mycenaeans conquered the Mi-
noans, in what region did they control C. Cyclades
trade? D. Mount Olympus
A. the aegean region
157. Which city-state had a Democracy and
B. the delian region
voted?
C. the mediterranean region
A. Sparta
D. none of above
B. Athens
152. Where did the legendary Minotaur live?
C. Both
A. in the labyrinth
D. none of above
B. in the palace of Knossos
C. on the island of Delos 158. a body of land on three side
D. in the mountains of Crete A. representative democracy
153. What caused the tidal waves that wiped B. peninsula

out the Minoans? C. island
A. Tornado D. isle
B. Volcanic eruption
159. What is the climate like in ancient
C. Hurricane
Greece?
D. Global warming
A. mild winters and hot summers
154. What is the name of the southern Greek
B. freezing winters and summers
peninsula where the Mycenaeans devel-
oped? C. spring like temperatures every day
A. Crete D. constant rain all year

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160. Which is NOT a theory about how the Mi- 166. One significant advancement of the Mi-
noan civilization finally ended? noan civilization was?
A. A plague wiped out the population. A. Flushing Toilets
B. A natural disaster. B. Cannons
C. Overpopulation of the island C. Running hot water
D. It was overrun by invaders. D. Muskets
167. Identify the archaeologist who uncovered
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161. Crete was the first great ?
the ancient Minoan civilization, and gave it
A. Trading center its name:
B. Palace for Zeus A. Sir Arthur Evans
C. Civilization B. Heinrich Schliemann
D. Warboat C. C. Lenard Woolley
D. Howard Carter
162. What large peninsula at the southern
tip of Greece was home to Sparta and 168. Powerful god not firmly committed to ei-
Corinth? ther side in the war
A. Thessaly A. Hera
B. Attica B. Zeus
C. Macedonia C. Mars
D. Peloponnese D. Aphrodite
169. The Minoans lived on the island of
163. In 2014, the Phaistos disc was mostly
deciphered. What does decipher mean? A. Athens
A. To repair B. Crete
C. Sparta
B. To protect
D. none of above
C. To find
D. To figure out 170. These are pictures that are expertly
painted on walls wet with plaster so that
164. Loves the Trojans the metal pigments and mineral oxides ad-
here well to the wall.
A. Aphrodite
A. Fresh
B. Iris
B. Fresco
C. Hera
C. Frescoes
D. Athena
D. Fresntoes
165. Which direction is Arabian sea located 171. Identify the main Minoan export:
A. South A. Copper
B. North B. Gold
C. West C. Tin
D. East D. Olive Oil

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172. It is considered the most central city of A. Athens

the Minoan civilization. B. Corinth

A. Knossos C. Knossos
B. Knossos D. none of above
C. Knossos
178. The Minoan civilization flourished on an
D. Knossos island south of Greece. What island is
173. The Minotaur was half man and half this?
A. horse A. Peloponnesus Island
B. bull B. Island of Create
C. dragon C. Island of Crete
D. sheep D. Island of Peloponnesia
174. This fraction of Greece is covered by 179. What was the name of the language cre-
mountains. ated by the Minoans?
A. 3/4 A. Linear A
B. 1/2 B. Hieroglyphics
C. 2/3 C. Linear B
D. 1/8 D. Parseltongue
175. Crete is, by far, the most significant of 180. Agrees to help Thetis by making new ar-
the two areas because the majority of sur- mor for Achilles
viving Minoan artifacts have been found at A. Zeus
large sites like , which archaeologists B. Hephaestus
believe was the capital of Minoan civiliza-
tion. C. Diomedes
A. Knossos D. Scamander
B. Phaistos 181. What is a fresco?

C. Pompeii A. Outdoor dining
D. none of above B. Sculptures
176. What was the name of the volcanic island C. Watercolor painting
that blew up around 1500 BC? D. Pottery
A. Thera 182. A place regarded as holy because of
B. Atlantis its associations with a divinity or sacred
C. Mycenae relic.
D. Crete A. Shrine
B. Oracle
177. The city of , discovered by Arthur
Evans, was considered the center of the C. Myth
Minoan civilization. D. Athena

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183. How did the Minoans grow to be so 188. Who were considered to be EXPERT
wealthy? sailors?
A. Through gold mines on the island of A. Mycenaeans
Crete B. Odysseus and his crew
B. Through silk production C. Minoans
C. Through trade across the Mediter- D. Tyrants
ranean
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189. When did archaeologists excavate Knos-
D. none of above sos, the capital city of the Minoan people?
184. What type of ruler does a monarchy A. late 19th and early 20th centuries
have? B. two centuries ago
A. King/Queen C. 500 years ago
B. President D. since 1972
C. Prime Minister 190. Which is NOT a sea that surrounds the
D. Dictator Greek peninsula?
A. Mediterranean Sea
185. Who was the blind poet who wrote the B. Indian Sea
poems the Illiad and the Odyssey?
C. Aegean Sea
A. Plato
D. Ionian Sea
B. Homer
191. Which event happened first chronologi-
C. Aristotle cally (in order)?
D. Bart A. The Mycenaean civilization collapsed.
186. Which of the following describes Spartan B. The Mycenaeans conquered the Mi-
women? noans.
A. They were treated harshly, almost like C. The Minoans lived and flourished on
slaves. the island of Crete.
D. none of above
B. They mostly fought as soldiers along-
side men. 192. By 1100 B.C.E. the Mycenaeans may
C. They were trained to build up their bod- have been conquered by the
ies and were allowed to own land. A. Minoans
D. none of above B. Hittites
C. Assyrians
187. When did it end? ? ?
D. Dorians
A. 1100 BC
193. What allowed the Greeks to interact and
B. 1100 BCE
get to know other people and cultures out-
C. 3000 BCE side of their civilization?
D. 3000 BC A. religion

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B. trade C. Marathon
C. art D. Thermopylae

D. war
199. Where did Theseus go to battle the Mino-
194. What is the name of the tower or fortress taur?
of the Mycenaeans that is surrounded by
A. Athens
a wall?
A. knossos B. Israel
B. Citadel C. Knosssos
C. Dorian D. Thera
D. Phalanx
200. Great god of the Minoans and Myce-
195. What is a colony? naeans
A. a group of people who settle in a new A. Jupiter
land, but keep ties to their homeland B. Hera
B. A smaller city-state only found on an C. Athena
island
D. Zeus
C. land with water on 3 sides.
D. A city and the land that surrounds it. 201. Some of the people the Minoans traded
and interacted with were
196. Who is believed to have created the
labyrinth beneath his palace? A. the Egyptians
A. Homer B. the civilizations on mainland Greece
B. Odysseus C. the societies of the Levant
C. King Alkinoos D. all of the above
D. King Minos
202. What is an ancient Greek market place
197. Frescoes on the walls of Minoan palaces and social gathering place?
seem to indicate that
A. Acropolis
A. Men were more important than women
B. agora
B. Women were more important than C. shopping mall
men D. Tundra
C. Men and women were of equal social
status 203. The largest city of the Mycenaeans was
D. Only boys participated in bull leaping
A. Mycenae
198. A towering palace standing on two acres
of land and surrounded by stone houses. B. Knossos
A. Thebes C. Athens
B. Knossos D. none of above

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204. Greeks made their living through 210. He excavated the settlement at Knossos
A. Trade of the Minoan Civilization
A. Sir Arthur Evans
B. Herding
B. Michael Belly
C. Farming
C. John Chadwick
D. Hunting
D. Heinrich Schliemann
205. Minoan religion was
211. Where did the Minoans flourish?
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A. Theistic A. Greece
B. Monotheistic B. Turkey
C. Polytheistic C. Crete
D. Agnostic D. none of above
206. What civilization more than likely con- 212. The end of the Indus valley was between
quered the Minoans in 1400 B.C? A. 2000 BCE and 1700 BCE
A. Trojans B. 1902 BCE and 1900
B. Spartans C. 1900 BCE and 1700 BCE
C. Pericles D. none of above
D. Mycenaeans 213. One significant accomplishment of the Mi-
noan civilization was
207. What government has a king or a queen
and rule is usually hereditary? A. flushing toilets
A. Monarchy B. cars
C. running hot water
B. Oligarchy
D. advanced weapons
C. Democracy
D. none of above 214. The Minoans lived in
A. Crete
208. The island of Crete is located of main-
B. Myceans
land Greece.
C. Peloponnesus
A. north
D. Balkan Peninsula
B. south
215. Why are the Mycenaeans often know as
C. east
the “First Greeks”?
D. west
A. They were the first known civilization
209. King of the Trojans in Greece.
B. They were the first civilization thought
A. Agamemmnon
to speak Greek.
B. Priam
C. Archaeologists have determined that
C. Nestor they were the first to live in Greece.
D. Andromache D. none of above

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216. Which civilization was warlike and at- C. Sparta

tacked its neighbors often? D. Minos

A. Mycenaeans
222. Who defeated the Minoans?
B. Minoans
A. Athenians
C. Italians
B. Spartans
D. Prussians
C. Corinthians
217. The seafaring people known as the Mi- D. Mycenaeans
noans lived on the island of
A. Crete 223. What was the Mycenaeans’ writing sys-
tem called?
B. Rhodes
A. Linear A
C. Thera
B. Linear B
D. Samos
C. Linear C
218. When did the congress purna swaraj or D. Linear D
complete independence from foreign rule
A. August, 1929 224. Which of the following did the Minoan
people NOT export to other cultures?
B. January, 1929
A. papyrus
C. December, 1929
B. unique architecture
D. March, 1929
C. burial customs
219. Minoans decorated their house with D. religious rituals
A. light
225. What government is ruled by the people
B. candles where the people vote?
C. fresco A. Monarchy
D. flowers B. Oligarchy
220. A few of the names of our cities in the C. Democracy
United States end with the Greek called D. none of above
“polis” such as Indianapolis or Minneapo-
lis . So, polis is a Greek word that could 226. How did the Minoan civilization end?
mean A. volcano & tsunami
A. Indiana B. earthquake & tsunami
B. city-state C. volcano & earthquake
C. pole jumping D. a terrible war
D. none of above
227. What geographical feature formed natu-
221. What is the name of the legendary king ral borders between the city-states of An-
of the Minoans? cient Greece?
A. Knossos A. Mountains
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C. Lakes 233. Where did the Minoan Civilization origi-

nate?
D. Deserts
A. Athens
228. Recognized king in the Mycenaean civi- B. Sparta
lization
C. Crete
A. Haring Menelaus
D. Corinth
B. Haring Minos
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234. A period we know little about is called
C. King Agamemnon during the time of the Early Greeks was
D. Haring Paris the
A. the mystery age
229. The Minoan civilization is thought to have
B. the dark age
originated here.
C. the age of enlightenment
A. Lebanon
D. none of above
B. Crete
C. Sardinia 235. Period of time after the Mycenaean civi-
lization collapsed.
D. Greece
A. Heroic Age
230. What was the primary focus of much of B. Dark Age
the culture of the city-state of Sparta? C. Linear A
A. Food & parties D. none of above
B. War & fighting 236. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS
C. Painting & sculpture GREECE’S MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBU-
TION TO THE FIELD OF POLITICS?
D. none of above
A. DEMOCRACY
231. The legendary King who is said to have B. MILITARISM
founded the Civilization in Crete.
C. MONARCHY
A. Minos
D. Oligarchy
B. Leonidas
237. What sea is located along the eastern
C. Pericles coast of Greece?
D. Philip A. Red Sea
B. Arabian Sea
232. First king and founder of the Minoan civ-
ilization C. Aegean Sea
A. Haring Menelaus D. Bering Sea
B. Haring Agamemnon 238. Archaeologists have found concrete evi-

dence of Minoan civilization only on Crete
C. Paris
and a nearby cluster of islands originally
D. Haring Minos called Thera, now known as

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A. Quios C. The Mycenaean civilization remained

B. Cyprus in power.

C. Santorini D. none of above
D. none of above 244. What do we call the paintings on wet

plaster walls, found in Minoan palaces?
239. Mountains and hills cover about out
of every 10 acres in Greece. A. Water colors
A. 3 B. Pastels
B. 5 C. Frescoes
C. 7 D. Labrys
D. 9 245. What is monotheism?
240. During a Dark Age, all of the following A. the belief in many deities
happen EXCEPT B. the belief in no deity
A. society seems to regress (go back- C. the belief in one deity
wards)
D. none of these
B. little technology is developed
C. little intellectual achievement happens 246. Their homeland islands were hit by sev-
eral disasters, including
D. society takes a big leap forward A. a massive volcanic eruption
B. a tsunami
241. Which of the following bodies of water
does NOT surround Greece? C. the conquest by their neighbors on
mainland Greece, the Mycenaeans
A. Aegean Sea
B. Black Sea D. all of the above
C. Ionian Sea 247. What type of government did the Myce-

D. Mediterranean Sea naeans have?
A. Monarchy
242. Who did the Mycenaean people possibly
go to war with to rescue Helen? B. Republic
A. Troy C. Democracy
B. Crete D. Oligarchy
C. Sparta 248. Farming was hard in Greece because
D. Italy A. there was too much water
243. Which of the following accurately de- B. there was not enough water
scribes the Greek Dark Ages? C. the land was very rocky and mountain-
A. It lasted from 800 BC to 400 BC. ous
B. It was a time of decline, famine, and D. the climate did not allow for season-
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249. Which was Phoenicia’s largest and most B. The northern tip of the Greek Penin-
powerful city-state? sula
A. Byblos C. The eastern tip of the Greek Peninsula
B. Tyre
D. The western tip of the Greek Peninsula
C. Sidon
252. The Minoans were known to be
D. Acre
A. peaceful people
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250. What civilization conquered the Minoans B. fierce warriors
in 1400 B.C?
C. successful farmers
A. Trojans
D. philosophers
B. Spartans
253. Which group of people were the first civ-
C. Pericles
ilization in Greece
D. Mycenaeans A. Athenians
251. Where is the Peloponnesus? B. Israelites
A. The southern tip of the Greek Penin- C. Mesopotamians

sula D. Minoans
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1. Which of the following was NOT true of C. Bad Choices
Darius the Great? D. The final judgement
A. He created the first written law code
4. Countryside areas.
B. He ordered the construction of the
Royal Road A. Urban
C. He divided governing duties among B. City-state

satraps C. Ziggurat
D. He was tolerant of various religions D. Rural
2. Who was the king of the Persian Empire? 5. The religion of the Persians could have had
an effect on what two other modern day
A. Hammurabi
religions?
B. Alexander the Great
A. Christianity and Judaism
C. Cyrus the Great
B. Judaism and Islam
D. none of above
C. Christianity and Paganism
3. The central belief of the Persian Religion D. Hinduism and Buddhism
centered around the idea of what?
6. The Great Wall of China was built as a line
A. An eye for an eye of defense against invasions by what em-
B. Good versus evil peror?

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A. Ivan the Great 11. formed and controlled the Delian

League.
B. Constantine

A. Athens
C. Kim Jong Un
B. a peace keeping Sparta
D. Qin Shi Huangdi
C. Persia
7. Who was the king who first formed the D. Macedonia
Persian Empire?
12. What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
A. Darius I
A. To provide protection from invaders
B. Darius II
B. To establish boundaries for the Chi-
C. Xerxes nese civilization
D. Cyrus the Great C. To create a trade route between the
Aryans and China
8. What were the origins of the Persian Em-
pire? D. To build a temple for the Chinese peo-
ple
A. It was founded on a dry plateau in
modern-day India. 13. The Persian empire declined because
B. It was founded when Darius I crushed A. wars with Greece were costly and
a Greek revolt. there were great losses
C. It began when the Greeks overthrew B. Persian royalty continued with their ex-
the Median Empire. pensive lifestyle
D. It began when Cyrus the Great united C. the people were upset about the high
nomadic herding tribes. taxes and their poor rulers
D. all of the answers
9. Amir believes that good and evil are two
opposing forces in the universe, and he 14. Cyrus the Great
tries to follow Ahura Mazda as much as A. King of Persia and founder of the Per-
possible. What religion is Amir practic- sian empire
ing?
B. Third ruler of the Persian Empire, ex-
A. Judaism panded and organized the empire.
B. Buddhism C. Persian king who lost his empire to
C. Zoroastrianism Alexander the Great.
D. King of Macedonia who conquered
D. Hinduism
Greece, Egypt, and Persia
10. The Persian Empire’s religion was origi- 15. Who tried and failed to conquer the
nally what? Greeks?
A. Polytheistic A. Cyrus
B. there was no religion B. Darius I
C. monotheistic C. Xerces
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16. Which was one of the capitals of the Per- 22. Who is the king from Sparta who led sol-
sian Empire? diers into battle at Thermopylae?
A. Mesopotamia A. Leonidas
B. Constantinople B. Cyrus
C. Rome C. Xerxes
D. Persepolis D. Darius I
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17. What does Imperial mean?
23. Wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in bat-
A. important tle.
B. relating to an empire A. Cavalry
C. big B. Irrigation
D. government C. Rural
18. controlled and dominated the Delian D. Chariot
League.
24. The Greek army was at its largest size at
A. Athens
the battle of
B. a peace keeping Sparta
A. Marathon
C. Persia
B. Plataea
D. Macedonia
C. Thermopylae
19. Who ultimately won the Persian War?
D. Salamis
A. Greeks
B. Spartans 25. Why was The Phoenician Alphabet so im-
portant?
C. Persians
A. You could sing it easily
D. Athens
B. Made it easier to communicate more
20. Zoroastrianism has had an influence or clearly the complex ideas and trade with
connection to all of the following religions others. Other countries worked hard to
except. . . learn the alphabet.
A. Christianity C. it is Exactly like ours today
B. Judiasm D. It was exactly like Cuneiform
C. Islam
26. Spartan soldiers stayed in a narrow moun-
D. Traditional Roman Religion tain passageway to be the first line of de-
21. The book of beliefs and teachings of the fense against Persia. What was the name
Hebrew people is the: of this mountain pass?
A. Torah A. Marathon
B. Qur’an B. Thermopylae
C. Diaspora C. Olympus
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27. How do we know about the Persian B. Much of the Persian Empire was
wars? desert.

A. Scribes wrote down the history on C. Darius could not afford to pay money
tablets for those materials.
B. Artifacts were found at the battles D. such gifts would mean that the Greeks
C. Herodotus wrote down the history had accepted Persian rule.
D. Spartan scribes kept records 33. What was the name of the road that ran
through the Persian empire?
28. This leader defeated Darius III in battle to
conquer Persia A. The Yellow Brick Road
A. Alexander B. The Capital Road
B. Cyrus C. The War Road
C. Kublai D. The Royal Road
D. Lycurgus 34. What was an important result of the Per-
sian wars?
29. Which religious leader stressed the strug-
gle between the opposing forces of good A. They ended Greek independence.
and evil? B. They destroyed the cit of Sparta.
A. Moses C. They caused the Greeks to invent new
B. Zoroaster gods.
C. Siddhartha Gautama D. They prevented Persia from conquer-
D. Brahma ing Greece.
30. What two states did the Royal Road con- 35. Which leader sent his ships to Marathon
nect? to fight to punish the Greek mainland for
meddling in his empire?
A. Susa to Sardis
A. Darius I
B. Nineveh to Synnada
B. Xerxes
C. Comana to Opis
C. Cyrus the Great
D. Ecbatana to Nineveh
D. Pericles
31. Is this statement about Sparta, Athens or
both of them:Boys start training at age 7 36. This man divided the Persian Empire into
and were in the military until age 60 provinces to help maintain control.
A. Sparta A. Xerxes
B. Athens B. Cyrus
C. Both C. Darius
D. none of above D. Leonidas
32. Why did King Darius ask for presents of 37. Who was the Sasanians main trade part-
Greek earth and water? ner?
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B. India 43. What word best describes the capacity for

C. Rome or the practice of recognizing and respect-
ing the beliefs or practices of others?
D. Egypt
A. hereditary
38. The Persians established a so it would B. dominance
be easier to collect taxes and do business C. nomadic
with each other.
D. tolerance
A. public market
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44. Which river was most important to classi-
B. single currency
cal China?
C. paper currency
A. Huang He River
D. stock market B. Tigris River
39. Who was the second Persian Emperor, suc- C. Indus River
ceeding his father Cyrus, after Cyrus’s D. Nile River
death in battle?
45. Darius the Great built that connected
A. Artaxerxes from Sardis to Susa.
B. Xerxes A. The super road
C. Darius B. The royal road
D. Cambyses C. The great road
40. Which culture ended during the Persian Em- D. none of above
pire’s rule? 46. Which Greek forces led the defence of Ther-
A. Hittite culture mopylae?
B. Babylonian culture A. Athens
C. Akkadian culture B. Macedonians
D. Kassite culture C. Thebans
D. Spartans
41. Persia was divided into how many
provinces? 47. How did the Persians build a strong em-
pire?
A. 40
A. by building public libraries
B. 80
B. by using a common currency
C. 20
C. by enslaving conquered people
D. 10
D. by supporting new technologies
42. What Mauryan emperor spread Buddhism 48. Who were the first to conquer the Sumeri-
beyond India? ans?
A. Siddhartha Gautama A. Akkadians
B. Confucius B. Babylonians
C. Lau Tzu C. Chaldeans
D. Asoka D. Hittites

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49. Who held his growing empire together by B. Light and dark
treating conquered people fairly? C. Fire and water

A. Cyrus D. Mortal and immortal
B. Darius I
55. Who fought each other in the Persian
C. Themistocles
Wars?
D. Xerxes
A. Athens and Sparta
50. Along what river did the Nubians settle? B. Greeks and Persians
A. Euphrates C. Troy and The Mionians
B. Jordan D. Sparta and Troy
C. Nile
56. What was the first Persian battle where
D. Indus Greeks defeated Persia?
51. What Persian building was made up of hun- A. Thermopylae
dreds of 20 meter high columns? B. Plataea
A. Hall of Mirrors C. Salamis
B. Hall of 100 Columns D. Marathon
C. Gate of all Nations
57. Who ruled Persia the longest?
D. The Parthenon
A. Artaxerxes II
52. Which issue led to the Peloponnesian B. Darius III
War?
C. Cyrus the Great
A. Competition for control of Greece
D. Artaxerxes I
B. Religious differences
C. A long standing trade dispute 58. What happened at the Battle of
Marathon?
D. Revenge for past military defeats
A. the Spartans defeated the Persians
53. What did Hammurabi’s Code allow his cit-
B. the Athenians defeated the Persians
izens to do?
C. the Spartans defeated the Athenians
A. Know the punishment for specific
crimes D. the Persians defeated the Greeks
B. Learn new skills and academic sub- 59. What does bureaucracy mean?
jects
A. big
C. Understand how the government en-
B. dresser
acts new laws
C. government
D. Predict seasonal weather and planting
schedules D. fancy
54. Which two opposing forces do Zoroastri- 60. A group of nations under one government
ans believe exist in the universe? or ruler is most often known as
A. Good and evil A. a theocracy

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B. a bureaucracy 66. Which did NOT happen after Persia lost?

C. a city-state A. The Persian people grew unhappy with
their government.
D. an empire
B. The Persian army was no longer
61. What did Alexander do to cities that re- strong enough to defend the entire em-
sisted being conquered? pire.
A. He recruited the people into his army C. Members of the royal family disagreed
about who should rule.
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B. He let the people go
D. Greece took control of Persia
C. He burned the city to the ground and
sold the people into slavery 67. Which event resulted in the exile of the
Jews?
D. His soldiers adopted the children of
A. Babylonian Conquest
the conquered people
B. Nubian Conquest
62. Which empire practiced Zoroastrianism? C. Phoenician Conquest
A. Egypt D. Greek Conquest
B. Persia 68. What role did Themistocles play during the
C. Phoenicia Greco-Persian Wars?
D. Nubia A. He led the Athenian navy at the Battle

of Salamis.
63. What are satraps? B. He recorded the story of the Greco-
Persian Wars.
A. Persian empires
C. He led the Persian invasion of the is-
B. Persian enemies land of Marathon.
C. Persian governors D. He defended a mountain pass against
D. Persian provinces the Persian army.
69. Which civilization was the first to use a
64. The type of government that best de-
writing system in which every symbol rep-
scribes the Persian Empire was that of:
resented a sound?
A. two kingdoms A. Egyptians
B. several satraps B. Phoenicians
C. independent city-states C. Persians
D. populated manors D. Hebrews
65. Who was the god of the Zoroastrians? 70. The Persians were defeated by who in 331
B.C.
A. Ahura Ahah
A. Julius Caesar
B. Ahura Honda B. Egypt
C. Ahura Mazda C. Greece
D. Ahura Toyota D. Alexander the Great

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71. Why did Xerxes cross the Hellespont? C. The Egyptians

A. to get into the Aegean Sea D. The Greeks

B. to go from Asia into Europe 77. What made Persians army so organized in
C. to take the Greeks by surprise attack?
D. to escape through the mountains A. Weapons
B. Calvary
72. Parthia was heavily influenced by which
culture? C. Provinces
A. Arab culture D. The Parthenon
B. Greek culture 78. Which of the following is a Perian innova-
C. Islamic culture tion?
D. Indonesian culture A. The earth is round
B. The number zero
73. Persians religion is called
C. Making porcelain
A. Catholicism
D. Royal Road
B. Christianity
C. Zoroastrianism 79. Persians believed in one god called
D. none of above A. Ahura Mazda

B. Jesus
74. How did people react to Cyrus the Great’s
treatment of them? C. Odin
A. They worshiped Persian gods D. none of above
B. They adopted Persian culture 80. Who was the last Sassanian king?
C. They appointed local rulers A. Ardashir |
D. They rarely revolted B. Hormizd |
C. Peroz ||
75. Zoroastrianism is considered a “dualistic”
faith this means. . . D. Yazdegerd |||
A. It believes in opposing sides such as 81. Which group established a library contain-
good and evil. ing legal, medical, religious, and literary
B. It believes in fighting and dueling as an text?
artform. A. Assyrians
C. Believes all people are bad and need B. Babylonians
strict laws to control.
C. Chaldeans
D. None of these are true.
D. Hittites
76. Who defeated King Darius at the Battle of 82. Which Persian king was considered to be a
Marathon? tyrant because he did not believe in letting
A. The Babylonians conquered people live freely?
B. The Assyrians A. Artaxerxes

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B. Xerxes 88. Why was Cyrus the Great so successful

and great?
C. Cyrus
A. Organized army and allowed people to
D. Darius
keep customs
83. The 300 died at what battle? B. Made them believe in Zoroastrianism
A. Palatea C. Gave everyone freedom of speech and
allowed votine
B. Marathon
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D. none of above
C. Thermopylae
89. What did the Persians do to travel from
D. Salamis
one end of the Empire to the other for food,
84. Among the countries/empires/city-states water, and fresh horses? 1600 mile road
below, which did not become a part of the A. Persian Road
Persian empire? B. Country Road
A. China C. Royal Road
B. Judah D. Silk Road
C. Mesopotamia
90. Hebrews
D. Syria A. Religious group held captive in Baby-
lon. Freed by Cyrus the Great.
85. Set of letters that can be combined to form
words B. Governors of provinces in the Persian
Empire
A. Surplus
C. Irrigation canals created by the Per-
B. Pictographs sians
C. Alphabet D. Architects of the famous Persian gar-
D. Polytheism dens
86. Persia twice tried to add to its empire. 91. What did both Cyrus and Darius have in
Both times they failed. common?
A. They had the same father.
A. Greece
B. They were both conquered by the
B. Egypt
Greeks
C. China C. They believed in basic human rights for
D. Mesopotamia people they conquered.
D. All of the above.
87. Spartan slaves who farmed the land in
Sparta were called 92. What was unique about the rule of the Per-
A. Helots sians under Cyrus the Great?
A. He forced all peoples to believe in his
B. Ephors
religion
C. Perioki
B. He allowed people to keep their local
D. Spartiates customs and religions

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C. He moved peoples to new lands so 98. A powerful empire east of Greece, now
they could not rebel as easy south western Iran.

D. All of the above A. Asia Minor
93. Which of the following rivers did the Per- B. Persia

sian Empire NOT include? C. Italy
A. Nile D. Macedonia
B. Euphrates
99. The Great Royal Road was an achievement
C. Huang He
of:
D. Indus
A. Persia
94. The public square where meetings took B. Rome
place in Greek city-states was called the
C. India
A. Agora
D. Egypt
B. Phalanx
C. Parthenon 100. What ruler conquered the Persian Em-
pire?
D. Assembly
A. Xerxes I
95. What modern day country was NOT apart
of the Persian Empire? B. Cyrus the Great
A. Afghanistan C. Darius I
B. Iran D. Artaxerxes II
C. Egypt 101. Why did the Greeks care about what hap-
D. Saudia Arabia pened to Ionia?
96. How did Darius further the communication A. Greece belonged to the Turkish king-
in Persia? dom of Ionia.
A. The telephone B. Greeks had established wealthy settle-

ment in Ionia.
B. Carrier Pigeons
C. Ionia was an island that had been con-
C. Created a postal service
quered by Greece.
D. The USPS
D. Ionia was a Greek city-state between
97. What was a consequence of the Pelopon- Athens and Sparta.
nesian War?
102. The title of the map below refers to an
A. Greece was now weak because of the accomplishment of which leader?
fighting
A. Hammurabi of Babylon
B. Trade stopped between city states
B. Alexander of Macedonia
C. Sparta and Greece made a peace
treaty C. Darius of Persia
D. Greece was now strong and powerful D. Moses of the Hebrews

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103. What did the Persians do when they 108. was Persia’s capital city built by Dar-
went to Athens? ius.
A. They celebrated victory A. Persepolis
B. They held a feast B. Babylon
C. They burned the city C. Ziggurat
D. They teamed up for a war D. Nineveh
109. Which religion believes in two opposing
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104. What ruler founded the city of Persepo-
forces in the universe?
lis?
A. Buddhism
A. Artaxerxes
B. Zoroastrianism
B. Xerxes
C. Confucianism
C. Darius
D. Judaism
D. Cyrus
110. What were the secret agents that
105. What was an effect of the Greco-Persian worked and spied for the King called?
Wars on the Persian Empire? A. The King’s hand
A. Persian rule was accepted in Ionia. B. The King’s eyes and ears
B. The Persian Empire began to decline. C. The King’s man
C. Control in Greece shifted to the Per- D. The King’s guard
sian Empire.
111. What group of people settled primarily
D. Median rule ended, and the Persian between the Jordan River and the Mediter-
Empire was unified. ranean Sea?
106. Who is considered to be the founder of Ju- A. Hebrews
daism and father of the Hebrew people? B. Nubians
A. Cyrus C. Persians
B. Moses D. Babylonians
C. Abraham 112. Under King Cyrus, in the 540s b.c., the
D. Alexander Persian Empire conquered the lands of Ana-
tolia, Syria, Canaan, and
107. The following information describes A. Athens
which battle of the Persian War:The final
battle of the Persian War where Athens B. Sparta.
easily beat the army of the Persians (on C. Crete
land). D. Mesopotamia
A. Thermopylae
113. What is another name for the First Per-
B. Salamis sian Empire?
C. Plataea A. The Achaemenid Empire
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C. The Assyrian Empire 119. What did Persia collected as a payment?

D. The Babylonian Empire A. Taxes

B. a tribute
114. what country invaded and ended the first
Persian Empire (the Achaemenid Empire) C. Tribune
A. Julius Caesar leading the Roman Em- D. goats
pire
120. What are satrapies?
B. Gaozu of Han leading the Chinese Em- A. Persian empires
pire
B. Persian enemies
C. Alexander the Great leading the
Greeks C. Persian governors
D. Persian provinces
D. Osman I leading the Ottoman Empire
121. Why was Persia angry at the Greek city
115. What is the capital of Persia?
states?
A. Persiana A. they helped the Ionian Greeks rebel
B. Persepolis against Persia
C. Penelope B. they helped stop trade with Persia
D. none of above C. they wouldn’t share their trieme boats
with them
116. How did the Persian Empire expand its D. they wouldn’t trade with Persia
territory?
A. by making friends 122. Which of the following best describes an
Imperial Bureaucracy?
B. by establishing colonies
A. The emperor has all the power with no
C. by paying others to join it help from anyone else
D. by conquering its neighbors B. King holds power, but many governors
do work to help
117. What famous philosopher was Alexan-
der‘s teacher as a child? C. Power is passed down from father to
son
A. Socrates
D. All people vote on important issues
B. Aristotle
123. The Persians conquered all of the follow-
C. Plato
ing areas except . . .
D. Euclid A. Israel
118. What writing system did the Phoenicians B. Babylonia
use? C. Egypt
A. Hieroglyphics D. Greece
B. Pictograms
124. Which of these correctly places the Kings
C. Cuneiform in chronological order?
D. Alphabet A. Darius I, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes I

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B. Cyrus the Great, Xerxes I, Alexander 130. What is a phalanx?

the Great
A. A Greek vase that holds perfume
C. Cyrus the Great, Darius I, Xerxes I
B. A military formation comprised of
D. none of above heavy infantry
125. Which of these factors most affected the C. A rare Greek flower given at weddings
outcome of the Battle of Salamis? for good luck
A. Persian use of a Greek spy. D. A special kind of armour, worn by kings
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B. Greek swords, spears, and armor. 131. What religion did the Persians follow,
C. Greek knowledge of local waterways. what god did they worship?
D. Persian bridge made by roping boats A. Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda
together.
B. Same as the Babylonians
126. What is the name of the name of the reli- C. Roman Bellona, Jupiter, Juno, Min-
gion based on the teachings of the Persian erva
prophet?
D. Greek Hestia, Hecate, Zeus,
A. Judaism Artemis, Hades
B. Zoroastrianism
132. What concept do Zoroastrians reject?
C. Christianity
A. priests
D. Zathurism
B. polytheism
127. Unit of soldiers who ride horses.
C. good and evil
A. Chariot
D. written teachings
B. Calvary
133. At the battle between Greeks and Per-
C. Surplus
sians at Thermopylae,
D. Architecture
A. the Spartans and Athenians defeated
128. Who commissioned the creation of the the Persians
Royal Road through Persia? B. the Persians won, although the Atheni-
A. Cyrus ans fought until the end
B. Darius I C. Spartans fought until the end, but the
C. Xerces Persians won
D. Darius III D. the Persians won the battle easily
129. Athenian Admiral who beat Xerxes at the 134. Who was the “great” founder of the Per-
Battle of Salamis. sian Empire?
A. King Darius A. Cyrus
B. Leonidas B. Darius I
C. Themistocles C. Xerces
D. Cyrus the Great D. Darius III

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135. What was the official language of the 141. In the 500s b.c., Persia
Persian Empire?
A. organized an army made up of slaves.

A. Aramaic
B. Hebrew B. built an empire about the size of the
C. Hindi continental United States.
D. Turkish C. organized city-states throughout its
land.
136. Pyramid-shaped temple tower built by
Sumerians which overlooked the city D. seized power from the Greeks and
ruled the Mediterranean area.
A. Ziggurat
B. Architecture 142. Which group won the Persian Wars?
C. Irrigation A. Nubians
D. Cavalry B. Hebrews
137. This was built by Darius I to help connect C. Greeks
the empire. D. Persians
A. Royal Road
B. Pax Romana 143. Who was the leader in Ancient Persia,
that allowed his people to keep their cus-
C. Via Appia toms and because of this, his people did
D. Highway 2 not rebel.
138. What physical feature made southern A. Cyrus the Great

Mesopotamia ideal for farming? B. Darius
A. safe harbors C. Cambyses
B. a flat plain between rivers D. Perseus
C. surrounding mountains
D. high plateau above rivers 144. Who fought in the Persian War?
A. Greece and Sparta
139. Who won the Persian War?
B. Greece and Athens
A. Persia
C. Greece and Persia
B. Greece
C. Both; they tied D. Greece and Macedonia
D. Neither 145. The Golden Age of Athens occurred under

the leadership of
140. Who was Cyrus the Great’s son?
A. Cambyses and Darius A. Alexander the Great
B. Darius and Rutgers B. Darius

C. Lee and Brice C. Pericles
D. Dan and Shay D. Socrates

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146. How were women treated in the Persian 151. What is the city that Cyrus the Great
Empire? took over once they rebelled against the
Medes?
A. They were considered fully equal to
men. A. Fertile Crescent
B. They were considered the same as en- B. Asia Minor
slaved persons. C. Babylon
C. They had a role in founding and leading D. Persia
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the government.
152. How did Athens and Sparta defeat the
D. They had more power and influence
Persian Empire in the Persian Wars?
than in other cultures.
A. by forcing the Persians to fight in
147. Who were appointed to help run the em- Greece
pire and acted as “The King’s Eyes and
B. by using advanced military methods
Ears? ”
and weapons
A. Judges
C. by allowing each city-state to defend
B. Inspectors itself against the Persians
C. Police officers D. by uniting and fighting on land and at
sea
D. Legislature
153. What was the Delian League?
148. One of the first documents (clay tablet)
to express the idea of Human Rights A. City states who traded with one an-
other
A. 12 Tables
B. City states who fought against one an-
B. Edicts of Ashoka other
C. Cyrus Cylinder C. City states who collected money for
D. The Analects Sparta
D. City states who collected money for a
149. what was the name of the ancient Per-
defense fund
sian religeon
A. Judaism 154. What advantage that Greece had over
the Persians?
B. Islam
A. more land
C. Zoroastrianism
B. more people
D. Buddhism
C. better strategy
150. After Alexander the Great’s death, how D. strong central leadership
many parts did his empire split into?
155. What did Persian King Darius I do?
A. 1
A. centralized the government by elim-
B. 2
inating separate governors in each
C. 3 province.
D. 4 B. sent the Zoroastrians into exile.

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C. established a citizen army to serve dur- C. in Africa and invaded North Africa
ing times of war. D. in Europe and invaded Spain

D. reorganized the Persian government
to make it more efficient. 161. Why was Phoenicia’s location so good?
A. On the Red Sea
156. Which group mastered ironworking first
to make the strongest weapons of the B. On the Mediterranean Sea
time? C. It was a beautiful city
A. Assyrians D. It was in an Urban area
B. Babylonians
162. Early written communication using pic-
C. Chaldeans ture symbols
D. Hittites A. Pictographs
157. Who were considered citizens in the B. Cuneiform
democracy of ancient Athens C. Alphabet
A. all men & women D. Fertile Crescent
B. all men born in Athens
163. Democracy was completely attained dur-
C. all men ing this leaders rule in Athens, all gov-
D. all men & women born in Athens. ernment offices were payable and all of-
fices were elected by lottery rather than
158. When the Persians tried to attack Athens by vote, so even the poorest citizens could
by landing at Marathon, how did Athens participate in the government
respond?
A. Solon
A. Athens beat Persia
B. Peisistratus
B. They went to Sparta for help
C. Cleisthenes
C. They got their navy to attack
D. Pericles
D. Athens did not fight back because the
Persians outnumbered them 164. Which statement best describes ancient
Persian society?
159. who was the first king/emperor of the
A. It rejected a caste system.
Persian Empire
B. It allowed the practice of slavery.
A. Xerxes II
B. Cyrus the Great C. It accepted many cultural practices.
C. Artaxerxes I D. It forced people to follow an official re-

ligion.
D. Darius III
165. Ancient Persia originated in what modern
160. In the 400s b.c., the Persians tried to ex- country?
pand
A. Iran
A. in Europe and began by invading
Greece B. Iraq
B. in the east and invaded what is now C. Egypt

Afghanistan D. Greece

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166. What was the name of the road system C. Italy

that connected the Persian Empire? D. Spain
A. The Wide Road
172. Which is NOT a contribution of the Per-
B. The Persian Road sian Empire?
C. The Great Road A. System of government
D. The Royal Road B. Zoroastrianism
C. Royal Road
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167. What body of water does the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers flow into? D. System of aqueducts
A. Caspian Sea 173. Spartan society was notable for
B. Mediterranean Sea A. a higher standard of living than most
Greek city-states
C. Persian Gulf
B. an emphasis on military and athletic
D. Red Sea
ability
168. What was the religion that was practiced C. great intellectual and artistic accom-
by Persians? plishment
A. Christianity D. being the birthplace of democracy
B. Judaism 174. Why did the Persians begin the war
C. Islam against the Greeks?
D. Zoroastrianism A. They were upset that the Greek City
States supported the Ionian revolt against
169. Who led his war ships towards Athens to them.
seek revenge? B. They wanted to conquer the Greek ter-
A. Cyrus the Great ritory.
B. Xerxes C. They thought the Greeks were weak
due to the independent city states.
C. Pericles
D. none of above
D. Cambyses
175. Who expanded the Persian Empire with
170. Which Persian leader built Persepolis? his strong army?
A. Cyrus the Great A. Darius I
B. Darius I B. Xerxes
C. Xerxes I C. Themistocles
D. Mr. Debatez D. Cyrus
171. Aside from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Ju- 176. Judaism was a religion practiced by
dah, which of the following countries did which group?
Persia took over when it expanded its em- A. Hebrews
pire? B. Nubians
A. Egypt C. Persians
B. France D. Phoenicians

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177. Alexander created and named many 182. Who ended the Babylonian Exile of the
cities. What was his favorite name for a Jews?
city?

A. Cyrus
A. Alexandria B. Hammurabi
B. Cairo C. Abraham
C. Athens D. Moses
D. Sparta 183. Which leader is often seen as the father
178. The following information describes of three different monotheistic faiths?
which of the Persian Wars:Greeks led Per- A. Zoroaster
sians into a narrow strait of water and B. Abraham
then easily sank many Persian ships (be-
C. Cyrus
cause of their large size) causing the Per-
sians to retreat. D. Alexander
A. Thermopylae 184. The geography of Greece made the city-
B. Salamis states
C. Plataea A. fiercely loyal

B. mountains and sea
D. Marathon
C. good neighbors
179. This rulers goal in life was to seek re-
D. fiercely independent
venge against the Athenians.
A. Satrap 185. Who was the king who reorganized the
Persian government from 522 to 486 BC
B. Darius to make it more efficient?
C. Themistocles A. Darius I
D. Xerxes B. Darius II
180. The Persians allowed all of the following C. Darius III
EXCEPT D. Darius IV
A. Freedom of speech 186. What was one reason Persia attacked
B. Freedom of Religion Greece?
C. No Slavery A. Persia wanted revenge.
D. Let defeated Kings stay in power (King B. Persia wanted farmland.
of Kings) C. Persia wanted Greek culture.
181. How did the Persians control the em- D. Persia wanted better schools.
pire? 187. Zoroastrians believe in
A. Divided it into provinces A. 1 God
B. Created new law B. 3 Gods
C. instituted a democracy C. Many Gods
D. created a republic D. No Gods

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188. Which Persian King added Egypt to the 194. The Persian Empire was able to conquer
Persian Empire? (He wasn’t nice to the all of these areas EXCEPT
Egyptians and didn’t like their religion)
A. Babylonian Empire
A. Cyrus the Great
B. Egypt
B. Cambyses
C. Xerxes C. Indus River Valley
D. Darius the Great D. Greece
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189. The other spirit in Zoroastrianism is An- 195. Who defeated the Greeks at Thermopy-
gra Mainyu, what does it mean? lae?
A. Destructive Spirit
A. Darius I
B. Happy Spirit
B. Leonidas
C. Ugly Spirit
C. Xerxes
D. baby Spirit
D. Cyrus
190. How did Parthia win in the Battle of Car-
rhae?
196. King led the 300 spartan soldiers to
A. Calvary fight against Xerxes.
B. Strategy
A. Darius
C. Formation
B. Phillip
D. Hoplites
C. Pericles
191. The 300 Spartans died at what battle?
D. Leonidas
A. Palatea
B. Marathon 197. What Persian king is famous for his vic-
C. Thermopylae tory against the Spartans at the Battle of
Thermopylae but ultimately failed in invad-
D. Salamis
ing Greece in 480 BCE?
192. Who united the Medes and the Persians
A. Artaxerxes
making one big empire?
A. Cambyses B. Xerxes
B. Cyrus the Great C. Darius

C. Darius D. Cambyses
D. Zoroaster
198. A naval battle where the Greeks de-
193. What is the moral and religious law code feated the Persians.
of the Hebrews?
A. Marathon
A. Code of Draco
B. Salamis
B. Code of Hammurabi
C. Four Noble Truths C. Plataea
D. Ten Commandments D. Thermopylae

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199. which king led the Persian Empire against B. Barathion the Great
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans in the bat- C. Cyrus the Great
tle of Thermopylae

D. Darius the Great
A. Darius III
B. Leonidas 205. How did the Sassanian empire win The
Byzantine-Sassanid War?
C. Xerxes II
D. Xerxes I A. Emperor Maurice helped the Sassa-
nian empire
200. Pericles significantly influenced which B. They were more advanced
form of government in Athens?
C. They proposed a peace treaty then be-
A. Democracy trayed the Byzantine empire
B. Monarchy
D. They snuck up on the Byzantine empire
C. Oligarchy
206. What was another name for the ancient
D. Aristocracy
Persian Empire?
201. How did Darius move the Persian Econ- A. First Babylonian Empire
omy from a barter system to a money
economy? B. Achaemenid Empire
A. He did it by force C. Archery Empire
B. Encouraged the use of coins D. Darius

C. There were no coins. 207. What is another name for the Persian Em-
D. He took crops and in return gave them pire?
coins to use. A. The Akkadian Empire
202. Having more of something than you need B. The Assyrian Empire
A. Ziggurat C. The Babylonian Empire
B. Cavalry D. The Achaemenid Empire
C. Rural
208. Which Persian leader divided the empire
D. Surplus into 20 provinces and appointed satraps?
203. Hellenistic culture was a blend of all of A. Cyrus the Great
the following EXCEPT B. Darius I
A. Chinese C. Xerxes I
B. Persian D. A wicked cool box of Cheez-Its
C. Egyptian
209. Persia was located on what continent
D. Greek
A. Africa
204. In the 500s BC, who was the king who
B. Iran
built a strong Persian army that led to the
creation of the Persian empire? C. Asia
A. Alexander the Great D. Europe

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210. During the Persian War a Spartan force of C. pay taxes to the capital
300 held off the Persian army for 2 days
D. leave the capital city
at a place called
A. Marathon 216. Which civilization was known for allow-
B. Salamis ing conquered peoples to keep their own
religious and cultural practices?
C. Thermopylae
A. Assyrians
D. Ionia
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B. Persians
211. What lasted nine years after the Greek
cities rebelled and Darius invaded Greece C. Hebrews
A. The Battle of Chariot Town D. Babylonians

B. Bunker Hill 217. Which religion teaches that there are two
C. The Athenian Battle gods:a god of good and a god of evil?
D. The Persian Wars A. Christianity
212. Who developed new navigation tech- B. Hinduism
niques so ships could cross the sea C. Zoroastrianism
safely?
D. Judaism
A. The Persians
B. The Phoenicians 218. Which battle(s) did Persia win? Check all
C. The Iroquois that apply.
D. The Early Americans A. Battle of Marathon

B. Battle of Thermopylae
213. A marathon is a foot race that covers
miles. C. Battle of Salamis
A. 10 D. Battle of Plataea
B. 26
219. What military leader conquered the Per-
C. 150 sian Empire?
D. 18 A. Abraham
214. Which Persian King freed the Jews from B. Alexander
their slavery in the city of Babylon?
C. Hammurabi
A. King Xerxes
D. Zoroaster
B. King Cyrus the Great
C. King Darius the Great 220. What was the main reason the Greeks
lost at Thermopylae?
D. none of above
A. The were outnumbered
215. Cyrus as a leader refused to which
was very rare in the ancient world. B. They were out trained
A. make his conquered enemies slaves C. They were out of position
B. kill any enemies in war D. They were betrayed

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221. Who won the Battle of Marathon? D. Sparta and Athens both wanted to de-
A. Persia because they had more soldiers feat Persia.

226. What did the Greeks do at Marathon
B. Athens because they caught the Per-
A. Weaken their middle
sians when they weren’t ready
C. Athens because of their strong Navy B. Counterattack from the Sea
D. Persia because then outnumbered the C. Ran to flank the Persians from behind
Athenians D. Win with a storm of arrows
222. When Darius sent cavalry across the sea 227. What was a result of the Battle of Ther-
by boat, what must have been in the mopylae?
boats?
A. The Persians burned down Athens.
A. horses
B. The Persians retreated from Greece.
B. cannons
C. The Greeks destroyed the Persian
C. heavy armor navy.
D. woodenrams
D. The Greeks fought a war against
223. What was the main religion of the Per- Sparta.
sian Empire?
228. What league did Athens and the other
A. Hinduism city-states form to protect Greece from
B. Zoroastrianism Persia?
C. Judaism A. Peloponnesian
D. Buddhism B. Delian
224. How was the rule of Cambyses different C. Justice
from that of Cyrus? D. Attica
A. Cambyses was a better politician and
governor than Cyrus 229. Why were Persian Kings effective lead-
ers?
B. Cambyses was a better military leader
than Cyrus A. They were great generals
C. Cambyses was less tolerant and re- B. They showed concern for justice
spectful than Cyrus C. They allowed conquered people to
D. Cambyses was more faithful to Ahura keep their laws and religion
Mazda than Cyrus D. All of the above
225. Why did the first Persian War start? 230. Athens and Sparta were allies (fought on
A. Persia wanted to punish Athens for in- the same side) in the
terfering in the Ionian Revolt.
A. Trojan War
B. Sparta and Athens were competing to
B. Persian War
be the best city-state .
C. Persia wanted revenge for their de- C. Peloponnesian War
feat at Marathon. D. Punic War

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231. The Greek city-state of is known for 237. What did Darius build to unite the empire
their powerful army. for easier travel?
A. Sparta A. Horse Stations
B. Athens
B. Wagons
C. Troy
C. Roads
D. Mycenae
D. Boats
232. Who slowly gained control of the Sas-
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sanid Empire? 238. The Spartan leader who led the Greek
A. Arabs army at Thermopylae was
B. Romans A. Lycurgus
C. Mesopotamians B. Themistocles
D. Greeks
C. Leonidas
233. conquered the Persians.
D. Pheidippides
A. Martin Vizcarra
B. Gilgamesh 239. All of the following were Persian Empires
EXCEPT
C. Hammurabi
D. Alexander the Great A. Achaemenid
234. What land did the Persian Empire span B. Sassanian

across? C. Babylonian
A. Europe
D. Parthian
B. NW Africa
C. SW Asia 240. Politically, Persian rulers were able to
maintain control of their huge empire by:
D. Mediterranean Sea
A. emphasizing a code of politeness and
235. Sparta’s most glorious defeat took place
manners
at the battle of
A. Marathon B. simple life and inner peace
B. Thermopylae C. imperial bureaucracy

C. Salamis D. ancestor worship
D. Plataea
241. At this battle it proved that working to-
236. Which group is the highest ranked in gether the Greek city-states could save
Sumerian society according to their social their homeland.
hierarchy?
A. Plataea
A. Criminals and slaves
B. Marathon
B. Farmers and artisans
C. Kings and priests C. Salamis
D. Land owners and lawmakers D. Thermopylae

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242. This Persian king led the 2nd invasion of 247. Which combination of cultures
Greece to avenge his fathers defeat. and writing styles is correctly
matched? I. Sumerians/Cuneiform

A. Hippias
II. Phoenicians/Pictograms III. Egyp-
B. Xerxes tians/Hieroglyphics IV. Persians/Alphabet
C. Cliesthenes
D. Leonidas A. I and III only
B. III only
243. Alexander blended Greek culture with
C. I, II, III, and IV
Persian (Eastern) culture to create a new
culture known as D. II and IV only
A. Archaic Hellenistic 248. Which civilization charted the positions of
B. Hellenistic the stars and used geometry?
C. the Golden Age A. Assyrians
D. Stoicism B. Babylonians
C. Chaldeans
244. As life around them changed, the religion
of the ancient Hebrews stressed the impor- D. Hittites
tance of following which daily principles?
249. Where did the Phoenicians get their pur-
A. the honoring of many gods ple dye?
B. following their religious and ethical A. Snail
laws
B. Turtle
C. preparing for life after death
C. Plant
D. following the teachings of Zoroaster
D. Package
245. Cyrus’ policy of led to the success of 250. Sailors safely arrived at ports because
the empire as they conquered other king- they learned to track the location of the
doms. star named what?
A. Tolerance A. Polaris
B. Taxation B. Yamaha
C. Enslavement C. Ski Doo
D. Intolerance D. Arctic Cat
246. The Satraps, who ruled Persian provinces 251. Which of the following groups was
could best be described as monotheistic?
A. Kings of city-states A. Egyptians
B. High priests of the temples B. Phoenicians
C. Part of the middle class C. Nubians
D. Members of the imperial bureaucracy D. Hebrews

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252. Persia tried to expand into Europe and 257. Persia’s Royal Road was built in order
took control of some Greek colonies in the to:
Mediterranean area. This led to war be- A. encourage tourism
tween
B. discourage far-flung trading networks
A. Persia and Egypt
B. Persia and Europe C. conquer additional territory
C. Athens vs Sparta D. build communication between
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satrapies and increase trade
D. Persia and Athens
258. Who was the “great” founder of the
253. About how long was the Royal Road built Achaemenid Persian Empire?
by King Darius?
A. Cyrus
A. 5 miles
B. Darius I
B. 100 miles C. Xerces
C. 700 miles D. Darius III
D. 1700 miles
259. Which continent did the Persian Empire
NOT touch?
254. Who led the Hebrews out of slavery and
gave them a set a laws? A. Europe
A. Hammurabi B. Asia
B. Moses C. Africa
D. North America
C. Alexander
D. Cyrus 260. The first human rights declaration was
the
255. What did the Persians consider as the A. Cyrus Cylinder
“most important” route in the empire be-
B. Declaration of Independence
cause it provided them food, water, and
fresh horses? C. Magna Carta
A. Awkward Road D. The Odyssey
B. Country Road 261. Which event best replaces the ‘’? ” in

the diagram below?
C. Royal Road
A. Xerxes invades the Greek peninsula
D. Silk Road
B. Cyrus conqueres the city of Babylon
256. What major body of water was on the C. Piankhe becomes a Nubian pharoah
western border of the Persian Empire?
D. Moses receives laws on Mount Sinai
A. Arabian Sea
262. Which Persian leader invaded Greece and
B. Caspian Sea was defeated at Salamis?
C. Mediterranean Sea A. Cyrus the Great
D. Aral Sea B. Darius I

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C. Xerxes I C. states and counties

D. Blue eyes white dragon D. provinces called satrapies

263. What did the Royal Road help improve in 269. What was developed to help maintain or-
the Persian Empire? der within the empire?
A. Transportation A. Imperial bureaucracy
B. Communication B. Road system
C. Trade C. Social classes
D. All of the above D. Maps
264. What does Ahura Mazda mean (Zoroas- 270. had engineers build a massive stone
trianism)? highway that stretched from India to
North Africa.
A. Wise Fool
A. Darius the Great
B. Almighty Lord
B. Xerxes the Great
C. Wise Lord
C. Cyrus the Great
D. Beautiful Lord
D. none of above
265. Who took over Parthia?
271. What type of religion is Zoroastrianism?
A. Mesopotamia
A. Monotheistic (belief in one god)
B. Tyre
B. Polytheistic (belief in many gods)
C. Rome
C. Belief in the legendary Zoro
D. Sparta
D. Belief in Jesus Christ
266. Why was the Battle of Plataea impor-
tant? 272. Which is NOT true about King Cyrus?
A. It let Greece rule Persia. A. built a strong Persian army
B. It caused Persia to attack. B. held his growing empire together by

treating conquered peoples fairly
C. It ended the Persian wars.
C. he forced them all to be monotheistic
D. It destroyed the Persian navy.
D. he began creating an empire that be-
267. What land did King Cyrus conquer in the came the largest in the ancient world
540s B.C.?
273. Satraps
A. Athens
A. Governors of provinces in the Persian
B. Crete Empire
C. Mesopotamia B. Military generals in Alexander the
D. Sparta Great’s army
C. Irrigation canals created by the Per-
268. The Persian Empire was divided into sians
A. city-states and provinces D. The first human rights declaration writ-
B. provinces and districts ten by Cyrus the Great

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274. Who is known as the “King who lost an 279. What was the capital city of the Persian
Empire”? Empire?
A. Cyrus A. Persopolis
B. Darius I B. Athens
C. Xerces C. Babylonia
D. Darius III D. Nineveh

280. Persian Water system
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275. Who reorganized the Persian govern-
ment to make it more efficient? A. aqueducts
A. Xerxes B. Step wells

C. Qanats
B. Cyrus
D. Water wheels
C. Darius I
D. Leonidas 281. Who were the governors that collected
taxes for Darius?
276. All of the following are true statements A. Satraps
about the Persian War, except. B. Cavalry
A. In 480 B.C the Persians invaded C. Charioters
Greece for a second time
D. Musketeers
B. The Athenians sunk the Persian navy
282. The majority of Greece is
C. The Spartans won a glorious victory at
Thermopylae A. Mountains
D. The Athenians were victorious at the B. Desert

battle of Salamis C. Farmland
D. Ice
277. A governor in Persian Empire was called
283. What brought Sparta and Athens to-
A. president gether as allies?
A. A king united them.
B. king
B. They needed to borrow supplies from
C. satrap each other.
D. none of above C. The Persian captured them both.
278. Before Xerxes I invaded Greece, what D. Sparta and Athens formed an alliance
did he first need to do? to fight off Persian invasions.
A. put down a revolt of Ionian Greeks 284. controlled and dominated the Pelo-
ponnesian League
B. defeat revolts in Babylon and Egypt
A. Athens
C. support Sparta in the Peloponnesian
Wars B. Sparta
D. build the Royal Road so his army could C. Ionia
reach Greece D. Troy

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285. Persian Empire is nowadays in 291. Which regions did the Romans take from
A. Iran the Parthians?

B. Iraq A. Bactra, Dara, and Merv
B. Persepolis, Eobatana, and Arbela
C. Kuwait
C. Armenia, Albania, and Gordyene
D. none of above
D. Atropantene, Nisa, and Susa
286. This great man united the Persians into a
powerful kingdom under his rule. 292. Spartan boys began training for the army
at age
A. Cyrus the Great
A. 7
B. Xerxes the Great
B. 21
C. Themostocles the Great
C. 18
D. Batanian the Great
D. 13
287. What were the boundaries of the Persian
Empire 293. This King of Persia decided to attack
Greece in 490 BCE because of his anger
A. Indus River and Southeastern Europe for the role Athens, among others, played
B. Tigris River and The Fertile Crescent in the Ionian Revolt.
C. Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf A. Xerxes
D. Mediterranean Sea to India B. Darius
C. Cyrus
288. Which Persian leader built roads across
the empire, including the Royal Road? D. Croesus
A. Cyrus the Great 294. The type of government the Spartans
B. Darius I practiced was
C. Xerxes I A. Democracy
D. Son Goku B. Monarchy

C. Oligarchy
289. What was the name of the Persian ruler
of each province or state? D. Tyranny
A. King 295. These two sides fought each other in the

Persian Wars
B. Governor
A. Persians vs Mongols
C. Satrap
B. Greeks vs Persians
D. Lord
C. Athenians vs Spartans
290. The Persian Empire began in present-day
D. Minoans vs Mycenaeans
A. Iran
296. What was a Greek soldier called and
B. Italy what was the name of the formation that
C. Russia he often fought in?
D. North Africa A. Hoplite, phalanx

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B. Hoplite, trireme 302. What religion did the Persians follow?

C. Spartan, greaves A. Same as the Sumerians
D. Cuirass, hoplite B. Zoroastrianism
C. Judaism
297. What is a cavalry?
D. Greek Mythology
A. A Fancy Chariot
B. A bad infection in your teeth 303. One of the spirits from Ahura Mazda was
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“Spenta Mainyu” what does the name
C. A unit of soldiers that ride horses
mean?
D. A copper weapon
A. Ugly Spirit
298. Aristotle was a B. Beautiful Spirit
A. philosopher C. Bountiful Spirit
B. physician/doctor D. Mad Spirit
C. loafer
304. Which statement best describes an Impe-
D. soldier rial Bureaucracy?
A. The king is chosen based on the votes
299. All of the following are examples of the
of citizens.
Persian EmpireEXCEPT! Looking for what
is NOT Persian Empire B. The emperor has royal governors or
ministers to help him rule the empire by
A. Tolerance of conquered peoples
being his eyes and ears.
B. Extensive road system
C. The government is controlled by differ-
C. Imperial bureaucracy ent city-states.
D. Islam D. none of above
300. The Persian Empire was significant in that 305. Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?
it
A. Greece
A. was the first to create laws
B. Athens
B. create the first phonetic alphabet
C. Sparta
C. created and managed the largest em-
D. Persia
pire of its time
D. became the foundation of Western Civ- 306. Which civilization is known for ship-
ilization building, trading purple dye, and creat-
ing colonies all around the Mediterranean
301. The worship of many gods Sea?
A. Monotheism A. Hebrews
B. Polytheism B. Persians
C. Ziggurat C. Phoenicians
D. Hammurabi’s Code D. Nubians

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307. Zoroastrianism is 313. In the 600s BC, who introduced a new

A. The belief of many Gods religion to the Persians?

B. The belief in different religions A. Alexander
C. The belief of Persian ancestors B. Odoacer
D. The belief in monotheism and their C. Tantrumer
supreme god, Ahura Mazda D. Zoroaster
308. What was the name given by Herodotus
to an elite heavily-armed infantry unit of 314. An area settled by people of another
10, 000 soldiers in the Persian army? country for the purpose of sending re-
sources back to the home country, could
A. Invincibles best be describes as a
B. Spartans A. satrap
C. Titans
B. city-state
D. Immortals
C. colony
309. Who founded the Persian Empire? D. bureaucracy
A. Artaxerxes
B. Darius I 315. David believes that there is only one god.
What term describes this type of religion?
C. Cyrus II
A. Polytheism
D. Bardiya
B. Monotheism
310. What did the Phoenicians use to commu-
nicate complex ideas in writing? C. Theocracy
A. Alphabet D. Monarchy
B. Cuneiform 316. After the Persians burned Athens to the
C. Pictographs ground, how did the Athenians continue to
D. A stylus fight?
A. They used their navy.
311. Who wrote History of the Persian
Wars? B. They agreed to surrender.
A. Xerxes C. They attacked several islands.
B. Herodotus D. They hid out in the mountains.
C. Themistocles
317. What was the outcome of the Ionian Re-
D. Cyrus volt?
312. Moses is most closely associated with A. The Ionians won their freedom.
which of the following?
B. The Ionians became part of Greece.
A. Ten Commandments
C. The Persians were defeated by
B. Babylonian Exile Greece.
C. Code of Hammurabi D. The Persian army punished the Ioni-
D. Persian Wars ans.

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318. What is significant about the Avesta? D. Ramses the Great

A. It is the set of Zoroaster’s recorded 322. What did the satraps do?
teachings.
A. They were Persian leaders
B. It was a set of laws for the Persian Em-
pire. B. They went around giving out presents
C. It was a type of currency in the Persian C. They acted like governors and col-
Empire. lected taxes
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D. It is the title of a book of history by D. They collected taxes independently
Herodotus. 323. Which civilization’s culture could best be
319. How was Cyrus the Great’s leader- described as a mixture of Mesopotamian
ship different from other Mesopotamian culture and Central Asian culture?
rulers? A. Egyptian culture
A. He let his enemies live. B. Phoenician culture
B. He lied to his people. C. Hebrew culture
C. He relocated his enemies. D. Persian culture
D. He made his enemies governors. 324. Where was the Persian Empire located
320. What did Xerxes do after defeating the during the 500s BC?
Spartans at Thermopylae? A. East Asia
A. marched to Athens and built ships B. Central Asia
B. marched to Athens and threw a party C. Southeast Asia
C. marched to Athens and set up camp D. Southwest Asia
D. marched to Athens and burned it down 325. To defeat the Persians at Marathon, the
321. Which ruler is credited with the founding Greeks made use of
of the Persian Empire? A. a strong navy
A. Cyrus the Great B. a narrow valley
B. Alexander the Great C. bows and arrows
C. Darius I D. long-distance runners.
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1. Travel and trade in Phoenicia was done by tain organization of their vast trading net-
work?
A. sailing
B. walking A. By creating fast moving vessels
C. riding horses B. By setting the price of goods just right
D. none of above
C. By using a common alphabet to ease
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D. By making strict trading laws 8. The Phoenicians soon became known for
their construction of ships and built two
3. The “ Star” was known as the “Phoeni- types of ships called and .

cian Star”.
A. cruise liners and war ships
A. Sea B. sailing boats and trade ships
B. Orion C. tankers and speed boats
C. North D. war ships and trade ships
D. Bright 9. Most sacred place in a Phoenician temple
was the
4. Business practices of the Phoenicians are
A. Lobby
A. contracts and signatures
B. Holy of the Holies
B. bills and rocks
C. Entrance hall
C. contracts and bill of sale D. Main hall
D. none of above
10. You pay that student a quarter for a
5. was valuable in trade because it was cookie.
used to build palaces and temples through- A. bartering
out the world. B. money economy
A. Brick C. colony
B. Bronze D. none of above
C. Cedar 11. Phoenicians used and to make
D. none of above shields, bowls and furniture.
A. copper and bronze
6. The term ‘exodus’ refers to what?
B. silver and gold
A. the Hebrews’ escape from Egypt led by
C. cedar and metal
Moses
D. none of above
B. the time the Hebrews spent in Babylo-
nia 12. A colonialist is someone who .
C. A meeting to study Jewish religious A. controls his own country
writing B. controls his own town
D. none of above C. controls his own sea
D. controls other areas outside of his own
7. What did the Lydians create that still ex-
country
ists today?
A. Coins 13. The Phoenicians’ land was not very fertile
so they decided to to find more fertile
B. Canoes land.
C. Literature A. take to the seas
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C. move close to a river 19. What did Minoans produce for export in
D. enrich the soil their dry, rocky environment?
A. figs, cheese, and nuts
14. How was the Phoenician government set
B. grain, wood, and copper
up?
C. olives, grapes, and sheep
A. As City-States
D. purple dye, glass, and papyrus
B. As an Empire
20. Phoenicians were , worshipping many
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C. As a Democracy
gods.
D. As a Kingdom
A. polytheistic
15. Throughout Red Sea, down east Africa B. monotheistic
coast, across Arabian Sea to India, and C. catholic
back
D. none of above
A. Locations of Phoenician voyages
21. What is a holy agreement?
B. Colonies of Phoenicia
A. covenant
C. Regular trade routes
B. descendant
D. Spread of Phoenician religion
C. holy of holies
16. Phoenician city that was the center of D. none of above
bookmarking?
22. The geography of Phoenicia was bad for
A. Isin
farming, but they had resources to make
B. Shuruppak beautiful
C. Akkad A. jewlery
D. Byblos B. purple cloth
C. gardens
17. Cyrus the Great treated the conquered
people well. He did not require them to D. none of above
change their
23. Phoenicia is located in what present-day
A. religion or culture country?
B. hair color A. Mexico
C. shoe sizes B. Lebanon
D. none of above C. Egypt
D. Sumer
18. What did the Phoenicians introduce?
24. The Phoenicians spread many stories of
A. They introduced the alphabet
sea monsters to discourage which peo-
B. They introduced the Olympic Games ple from competing with them along their
C. They introduced literature and theatre trade routes?
A. Assyrians
D. none of above B. Greeks

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C. Egyptians C. drawing
D. Babylonians D. none of above

25. Which did the Phoenicians invent? 31. What were the Phoenicians most impor-
A. Glassblowing tant tools for finding their way on trade
voyages?
B. Paper Making
A. compasses
C. Papyrus
B. maps from earlier explorers
D. none of above
C. landmarks and stars
26. Hebrew King best known for his music and D. windsocks
poetry (Psalms)
A. Abraham 32. Where was the center of activity in a
Phoenician city-state?
B. David
A. ziggurat
C. Solomon
B. center, inside the walls
D. Moses
C. port
27. Which civilization wrote in a different type D. temple
of Cuneiform?
A. Hebrews 33. who got to use it
B. Hittites A. Poor people
C. Phoenicians B. rich people and there kids
D. Assyrians C. a person that owns nothing

D. a fighter
28. The Phoenicians developed a new
based off the sound of language. 34. What did Phoenicians keep on their ships
A. alphabet to trade and keep rats under control?
B. ear piece A. dogs
C. song B. cats
D. none of above C. birds

D. pigs
29. They controlled a long strip of land that
extended along sea 35. these are areas ruled by a distant country
A. Atlantic A. colonies
B. Arabian B. islands
C. Mediterranean C. countries
D. Arabian Peninsula D. none of above
30. this is the art of steering a ship from place 36. the color of liquid squeezed from a snail to
to place use for dying cloth
A. mathmatics A. Purple
B. navigation B. Blue

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C. Red 42. Phoenicia was mostly located in an area

that is now the modern day country of
D. Green
A. Lebanon.
37. Which is a chief city of Phoenicia? B. Turkey.
A. Memphis C. Egypt.
B. Babylon D. Iraq.
C. Tyre
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43. The most famous city created by the
D. Ur Phoenicians was
A. Rome
38. Which is true about the Phoenician alpha-
B. Carthage
bet?
C. Jerusalem
A. It was a 22 letter alphabet
D. New York
B. It consists of letters and not hiero-
glyphic symbols 44. What does the name Moses mean?
C. It was the first alphabet A. prince
D. All of the above B. drawn out

C. brother
39. type of tree used for building Phoenician D. precious one
ships
A. Maple 45. What tree did the Phoenicians use to build
their boats?
B. Cedar
A. birch
C. Oak B. pine
D. Pine C. oak
40. What is now extinct due to the Phoeni- D. cedar

cians’ over use? 46. The Phoenicians invented and were the
A. nomad first to mass produce and export glass.
B. murex A. glass-blowing
B. fishing
C. colony
C. ships
D. none of above
D. libraries
41. According to the Bible, what did Moses re-
47. Through , the phoenicians spread their
ceive at the top of Mt. Sinai?
alphabets to Europe and Africa.
A. Food for his people A. buying
B. The Ten Commandments B. selling
C. A tool to help in C. sailing
D. None of these D. trading

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48. The Phoenicians relied on the to 54. Who settled along the Mediterranean
navigate their ships at night. coast and traded purple dye?

A. Mediterranean Sea A. Nubians
B. North Star B. Phoenicians
C. Light House C. Egyptians
D. Moon D. Hebrews
49. What did Phoenician trading posts turn 55. a writing system using symbols that stand
into? for different sounds in speech
A. Estates A. Carthage
B. Colonies B. pictographs
C. Plantations C. alphabet
D. Islands D. none of above
50. First Hebrew King 56. How did Phoenicians location help?
A. Saul A. it became a center for tourism
B. Abraham B. it became a center for commerce

C. it became a center for religion
C. David
D. it became a center for education
D. Solomon
57. Who destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem
51. For what color are the Phoenicians fa-
then exiled the Jews to Babylon?
mous?
A. Ashurbanipal
A. green
B. Hammurabi
B. blue
C. Nebuchadnezzar
C. purple
D. Nabopolassar
D. red
58. What did the Phoenicians use the cedar
52. What is the Jewish claim to the land of Is- trees for?
rael?
A. To build cabins
A. United States gave it to us
B. To build houses
B. we lived here the longest
C. To make fires
C. God promised it to us
D. To build ships
D. none of above
59. form of communication created by the
53. Who invented the Olympic Games? Phoenicians
A. Greeks A. Hieroglyphics
B. Phoenicians B. Cuneiform
C. Carthaginians C. Alphabet
D. none of above D. Sanskrit

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60. the structure of government, including the 66. What city was originally a Phoenician
large group of people who work to help it colony?
function A. Rome
A. bureaucracy B. Athens
B. empire C. Carthage
C. monarchy D. Sumer
D. tribute
67. The fact that the Phoenicians were great
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61. The Phoenician writing system used sailors was because they used what to
help them find their location and direc-
A. eight major symbols
tion?
B. 22 symbols
A. computer
C. 22 words
B. magnifying glass
D. none of above C. compass
62. Phoenicia was located D. stars
A. on the island of Crete, in the Mediter- 68. Which people were a great sea power?
ranean.
A. Phoenicians
B. between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.
B. Mediterraneans
C. Assyrians
C. close to the Persian Gulf.
D. Sumerians
D. on the west coast of the Fertile Cres-
cent. 69. Which describes Phoenician traders?
63. The Phoenicians location A. They traveled great distances over
land.
A. Asia
B. They traveled great distances by sea.
B. Europe
C. They mostly traded within the Greek is-
C. Africa lands.
D. Australia D. They mostly traded with Asia Minor.
64. What is a sacred chamber? 70. What was the purple dye used for?
A. covenant A. make-up
B. treaty B. food coloring
C. holy of holies C. painting
D. none of above D. dying clothing
65. Kush is the same as 71. How did the Phoenicians travel most?
A. Nubia A. By Horses
B. Phoenicia B. By Boat
C. Egypt C. By Elephants
D. Romania D. By Caravans

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72. The Phoenicians dominated trade 78. They depended on sailing for
across the Mediterranean. A. war

A. land B. playing
B. all C. trading
C. sea D. journeys
D. air
79. The city of is considered holy to Jews,
73. What was the name of the “Promised Christians, and Muslims.
Land? ” A. Tyre
A. Egypt B. Babylon
B. Phoenician C. Carthage
C. Canaan D. Jerusalem
D. Red Sea
80. They came to the Peninsula looking for
74. According to the Bible, how did the He- minerals (like gold and silver)
brews escape to the Sinai Desert from A. Phoenicians
Egypt?
B. Greeks
A. The people walked on water.
C. Carthagianians
B. The fought a bloody war and won.
D. none of above
C. The planned a sneak escape.
D. God parted the Red Sea. 81. Why do the Hebrews leave Canaan and
move to Egypt?
75. money or goods given to a ruler in order A. bad weather
to pay respect or to ensure protection
B. war
A. tribute
C. drought
B. monarchy
D. God told them to
C. empire
D. Zoroastrianism 82. Which is not an invention of the Phoeni-
cians?
76. What kind of warriors were the Kush peo- A. Free-blowing as a method of crafting
ple? glass
A. Horsemen B. Development of open-sea navigation
B. Sailors C. The first sea faring hulled boat
C. Skilled Archers D. Tyrian purple dye
D. Hand to Hand Combat
83. Which Carthaginian General conquered
77. These are smaller areas within an empire Southern Iberia?
A. islands A. Hannibal Barca
B. provinces B. Xanthippus
C. castles C. Mago
D. none of above D. Hamilcar Barca

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84. How did the Phoenician alphabet spread B. nomadic

throughout the ancient world? C. war-torn
A. telegram
D. none of above
B. sea trade
90. The settled colonies in cities along the
C. caravan
Mediterranean.
D. oral traditions
A. Sumerians
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85. The art of steering a ship from place B. Phoenicians
to place, by studying wind patterns and
ocean currents is known as C. Akkadians
A. navigation D. none of above
B. GPS 91. What is the Hebrew word for hello?
C. corsair A. What’s up
D. compass guidance B. Bien
86. What was the purpose of the Tophet of C. Hola
Carthage? D. Shalom
A. Storing sacrificed child remains
92. What was Phoenicia?
B. Storing the cremated remains of chil-
dren A. a river valley
C. Containing the sacrificial alter for reli- B. A farmland
gious practises such as child sacrifice C. a place
D. Burial chamber for children D. A trade center
87. What was the most famous Phoenician
93. How did it involve
colony and in which modern country would
it be found? A. Old English, Middle English, Modern
English
A. Carthage and Canaan
B. Canaan and Tunisia B. Modern English, Old English, Middle
English
C. Carthage and Tunisia
C. Middle English, Modern English, Old
D. Carthage and Israel english
88. Why did the use the Phoenician alphabet D. Modern English, Middle English, Old
A. People loved it English
B. I don’t know 94. What material was the battling ram on
C. It made it easier to communicate Phoenician ships made of?
D. It was fun to use A. Metal
B. Wood
89. Phoenicians location led to them becoming
a civilization. C. Plastic
A. sea-trading D. Elephant Tusk

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95. The Greeks called the people who sold 100. The Phoenicians eventually became
reddish-purple cloth the “ People”. known as .

A. Red A. Greeks
B. Purple B. Romans
C. Garment C. Carthaginians
D. Egyptians
D. Cedar
101. Before the development of their alpha-
96. Why was the Murex snail important to the bet, what writing system did the Phoeni-
Phoenicians? cian use?
A. It had contained a liquid used for dying A. Hieroglyphics
clothes.
B. Latin
B. Its shell was popular for jewelry.
C. Cuneiform
C. Its smell was commonly used in per- D. Chinese
fumes.
D. It was a delicious shellfish that many 102. Why was the Phoenician colony of
people ate. Carthage a center for trade?
A. Its natural geography and open access
97. Phoenicians used and to map trade to the sea
routes. B. It was heavily protected
A. latitude and longitude C. Its large population
B. sun and stars D. Its diverse population
C. tributes and prayer 103. What word means scattering throughout
D. none of above the world?
A. Holocaust
98. He defeated Goliath, brought peace and se-
curity, and rebuilt Jerusalem. B. Exodus
A. Moses C. Diaspora
D. none of above
B. David
C. Solomon 104. You give your hamburger at lunch and
your friend promises to come over to your
D. Noah house later and help you wash dishes.
99. During what event would Phoenicians use A. bartering
their biremes? B. money economy
A. Trading voyages C. colony
B. Battles at sea D. none of above
C. Battles on land 105. The Phoenician sailboats had many rows-
D. Primarily for the transportation of peo- men that would row to the sound of a
ple or goods A. horn

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B. man shouting 111. Phoenicia began along what sea?

C. harp A. Red Sea
D. flute B. Mediterranean Sea
C. Dead Sea
106. This group of people settled in a remote
location. D. none of above
A. Hebrews 112. The word covenant means
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B. Phoenicians A. Sacred Agreement
C. Assyrians B. Day of rest
D. Hittites C. God or Idol

D. Wandering
107. the art of steering a ship from place to
place 113. How is the Phoenician alphabet different
than those before it?
A. import
A. It had pictures and numbers.
B. navigation
B. It was the first to introduce punctua-
C. export tion marks.
D. colony C. It was the first to represent sounds in-
stead of just pictures.
108. What modern countries would the
Phoenicians be from? D. It was the only one to have just 22 let-
ters.
A. Israel and Syria
114. What did the characters in the Phoenician
B. Lebanon and Egypt
alphabet stand for?
C. Lebanon and Israel A. speech sounds instead of ideas
D. Egypt and Canaan B. ideas instead of speech sounds
109. What city saw the end of the Phoeni- C. whole words
cians? D. it is unknown
A. Tyre 115. The city-states in Phoenicia were run by
B. Carthage A. priest-kings
C. Byblos B. ambassadors
D. Sidon C. presidents
110. The Phoenicians were also the first civi- D. none of above
lization to invent a/an 116. Purple dye was made from?
A. alphabet A. sea horse
B. metal works B. sea stars
C. murex shells C. sea snail
D. heiroglyphics D. sea plants

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117. How were the Hebrews able to escape 123. The religious text of the Jewish people is
Pharaoh’s army? called

A. they hid in Midian A. Torah
B. Moses parted the sea B. Bible
C. they climbed Mt. Sinai C. Quran
D. none of above D. Book of the Dead
118. The Phoenicians were NOT conquered by 124. What modern-day country now sits on
what used to be most of ancient Phoeni-
A. Egyptians cia?
B. Assyrians A. Saudi Arabia
C. Persians B. Egypt
D. Israelites C. Lebanon
D. Iran
119. What was the belief in one god
A. monotheism 125. Hammurabi created laws.
B. polytheism A. 182
C. nomad B. 100
D. none of above C. 202
D. 282
120. a large group of territories under a single
ruler or government 126. Which civilization brought the end of his-
A. tribute toric Israel?
B. empire A. Greeks
C. bureaucracy B. Assyrians
D. Zoroastrianism C. Persians
D. Romans
121. Why did Phoenicians come to the Penin-
sula? 127. The Phoenicians’ main cities are located
A. They came looking for minerals in modern day
B. They came to trade metals A. Greece
C. They came to trade ceramics B. Lebanon
D. none of above C. Iraq
D. England
122. Voyaging around helped the Phoenicians
learn a lot about different cultures, espe- 128. The most notable achievement of Phoeni-
cially about and . cia was
A. the Italians and Greeks A. purple cloth
B. the Italians and Egyptians B. sailing
C. the Egyptians and Greeks C. 22 character alphabet
D. the Libyans and Egyptians D. none of above

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129. The city of was the center of the pur- C. Their capitol city of Tyre was painted
ple dye industry. purple.
A. Tyre D. none of above
B. Carthage 135. The Phoenicians were known for being
C. Jerusalem expert
D. Babylon A. Sailors and traders
130. What was the “Exodus”? B. Warriors and hunters
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A. The Hebrews escaping from Egypt led C. Mathematicians and scientists
by Moses D. Musicians and artists
B. The time the Hebrews spent in Babylo- 136. Became the first king of the Israelites
nia
A. Abraham
C. A meeting to study Jewish writing
B. Moses
D. Abraham’s trip from Ur to Canaan
C. Saul
131. What happened once the Hebrews got to D. David
Egypt?
A. They were enslaved. 137. Who was the Hebrew leader who re-
ceived the Ten Commandments?
B. They received food and jobs.
A. Abraham
C. They were told to get out.
B. Moses
D. They were fed and bathed
C. Tyre
132. Who was the first to circumnavigate the D. none of above
Earth?
A. Hanno 138. “Phoenician” is Greek for “ “.
B. Muhammad A. Purple People
C. Christopher Columbus B. Red People
D. Cartier C. People of the Forests

D. People of the Sea
133. How did the Hebrews protect themselves
on Passover? 139. What sounds were missing from the
A. pray to Yahweh Phoenician alphabet?
B. hire soldiers A. Consonants
C. lamb’s blood over door B. Vowels
D. hiding from Pharaoh C. Dipthongs

D. Compounds
134. Why were the Phoenicians known as the
“Purple People? ” 140. How many letters did the Phoenician al-
A. Because they made purple dye, which phabet contain?
was highly valued by royalty. A. 24
B. Their diet turned their skin purple. B. 26

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C. 21 146. Which Phoenician colony was the most

D. 22 important to history?

A. Tyre
141. Who was the Phoenician explorer who
may have circumnavigated Africa? B. Biblos
A. Caesar C. Carthage
B. Hercules D. Sidon
C. Apollo
D. Hanno 147. Why did Abraham travel from
Mesopotamia to Canaan?
142. Another name for “money” .Otro nombre
para la palabra “dinero”. A. God promised him he would be king
A. tributetributo B. He wanted to be closer to Egypt

B. Immortalsinmortales C. God told him that if he did, the land
C. currencymonedas would always belong to his children
D. none of above D. He needed more land to feed his ani-

mals
143. Who was the ruler that exiled the Jews
from their homeland in Jerusalem and sent 148. In Phoenicia, they need this type of writ-
them into captivity in Babylon? ing to keep track of their trade encounters
A. NebuchadnezzarNabucodonosor A. Pictograms
B. Sargon
B. Hieroglyphics
C. Hammurabi
C. Cuneiform
D. none of above
D. Alphabet
144. What was true of Mycenaean civiliza-
tion? 149. Phoenicians built their ships out of what
A. The Mycenaeans were conquered by type of wood?
the Minoans. A. cedar
B. The Mycenaeans lived in a remote, iso-
lated location. B. oak
C. The Mycenaeans were a peaceful civi- C. pine

lization of traders. D. walnut
D. The Mycenaeans colonized lands
around the Mediterranean. 150. What is a good or service produced
within a country and sold outside the coun-
145. What is an agreement between country’s borders?
tries?
A. import
A. nomad
B. treaty B. export
C. colony C. profit
D. none of above D. cultural diffusion

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151. Abraham and his wife Sarah left to 156. Studying the constellation of stars helped
go to after God told him to do so. the Phoenicians to .
A. Uruk, Jericho A. plan their voyages well
B. Nineveh, Thebes B. see well at night
C. Ur, Canaan C. predict the future
D. Agade, Biblos D. become astronauts
157. What would happen to the boy who
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152. The Phoenician religion was
slapped his father? (Hammurabi’s Code)
A. Monotheistic
A. Sold into slavery
B. Polytheistic B. Hand cut off
C. Atheistic C. Burned
D. none of above D. Thrown into water
153. The Phoenicians traded tons of glass 158. They lived in Gadir and Malaka
pieces, which would have been made A. Phoenicians
through a process that they invented
called B. Greeks
C. Carthagianians
A. glassworking
D. none of above
B. ceramics
C. glass blowing 159. Why were Hanno’s trips more danger-
ous?
D. firing
A. He had a more than 60 ships in all.
154. The Phoenicians were the first people to B. He was farther from the shore in the
create what? deep sea.
A. Dye C. His ships were made out of cedar.
B. Writing D. He had gorillas and elephants on his
ships.
C. Government
D. Alphabet 160. The rivers in Lebanon were used for
and
155. Why did the Phoenicians make up stories A. traveling and farming
about sea monsters?
B. boating and fishing
A. They were not made up-sea monsters
C. irrigation and hydropower
are real!
D. drinking water and building mud bricks
B. To scare other people from trying to
compete with them for trade. 161. the word alphabet comes from the first
C. To entertain the people that they two letters in the Greek alphabet-what
traded with. are they?
D. The Phoenicians worshiped the sea A. alpha and omega

monsters as gods. B. alpha and beta

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C. beta and zeta 167. Hanno is now believed to have possibly

D. beta and sigma been the first to sell around the coast of
Africa, but which explorer is usually given

162. What was the “promised land” for the credit for this?
descendants of Abraham? A. Christopher Columbus
A. Egypt B. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Mesopotamia C. Marco Polo
C. Canaan D. Vasco da Gama
D. Ur 168. Who finally lead the Hebrews into
Canaan after Moses died?
163. The Phoenician alphabet has been used by
other cultures such as the Greeks and Ro- A. Joshua
mans, but tweeted a bit. How many let- B. Jacob
ters did the original Phoenician alphabet
C. Solomon
have?
D. Aaron
A. 18
B. 22 169. What two empires became a part of the
Assyrian empire?
C. 26
A. Phoenician and Persian
D. 14
B. Babylonian and Akkadian
164. What good did Minoans import to make C. Akkadian and Persian
cloth?
D. none of above
A. cotton
170. Leader whose descendants were
B. flax
promised The land of Canaan
C. silk A. Saul
D. wool B. David
165. Where was the North African colony es- C. Abraham
tablished by the Phoenicians? D. Carthage
A. Carthage
171. Which Minoan development was essen-
B. Moses tial to Crete becoming an economic cen-
C. Tyre ter?
D. none of above A. the building of ships

B. the construction of labyrinths
166. Phoenicia never developed
C. the construction of defensive walls
A. an army.
D. the building of colonies in the region
B. a navy.
172. The Phoenician was a writing system
C. a trade system. made up of 22 symbols, each symbol rep-
D. none of above resenting a sound of the language.

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A. alphabet 178. What did the Phoenicians invited to make

B. scribes record keeping easier?
A. Alphabet
C. cuneiform
B. History books
D. city-state
C. Letters
173. Canaan was located near the Sea. D. Graphs
A. Red
179. Persia had a highly skilled standing army.
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B. Mediterranean This was a permanent group of
C. Persian Gulf A. cavalry
D. Blue B. professional soldiers
174. Carthage became so important that it be- C. volunteer soldiers

came the rest of the Phoenician popu- D. none of above
lation.
180. Darius belonged to the civilization and
A. dependent on created a common currency.
B. independent from A. Assyrians
C. a threat to B. Hittites
D. a blessing to C. Persians
D. Phoenicians
175. What happened after King Solomon
died? 181. does not use money, people trade goods
A. Israel split apart and services for other goods and services
B. King David took over A. colony
C. Israel was conquered by Egypt B. Asia Minor

C. barter
D. Israelites returned to Mesopotamia
D. money economy
176. Which was NOT an important city in
Phoenicia? 182. Your pay five dollars for your brother’s
old Mario Cart 64. This is an example of
A. Tyre what?
B. Biblos A. bartering
C. Sidon B. money economy
D. Judea C. colony
177. They founded colonies such as Eybissos D. none of above

(Ibiza) and Cartago Nova (Cartagena) 183. Lebanon is sits on the coast of the
A. Carthaginians A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Greeks B. Mediterranean Sea
C. Phoenicians C. Pacific Ocean
D. none of above D. Strait of Gibraltar

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184. The Phoenicians were associated with a C. Philistines and Canaanites

certain colour because they found a way D. none of above
to produce this dye that was released by

a type of . 190. What does the word “Phoenician”
A. snail mean?
B. slug A. of cedar wood
C. sea snail B. cedar merchants
D. sea horse C. purple people
185. What animal did Phoenicians like to D. of purple merchants

travel with?
191. What is probably the greatest Phoenician
A. Cows creation?
B. Chicken A. Alphabet
C. Cats B. Writing
D. Dogs C. Cuneiform
186. The Assyrian empire had different D. Pottery
provinces
192. What word means the belief in only ONE
A. 70 god?
B. 80
A. monothesim
C. 75
B. polytheism
D. none of above
C. christianity
187. Phoenicians consisted of D. mulitreligious
A. provinces
193. What is something Emperor Nebuchadez-
B. states zar was NOT known for?
C. territories A. destroying the Jewish temple and exil-
D. city-states ing Jews
188. What made the Phoenicians a powerful B. creating the pyramids at Giza
civilization? C. creating the Hanging Gardens of Baby-
A. a strong army lon
B. a weak navy D. none of above

C. trade 194. Ashurbanipal was from the civiliza-
D. copper weapons tion and he created the first
A. Assyrians/Library
189. What were the two groups that first
made up the people of Canaan? B. Hittites/Library
A. Sumerians and Philistines C. Persians/Chariot
B. Egyptians and Mesopotamians D. Hebrews/Church

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195. a religion founded in 500s BCE by Persian 201. Who gave Palestine to the Jews as a
prophet Zoroaster homeland after WWII?
A. Zoroastrianism A. Germany
B. empire B. USA
C. monarchy C. Yahweh
D. tribute D. United Nations
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196. Who was the King who made the Hang- 202. The biggest colony the Phoenicians con-
ing Gardens of Babylon? trolled, known as Carthage, was found in
Africa.
A. King Hammurabi
A. Southern
B. King Sargon
B. Eastern
C. King Nebuchadnezzar II
C. Northern
D. King Harambe
D. Western
197. Straight growing trees used to build 203. how many letters are in the Phoenician
ships? alphabet now
A. Hickory Trees A. 24
B. Cedar Trees B. 26
C. Pine treees C. 30
D. Plam trees D. 100
198. Where is Carthage located? 204. What is the name of the modern day coun-
try that the Phoenicians lived in?
A. Present-day Turkey
A. Japan
B. Present-day Tunisia
B. Egypt
C. Egypt
C. Lebanon
D. none of above
D. Phoenicia
199. They brought democratic government
205. The Jews began the custom of meeting
A. Greeks in groups on the Sabbath to study reli-
B. Phoenicians gion while they were captive in which city-
state?
C. Carthaginians
A. Jerusalem
D. none of above
B. Egypt
200. What did Gabor Rakonczay do? C. Babylonia
A. Wrote a book D. Carthage
B. paddled a canoe across the Atlantic
206. This empire used iron weapons because it
C. created beautiful sculptures was stronger than bronze.
D. got arrested A. Hittites

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B. Persians 212. what is the phocien alphabet

C. Assyrians A. 26

D. Hebrews B. it is an alphabet consisting of 26 or 22
letters
207. The 12 tribes that the Hebrews form
were started by ? ? ? , Abraham’s C. 22
grandson. D. i don’t know sorry:l
A. Joshua 213. an area ruled by a distant country
B. Moses A. colony
C. Jacob B. navigation
D. Saul C. empire
208. What was the primary occupation of the D. country
Phoenicians?
214. What natural resource did the Phoeni-
A. traders cians use to make glass?
B. herders A. cedar trees
C. farmers B. water
D. priests C. sand
209. What city did King David make the capi- D. rocks
tal of Ancient Israel? 215. They introduced the alphabet
A. Mecca A. Phoenicians
B. Tyre B. Greeks
C. Carthage C. Carthagianians
D. Jerusalem D. none of above
210. According to the Bible, what did Yahweh 216. According to the Bible, who had an agree-
promise Abraham in return for the He- ment with God that the he and his descen-
brews’ accepting one god? dents could forever live in the “Promised
A. Freedom from slavery Land? ”
B. The Egyptian Empire A. Moses
C. The Ten Commandments B. Joshua
D. The land of Canaan for themselves and C. Abraham
their descendants D. Samuel
211. Which is a fact about present-day 217. What was a highly valued object that
Lebanon? was traded?
A. Arabic is the official language A. cedar
B. famous for its large forests of cedar B. both
C. has many lakes for navigation C. purple dye
D. has never had a civil war D. none of above

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218. What trade good did the Minoans ex- C. Traders

port?
D. Doctors
A. copper
B. grain 224. Why did the Hebrews leave Cannon?
C. pottery A. famine
D. wood B. disease
C. war
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219. The Phoenician might have been the first
to circumnavigate which continent D. none of above
A. Europe
225. Who is the Phoenician princess who
B. South America founded the city of Carthage?
C. Africa
A. Tyre
D. Aisa
B. Byblos
220. Phoenician captains would rather do C. Dido
what than reveal their secret trade
routes? D. none of above
A. jump off their boats 226. How many symbols did their writing sys-
B. sink their ships tem have?
C. lead followers a different direction A. 22
D. get eaten by a sea monster B. 26
221. Which civilization was known for being C. 28
cruel and used a battering ram for de-
D. 32
fense?
A. Assyrians 227. What were some of the most famous sea
B. Babylonians traders in history called?
C. Persians A. Phoenicians
D. Hittites B. Mesopotamians
222. In 539 B.C., the Persians conquered C. Hannos

Babylon and the rest of D. Navigators
A. Europe
228. Why were the Phoenicians successful
B. Mesopotamia long distance sailors?
C. Antarctica A. they had control of Egypt
D. none of above
B. they had strong, fast ships
223. wore robes of Tyrion purple C. they had established treaties with
A. Farmers North Africa
B. Royalty D. none of above

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229. The Phoenicians were known to be excel- 235. They were good sailors and merchants
lent
A. Phoenicians

A. scientists and astronomers.
B. Greeks
B. farmers and growers.
C. Carthagianians
C. warriors and fighters.
D. none of above
D. sailors and traders.
236. Which empire effectively ended the inde-
230. Which civilization adopted the Phoenician pendence of the original Phoenician city-
alphabet and added vowels? states?
A. Egypt A. Persia
B. Rome B. Rome
C. China C. Greece
D. Greece
D. Egypt
231. Who journeyed from Ur to Canaan?
237. The Phoenicians used to live on a very
A. Moses narrow and long strip of land to the of
B. David the Mediterranean Sea.
C. Abraham A. north
D. Jacob B. south
C. east
232. Phoenicia became the world’s first?
A. selling Empire D. west
B. trading Empire 238. Which of the following did the Phoeni-

C. manufacturing Empire cians need to trade for because it was a
resource they did NOT have in their own
D. sea Empire country?
233. Pythagoras and Archimedes were A. Silver
A. Greeks B. Glassware
B. Phoenicians C. Pottery
C. Carthaginians D. Cedar Timber
D. none of above
239. Why was cedar wood prized by the civi-
234. What were the Phoenicians’ most impor- lizations of the ancient world?
tant tools for finding their way on their A. It was easy to transport by sea
trading voyages?
B. It was an inexpensive building product
A. maps from earlier explorers
B. compass C. It was light yet strong
C. Landmarks and stars D. It was stronger and water resistant
D. wind socks compared to other wood

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240. What was the shell that the Phoenicians C. Females outnumbered males in this
used to make their famous purple dye? city
A. Ink shell D. It was the first place where purple dye
B. Molecule shell was discovered
C. Oyster shell 246. The Phoenicians were experts at sailing

D. Murex shell the seas and trading. Which invention
helped them to be so successful with these
241. What was the most importance use for
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two skills?
cedar wood? A. Ship
A. The construction of temples B. Sailboats
B. Ship building C. Cataracts
C. The construction of homes D. The Mediterranean Sea
D. The building of agricultural equipment
247. Why did Prince Moses leave Egypt and
242. Who were the Lydians? travel to Midian?
A. A group northwest of Phoenicia that A. searching for Zipporah
helped develop money.
B. vacation
B. A group southwest of Phoenicia that
C. he killed a guard
helped develop money.
D. to find the burning bush
C. A group northwest of Phoenicia that re-
lied solely on bartering. 248. What were the Phoenicians two most
D. none of above valuable trading resources?
A. oil and fish
243. The Hebrews were forced by the
Chaldeans to move to B. gold and silver
A. Egypt C. cedar and dye
B. Babylon D. wheat and barley
C. Sumer 249. Which religion develops from Judaism
D. none of above around 30 AD?
A. Hebrew
244. The Phoenicians were
B. Chrisitianity
A. Hunters
B. Farmers C. Islam
C. Kings D. Catholic
D. Sailors 250. What did the Phoenicians use to navi-

gate?
245. Why was the Phoenician city of Sidon
known as the “mother” city? A. maps and stars
A. It established many colonies B. compasses and landmarks
B. There was a large population of new- C. landmarks and stars

born babies D. maps and sea creatures

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251. According to the Bible, who led the He- 257. What Mycenaean social class helped the
brews out of Egypt? king, was influential in trade, and lived in
the cities?

A. Abraham
B. Moses A. farmers
C. John B. merchants
D. Joshua C. nobles
252. The Phoenicians migrated in which year? D. enslaved persons
A. 1200 B.C 258. One pound of Tyrian purple dye is worth
B. 3000 B.C how much now?
C. 2500 B.C A. 12000
D. 1500 B.C B. 16000
253. The Phoenicians invented all of the fol- C. 19000
lowing except for D. 20000
A. the alphabet
B. ships 259. Which group of people was known to be
most mild?
C. glass blowing
A. Persians
D. purple dye
B. Hittites
254. When the Babylonian Empire fell, the As-
syrians fought against a steady stream of C. Assryians
D. none of above
A. flooding
260. Phoenicia got many resources from
B. invaders
A. hunting and gathering
C. traders
B. the sea
D. none of above
C. their neighbors
255. To which land did Abraham and his wife
leave Mesopotamia to go to? D. none of above
A. Canaan 261. The Hebrews’s religious ideas were un-

B. Uruk usual at the time because they believed
C. Ur
D. Israel A. Gods and goddesses were everywhere
in nature
256. What natural resource was Phoenicia
B. They should build temples for worship
known for?
A. fertile soil
C. There was only one god, who was just
B. gold and silver and fair
C. pottery D. Their gods would protect them from
D. cedar trees enemies

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262. The goods made and shipped by Phoeni- 268. They came to the Peninsula to sell ceram-
cians to other lands are called ics and to trade formetals, salt and es-
A. tribute. parto
B. resources. A. Greeks
C. exports. B. Phoenicians
D. imports. C. Carthaginians
263. Circumnavigate means
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D. none of above
A. to go around
B. to go directly through 269. He lead his people out of Egypt by parting
the Red Sea. He also gave the Israelites
C. to avoid/stay away from the 10 commandments.
D. to leave and then come back
A. Moses
264. The Phoenicians were mainly a
B. David
people.
A. Desert C. Noah
B. Mountain D. Solomon
C. Paleolithic
270. The Phoenicians were known for in
D. Sea Faring the Mediterranean?
265. Where is Lebanon located? A. farming
A. Africa B. starting wars
B. Middle East
C. being totally independent
C. Europe
D. sea trading
D. Asia
266. Who was the Hebrew leader who taught 271. the western end of the peninsula of mod-
the Hebrews about the belief in one God? ern day Turkey next to the Mediterranean
Sea
A. Abraham
B. Tyre A. colony
C. Moses B. Asia Minor
D. none of above C. barter
267. According to the Bible, why did the D. money economy
Hebrews leave Canaan after about 100
years? 272. Hammurabi was part of this empire.
A. A new King A. Persians
B. Drought that caused hunger
B. Phoenicians
C. Floods that caused destroyed crops
C. Assyrians
D. Enemies who did not agree with their
religion D. Babylonians

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273. is based on the use of money instead of 279. Where did the Phoenicians originaly come
barter; people use coins or paper money to from?
purchase for goods and services

A. The Greek Peninsula
A. colony
B. Modern day Italy
B. Asia Minor
C. barter C. Australia
D. money economy D. Modern day Lebenon
274. What land did Abraham go to? 280. What was the name of the greatest
A. Canaan Phoenician colony?
B. Babylon A. Athens
C. Egypt B. Rome
D. Syria
C. Sparta
275. who enjoyed sports?
D. Carthage
A. Greeks
B. Phoenicians 281. What is the Torah?
C. Carthaginians A. One of the sacred text of the Phoeni-
D. none of above cians
276. These mines in Britain produced the metal B. The name of the most worshiped
which was a very important raw ma- Phoenician god
terial. C. The sacred text of the Israelites
A. tin
D. The name of the most worshiped Is-
B. iron raelite god
C. copper
282. Which people did the Phoenicians pay a
D. stone
tribute so they would not be attacked?
277. What is bartering?
A. The Egyptians
A. exchanging goods
B. The Greeks
B. broken laws
C. The Mesopotamians
C. building
D. fishing D. The Assyrians
278. The Phoenician civilization and cities 283. One of Phonecia’s most important contri-
were destroyed after being conquered by butions was their
A. Cuisine
B. Alphabet
B. Hammurabi
C. King George III C. Algebra

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284. Historians believe that ancient Phoeni- 290. To create the most famous dye of the
cians established trade routes in all of the Phoenicians from Tyre, these animals were
following EXCEPT crushed up by the thousands.
A. along the coast of Europe A. Beetles
B. along the coast of the Mediterranean B. Worms
Sea C. Snails
C. along the coast of Africa
D. Fish
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D. along the coast of North America
291. How was cedar wood used?
285. Which colour would you associate with
A. built temples and palaces
the Phoenicians?
B. resin used for mummification
A. purple
C. built trading ships
B. blue
C. green D. all of the above
D. orange 292. What snail dose purple dye come from?

286. What was the Hittite’s strongest battle A. Monachoides Vicinus
weapon? B. Murex Snail
A. Iron-tipped Spears C. Turbo Snail
B. Battle Chariot D. Scutalus
C. Horses
293. He is considered the Father of the Jewish
D. Camels People.
287. The Phoenicians did NOT trade with A. David
A. Brittania B. Abraham
B. India C. Moses
C. China D. Solomon
D. Africa 294. Where does the purple dye come from?
288. What were the two important scientists A. sand
in Greeks times? B. cats
A. Pythagoras and Archimedes
C. snails
B. Pythagoras and Copernicus
D. elephants
C. Archimedes and Copernicus
295. What did the Phoenicians share with
D. none of above
other groups they met, which is important
289. They traded with Iberian people to us today?
A. Phoenicians A. Stories and legends
B. Greeks B. Maps and compasses
C. Carthagianians C. Shipbuilding and sailing strategies
D. none of above D. the alphabet they had invented

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296. The Assyrians has the world’s most dan- 301. Which continent did Herodotus claim that
gerous the Phoenicians circumnavigated?

A. foot soldiers A. Africa
B. air force B. Asia
C. cavalry C. South America
D. none of above D. North America

302. Why did the Phoenicians brave the At-
297. The darker the colour of the dye the lantic?
Phoenicians discovered, the the cloth.
A. They wanted to prove that their ships
A. cheaper were the best
B. dirtier B. To discover new lands
C. more expensive C. To race each other
D. heavier D. To trade their goods for gold
298. Even though historians now believe than 303. The Phoenicians did not always know the
Hanno may have been the first to sail of the people they traded with.
around the entire coast of Africa, which ex- A. nationality
plorer is usually given credit for this feat? B. occupation
A. Christopher Columbus C. language
B. Ferdinand Magellan D. race
C. Marco Polo 304. the most famous Phoenician trading post;
D. Vasco de Gama located in northern Africa
A. Carthage
299. Why did the Phoenicians become sailors
and traders instead of farmers? B. pictographs
A. there were no rivers for irrigation of C. alphabet
crops D. none of above
B. there was not much land available for 305. spreading of cultural traits from one re-
farming gion to another
C. there was not enough rainfall for their A. cultural change
crops B. cultural shift
D. they did not like farming C. cultural differences
300. Country that borders Lebanon to the D. cultural diffusion
south? 306. The first were started by them
A. Canada A. schools
B. Lebanon B. college
C. Beirut C. universities
D. Israel D. institutions

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307. What is a herder who wanders from C. purple dye

place to place? D. gold
A. murex
313. What did Phoenicians manufactured?
B. nomad
A. wood ships
C. descendant
B. metal ships
D. none of above
C. flat ships
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308. The Hebrews religion was called?
D. iron ships
A. Judaism
B. Islam 314. What were some of the important nat-
ural resources available to the Phoeni-
C. Christianity cians?
D. Diaspora
A. clay and sand
309. Phoenicians in search of natural resources B. fresh water and minerals
not found in their homeland sometimes
C. silver and gold
moved to trading posts and built
D. snails and cedar trees
A. Ziggurats
B. Colonies 315. A country that now lies where Carthage
C. Empires used to lie is .
D. Civilizations A. England
B. Tunisia
310. What did the Phoenicians develop or cre-
ate that is considered its most important? C. Sweden
A. purple dye D. Turkey
B. cedar toothpicks 316. What type of money did the Lydians de-
C. glass beads velop?
D. an alphabet A. Silver colored paper with official lion
heads on them.
311. Before money was used, what did people
rely on to get the goods and services they B. Gold coins with lions on them
needed? C. Electrum, bean sized coins marked
A. bartering with the official lion head symbol.
B. money economy D. Coins of gold or silver.

C. luck 317. What is this event (escape from enslave-
D. stealing ment) called?
A. The Exit
312. The Phoenicians EXPORTED many goods.
The one that they discovered was B. The Parting
A. murex shells C. The Exodus
B. copper D. The Genesis

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318. Which empire effectively destroyed the B. glassware

last remnants of Phoenicia? C. pottery

A. Numidia D. cedar timber
B. Rome
324. Over time, the Israelites left Canaan due
C. Greece to before being enslaved by the Egyp-
D. Egypt tians.
319. The Phoenicians were known to be excel- A. Famine

lent B. War
A. scientists and astronomers. C. Earthquake
B. farmers and growers. D. Tsunami
C. warriors and fighters. 325. Historians believe that ancient Phoeni-
D. sailors and traders. cians established trade routes in all of the
following areas except
320. What did the Phoenicians share with ev-
A. along the coast of Europe
eryone they met as they traveled, which
made an important contribution to people B. along the coast of the Mediterranean
today? Sea
A. stories and legends C. Along the coast of Africa
B. maps and compasses D. Along the coast of North America
C. shipbuilding and sailing strategies 326. You trade old video games with your
D. the alphabet they had invented cousin. This is an example of what?
A. bartering
321. What is a permanent settlement?
B. money economy
A. nomad
C. colony
B. descendant
D. none of above
C. colony
D. none of above 327. hereditary government led by a single
person
322. Which navigator was believed to circum- A. empire
navigate Africa?
B. bureaucracy
A. Phoenicians
C. tribute
B. Hanno
D. monarchy
C. Melqart
D. Cleopatra 328. The Phoenicians had a problem with find-
ing in the land they came from.
323. Which of the following did the Phoeni- A. jewels
cians need to trade for because it was a
resource that they did not have in their B. water
country? C. coal
A. silver D. copper

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329. What is the main purpose of the 10 Com- C. climbing Mt. Sinai
mandments? D. killing an Egyptian guard
A. To provide rules to live by
335. What is the name of the Phoenicians most
B. To instruct how to honor the Sabbath famous colony?
C. To give qualifications for kings A. Sicily
D. To give warnings to the Israelites B. Tingis
330. What happened when Moses first asked C. Carthage
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Pharaoh to free the Hebrews? D. Sardinia
A. he doubled the Hebrews’ workload 336. They arrived on the Mediterranean Coast
B. Pharaoh thought about it for a while A. Greeks
C. he lessened the Hebrews’ workload as B. Phoenicians
a compromise
C. Carthaginians
D. Pharaoh agreed to free them
D. none of above
331. What were the 10 Commandments car- 337. Where was it believed Abraham origi-
ried in? nally lived before moving to the Promised
A. Noah’s Ark Land?
B. Ark of the Covenant A. Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia
C. Solomon’s Temple B. Uruk in ancient Mesopotamia
D. none of above C. Memphis in Egypt
D. Ur in ancient Mesopotamia
332. Phoenicians are best known for their
achievements in due to their routes 338. What is the Palestinian claim to the land
and location. of Israel?
A. war A. God gave it to us
B. trade B. we lived there the longest
C. pottery C. United Nations gave it to us
333. Which of the following is an important 339. Body of water the Phoenicians sailed?
contribution of the Phoenicians A. Myrtle Beach
A. Cuneiform B. Red Sea
B. Hieroglphics C. Mediterranean Sea
C. Alphabet D. Pacific Ocean
D. Murex 340. the buying and selling of goods
334. How did the musician, David, prove him- A. commerce
self worthy of being a king? B. colony
A. solving the baby problem C. barter
B. killing Goliath D. money economy

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341. When King died, the Kingdom of Is- C. complicated

rael split into the Kingdom of Judah and D. dangerous
the Kingdom of Israel.

A. Moses 347. Many Phoenician cities and colonies were
located along the
B. David
A. steep mountain ranges
C. Solomon
B. the Indus River
D. Jordan
C. the Coast of the Black Sea
342. According to the Bible, where did the He- D. the Coast of the Mediterranean Sea
brews go to find food?
348. Which as not a valuable trade item?
A. Phoenicia
A. tin
B. Mesopotamia
B. amber
C. Egypt
C. ivory
D. Turkey
D. seeds
343. They came from Asia to the Peninsula:
349. Who minted the first coins?
A. Phoenicians
A. the Lydians
B. Greeks
B. The Phoenicians
C. Carthagianians
C. The Babyolians
D. none of above
D. The Greeks
344. This civilization developed the Royal
Road which was the fastest form of com- 350. What was the Hebrews belief?
munication back then. A. social peace
A. Phoenicians B. social justice
B. Hebrews C. social activities
C. Persians D. none of above
D. Assyrians 351. The city of was founded in Spain.
345. What geographical area did they trade A. Carthage
in? B. Cadiz
A. eagean sea C. Tripoli
B. indian sea D. Ebla
C. arctic sea 352. What were the Phoenicians’ most impor-
D. mediterranean sea tant tools for finding their way on their
way on their training voyages?
346. This business of selling a certain dye was
so for the Phoenicians that they were A. compasses
even named after it. B. maps from earlier explorers
A. successful C. landmarks and stars
B. popular D. wind socks

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353. Their main trading ship was called 359. an area of land ruled by a government in
A. galley another land (not within the normal terri-
tory of that government)
B. gallery
A. commerce
C. war ship
B. colony
D. Canaan
C. barter
354. The purple dye that the Phoenicians were D. money economy
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famous for came from
360. What was found in the Hittite civilization
A. juice from berries. that helped them break the unknown lan-
B. liquid from spiral snails. guage?
C. a special kind of tree sap. A. A weapon
D. ink form squids. B. A name seal
C. Hieroglyphics
355. What civilization inspired the Phoenician
alphabet? D. A temple
A. The Greeks 361. First group to practice monotheism
B. The Romans A. Hebrews
C. The Egyptians B. Phoenicians
D. The Mesopotamians C. Babylonians
D. Assyrians
356. Phoenicians were the first people to use
this to calculate their location 362. What is believing in many gods and god-
A. sun desses called?
A. polytheism
B. moon
B. monotheism
C. North Star
C. covenant
D. none of above
D. none of above
357. The Assyrians were known as
363. The capital of Assyrian had a large
A. fierce warriors filled with clay tablets
B. creative artists A. temple
C. fierce sailors B. library
D. none of above C. museum
358. What was the largest Phoenician trad- D. none of above
ing center and was located on the coast 364. The Trireme was
of Phoenician homeland?
A. An early crossbow.
A. Carthage
B. A pasta dish popular with the Minoans
B. Abraham
C. Tyre C. A ship with three rows of oars.
D. none of above D. A religious title, similar to the Pope.

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365. What was Carthage? C. Media

A. a successful trading port that broke D. Phoenicia

away from Phoenician control
B. a successful trading port that could 371. what was the Phoenicians number one
never break away from Phoenician control selling product cloth made out of?
A. purple dye
C. an Assyrian city B. red ink
D. a colony created by the Phoenicians C. blue fish
366. How many letters did the Phoenician al- D. none of above
phabet have?
A. 52 372. The Phoenicians traveled to
B. 22 A. Along the African Coast, and up to the

Iberian Peninsula.
C. 3, 000
B. North America and Alaska
D. 5
C. Australia
367. Why was the purple dye so valuable?
D. China
A. Phoenicians were the only people that
had it 373. . The Phoenician alphabet made it easier
B. Only rich people could wear purple for people in the ancient world to
C. It was a crime to kill snails A. hire scribes.
D. snails are an endangered species B. teach cuneiform.
368. Phoenicians’ religion was C. learn cuneiform.
A. Monotheistic D. learn to read and write.
B. Judaism
374. The Phoenicians sailed to the British Isles
C. Torah to search for
D. Polytheistic A. steel
369. What innovation did the Phoenicians de- B. Metal
velop and spread throughout the Mediter-
ranean region? C. Tin
A. the wheel D. copper

B. agriculture 375. It is said that Hanno circumnavigated
C. iron working around on his ships.
D. the alphabet A. Antarctica
370. The Phoenicians were from where? B. Europe

A. Mediterranean C. North America
B. Babylon D. Africa

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376. What is the Phoenicians most important 382. The Phoenicians became the best at what
contribution? economic activity?
A. spreading of the idea of the alphabet A. traders
B. hieroglyphics B. warriors
C. trading cedar wood C. lawyers
D. none of above D. doctors
377. What two areas were the Phoenicians ex-
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383. What was the color of dye the Phoeni-
perts in? cians were famous for making?
A. Transportation and war A. Red
B. Manufacturing and trade
B. Orange
C. Hunting and fishing
C. Purple
D. Sailing and trade
D. Blue
378. What type of warfare did Phoenicia pio-
neer in? 384. What was the name of the snail that pro-
duced the purple dye?
A. Infantry
A. Garden Snail
B. Naval
B. Mediterranean Snail
C. Cavalry
C. Murex Snail
D. Siege
D. Phoenician Snail
379. The Phonecians fell to the Persian empire
because they did not have a 385. Where did Phoenicians settle down?
A. Unified army A. On the Coast of Andalusia
B. Skilled negotiator B. On the East Coast
C. Triremes C. On the Cantabrian Coast
D. Purple dye D. none of above
380. They settled down in the Balearic Islands 386. Why did the Phoenicians turn to the sea
and in the East of the Peninsula and become traders?
A. Carthaginians
A. They got bored and wanted to explore
B. Greeks
B. Their land was not good for farming
C. Phoenicians
C. Their emperor made them trade
D. none of above
D. none of above
381. What event during WWII greatly im-
pacted Jewish history? 387. What number comes next? 3, 4, 5,
A. Holocaust A. 2
B. Exodus B. 7
C. Diaspora C. 6
D. none of above D. 4

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388. How many symbols did the Phoenician al- C. willow

phabet contain?
D. pine

A. 20
B. 22 394. Which king first destroys the city of
Jerusalem?
C. 24
A. King David
D. 26
B. King Cyrus
389. The Phoenicians were the first to use the
C. King Hammurabi
A. war ship
B. Egyptian hieroglyphs D. King Nebuchadnezzar
C. trading 395. The last colony of Phoenicia that was in-

D. product volved in the Punic Wars against Rome.
390. Where did they settle colonies? A. Carthage

A. North America B. Sidon
B. Cyprus Island C. Tyre
C. South America D. Biblos
D. Antartica
396. The Phoenicians migrated and settled in
391. Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and the city of?
wealthy region?
A. Ribla
A. Phoenicia controlled access to the
cities of Sumer. B. Damascus
B. Phoenicians sold valuable wood and C. Canaan
dyed cloth to neighboring peoples. D. Arwad
C. Gold was discovered near the city of
Tyre. 397. Which Hebrew king was disliked because
D. The warlike Phoenicians conquered of high taxes?
their neighbors. A. Solomon
392. Where are the Hebrews enslaved for a B. Saul
second time in their history? C. Moses
A. Germany
D. David
B. Egypt
C. Babylonia 398. What did the Phoenicians do to maintain
control of the Mediterranean?
D. Canaan
A. defeated others in war
393. What kind of tree was very valuable in
Lebanon? B. told scary stories
A. evergreen C. sunk the competitors ships
B. cedar D. explained navigation to others

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399. Name the 2 kingdoms that form after C. the Mycenaeans

Solomon’s death. D. the Phoenicians
A. Israel and Palestine
405. The purple dye that the Phoenicians were
B. Canaan and Judah famous for came from
C. Judah and Canaan A. juice from berries
D. Israel and Judah B. liquid from spiral snails
400. What did the Phoenicians use cedar wood
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C. a special kind of tree sap
for D. ink from squids
A. To Build Ships
406. What connects the Mediterranean Sea to
B. To Fragrance Ships
the Atlantic Ocean?
C. To Build Houses
A. Bering Strait
D. none of above
B. Strait of Gibraltar
401. What was an important trade good pro- C. Strait of Shenanigans
duced by both the Mycenaeans and the
D. Strait of Magellan
Phoenicians?
A. dye 407. What sea bordered Phoenicia
B. glass A. Black
C. papyrus B. Nile
D. pottery C. Mediterranean
D. Euphrates
402. What did the Phoenicians share with oth-
ers, that made important contributions to 408. Instead of bronze, the Assyrians used
people today?
A. iron weapons
A. shipbuilding and sailing strategies
B. gold weapons
B. maps and compasses
C. aluminum weapons
C. the alphabet they had invented
D. none of above
D. stories and legends
409. Phoenicia was located in present day
403. What body of water did the Phoenicians
A. Latvia
sail?
A. Mediterranean B. Luxembourg
B. Atlantic C. Lebanon
C. Pacific D. Lithuania
D. Indian 410. They came to trade metals and cloths
404. What civilization established the first A. Carthaginians

great kingdom in Greece? B. Greeks
A. the Egyptians C. Phoenicians
B. the Minoans D. none of above

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411. The ancient God of Hebrew was called? B. it caused 3 days of darkness
A. Moses C. swarms of locusts

B. Abraham D. his son died
C. Yahweh
417. Where was Phoenicia located?
D. none of above
A. Mesopotamia
412. The Phoenicians created the first alpha-
B. Along the Black Sea
bet. It had
C. Along the Mediterranean Sea
A. 2, 434 pictures that were all unique
B. the same exact letters as our current D. In Sumer
alphabet
418. How did Mycenaean kings usually re-
C. 22 letters, each symbol stood for a ward their warriors?
sound
A. They paid for their education.
D. dots and dashes to represent letters
B. They granted them ownership of land.
413. A payment made to a higher power or em-
peror, Un pago hecho a un poder mayor o
C. They let them trade with foreign peo-
emperador
ple.
A. currencydinero
D. They gave them permission to live in
B. tributetributo cities.
C. cavalrycaballeria
419. What did the Greeks call the Phoenicians
D. none of above
A. Phoenicians
414. Phoenician trading included these goods:
B. Purple People
A. Gold, Silver, Slaves, and Linen
C. Phoinikeia
B. Silver, Ivory, Tin, Ostrich Plumes, and
Papyrus D. none of above
C. Diamonds, Ivory, Camels, and Yellow 420. The City-States of Phoenicia were
Dye
A. Vassals of a great empire.
D. Gold, Slaves, Monkeys, and Purple Dye
B. Independent.
415. What is another word for offspring such
C. Constantly warring with each other.
as children?
D. none of above
A. nomad
B. descendant 421. Why did carthaginians come to the Penin-
C. murex sula?
D. none of above A. They came to trade metals and cloths

B. They came to trade ceramis
416. Why did the 10th plague make the
Pharaoh free the Hebrews? C. They came to minerals
A. there were too many frogs D. none of above

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422. This group of people settled in present- C. Himilco discovered it on European

day Iran. shores.
A. Assyrians D. Cleopatra discovered it and dyed her
B. Hittites ship sail purple.
C. Persians 428. Which people practiced monotheism?
D. Babylonians A. Phoenicians
423. How did Phoenicia get its name?
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B. Israelites
A. from Ancient Greek meaning “purple C. Babylonians
country”
D. Sumerians
B. from the name of the sea it borders
C. from the Mesopotamian god Phonos 429. Which of the following is NOT a contribu-
tion the Phoenicians made to the world?
D. from the name of its city Carthage
A. glass blowing
424. Hammurabi’s Code is an early example of
B. purple dye
?
C. alphabet
A. Laws
B. Literature D. the plow
C. Farming practices 430. The two kingdoms that the Hebrews split
D. Religion into after the death of King Solomon were
425. What was the name of the song Mr.

A. Phoenicia and Mesopotamia
White played before the Phoenicians les-
son? B. Babylonia and Ur
A. Goblins C. Carthage and Tyre
B. Mesopotamia D. Judah and Israel
C. Monsters
431. The belief in one god is
D. Yikes
A. a religion
426. The made it difficult for the Phoeni- B. a book of laws
cians to grow their own crops.
C. monotheism
A. crops
D. polytheism
B. stones
C. mountains 432. Phoenicians were able to control trade
D. cedar trees throughout the Mediterranean
A. by telling stories of monsters that lived
427. How was the color purple discovered?
in the deep water.
A. A dog ate a snail and its mouth turned
B. by bribing other kings.
purple.
B. The Greeks thought of Phoenicians as C. by having warriors on their ships.
purple people. D. by refusing to trade their purple dye.

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433. What type of vessel did the Phoenicians 438. Where did the Phoenicians get the purple
use to transport goods for trade? dye from?

A. Schooner A. Barney
B. Bireme B. sea shell
C. Round Ships C. snails
D. Row boat D. America
434. What helped the Mycenaeans develop a 439. What religion did Abraham found?
powerful civilization? A. Judiasm
A. They invented an alphabet for writing. B. Catholicism
C. Christianity
B. They constructed strong cities with D. Hinduism
walls.
C. They built labyrinths with spiritual 440. What is the capital city of Lebanon?
meanings. A. Haifa
D. They made a purple dye for creating B. Beirut
goods.
C. Damascus
435. Who created literature theatre? D. Tingis
A. Greeks 441. What is the capital of Lebanon?
B. Phoenicians A. Beirut
C. Carthaginians B. Dehli
D. none of above C. Serbia
436. Judaism is a monotheistic and ??? D. Turkey

?? religion.
442. What best describes the religion of Is-
A. semitic rael?
B. polytheistic A. Many gods:Monothesistic
C. Christianity B. Many gods:Polytheistic
D. anti-semitic C. One god:Monotheistic
D. One god:Poly theistic
437. Under the leadership of , the Per-
sian Empire became the largest empire the 443. What item did the Phoenicians trade that
world had ever seen. was only found in Tyre?
A. Nebuchadnezzar A. Glass
B. Cyrus the Great B. Pottery
C. Darius C. Blue Dye
D. none of above D. Purple Dye

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444. Which group was able to increase trade B. Super humans

along rivers and seas, spreading their cul- C. Immortals
ture and alphabet?
D. none of above
A. Babylonians
B. Egyptians 450. Who was an enemy of the Kush people?
C. Phoenicians A. Phoenicians
D. Persians B. Nubians
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C. Egyptians
445. A student on the bus gives you one cookie
and you promise to give them a stick of D. Romans
gum later. This is an example of what?
451. Who were the two groups of people who
A. bartering made up the Phoenicians?
B. money economy A. Hebrews and Egyptians
C. colony B. Greeks and Romans
D. none of above C. Canaanites and Philistines
446. They settled down on the coast of Andalu- D. Babylonians and Sumerians
sia
452. The tablets in Assyrias library were from
A. Phoenicians Sumer and Babylonia. What is one thing
B. Greeks they did NOT write about?
C. Carthagianians A. laws
D. none of above B. literature
447. Phoenicians looked to this due to their C. mathematics
land trade routes being blocked by moun- D. aerospace engineering
tains and hostile neighbors
453. After the Exodus, the Canaanites were
A. Air trade
defeated in the Battle of ? ? ? ? ?
B. Underground trade
C. Sea trade A. Midian
D. Space trade B. Canaan
448. Assyria was north of Babylon along the C. Jericho
A. Euphrates River D. Israel
B. Tigris River 454. After Cambyses’ death, took the
C. Mississippi River throne by force and continued to expand
the Persian Empire.
D. none of above
A. Nebuchadnezzar
449. The core piece of this army was made up
of 10, 000 soldiers who were known as B. Hammurabi
the C. Darius
A. Muggles D. none of above

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455. Name of a person claiming to have a mes- B. iron

sage from God? C. silver

A. Idol D. gold
B. Prophet
461. How did the early Minoans defend them-
C. Psalm
selves?
D. Priest
A. They were protected by ships at sea.
456. The main source of income/money for B. They relied on the gods to defend them.
Phoenicians was
A. Agriulture C. They were protected by strong fortifi-
B. War cations.
C. Trading D. They had large armies to defend
against invasion.
D. Religion
462. What does murex produce?
457. What led to Lydia’s down fall?
A. phoinix
A. It collapsed because of faulty trading
practices. B. cedar oil
B. Its location led to it begin conquered C. purple wood
by the Israelites. D. none of above
C. Its location led to it begin conquered
by the Egyptians. 463. Your brother trades a toolbox and two
wrenches for your uncle’s gas can. This is
D. Its location led to it begin conquered an example of what?
by the Persians.
A. bartering
458. The Phoenicians were known for creating B. money economy
dye that was used by royalty.
C. colony
A. Blue
D. none of above
B. Pink
C. Purple 464. One of the greatest contributions from
Phoenicia was
D. Red
A. Astrolabe
459. Which trade good led the Phoenicians to
B. Alphabet
be known as the “Purple People”?
C. Armor
A. dye
D. Arithmetic
B. glass
C. papyrus 465. Hanno used to help him sail.
D. olive oil A. the alphabet
460. The Phoenicians were thought to have B. a GPS

created the material C. landmarks
A. glass D. the stars

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466. What is Phoenicia called today? 472. The area the Phoenicians used to live in
A. Lybia is now called .
B. Lebanon A. Lebanon
C. Israel B. Libya
D. Lebenon C. Phoenicia
D. Luxembourg
467. is known for his failed attempt at con-
quering Kush. 473. What was the greatest gift of the Phoeni-
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A. Cambyses II cians?
B. Darius A. phoinix
C. King Nebuchadnezzar II B. alphabet
D. Cyrus the Great C. purple dye
D. none of above
468. A permanent army of professional sol-
diers. 474. After David defeated the Canaanites and
A. cavalrycaballeria captured a Canaanite fortress, what city
was founded?
B. Immortalsimmortals
A. Baghdad
C. standing army
B. Tel Aviv
D. none of above
C. Jerusalem
469. Which of these inventions were made by
D. none of above
the Phoenicians?
A. Paper 475. From what resource did Phoenician’s get
their lumber (wood)?
B. The Alphabet
A. Galley ships
C. The Guitar
B. Cedar trees
D. Iron
C. Small cafes
470. When the Romans claimed the Phoeni-
D. Iron ore
cians sacrificed children, which deitiy was
it to? 476. Describe the 2 events that occur on Mt.
A. El Sinai.
B. Yewah A. Burning bush and Golden Calf
C. Asherah B. 10 Commandments and burning bush
D. Modoch C. Moses’ wedding and burning bush
D. 10 commandments and parting the sea
471. The gets its name from the fact
that nothing can live in it because it’s too 477. The Phoenicians were known to be very
salty. good at .
A. Pacific Ocean A. dancing
B. Persian Sea B. singing
C. Dead Sea C. trading
D. White Nile D. farming

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1. Which of the following is NOT the reason A. United States
the Roman republic began to collapsed. B. Italy
A. food surpluses C. Germany
B. Political confusion D. France
C. Economic weakness 7. What were the distinguishing characteris-
D. Invasion from both sides tics of Roman Architecture?
A. porches
2. What event took place in the Hippo-
drome? B. columns
A. livestock shows C. arches and domes
B. mystery plays D. 90 degree angles
C. chariot races 8. The end of the Roman Republic and the be-
D. wild-animal training ginning of the Roman Empire is thought to
have occurred in about 44 B.C. after the
3. The most famous Greek temple is called: death of which of these rulers?
A. The Parthenon A. Marcus Antonius
B. The Acropolis B. Julius Caesar
C. The Temple of Athena C. Marc Antony
D. Caesar Augustus
D. The Temple of Zeus
9. A key reason for the fall of the Roman em-
4. I surprised everyone when I led troops
pire would be
over the Italian Alps to fight in the Punic
Wars. Who am I? A. Hide answers Acceptance of Christian-
ity
A. Julius
B. Invasion by Muslim empires
B. Octavia
C. Public apathy and corruption
C. Constantine
D. The division of the empire by Diocle-
D. Hannibal tian
5. The Twelve Tables defined the legal rights 10. People began buying fewer goods, so less
of Roman goods were being produced. This resulted
A. magistrates & bishops in
A. businesses closing & unemployment
B. Consuls & rabbis
rising
C. plebeians & patricians
B. the government doing away with coin
D. Greeks & Romans currency
6. I am a country that is a peninsula in the C. a decrease in the slave population
Mediterranean Sea and am shaped like a D. Rome being unable to pay off debts to
boot. What country am I? China

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11. How were Roman sculptures different 16. Many Roman cities had a marketplace and
from the Greek sculptures? square called a
A. More realistic-looking people A. town square
B. Perfect-looking people B. forum
C. Only beautiful women C. meeting place
D. Only strong-looking men D. acropolis
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12. Which of the following declared them- 17. The greatest accomplishments of what em-
selves “dictator for life” in order to re- pires were preserved in Constantinople
store order to Rome? and spread throughout the known world?
A. Octavian Augustus A. Egyptian and Roman
B. Mark Antony B. Hellenistic and Turkish
C. Julius Caesar C. Greek and Roman
D. Diocletian D. Egyptian and Indian
18. Public speaking.

13. What do you think is meant by the phrase
“All Roads Lead to Rome”? A. rhetoric
A. The Romans only built roads in Rome B. satire
B. All roads in the whole world lead to C. ode
Rome D. mosaic
C. They had a small road system leading
19. Christian holy person.
to Rome
A. gladiator
D. They had a large road system leading
to Rome B. paterfamilias
C. saint
14. The ideals of the government in this Ro-
man document are still with us today D. regent
A. The Aeneid 20. Which of these Roman structures has de-

B. The History of Rome sign elements similar to those used in mod-
ern stadiums?
C. The Twelve Tables
A. the Pantheon
D. The Pantheon
B. Trajan’s column
15. Emperor Justinian created the Justinian C. the Colosseum
Code which was
D. the Roman Forum
A. his plan for reorganizing the empire’s
army 21. This phrase refers to the period of Roman
history, from the region of the emperor
B. a collection of rights given to women
Augustus to that of Marcus Aurelius, dur-
C. a secret language used by his soldiers ing which the entire realm was in state of
peace and prosperity.
D. a code of laws A. Roman Republic

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B. Pax Romana 27. This city was founded by and named for a
C. Jupiter Roman Emperor Constantine in 330 AD.
A. Alps

D. Alps
B. Jupiter
22. When Justinian became Emperor, he real-
C. Aristocrats
ized the the empire’s laws were
D. Constantinople
A. disorganized and confusing
B. not detailed enough 28. Roman law was written down and dis-
played in the Forum. What was this set
C. outdated of laws called?
D. too limiting A. Code of Hammurabi
23. The Byzantines preserved and passed on B. the Roman Constitution
C. Laws of Solon
A. Germanic culture D. Twelve Tables
B. Christianity to Persia 29. Many Roman cities surrounded a market-
C. the Latin language place and public square, also called a
D. Greek culture and Roman law A. Forum
24. The Roman civilization was founded near B. Meeting Place
what river? C. Public Space
A. The Huang He D. Town Square
B. The Indus 30. If the president of the United States lived
C. The Tiber during the Roman times, which would be
his title.
D. The Tigris
A. Senate
25. What was one reason Germanic tribes B. Assembly
took over Roman land?
C. consul
A. They needed the forts that the Romans
had built. D. proconsul
B. They wanted the Romans out of their 31. In A.D. 410 this Visigoth leader captured
territory. the city of Rome.
C. Roman land was better for raising A. Alaric
crops and farm animals. B. Augustulus
D. They wanted to be like the Romans. C. Odoacer
26. what law was written down and hung in D. Theodoric

the roman forum 32. what sea is “mare nostrum” describing
A. law of Moses A. Dead sea
B. ten commandments B. Red sea
C. law of the twelve tables C. Mediterranean sea
D. Hammurabi code D. Baltic sea

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33. What allowed Romans to build higher, C. trade routes on the Mediterranean
more stable structures like the Colos- Sea.
seum? D. the natural resources of the Nile River
A. Arches Valley.
B. Domes 39. If you were making a “Crossing the Rubi-
C. Vaults con” decision, you would want
D. Atrium A. money
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34. While Rome’s empire grew weak, emper- B. wisdom
ors had to C. friends
A. bribe officials to support them. D. food
B. pay soldiers to support them. 40. What did Diocletian reorganize?
C. pray to the gods to support them. A. Government
D. surrender to the will of the gods. B. his socks
35. Rome’s attempt at to hire Germanic tribes C. the barbarians
as mercenaries backfired because D. his laws
A. The tribes were not at all loyal to Rome
41. Gladiator fights, charior races, and the the-
ater are all examples of
B. Because they were not good fighters
A. Things that Justinian outlawed be-
C. They were too loyal to the emperor and cause they were not Christian
did whatever he said
B. Were expensive events that only the
D. They were weak and sickly rich enjoyed
36. In a.d.410 this Visigoth leader captured C. Are examples of Greek culture that in-
the city of Rome fluenced Rome
A. Alaric D. Events that Roman citizens enjoyed
B. Augustulus 42. works that poke fun at human weak-
C. Odoacer nesses
D. Theodoric A. anatomy
B. satires
37. Education in Rome was
C. colonnade
A. not highly valued.
D. appian
B. against the law.
C. highly regarded. 43. What Roman writers and their works rep-
resented some of the best in Roman liter-
D. only for the wealthy. ature?
38. Rome and Carthage fought over- A. The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer
A. religious beliefs:polytheism versus B. Fables by Aseop
monotheism. C. The Aeneid by Virgil and The History of
B. the Greek colonies in southern Italy. Rome by Livy

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D. The Psalms by David and Songs of 49. During the 300s A.D. was the official
Solomon by Solomon religion of the Roman Empire

44. These reforms did not work because he A. Polytheisum
was not strong enough emperor to enforce B. Buddhism
them
C. Islam
A. Odoacer
D. Christianity
B. Antony
C. Diocletian 50. helped Byzantine women win more legal
D. Belisarius rights
A. Theodora
45. The best definition for plebeian is
A. A wealthy elite Roman. B. Justin
B. A common Roman citizen. C. Belisarius

C. A person with ultimate political power. D. Justinian
D. Someone who is elected by others. 51. council of plebeians elected ten men to
serve in the
46. What gladiator led a slave revolt of 70, A. assembly of centuries
000 men against the Romans in BC 73?
B. Olympics
A. Nero
B. Diocletian C. tribune
C. Scipio D. house of representatives

D. Spartacus
52. I tried to gain power after Julius Caesar
47. A person who fought animals or other peo- died, by teaming up with Queen Cleopatra
ple as public amusement? of Egypt against Augustus Caesar. Who
am I?
A. Gladiator
A. Octavia
B. Rhetoric
B. Marc Antony
C. Anatomy
D. Satire C. Justinian
D. Constantine
48. The importance of the Twelve Tables could
be describe as-
53. The Romans were polytheistic, meaning
A. Allowed flexible interpretations for that they worshipped
judges
A. many gods.
B. Created to benefit Patricians
B. the Greeks.
C. Caused plebeians to move away be-
cause it infringed their rights C. the concept of wealth.
D. Gave legal protection to citizens D. one god.

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54. The Roman Constitution was 59. Supplied Roman cities with fresh water.
A. the basis for the United States Consti- What was this Roman innovation?
tution A. concrete
B. written by Rome’s founders, Romulus
B. aqueducts
and Remus
C. thrown out by Caesar and replaced C. plastic
with a dictatorship D. furniture
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D. based on 12 written laws and ancient
traditions 60. I am a large amphitheater where Romans
go to watch combat sports, such as gladi-
55. Which Roman scientist created the Geocen- ator fights. What am I?
tric or earth-centered theory?
A. Arena
A. Ptolemy
B. Virgil B. Circus Maximus
C. Livey C. Colosseum
D. Constantine D. Roman Senate
56. How did the Eastern Roman Empire grow
61. Curved structure of stone or concrete form-
rich and powerful?
ing a ceiling or roof
A. It was located at the crossroad of
trade routes between Europe and Asia A. forum
B. It become wealthy by conquering B. vault
Chine and India
C. reform
C. It sent explorers to America
D. regent
D. It had an abundance of oil
57. legal scholar who worked to create a new 62. Roman ideas in medical science were pri-
code of laws marily spread through
A. Justin A. new inventions.
B. Tribonian B. publishing books.
C. Belasarius
C. Roman roads.
D. Theodora
D. Greek scholars.
58. The father in an ancient Roman family was
legally allowed to 63. A disease that spreads quickly and kills
A. sell his children into slavery. many.
B. sell his wife to another husband. A. Plague
C. claim his wife’s public office as his B. Reform
own.
C. Inflation
D. claim a second wife if his current wife
could not have children. D. Barter

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64. What was a benefit of the time period 69. The Byzantine military conquered territo-
known as the Pax Romana? ries once part of the Roman Empire that
included

A. the Roman empire discovered many
scientific advances A. Britain and Gaul
B. the Roman Empire did not suffer any B. China and India
major wars
C. Egypt and Syria
C. the Roman empire doubled the size of
D. Italy, Spain, and Northern Africa
its territory
D. the Roman Empire became a more 70. Which statement best describes the Ro-
democratic government man language of Latin?
A. Latin is understood today by doctors
65. The new Roman coins had less gold and
and scientists.
silver, which reduced their
A. images B. Latin is the basis for many modern lan-
guages
B. importance
C. Latin is an older form of modern-day
C. value English.
D. texture D. Latin is considered to be a forgotten
66. What protected Italy from Northern in- language.
vaders?
71. Which Barbarian tribe set off a domino ef-
A. The Great Wall of China fect which pushed many other tribes into
B. the Alps Mountains Roman territory?
C. the Appennies Mountains A. The Goths
D. The Mediterranean Sea B. The Huns
67. Which statement best describes the roads C. The Vandals

of the Roman Empire? D. The Franks
A. They had to be built with stones pro- 72. From the A.D. 500s to the A.D. 1100s, the
vided by Rome. Byzantine Empire
B. They were constructed to move the Ro- A. was a crossroads for trade
man military.
B. was constantly at war with Rome
C. They were reserved mainly for civil-
ians, not troops. C. struggled to survive
D. They made it difficult to govern land D. was at war with Germanic tribes
Rome controlled.
73. Why was Italy a leading trade center?
68. The Founding Fathers of the United States A. The Alps promoted trade there
were influenced by Cicero’s ideas about
B. The Alps impeded travel there
A. polytheism.
C. The Mediterranean Sea promoted
B. aqueducts. travel there
C. government. D. The Mediterranean Sea impeded
D. architecture. travel there

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74. Words like et cetera, veto and circus are 79. Work that pokes fun at human weak-
examples of how Latin has nesses.
A. influenced the English language A. ode
B. influenced the Greeks B. rhetoric
C. influenced the American judicial sys- C. satire
tem
D. barter
D. influenced religion
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80. Which reform did Diocletian enact to pre-
75. Which of the following architectural de- vent the collapse of the Roman empire?
signs came from the ancient Romans?
A. Made wealthy people pay more taxes
A. Gothic Style
B. Gave land to the plebeians
B. arches and domes
C. Ordered people to work in the same
C. stained glass windows job for life
D. pillars D. Forced patricians and plebeians to live
in peace
76. Name for the father as head of the house-
hold in ancient Rome.
81. In a direct democracy, everyone votes on
A. regent all laws
B. gladiator A. True
C. saint B. False
D. paterfamilias C. I am a special, unique snowflake who
can’t do true/false questions
77. From whom did the Romans borrow their
myths and gods? D. none of above
A. Babylonians 82. What was a POLITICAL problem that led

B. Greeks to the decline of Rome?
C. Egyptians A. inflation
D. Hittites B. government officials taking bribes
C. Germanic tribe invasion
78. Which is the BEST description of plebeians
in Ancient Rome? D. none of above
A. a group of judges in the Roman Empire
83. At its height how large was Rome?
A. It stretched from Britain to the Egypt.
B. a group of three leaders of the Roman
Republic B. It was about the same size as the
United States.
C. a powerful group of nobles who were
small in number C. It was as large as South America.
D. a large but politically limited group of D. It stretched from South Africa to Scan-
people dinavia.

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84. Poems that express strong emotion: 90. Who is credited with the split of the Ro-
A. Satire man Empire for easier management?
A. Diocletian

B. Haiku
B. Justinian
C. Ode
C. Constantine
D. Novel
D. Theodora
85. Which of the following was a technological
91. What is a Christian holy person called?
achievement of the ancient Romans which
improved transportation for them? A. Regent
A. the Appian Way (road) B. Mosaic
C. Saint
B. aqueducts
D. Persian
C. temples
D. highways 92. What emperor moved the capital from the
failing city of Rome in the west to the city
86. Multiple arches together are called of Byzantium in the East?
A. an arch A. Diocletian
B. a vault B. Constantine
C. a curve C. Trajan
D. a dome D. Caesar Augustus

93. What system did Roman engineers build to
87. Disease that spreads quickly and kills connect the empire?
many people.
A. Aqueducts
A. inflation
B. Roads
B. plague
C. Arches
C. anatomy
D. Sewers
D. barter
94. Which emperor divided the Roman empire
88. The Roman poet wrote satires. in half?
A. Nero A. Emperor Nero Caesar
B. Catullus B. Emperor Tiberius Caesar
C. Ovid C. Emperor Constantine Caesar

D. Emperor Diocletian Caesar
D. Horace
95. This side of the Roman Empire experienced
89. Which river did the Romans build their cap- the most invasions (Hint which
ital city, Rome near? side fell)
A. Yellow River A. Western
B. Tiber River B. Eastern
C. Euphrates River C. Northern
D. Nile River D. Suthern

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96. What did Roman cities use to remove 102. In what way has Roman culture influ-
waste? enced Western civilization?
A. Aqueducts A. Most people have adopted the Roman
B. Arches religion.
C. Sewers B. Modern architects have adopted Ro-
man techniques.
D. Vaults
C. Educated people are expected to
97. What was Rome’s layout?
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speak Latin.
A. curved roads and waterfronts D. Arches of triumph are found in all
B. ghettos and apartments American cities.
C. square design with a forum in the mid- 103. What is a representative democracy?
dle
A. Vote for someone to represent you and
D. none of above make government instead of you
98. The head of the household was the father. B. Everyone voting on everything
What name was given to the “head of the C. A king making all decisions
house” in ancient Rome?
D. A small group of nobles making all of
A. Papa Familia the decisions
B. Paterfamilias
104. The idea that citizens have a responsibil-
C. Pharaoh
ity to help their country.
D. Pope
A. Civic duty
99. Person who acts as a temporary ruler. B. Obligation
A. regent C. Mandate of Heaven
B. gladiator D. Slavery
C. saint
105. Emperor Constantine influenced the tradi-
D. paterfamilias tions of Western civilization by
100. Justinian’s best known architectural ac- A. Sending soldiers to the Middle East
complishment was building B. Codifying Roman law in the Middle
A. the colosseum East
B. the Hagia Sophia C. Legalizing Christianity with the Roman
C. the Parthenon Empire
D. the Circus Maximus D. Unifying Europe under the Holy Roman
Empire
101. What did poor Roman children do on a
daily basis? 106. Roman religion was adapted from the
A. Studied literature, math, and science A. Carthaginians.
B. Fought in the colosseum B. Egyptians.
C. went to work C. Greeks.
D. played musical instruments D. Germans.

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107. Most gladiators were enslaved, crimi- 112. The Capital of the New/Eastern Roman
nals, prisoners of war, or Empire was

A. artisans A. Constantinople
B. household servants B. Rome
C. poor C. Alexandria
D. rich D. Athens
108. Invented and mastered by the Romans to 113. In A.D. 410, the Visigoth leader cap-
build long-lasting structures. Volcanic ash tured the city of Rome.
was the special ingredient that made it so A. Theodoric
hard and powerful. What was this roman B. Odoacer
innovation?
C. Alaric
A. concrete
D. Augustulus
B. aluminum foil
114. In ancient Rome, person who fought ani-
C. plastic
mals and other people as public entertain-
D. furniture ment.
109. Which type of government is ruled by a A. saint
king or queen? B. mosaic
A. Monarchy C. gladiator
B. Theocracy D. regent
C. Democracy 115. What Roman invention was a mixture of
D. Tyranny volcanic ash, lime and water when dried,
was hard as a rock?
110. Women in the Byzantine Empire were al-
A. Roads
lowed to become educated, and were in-
volved in Politics. Which Empress made B. Concrete
this possible? C. Gravel
A. Cleopatra D. Courtyard
B. Saint Mary 116. were Roman citizens who had a
C. Theodora higher social status.
D. none of above A. plebeians
B. patricians
111. I am one of Rome’s most famous leaders,
dictator of Rome, whose last words were C. senators
“Et tu, Brute? ” Who am I? D. consuls
A. Augustus Caesar
117. The main religion of the Roman REPUBLIC
B. Marc Antony
C. Julius Caesar A. polytheistic
D. Constantine B. Christianity

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C. Islam 123. Which achievement allowed Rome to

D. Animism maintain contact with its large empire?
A. the Colosseum
118. There were two major social classes in
B. the aqueduct system
ancient Rome. The were wealthy and
well born and the were the poorer C. the road system
members of society. D. the Julian calendar
A. Patricians, Plebeians 124. Change that tries to bring about an im-
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B. Hittites, Mennonites provement.
C. Phoenicians, Christians A. reform
D. Romans, Gauls B. barter
C. inflation
119. Which of these was a social reason for
the downfall of the Western Roman Em- D. rhetoric
pire? 125. His order could not be questioned.
A. disease and plagues A. Justinian
B. a large division of wealth B. Constantine
C. a lack of good emperors C. Theodosius
D. invaders from the north D. Spartacus
120. In 395, the Roman Empire became di- 126. A Roman woman’s freedom depended on
vided into
A. western and eastern empires A. her intelligence
B. northern and southern empires B. her career choice
C. ancient Greece and ancient Rome C. the mood of the emperor
D. Roman Republic and Roman Empire D. the wealth of her husband
121. first major Roman road linking Rome to 127. Rome went through 22 emperors in a
southeastern Italy 50 year period. What conclusion can you
make?
A. Caesar Road
A. Rome had political instability
B. Augustus Avenue
B. Rome had a strong government
C. Appian Way
C. There were many elections
D. Zeus Street D. The emperors were very successful
122. Which body of water was the center of 128. Picture made from many bits of colored
Roman trade glass, tile, or stone.
A. Red Sea A. regent
B. Mediterranean Sea B. plague
C. Atlantic Ocean C. mosaic
D. Black Sea D. reform

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129. According to the legend, the city Rome 134. Rome remained the capital of the West-
was built by ern Empire, while the capital of the Eastern
Empire was

A. Remus
A. Byzantium
B. Romulus
B. Constantinople
C. Caesar
C. Alexandria
D. Octavian
D. Carthage
130. Social Structure:Which of the following
135. Open space in Rome that served as a mar-
included the powerful nobility?
ketplace and public square.
A. Plebeians
A. reform
B. Patricians
B. forum
C. women C. barter
D. slaves D. mosaic
131. Of all the peoples who made up the pop- 136. What are some lasting legacies of the Ro-
ulation of the Byzantine Empire, the man Empire when it was at its height?
made up the largest part.
A. The creation of a form of government
A. Egyptians with three branches:legislative, judicial,
B. Visigoths executive
B. The use of cement
C. Syrians
C. The ability to transport water using
D. Greeks
aqueducts
132. What does mosaics mean? D. All of the answers are correct
A. motifs or images created by an ar- 137. Which development led to the beginning
rangement of colored glass or stone (art) of the Byzantine Empire that lasted 1, 000
years?
B. changes to bring about improvement A. Emergence of the Russian Orthodox
C. a curved ceiling made of arches Church
D. verse or prose that pokes fun at human B. Building of the Hagia Sophia
weakness C. Division of the Roman Empire
D. Fall of Constantinople
133. A group of territories or nations under
a single ruler or government is known as 138. What religion is one of the oldest reli-
a/an gions that began in the Roman Empire?
A. empire A. Christianity
B. mosaic B. Judaism
C. proverb C. Hinduism
D. philosophy D. None of the mentioned

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139. Diocletian split the empire into two parts. A. faucet

These two parts become known as B. pipes
A. The Roman Empire and Constantinople C. canal
D. aqueduct
B. The Western Empire and the Eastern
Empire 145. In the Roman Empire, the held the
C. Rome and Asia Minor most political and governmental power.
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D. Macedonia and Gaul A. Assembly
B. Emperor
140. I am a river in Italy that was very impor-
tant to the founding of Rome. What river C. Patricians
am I? D. Plebeians
A. The Alps
146. Which of the following choices are factors
B. The Black Sea that led to the fall of Rome?
C. The Tiber A. Natural disasters, a declining econ-
D. The Pacific omy, and an overabundance of food
B. Poor leadership, attacks by invaders,
141. The king of the Roman gods and god-
and a declining economy
desses was
C. Attacks by invaders, natural disasters,
A. Neptune
and an overabundance of food
B. Apollo
D. none of above
C. Jupiter
147. The political alliance of Crassus, Pompey,
D. Romulus
and Caesar brought a short-lived peace to
142. What was the name of the large market the Roman Republic. Their alliance was
and meeting place in the center of Rome? called the-
A. Agora A. Praetors’ Confederation.
B. Pantheon B. Consulship.
C. Forum C. Counsel of Tribunes.
D. Acropolis D. First Triumvirate.
143. We are farmers, merchants, and trades- 148. What is a poem that expresses strong
men. Who are we? emotions about life?
A. Plebeian A. Ode
B. Patrician B. Satire
C. Emperor C. Rhetoric
D. Vandal D. Anatomy
144. I am an invention of the Romans that 149. I am a Byzantine emperor who tried to re-
carries water from nearby mountains into conquer the land that had belonged to the
Rome. What am I? Western Roman Empire. Who am I?

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A. Hannibal 155. A(n) was a person who fought an-

B. Justinian imals and other people as public amuse-
ment.

C. Octavia
D. Julius A. senator
150. When it was first established, the city of B. gladiator

Constantinople C. emperor
A. resembled other cities in the Roman
D. saint
empire
B. showed a great influence by greek cul- 156. In what field of study is the language of
ture the Romans often used?
C. was much like Egyptian city
A. Architecture and engineering
D. displayed many Persian influences
B. Medicine, law, and science
151. The gladiator who began the slave re-
volt. C. History and mathematics
A. Ptolemy D. All of the above
B. Spartacus
C. Constantine 157. how many olympian gods were there?
D. Justinian A. 15
152. What form of government is considered B. 14

best by both ancient Romans and today’s C. 21
Americans?
A. dictatorship D. 12
B. republic
158. One of the greatest achievements of the
C. monarchy Byzantine Empire was the building of the
D. socialism church called the
153. Constantinople became wealthy primar- A. Hippodrome

ily because of its
B. Hagia Sophia
A. fishing industry
C. Belisarius
B. gold deposits
C. excellent location D. Tribonian
D. large population
159. Who was the ruler of the Byzantine Em-
154. what league was formed and is believed pire?
to be the beginning of the city of Rome
A. Justinian
A. justice league
B. Augustus
B. league of 7 nations
C. league of nations C. Julius Ceasar
D. league of 7 hills D. Theodora

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160. The Romans told the story of Cincinnatus. A. Clovis

Why was he remembered? B. Diocleian
A. He helped found the city of Rome C. Justinian
B. He was the first elected consul of D. Attila
Rome
C. He was a dictator who gave power 166. This city became the capital city of the
back to Rome Byzantine Empire by A.D. 500.
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D. He was a plebian who fought for equal A. New Rome
rights among the people of Rome B. Constantinople
161. Historians believe that people started liv- C. Alexandria

ing on the Italian peninsula since the D. Byzantium
A. Old Stone Age 167. Who ruled the Byzantine Empire with her
B. New Stone Age husband?
C. Ancient Times A. Hippodrome
D. Medieval Times B. Belisarius
162. What is the Christian Holy Book? C. Theodora
A. The New Testament of the Bible D. Justinian
B. The Torah 168. What did male actor wear so they could
C. The Vedas play different roles
D. The Koran A. wigs

B. hats
163. person who fought animals and other
peoples public amusement C. helmets
A. warrior D. masks
B. gladiator 169. The best definition for patrician is

C. soldier A. A wealthy elite Roman.
D. slave B. A common Roman citizen.
164. What did Roman engineers build to bring C. A person with ultimate political power.
water from the hills into the cities?
A. Canals D. Someone who is elected by others.
B. Ditches 170. What describes the Roman families?

C. Underground pipes A. large and included extended family-
D. Aqueducts mother is in charge
B. large and included extended family-
165. What leader led the Huns to destroy father is in charge
many parts of the Eastern Roman Empire
and large portions of the Western Roman C. separated into smaller family units
Empire? D. none of above

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171. What is a martyr? 176. What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

A. Someone who converts others to their all share in common?

beliefs A. They are monotheistic religions.
B. Someone who is killed for their beliefs B. They think Jesus is a prophet of God.
C. They recognize Muhammad as a
C. Someone who trades with other peo- prophet.
ple D. They believe in reincarnation of the
D. Someone who explores new lands soul.
177. The influence of the Roman Empire can be
172. Which is NOT a reason for the Fall of
seen in the past and the present. Which is
Rome?
an example of how the Ancient Romans in-
A. Barbarian Invasion fluenced modern societies?
B. Weak Emperors A. Christianity
C. Corrupt government B. Silk
D. Disease C. City of Alexandria
D. Direct Democracies
173. Byzantine artists made patterns or pic-
tures by arranging small pieces of brightly 178. This term refers to the period of Roman
colored glass called history prior to the empire, in which the
A. Collage Senate was the most powerful institution
of government
B. Mosaics
A. Constantinople
C. Collections
B. Aqueduct
D. Patchwork
C. Alps
174. What was common entertainment to the D. Roman Republic
Romans?
179. Which emperor took charge of the Roman
A. chariot races and gladiator fights Empire in AD 284? This emperor divided
B. literature writing competitions the empire into 4 sections and appointed
officials to rule each area.
C. banquets
A. Diocletian
D. none of above
B. Constantine
175. Which is the BEST description of patri- C. Theodosius
cians in Ancient Rome?
D. Julius Caesar
A. a large but politically limited group of
people 180. the common people of the roman civiliza-
tion
B. a powerful group of nobles who were
small in number A. clan
C. a group of three leaders of the Roman B. tribe
Republic C. patricians
D. a group of judges in the Roman Empire D. plebeians

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181. Much of Roman science and technology 186. The exchange of goods without using
was based off of the culture money.
A. Egyptian A. Barter
B. Indian B. Reform
C. Greek C. Inflation
D. Plague
D. Chinese
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187. What are saints?
182. The study of body structure.
A. motifs or images created by an ar-
A. paterfamilias rangement of colored glass or stone (art)
B. saint
C. gladiator B. people considered holy by followers of
the Christian faith
D. anatomy
C. a curved ceiling made of arches
183. One of the most famous Christian D. verse or prose that pokes fun at human
churches built during the Byzantine Empire weakness
was called
188. Soon Rome would be invaded by Visig-
A. St.Peter’s Cathedral oth Tribes and the West would not be able
B. Roman Catholic Church to fend them off. A Visigoth Tribe Leader
Named would defeat the last Roman
C. Eastern Orthodox Church Emperor in the West Augustus Caesar and
D. Hagia Sophia take over Italy.
A. Mehmet
184. Which statement best describes the way
Romans viewed education? B. Justinian
A. Roman education was reserved for C. Constantine

slaves. D. Odoacer
B. Roman children of wealthy families 189. Roman language, law, government and
were sent to school. architecture all
C. Roman education focused on the hu- A. influenced America’s culture
manities
B. made it difficult for them to keep a
D. Roman society looked down on educa- large empire together
tion. C. were exactly like the Greeks
185. Latin is the basis of many European lan- D. made Constantinople exactly like
guages, such as Rome
A. English, French, and Russian. 190. What Byzantine Emperor organized and
simplified the complex Roman legal sys-
B. French, Russian, and Spanish.
tem to make it more accessible to the av-
C. Italian, French, and Spanish. erage citizen?
D. Spanish, French, and Slavic. A. Constantine

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B. Justinian 196. a number of families from a common an-

C. Theodora cestor
A. clan

D. Belisarius
B. tribe
191. How did the Romans bring fresh water
to their cities? C. patriarchs
A. They diverted water from the Tiber. D. plebeians
B. They built a system of aqueducts. 197. Rome finally fell when groups of which
C. They imported water from other coun- people invaded from northern Europe?
tries. A. Celtic
D. They built dams across the Tiber. B. Egyptian
C. Germanic
192. She convinced her husband to give more
rights to women. D. Slavic
A. Theodosius 198. While this Roman emperor fought battles
B. Constantine away from Rome, his wife, Julia Domna,
was in charge of political a public affairs
C. Theodora
A. Augustus
D. Justinian
B. Ptolemy
193. Which of these building materials that is
C. Septimius
used today was invented to build large
buildings and bridges in ancient Rome? D. Zeus
A. plaster 199. Who moved the Roman empire’s capital
B. fiberboard east from Rome to Byzantium?
C. concrete A. Justinian
D. iron girders B. Augustus Caesar
C. Julius Caesar
194. A cultural contribution made by the
Byzantines in the area of art was D. Constantine
A. human-like sculptures 200. Period of rapidly increasing prices:

B. detailed paintings A. Black Friday
C. mosaics B. Inflation
D. stained glass designs C. Ode
D. Satire
195. What was an issue with apartments in
Ancient Rome? 201. I am a famous Roman Emperor who took
A. they were too expensive the name of my adopted father, Julius.
Who am I?
B. they were only built for the enslaved
people A. Augustus
C. they were poorly built and often col- B. Hannibal
lapsed C. Justinian
D. none of above D. Nero

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202. was the emperor of the Byzantine B. Hippodrome

Empire at its peak. He was a strong C. Alexandria
Leader and skilled general. He Created a
Code, which was a list of laws that his em- D. Adrianople
pire must follow. ( This is the basis for our
208. what assembly gained power to pass
court system today.)
laws binding on all the people of Rome
A. Constantine
A. assembly of centuries
B. Justinian
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B. assembly of the senate
C. Mehmet
C. tribal assembly
D. Odoacer
D. none of above
203. Justinian ordered reform of the code,
where he made it easier for people to un- 209. Why was the city of Constantinople suc-
derstand. cessful?
A. Tax A. Its location on waterways.
B. Dress B. It sat at a crossroads for trade routes
C. Law
D. Secret C. It had natural barriers for protection
D. All of the above
204. was elected as Consul for life/
A. Caesar 210. The fall of Rome began with poor leader-
ship, attacks by invaders, and
B. Octavian
A. earthquakes
C. Anthony
D. Augustus B. a declining economy
C. an overabundance of food
205. how long did the colosseum take to build
D. an evil emperor
A. 12 years
B. 10 years 211. This is “king of gods” and god of the sky
and thunder in Roman mythology.
C. 8 years
A. Pax Romana
D. 16 years
B. Roman Republic
206. To be corrupt means to be
C. Jupiter
A. very fun
D. Alps
B. very honest
C. dishonest and power hungry 212. Justinian’s wife helped him rule? She
was very influential for women’s rights
D. a good leader
A. Madonna
207. As Roman Emperor, Constantine moved
B. Cleopatra
the empire’s capital to Byzantium which
later became known as C. Theodora
A. Constantinople D. Mary I

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213. The wife of Augustus, Empress , had a C. Theodora

say in Rome’s politics even though women
D. Tribonian
did not have full citizenship rights.

A. Hera 219. the aristocratic class of the roman civiliza-
B. Athena tion
C. Livia A. clan
D. Aphrodite B. tribe
214. A huge arena built in AD 80 that could C. patricians

seat 60, 000 people was called the D. plebeians
A. Colosseum
220. He split the empire into two separate em-
B. Theater pires.
C. Forum A. Theodora
D. Pantheon
B. Spartacus
215. Which gladiator led a slave revolt in 73 C. Theodosius
B.C.?
D. Justinian
A. Achilles
B. Spartacus 221. What type of bridge was built by the an-
C. Priscus cient Romans throughout the empire?
D. Commodus A. a trestle bridge

B. arch bridge
216. As the value of Roman coins decreased,
people began to C. covered bridge
A. barter D. suspension bridge
B. sell
222. What was the language of the Romans,
C. trade which has led to the development of many
D. shop lift other languages used today?
217. Which epic by Virgil told the story of a A. Spanish

Trojan prince who was an ancestor to the B. Latin
founders of Rome?
C. German
A. The Aeneid
D. French
B. The Odyssey
C. The Iliad 223. What was the Pax Romana?
D. The Epic of Gilgamesh A. 200 years of Peace and Prosperity in
Rome
218. arguably the greatest of the Byzantine
emperors; served a.d.527-565 B. A war between Japan and China
A. Justin C. The winter season in Europe
B. Justinian D. A road that lead to the capital city

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224. What is one way that Latin has not influ- 229. Early Christian doctrine was established
enced Western civilization? by-
A. We use the Latin alphabet. A. Greek historians who translated He-
brew texts.
B. Latin is still used in the countries of
Germany and Austria today. B. a series of Church councils.
C. Many English words have Latin roots. C. Jews who were exiled from Jerusalem
after a failed revolt.
D. All plant and animal species have Latin
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D. a Grand Synod called by the Roman em-
names.
peror.
225. Once contribution of Classical Roman cul- 230. The Assembly (made of plebeians), The
ture was the development of Senate (made of patricians), and the two
A. the concept of zero Consuls of Rome were all part of Rome’s
B. the process of making silk
A. Economy
C. a republic form of government
B. Government
D. the printing press
C. Religion
226. First major Roman road linking Rome to D. Geography
Southeastern Italy was called what?
231. I live in a domus and spend a good part of
A. Appian Way my day supervising enslaved people. Who
B. “Breads and Circuses” am I?
C. vaults A. Enslaved Person
D. satires B. Patrician
C. Plebeian
227. Which of the following was NOT a social
D. Etruscan
problem faced by the Romans in their pe-
riod of decline? 232. What mountain range helped to isolate
A. slavery increased Rome from invaders?
A. Matterhorn
B. government officials began taking
bribes B. Alps
C. few attended school C. Roman
D. people began boycotting gladiatorial D. Himalayas

games 233. Improvements in transportation made it
possible to move ideas, products, and peo-
228. Poem that expresses strong emotions
ple from place to place. Which Roman de-
about life.
velopment made it possible?
A. ode A. Invention of the Printing Press
B. satire B. Republican Form of Government
C. rhetoric C. Building of Roads
D. reform D. Rebirth of Classical Literature

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234. The Germanic general who seized control C. Disease the spreads quickly and kills
of Rome and ruled it for almost 15 years many

A. Adrianople D. Increase in prices of goods
B. Alaric 240. Romans often went to the Colosseum to
C. Slavic watch fight for entertainment.
D. Odoacer A. Knights
B. Prisoners
235. What is a person who rules in place of a
ruler who is either too young or too ill to C. Gladiators
govern called? D. Martyrs
A. Saint
241. Which of the following was NOT a reason
B. Regent that Rome fell?
C. Mosaic A. constant invasions from the Germanic
D. Persian tribes of Goths
B. a loss of trade due to fighting
236. Which Roman emperor moved the em-
pire’s capital to Constantinople? C. an invasion of Carthage under Hanni-
bal
A. Alaric
D. political corruption that allowed vio-
B. Constantine lence and bribery
C. Diocletian
242. Which of the following served as an area
D. Theodosius for exercise, hygiene, and socializing for
237. Was 14 years old when he became em- ancient Romans?
peror, but was sent to work on a farm by A. Aqueducts
a German soldier B. Bath Houses
A. Romulus Augustulus C. Temples
B. Licinius D. The Colosseum
C. Constantine
243. Moved the capital of Rome to a city
D. Diocletian named for him.
238. This mountain range runs down the A. Constantine
length of Rome. B. Barter
A. Appalachian Mountains C. Plague
B. Apennine Mountains D. Inflation
C. Alps
244. The capital city of the Eastern Roman Em-
D. Himalaya pire was
239. In the AD 200s, a plague swept through A. Adrianople
Rome. What is a plague? B. Constantinople
A. Increase in taxes C. Rome
B. Chicken Pox D. Spartacus

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245. How were Roman inspirational plays dif- B. rejection of the concept of slavery.
ferent from Greek ones? C. belief that political power should be
A. Roman plays added a touch of reality. controlled by the military
B. Roman plays ended with a moral. D. establishment of agricultural com-
C. Roman plays were longer. munes.
D. Roman plays were shorter. 251. Hagia Sophia was what of the Byzantine
Empire?
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246. This Roman poet wrote satires
A. religious center
A. Virgil
B. loveliest palace
B. Catullus
C. tallest building
C. Ovid
D. cultural center
D. Horace
252. Which of these CORRECTLY identifies the
247. I was an emporer that was accused of al- equivalent god in Greek and Roman soci-
lowing the city of Rome to burn while I eties?
played my fiddle.
A. Apollo/Jupiter
A. Nero
B. Hades/Mercury
B. Julius
C. Hermes/Pluto
C. Augustus
D. Ares/Mars
D. Hannibal
253. He studied the sky and mapped over 1,
248. One thing that Constantine did not do 000 different stars.
was
A. Ptolemy
A. make the military stronger.
B. Theodosius
B. move the capital from Rome to Byzan-
C. Justinian
tium.
D. Spartacus
C. create reforms to help the empire
grow strong again. 254. a number of clans united by common be-
D. divide the empire into 2 parts. liefs and living in a particular region are
called a
249. The new capital of the Roman Empire was A. clan
Constantinople, which was formerly the
city of B. tribe
A. Alexandria C. patricians
B. Byzantium D. plebeians
C. Carthage 255. Who wrote the Aeneid?
D. Rome A. Ptolemy
250. A major contribution of the Roman Repub- B. Virgil

lic to Western European culture was the C. Livey
A. concept of government by laws. D. Constantine

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256. The study of the body’s structure is called 261. A political change to make things better.
A. Reform

A. philosophy B. Plague
B. biology C. Barter
C. anatomy D. Constantine
D. rhetoric 262. The was an organization to give opin-

ions to the Consuls.
257. Some examples of Roman building tech- A. Assembly
nology are
B. Council
A. Concrete and arches C. Senate
B. Pyramids and vaults D. Court
C. Marble and tile 263. The majority of Rome’s population (the
D. Pillars and columns lower class) were called what?
A. Patrician
258. How did Rome’s geography aid its devel-
B. Plebeian
opment?
C. Serf
A. The desert provided protection from
enemies D. Slave
B. The location offered protection from 264. When Octavian became the emperor of
oceans, rivers, and mountains the Roman Empire, he was given the title
C. The Romans colonized an unpopulated

part of Italy A. the Great
B. Augustus
D. The monsoon rains supported farming
C. my lord
259. “Byzantine Empire” was another name D. Sun King
for
265. In the Byzantine Empire, made up the
A. the area where Germanic tribes such largest group of peoples.
as the Goths and Vandals lived
A. Greeks
B. the Eastern Roman Empire B. Turks
C. the part of Africa where Carthage and C. Egyptians
Egypt were located
D. Persians
D. the Western Roman Empire
266. What was the modern city of Istanbul
260. Rapidly increasing prices. called during the last days of the Western
Roman Empire?
A. Inflation
A. Adrianople
B. Reform B. Byzantium
C. Plague C. Constantinople
D. Barter D. Rome

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267. The eastern part of the Roman Empire 272. Christian Holy Person:
lasted for about 1, 000 years and was A. Papa
known as the
B. Saints
A. Eastern Empire
C. Mosaic
B. Western Empire D. Monks
C. Byzantine Empire
273. Rome finally fell when groups of peo-
D. Holy Roman Empire ple invaded from northern Europe
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268. The Roman Empire had 4 major is- A. Egyptian
sues they were Political, Social, Economic, B. Celtic
and? C. Slavic
A. Social D. Germanic/Barbaric
B. Military 274. Which of the following gods had the same
C. Education Greek and Roman names?
D. Poverty A. Hera
B. Jupiter
269. Which of the following architectural ele-
ments was perfected by the Romans and C. Apollo
enabled them to build large public buildings D. Neptune
such as the Pantheon?
275. The fall of Rome began with poor leader-
A. the dome ship, attacks by invaders, and
B. the column A. a declining economy.
C. the pyramid B. an evil emperor.
D. the window C. an overabundance of food.
D. earthquakes.
270. What caused inflation in the empire?
276. To exchange using goods instead of
A. Merchants bartered their goods.
money
B. The value of money declined and
A. stock exchange
prices rose steeply.
B. barter
C. The poor in the empire’s cities were
hungry. C. steal
D. borrow
D. The Romans brought peace to their em-
pire. 277. What does vault mean?
271. This emperor converted to Christianity on A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought
his deathbed. people or animals for public entertain-
ment
A. Augustus Ceasar
B. the study of the body’s structure
B. Tiberiaus
C. Constantine D. a lyric poem that expresses strong
D. Dearth Vador emotions about life

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278. The Byzantine Empire reached the height 284. Which Barbarian tribe was the first to at-
of its power tack Rome in 410 AD?

A. about a.d.350 A. The Visigoths
B. from a.d.1000-1500 B. The Ostrogoths
C. around 150b.c.
C. The Huns
D. in the a.d. 500s
D. The Vandals
279. He became enraged and killed his brother
and named the city Rome after himself. 285. What does reforms mean?
A. Remus A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought
B. Rumpelstiltskin people or animals for public entertain-
C. Romulus ment
D. Rommel Rome B. changes to bring about improvement
280. What would a vegetarian NOT eat? C. a curved ceiling made of arches
A. meat D. verse or prose that pokes fun at human

weakness
B. carrots
C. lettuce 286. Which mountain erupted in A.D. 79 and
D. rice destroyed the city of Pompeii?
281. These were used by the Roman Empire to A. Mount Everest

supply its urban citizens with fresh water B. Mount Vesuvius
from far-off places.
C. Mount Kiliminjaro
A. Aqueduct
D. Mount Elbert
B. Augustus Caesar
C. Julius Caesar 287. Theodosius decided to do what after his
D. Constantinople death?
282. The Visigoths became tired of the Ro- A. be buried in Rome

mans’ demands, rebelled and defeated the B. have the Roman Empire divided
Roman legions at
C. move the capital city to Sicily
A. Odoacr
D. publish his autobiography
B. Gaul
C. Diocletian 288. What became known as one of the
D. Adrianople world’s most advanced cities after the fall
of Rome?
283. Galen emphasized the importance of
A. Constantinople
A. mapping the oceans
B. observing the stars B. Carthage
C. poetry and art C. Byzantium

D. studying body structure D. Alexandria

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289. From AD 117, the Roman Empire began 294. A huge arena built in AD 80 that was
to decline because used for public entertainment
A. It had little influence over the areas A. Colosseum
where it expanded
B. Theater
B. It was smaller than other nations at
C. Forum
the time
D. Pantheon
C. It became too spread out from its cen-
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ter in Rome
295. In ancient Rome, which family member
D. It was unable to expand throughout Eu- had the most authority?
rope
A. mother
290. Which civilization did the Romans fight B. unmarried daughter
during the 120 year Punic Wars?
C. father
A. Greeks
D. married son
B. Carthaginians
C. Egyptians 296. All in the Roman Republic were Ro-
man citizens who had voting right.
D. Mesopotamians
A. people
291. As Roman emperor, who moved the Em- B. children
pire’s capital to Constantinople
C. male Romans
A. Alaric
D. female Romans
B. Constantine
C. Diocletian 297. How were Greek Statues different from
Roman Statues?
D. Theodosius
A. Greek statues were much larger than
292. The mountain range is found in southern Roman States
Europe and served as a protective barrier
B. Roman statues were more realistic
to Ancient Rome
C. Roman statues only appeared indoors
A. Jupiter
B. Alps
D. Greek states were more realistic
C. Roman Republic
D. Pax Romana 298. I am the first Christian emperor of Rome,
and the city of Constantinople in the East-
293. The houses of the wealthy Romans were ern Roman Empire was named after me.
built around a(n) Who am I?
A. atrium A. Constantine the Great
B. colonnade B. Julius Caesar
C. promenade C. Justinian
D. vault D. Augustus Caesar

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299. This wife Augustus had a say in Rome’s C. 735 BC

politics even though women did not have D. 753 BC
full citizenship

A. Aphrodite 305. One characteristic of the Pax Romana
was widespread
B. Athena
A. Political conflict
C. Hera
B. Cultural decline
D. Liva
C. Social equality
300. I was taken away from my homeland dur-
ing a battle, and I receive no pay for my D. Economic prosperity
hard work. Who am I?
306. Who is the last man standing in the first
A. Roman Citizen Triumvirate?
B. Enslaved Person A. Lepidus
C. Patrician B. Marc Antony
D. Plebeian C. Julius Caesar
301. general who strengthened the Byzantine D. Augustus Caesar
army
307. I am a city that was destroyed by the vol-
A. Justinian cano Mount Vesuvius erupting. What city
B. Justin am I?
C. Tribonian A. Pompeii
D. Belisarius B. Rome
302. The U.S. Capitol Building has a dome that C. Tiber
is supported by Roman-inspired D. Etruscan
A. arches
308. Who becomes Rome’s first emperor?
B. bridges
A. Augustus Caesar
C. rings
B. Julius Caesar
D. vaults
303. the study of body structure
D. Hannibal
A. Science
309. He was Roman general and political
B. Arithmatic
leader, known for his campaigns in Britain
C. Psycology and Gaul, and formed a governing triumvi-
D. Anatomy rate with Crassus and Pompey.
A. Julius Caesar
304. in what year was it believed that the city
of Rome began B. Pax Romana
A. 700 BC C. Augustus Caesar
B. 800 BC D. Alps

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310. Which civilization did most of Rome’s C. stadiums

knowledge in math, science, and technol-
D. sewers
ogy come from?
A. China 315. Picture made from tiny bits of glass,
B. Egypt stone or tile:
C. Russia A. Painting
D. Greece B. Mural
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311. What emperor moved the capital of the C. Mosaic
empire from Rome in the west to Byzan- D. Pottery
tium in the East. He renamed the city Con-
stantinople. 316. Greek classical style is best known for
A. Emperor Augustus Caesar its:
B. Emperor Diocletian Caesar A. Columns

C. Emperor Nero Caesar B. Colors
D. Emperor Constantine Caesar C. Height
312. which group of people came to the Italian D. Strength

peninsula around 800 BC establishing one
of the earliest civilizations in Italy 317. King of the Visigoths who marched his
troops across the Alps towards Rome and
A. Etruscans put the city under siege.
B. Greeks A. Alaric
C. Phoenicians
B. Arminius
D. none of above
C. Boudica
313. We are the twins who were sent to be D. Odoacer
killed by a king. A wolf and a shepherd
helped us to live, and one of us later went 318. The Roman Republic lasted approxi-
on to found Rome. Who are we? mately years
A. Nero and Justinian A. 200
B. Romulus and Hanibal
B. 600
C. Julius and Octavia
C. 500
D. Romulus and Rhemus
D. 241
314. The ancient Romans are known for their
accomplishments in engineering. The Ro- 319. Which of the following was the class of
mans provided water to their cities and workers and the poor in Rome?
used indoor plumbing. What else did the A. Patricians
Romans build that was an important part
of their water system? B. Plebians
A. roads C. Consuls
B. temples D. Dictators

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320. The Via Appia was one of the earliest Ro- 325. He was adopted by his great uncle, Julius
man Caesar, and in 43 BCE joined forces with
Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus in a mili-

A. coliseum.
tary dictatorship known as the second Tri-
B. novels. umvirate.
C. aqueducts. A. Julius Caesar
D. roads. B. Augustus Caesar
C. Jupiter
321. Theodosius left a will which instructed
the Romans to do what after his death? D. Pax Romana
A. bury him in Rome 326. What does satire mean?

B. divide the Roman Empire into 2 parts A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought
people or animals for public entertain-
C. move the capital to the island of Sicily
ment
D. publish his autobiography
322. Which statement best describes slavery C. a curved ceiling made of arches
in ancient Rome? D. verse or prose that pokes fun at human
A. Slavery was banned throughout an- weakness
cient Rome.
327. What is a curved ceiling formed by
B. About twenty-five percent of Rome’s rows of arches built against one another
population was enslaved. called?
C. Enslaved persons had the same status A. Arches
as Roman women.
B. Domes
D. Slavery existed in ancient Rome but C. Vaults
was not widespread.
D. Atrium
323. Among the Roman gods and goddesses,
328. I am elected each year by the people
was the god of fire.
to choose whether new laws should be
A. Pluto passed or if Rome should go to war. I am
B. Zeus advised by the senators. Who am I?
A. Representative
C. Hades
B. Senator
D. Vulcan
C. Emporer
324. Which of the following is not a result of D. Consul
Roman civil war?
A. Pax Romana was instituted 329. Helped businesses with records and ac-
counting. What was this Roman innova-
B. The Roman government grew weak tion?
C. The Roman army grew strong A. concrete
D. There was less food B. aqueducts

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C. Roman Numerals B. Writing that pokes fun of human weak-

D. furniture ness
C. Mythical writing about Gods and
330. How did the Roman emperors keep the Heroes
support of the masses of people?
D. A novel about Christianity
A. They provided temples in which to wor-
ship. 335. In what year did the Roman Empire col-
B. They provided free housing lapse?
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C. They provided jobs and travel through- A. 776 BC
out the empire. B. 776 AD
D. They provided bread and circuses C. 476 BC
331. What does gladiator mean? D. 476 AD
A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought 336. Which of the following was the official
people or animals for public entertain- religion of the Byzantine Empire?
ment
A. Eastern Orthodox Christianity
B. Judaism
C. Roman Catholic
D. a lyric poem that expresses strong
emotions about life D. Polytheism
332. People who fought animals as public en- 337. The Roman philosophy of stoicism pro-
tertainment: moted
A. Warrior A. mercy.
B. Drama B. self-control.
C. Gladiator C. pity.
D. Pharaoh D. anger.
333. The French, Spanish, and Italian lan- 338. For most of Rome’s history, what would
guages have many similarities. From be the best description of its religion?
which ancient language, spoken by the A. Monotheistic
Romans, did these modern languages de-
B. Polytheistic
velop?
C. Atheistic
A. Latin
D. Agnostic
B. Greek
C. Arabic 339. What is a picture made from colored bits
of stone and glass called?
D. none of above
A. Saint
334. A Greek poet, Horace, wrote Satires.
What is a Satire? B. Regent
A. A poem that expresses strong emotion C. Mosaic

D. Persian

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340. Developed during the A.D. 500s, be- 345. The Justinian Code has been the basis for
came one of the major Byzantine indus- what in many countries?
tries.

A. government organization
A. acting
B. legal systems
B. chariot racing
C. religious order
C. mining gems
D. the system for taxation
D. silk weaving
346. What is one technological advancement
341. What are works that poke fun at human
created by the Romans that is still used
weakness called?
today?
A. Satire
A. catapults
B. Ode
B. concrete
C. Rhetoric
C. aqueducts
D. Anatomy
D. accounting
342. What does anatomy mean?
347. emperor who provided his nephew with
A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought
an excellent education, adopted him, and
people or animals for public entertain-
made him his chief adviser
ment
A. Justinian
C. a curved ceiling made of arches B. Justin
D. a lyric poem that expresses strong C. Tribonian

emotions about life D. Alaric
343. Justinian’s wife Theodora encouraged 348. Roman citizens elected two persons to
him to become controlling the daily running of
A. increase women’s rights. the Roman government.
B. flee his empire when a massive riot A. plebeians
erupted.
B. patricians
C. expand his empire to include India and
C. senators
parts of China.
D. consuls
D. ban all statues and icons of Jesus in
his empire. 349. What does ode mean?
344. An open space that served as a market- A. in ancient Rome, a person who fought
place and public square, with temples and people or animals for public entertain-
public buildings built around it was called ment
A. Colosseum B. the study of the body’s structure
B. Courtyard C. a curved ceiling made of arches
C. Forum D. a lyric poem that expresses strong
D. Pantheon emotions about life

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350. Who declared that Roman emperors 355. How long did the Byzantine Empire last?
were gods?
A. 100 years
A. the Senate
B. 500 years
B. the emperor himself
C. 1000 years
C. the people
D. 1000 days
D. the Tribunes
356. Roman builders used rows of arches in
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351. While Roman builders used Greek-style
their buildings to form a curved ceiling, or
architecture, they also used rows of arches
in their buildings to for a(n) , or curved A. aqueduct
ceiling. B. colonnade
A. aqueduct C. dome
B. ring
D. vault
C. vault
D. colonnade 357. Which emperor took over after Diocle-
tian, and moved Rome’s capital to the
352. What title did Romans give to people that Greek city of Byzantium (which later be-
were invading from other lands and did not came known as Constantinople)?
speak Latin. A. Theodosius
A. Plobeans B. Trajan
B. Slaves
C. Visigoth
C. Barbarians
D. Constantine
D. Germanic Tribesman
358. Who was the founder of Christianity?
353. Which factor was most threatening to the
cohesion of the Roman Empire? A. Muhammad
A. the tables had been lost in a barbarian B. Jesus of Nazareth
attack C. Constantine
B. the laws did not establish any order to D. Abraham
begin with
C. people ignored the laws as Rome be- 359. To strengthen the Byzantine Empire, Em-
came weaker press Theodora
D. Rome passed too many laws for citi- A. convinced Justinian to give women
zens to remember more rights
354. Who was the first Emperor of Rome? B. got rid of all government officials
A. Julius Ceasar C. convinced Justinian to suppress a

rebel uprising which strengthened the em-
B. Augustus Ceasar pire
C. Hannibal D. enslaved citizens that went against the
D. Pompey government

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360. Which classical culture represented a C. Diocletian

blend of Egyptian, Persian, and Greek in-
D. Caesar Augustus
fluences?

A. Hellenistic 366. how did they gain their equality
B. Spartan A. threatening to leave the army
C. Athenian B. threatening to destroy the army
D. Assyrian C. threatening to keep supplies
361. A temple with a domed roof that was D. none of above
built to honor Rome’s gods was called the
A. Colosseum 367. Works that poke fun of human weak-
ness:
B. Theater
A. Ode
C. Forum
B. Satire
D. Pantheon
C. Regent
362. What type of religion was adopted in
“New Rome”? D. Comedy
A. Monotheistic 368. Which of the following was NOT a reason
B. Polytheistic for the fall of the Roman Empire?
C. Atheistic A. The empire’s vast size.
D. Agnostic B. Corruption in Roman Government.
363. What is the main reason that Rome C. Pressure on the Goths from the Huns.
started to fall apart?
A. Weak Emperors D. Influence of Greek culture.
B. Bad weather
369. Justinian ordered reform of the code,
C. Untrained soldiers which even now influences Europe.
D. Unlucky A. tax
364. He moved the capital from Rome to B. dress
Byzantium.
C. law
A. Spartacus
D. secret
B. Justinian
C. Ptolemy 370. What language was spoken in the Roman
Empire?
D. Constantine
A. Latin
365. What emperor was over Rome at the
height of its size and power? B. Italian
A. Nero C. Romanesque
B. Trajan D. English

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371. This origin story was based on a Trojan 376. What is the 200-year period of Roman
soldier who escaped Troy’s destruction. peace and prosperity initiated by Augustus
A. The Aeneid Caesar known as?
B. The Iliad A. Pax Sinica
C. Romulus and Remus B. Golden Age
D. The Odyssey C. Pax Romana

D. Dark Age
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372. What was the order of Rome’s develop-
ment? 377. What CONTINENT did the Roman Repub-
A. Monarchy-Republic-Dictatorship- lic start on?
Empire A. Africa
B. Monarchy-Aristocracy-Democracy- B. Asia
Theocracy C. Europe
C. Republic-Dictatorship-Empire-Democracy D. North America
D. Democracy-Republic-Dictatorship- 378. By AD 550, the Western Roman Empire

Empire had faded away. However, the East-
ern Roman Empire prospered, and became
373. Which ancient civilization was the basis known as the
for the Roman’s work in art and litera- A. Byzantine Empore
ture?
B. Persian Empire
A. China
C. Chinese Empire
B. Egypt
D. none of above
C. Greece
D. India 379. Which of the following was a SOCIAL
problem that led to the fall of Rome?
374. Which Emperor took control of the Byzan- A. Increase in Taxes
tine Empire in AD 565 and tried to reunite
the Roman Empire? B. Government Officials stealing money
A. Constantine C. Fewer people went to school
B. Theodora D. Lucky Charms
C. Justinian 380. Change that tries to bring improvement:

D. Pompey A. Reform
375. Which statement is true? B. Mode
A. Spartacus was a gladiator who tried to C. Mean

put down a slave revolt. D. Ode
B. Most people who lived in Rome were 381. What did the ancient Romans build to
enslaved. maintain the supply of water in their
C. Life was good for enslaved Romans. cities?
D. Slavery was a part of Roman life. A. sewers

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B. aqueducts 387. How did Constantine affect Christian-

C. temples ity?

D. highways A. He made Christianity legal in 313 AD
B. He placed even more bans on the reli-
382. I am the language of the Romans and the
gion.
basis of the Romance languages, such as
Spanish, French, and Italian. What lan- C. He persecuted Christians in the Colos-
guage am I? seum.
A. English D. He moved the capital of Rome to the
B. German Eastern Empire.
C. Chinese 388. To exchange goods without using

D. Latin money:
A. Barter
383. Romans invented , which made it pos-
sible to create large open spaces. B. Trade
A. mud C. Inflation
B. sandcastles D. Regent
C. concrete
389. Which religion spread throughout the
D. steel Byzantine Empire, as well as much of East-
384. Who declared himself dictator for life and ern Europe?
then was assassinated by the Senate in 44 A. Christianity
BCE?
B. Islam
A. Julius Ceasar
C. Judaism
B. Augustus Ceasar
D. none of above
C. Pompey
D. Crasseus 390. How did Justinian expand the Byzantine
Empire?
385. The Romans admired Art and Literature
A. reconquered former Roman territories
from which civilization?
A. Chinese
B. became allies with the Persians
B. Mesopotamians
C. bought land from the Germanic tribes
C. Greeks
D. campaigned across the Arabian penin-
D. Egyptians
sula
386. Which of the following groups did not in-
vade parts of the Roman Empire? 391. gladiator who led a slave rebellion
A. Goths A. Maximus
B. Huns B. Hera
C. Vandals C. Augustus
D. Samurai D. Sparticus

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392. What is one thing the Romans did to pro- A. Alexander

tect their cities from Germanic tribes? B. Cleopatra
A. The emperor made many reforms C. Anthony
(changes).
D. Octavian
B. They began to barter.
C. They hired Germanic soldiers to be in 394. The Visigoths warred with which other
the Roman army. invading tribe?
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D. The emperor declared that Rome A. Etruscans
would be a tax-free zone. B. Greeks
393. After the death of Caesar, became C. Huns

the new ruler of the Roman Empire. D. Philistines
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1. Consisted of a city and all the countryside D. 50
around it.
5. On what surface did Sumerians record
A. urban
cuneiform writings?
B. rural
A. paper
C. city-state
B. canvas
D. society
C. clay tablets
2. Which word means “to supply water D. leather scrolls
to”?
A. sprinkle 6. Sumerians invented
B. irrigate A. the wheel
C. barter B. the compass
D. farm C. paper money
D. gunpowder
3. What evidence found by archaeologists
shows that Sumerians were not prehis- 7. Which Sumerian belief about the king
toric? helped strengthen the social order?
A. the Standard of Ur A. He was chosen by the gods.
B. written records
B. He was wise and fair.
C. canals
C. He only made laws that everyone
D. dinosaur bones agreed to.
4. the Nile river is million years old D. He cared about the poor in society.
A. 40 8. Sumerians created the first written laws
B. 30 using this pictogram system.
C. 60 A. hieroglyphics

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B. cuneiform 14. River Valleys were a good place for civi-

lizations to grow because they offered
C. emojis
A. religion

D. the alphabet
B. rich soils for agriculture
9. Which of the following countries has C. government
Ashma not yet visited? D. 401k’s
A. Egypt
15. Which of the following people was most
B. Cuba likely to become a scribe?
C. Italy A. children of the king
D. Papua New Guinea B. girls from wealthy families

C. all boys
10. Which jobs were favored among Sumeri- D. boys from wealthy families
ans?
16. Ancient Sumerians invented the first
A. Academic Jobs wheel
B. Tennis Players A. to make travel easier and faster.
C. Artistic Jobs B. to turn mud into household goods and
tools.
D. Farming Jobs
C. to harness energy from the running
11. Where did the first civilizations rise? rivers
A. near the sea D. of fortune.
B. in the desert 17. the civilization that grew near nile river is
C. Near rivers valleys
A. Himalayas
D. none of above
B. Indus valley civilization
12. The two main rivers in Mesopotamia are C. thar dessert
the D. Deccan plateau
A. Nile and Mississippi 18. Mesopotamia had a lot of this resource
B. Yellow and Tigris A. copper
C. Tigris and Euphrates B. iron
D. Euphrates and Nile C. clay
D. lapis lazuli
13. The calendar developed by the was
based on the cycles of the moon. 19. What was the Sumerians’ most important
invention?
A. Civilizations
A. pottery
B. the Persians B. plow
C. the Assyrians C. the wheel
D. Sumerians D. ziggurats

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20. Scribes were known as 26. The Sumerians developed the first civiliza-
A. official record keepers tion in
B. artisans A. Mesopotamia
C. kings B. Greece
D. government officials C. Crete

D. Ziggurat
21. If you have status in society, you have
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A. friends 27. Sumerians believed their kings were cho-
sen by
B. time
A. their fathers
C. religion
B. the gods
D. importance
C. aliens
22. Priests were high in social position be- D. an old guy named Joe
cause:
A. they were masters at building 28. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of a civilization?
B. they had direct communication with
the gods A. Stable food supply
C. they owned much of the land B. Government
D. none of above C. Religious system

D. Education
23. Main features of Sumerian Civilization
A. Farming 29. What is an artisan?
B. Canals A. a craftsperson
C. Domestication of animals B. a singer
D. All of the above C. a person who sells goods

D. someone who farms
24. Which Sumerian king was in a very famous
book? 30. Geographically, where was Mesopotamia?
A. Donald J. Trump
B. Prince Henry A. Nile Delta
C. Uruk B. Persian Gulf
D. Gilgamesh C. Fertile Crescent

D. Sahara Desert
25. which was the first site/city to be discov-
ered in the Harrapans civilization? 31. Nebuchadnezzar was the leader of the
A. Kalibangan A. Akkadian Empire
B. Mohenjo-Daro B. Babylonian Empire
C. Dholavira C. Assyrian Empire
D. Harppa D. Neo-Babylonian Empire

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32. Which was NOT a social class? 38. What is cuneiform?

A. The Upper Class A. a way of worship

B. The Middle Class B. a system of farming
C. The Lower Class C. a system of writing
D. The Slaves D. a type of medicine
33. a city that governs itself and its surround- 39. What did a city-state consist of?
ing territory A. The area inside the city wall
A. city-state B. The city and the countryside around it.
B. province
C. empire C. The farmland
D. Mesopotamia D. The market place
34. A problem that all 4 empires had was 40. The Sumerians wrote on
A. Choosing strong leaders A. clay tablets
B. Trade with other empires B. paper
C. Controlling a large area C. papyrus
D. Keeping track of their history D. walls
35. The Tigris and Euphrates are 41. Arches added and to Sumerian
A. gods buildings.
B. rivers A. height and weight.
C. animals B. laughter and love.
D. rappers C. strength and beauty.

D. fire and water.
36. Which of the following was NOT part of
the Sumerian civilization? 42. Bronze is made from combining which two
A. worship of single god other metals?
B. walls surrounding their city-states A. Copper and Tin
C. ziggurats B. Gold and Silver
D. mud-brick houses C. Silver and Copper

D. Aluminum and Steel
37. Sumerians had little stone and timber.
What did they use for building material? 43. Mesopotamian script is called
A. Straw A. heiroglyphs
B. Steel B. sanskrit
C. Copper C. latin
D. Clay bricks D. cuneiform

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44. Which of the following is TRUE about the 49. Temples and pyramids
geography of Mesopotamia? A. demonstrate the power of the govern-
A. Mesopotamia was located next to one ment
river. B. need art to exist
B. The people of Mesopotamia relied on C. demonstrate organized religion
salt water to survive. D. a and c
C. Mesopotamia means “land of the
50. Sumerians were using writing by what
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gods.”
year?
D. The people of Mesopotamia learned
A. 5000 B.C.E.
how to control the floods.
B. 7 C.E.
45. How did Sumerian farmers control the wa- C. 2800 B.C.E.
ter supply?
D. 1700 C.E.
A. they built levees to prevent flooding
51. Why did farmers clean canals regularly?
B. they dug canals to shape the paths the
water took A. A dirty canal was bad for the tourist in-
dustry.
C. they built reservoirs to store the water
B. A clogged canal could disrupt the irri-
for later use
gation systems.
D. all of the above
C. An unsanitary canal would make vil-
46. Which of the following is not a way to lagers ill.
identify Mesopotamia D. All of the above.
A. Fertile Crescent 52. What led to the first permanent settle-
B. Cradle of Civilization ments?
C. Land Between Two Rivers A. agriculture
D. Land Between the Deserts B. megaliths

C. migration
47. The most important building in a City State D. language
was the Ziggurat:
53. has its own government but is not part of
A. its patron god’s home.
any larger unit
B. the richest trader’s home
A. city-state
C. the food storage building B. irrigation
D. king’s castle C. cuneiform
48. Sumer was located in what area of the D. civilization
world? 54. Why was the clock important in Sumer?
A. Mesopotamia A. It helped them measure time
B. North America B. It helped them measure distance
C. the Far East C. It helped them measure tine
D. Egypt D. It helped them measure speed

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55. The ziggurat is most closely related to C. Sewers

which characteristic of Sumerian society? D. Canals

A. religion
61. Cuneiform was recorded on what kind of
B. music material?
C. government A. ancient paper
D. stable food supply B. papyrus
56. What Zagros foothills find to fix the prob- C. clay tablets
lem of food shortages? D. tree bark
A. building terraces 62. A chariot is:
B. moving tho the south A. one of the first cars
C. constructing reservorrs B. used for food storage
D. joining villages together C. a two wheeled vehicle pulled by a
horse
57. About when did the Sumerians start to use
writing to make records? D. a form of writing
A. 5000 BC 63. what is the main source of water
B. 4200 BC A. mud
C. 3300 BC B. plant
D. 2700 BC C. cloud
D. rain
58. Sumer was a decentralized collection of
city-states. What does this mean? 64. When is Ms. Curry-Patel’s birthday?
A. Each city-state had its own god A. February 3rd
B. There was a single capital city B. February 1st
C. There was no single ruler of the whole C. March 3rd
region D. March 2nd
D. Each city-state had its own language
65. What does Fertile mean?
59. The Sumerian plow is most like the A. Having horrible soil
modern-day B. Having rich soil for growing crops
A. scissor. C. To have a surplus
B. car. D. To get along with another community
C. tractor.
66. What was the main reason Sumerians de-
D. tire. veloped writing?
60. These carried water from the Tigris and Eu- A. to keep track of trade
phrates Rivers to the crops. B. to write laws
A. Pipes C. to write history
B. Buckets D. to describe agricultural techniques

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67. What three geographic features surround 72. They developed a math system based on
Mesopotamia? the number
A. Zagros Mountains, Arabian Desert and A. 60
Persian Gulf B. 50
B. Persian Gulf, Atlantic Ocean and Za- C. 12
gros Mountains
D. 360
C. Arabian Desert, Zagros Mountains
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73. What was the most important technical ad-
D. none of above vances?
68. Which of the following is NOT a Sumerian A. The wheel
public work? B. The plow
A. wheel C. Medicine
B. irrigation D. The space shuttle
C. temples 74. What made it harder to live in Sumer than
D. city walls in the Zagros foothills?
A. Sumer lacked natural barriers to keep
69. After time, the region known as Sumer
out enemies
was renamed
B. Sumer had many hills that made farm-
A. Ur ing difficult
B. Uruk C. Sumer had many stones that needed to
C. Babylonia be cleared from farmland
D. none of above D. Sumer lacked strong people to build
canals
70. Using the wheel, Sumerians invented a
device that spins clay as a craftsperson 75. The foundation of Sumerian society
shapes it into bowls. This device is called A. religion
a wheel. B. priests
A. potter’s C. city-states
B. craftsperson’s D. empire
C. device
76. What was there language
D. sumer
A. English
71. Using natural resources found in the en- B. cuneiform
vironment, Sumerians built strong walls C. french
with
D. Spanish
A. bricks made of mud.
77. Why were Sumerian settlements called
B. logs with pointed tips.
city-states?
C. reeds cut near the rivers.
A. Each settlement served the Sumerian
D. rocks shaped into squares. empire

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B. Each settlement had its own ruler and C. a two-story home near the city center
farmland D. a concrete home near the levees

C. Each settlement had its own irrigation
system 83. The major reason that writing developed
was so that early people could
D. Each settlement recorded the empire’s
history A. Record information
78. Sumerians were skilled in the field of , B. Communicate

the science of building. C. Tell stories
A. architecture D. Write term papers
B. cylinder seals
84. In ancient times, the geographic area lo-
C. ziggurats cated between the Tigris and Euphrates
D. cuneiform rivers
A. irrigation
79. What was the most common material used
in Sumerian architecture? B. Sumer
A. mud brick C. Mesopotamia
B. wood D. none of above
C. marble
85. At first, cuneiform writing may have con-
D. concrete tained as many as symbols.
80. Through trade, the city-states of Sumer be- A. five hundred
came an important part of the region’s B. six thousand
A. climate C. seven hundred
B. economy D. two thousand
C. surplus
86. Sumerians turned what buildings into fac-
D. customs
tories to produce clothing on a large
81. Why is Mesopotamia considered to be the scale?
“cradle of civilization? A. Banks
A. its land was between two lakes B. Schools
B. Sumerians lived there C. Temples
C. it was where the first permanent set- D. Libraries
tlements were formed
D. none of above 87. This type of simple writing uses a symbol
to stand for a real object.
82. What kind of home did the highest class of
A. cursive
Sumerians most likely live in?
B. sign language
A. the top of the ziggurat
B. a one-story home on the edge of the C. pictograph
city D. bar graph

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88. What was the Sumerians written language 94. is one of the earliest known written
called? languages:
A. Cuneiform A. a dog’s bark
B. Hieroglyphics B. English
C. Pictographs C. cuneiform
D. Babylonian D. Spanish
95. What clogged the irrigation canals?
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89. What does a society need to have before
the division of labor occurs? A. Humus
A. a writing system B. Soil
B. a common religious faith C. Silt
C. a food surplus D. none of above
D. an irrigation system 96. The top class (not including the king) con-
90. A means of supplying land with water sisted of who?
A. city state A. Scribes
B. irrigation B. Farmers
C. Priests
C. Mesopotamia
D. none of above
D. Tigris
97. Ancient Egyptian history is divided into
91. Which duties was shared by both kings
how many kingdoms?
and priests in Sumer?
A. 2
A. farming land
B. 3
B. making laws
C. 4
C. collecting taxes
D. 5
D. leading religious ceremonies
98. What is the name of the Sumerian epic
92. What river or rivers were important to the (world’s oldest story/ poem)?
civilization of Mesopotamia?
A. Epic of Mrs. Paz’s World Cultures class
A. Tigris and Euphrates
B. Balikh and Al-Gharraf B. Epic of Sumerian’s ziggurat
C. nile and Tigris C. Epic of the Mesopotamian people
D. none of above D. Epic of Gilgamesh
93. Which of the following was NOT a Sume- 99. All major early civilizations began around
rian invention? a source of
A. Wheel A. Flint
B. Plow B. Tin
C. Sailboat C. Water
D. Plumbing D. Copper

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100. Which fact allowed Neolithic people to C. Military Officials

farm in the foothills of the Zagros Moun- D. Scribes
tains?

A. Goats can live on dry grass. 106. They used and as their primary
transport animal.
B. The region had plenty of rain.
A. horse and donkeys
C. Shallow canals watered the fields.
B. camels and donkeys
D. Harsh climates are good for grains.
C. bulls and horses
101. are long poems that tell the story of D. oxen and donkeys
a hero.
A. epics 107. Due to the surplus of food what was able
to be specilaized?
B. scribes
A. Social classes
C. ziggurat
B. Jobs
D. cylinder seals
C. Religion
102. The use of tools and ideas for practical D. none of above
purposes (to make our lives easier and
more efficient) is 108. Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers,
A. Technology and fishers made up this group.
B. Sumer A. business class
C. Agriculture B. lower class
D. Empire C. middle class

D. upper class
103. Sumerians used which of the following to
write with? 109. caused Mesopotamians to move to
A. Stylus and Clay Tablet the river valley
B. Pen and Paper A. cooperation
C. Paints and Walls B. uncontrolled water supply
D. Reeds and Papyrus C. food shortages

D. conflict
104. Who was the ruler of the world’s first
empire? 110. What does the word cuneiform mean?
A. Sargon A. Picture words
B. Mesopotamia B. Writing in Sumerian
C. Tigris C. Clay
D. Gilgamesh D. Wedge-shaped
105. Which Sumerians worked atop the ziggu- 111. were usually just below the kings on
rats? the social hierarchy in Sumer society.
A. Politicians A. Priests
B. Priest B. Kings

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C. Artisans 117. Who was the leader of the Sumerian po-

litical structure and religious structure?
D. Craftspeople
A. King
112. is the process of adapting wild plants and B. King and Queen
animals for human use.
C. President
A. Farming D. Prime Minister
B. technology
118. Although most Sumerians were farmers,
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C. Domestication many made metal, cloth, and pottery be-
cause they were skilled
D. modern farming
A. artisans
113. The Sumerians invented which two B. merchants
things?
C. slaves
A. fire and flint D. priests
B. the wheel and plow
119. Which of the following is no longer a com-
C. the first buildings and fire mon religious practice?
D. the wheel and the car A. making human sacrifices to the gods
B. worshiping gods in temples
114. Metal workers worked with such metals
as C. respecting priests
D. praying
A. gold, silver, tin, lead, copper, and
bronze. 120. Which of these was NOT a responsibility
B. wood, water, earth, and fire. of the King?
A. Lead the army.
C. sun, moon, stars, and the sky.
B. Enforce the laws.
D. staples, erasers, chalk, and paper.
C. Have temples built.
115. What is lapis lazuli? D. Dig out the canals.
A. a beautiful plant with blue flowers 121. Which is NOT a river in Mesopotamia?
B. a type of wheat A. Tigris
C. a beautiful blue stone B. Nile
D. none of above C. Euphrates

D. none of above
116. People in Mesopotamia learned to build
dams to 122. A Sumerian temple to honor their chief
god was called a
A. stop the rain from coming
A. scribe
B. control the seasonal floods B. cradle
C. let water flow to the farming fields C. ziggurat
D. build irrigation systems D. Gilgamesh

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123. What were the names of the two rivers 129. What is the name for writing that using
next to sumer wedge shapes for characters?

A. Tigris and Euphrates A. Cursive
B. Nile and Euphrates
B. Arabic
C. Nile and Tigris
C. sanskrit
D. all three
D. cuneiform
124. Which invention helped the Sumerians
manual labor? 130. Why did Sumerians build walls around
A. Bronze Tools their cities?
B. Irrigation A. to grow vine crops, such as pumpkins
C. The Wheel and beans
D. none of above B. to insulate themselves from the bitter
winter and winds
125. Interaction between early civilizations
were a result of C. to protect themselves against attack-
A. Exploration ing neighbors
B. Happenstance D. to honor their gods with memorials

C. Trade and War
131. The people of Sumer constructed moats
D. Nomadic Lifestyles to
126. What characteristic of ancient Sumer A. get crops to grow better
shows that its government was a theoc-
racy? B. protect cities from attack.
A. It was ruled by priests. C. make villagers work together.
B. It was ruled by merchants. D. bring drinking water into towns.
C. It was ruled by the people.
132. Sumerians developed a formal numbering
D. It was ruled by landowners.
system based on units of
127. Long poems that tell stories of heroes.
A. 40
A. epics
B. 50
B. novels
C. 60
C. literature
D. diary D. 100
128. These villages were located on a land of 133. What were their homes made of?
rolling hills and low plains called
A. Tents made from animal hides
A. New York City
B. Wood
B. Mesopotamia
C. Fertile Crescent C. Stone
D. The Syrian Desert D. Sun-dried bricks

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134. People who performed religious cere- 139. Who were the slaves in Sumerian city-
monies states?
A. priests A. Prisoners of war from other city-states
and nomadic groups
B. Gilgamesh
B. People indebted to richer people
C. Sargon
C. Both
D. worshipers
D. none of above
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135. Where was the ancient land know as
Mesopotamia? 140. Hammurabi’s Code is
A. In Northern Africa near the Nile River. A. a set of laws/rules

B. a list of inventions
B. In Eastern Europe along the Daube C. an art piece
River. D. a person
C. In Central Asia between the Syr Darys
and Amu Darya 141. Script of Mesopotamian civilisation was
D. In Southwest Asia between the Tigris A. Sanskrit

and Euphrates river. B. Cuneiform
136. Sumerians were able to use chariots be- C. Arabic

cause they invented D. Ziggurat
A. the arch 142. A favorite instrument of the ancient
B. the plow Sumerians was the
C. the wheel A. lyre
D. irrigation canals B. piano
C. tuba
137. What was the writing system used on pic-
tographic tablets in 4000 B.C.? D. tambourine
A. Cuneiform 143. Cuneiform is:

B. Hieroglyphic A. The world’s first writing system
C. Code of Ur-Nammu B. The world’s first form of cunei
D. none of above C. The world’s first writing sytm
D. The world’s first writing time period
138. Civilizations in South and East Asia
emerged near great systems. 144. How did the Sumerians build their cities
A. Agricultural A. with stone
B. Industrial B. with mud bricks
C. River C. with wood
D. none of above D. Nothing. They lived in caves

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145. In their religion, Sumerians believed in an 151. An example of public works would be
assembly of
A. writing

A. idols
B. roads
B. gods and goddesses
C. surplus agriculture
C. saints
D. none of above D. b and c
146. What is silt? 152. Which of these words mean “a person

A. Small rock particles who writes”?
B. Rich oxide minerals A. scribe
C. Concrete B. lawyer
D. Pebbles C. soldier
147. Please select the word from the list that D. priest
best fits the definitionA writer
A. author 153. What was one way that social classes af-
fected one’s life in Sumer?
B. scribe
C. teacher A. Only lower classes were allowed in the
ziggurat
D. none of above
B. Only upper classes used public works
148. a method that brings water to crops
C. Upper class members had gold and
A. Mesopotamia other valuables buried with them
B. irrigation
D. Middle class members had little gen-
C. cuneiform der inequality
D. civilization
154. What was the chief purpose of dams and
149. The Sumerians used pictographs to com- reservoirs?
municate; what are pictographs?
A. to allow travel by boat
A. pictures of graphs
B. pictures of objects B. to make it easier to fish
C. pictures found in caves C. to store water for later use

D. none of above D. to protect villages from attack
150. Why were the gods important to Sumeri- 155. Who was in the lowest class?
ans?
A. rulers, top officials, powerful priests,
A. They represented their wealth.
wealthy merchants, owners of large plots
B. They were a way to explain events- of land
disease, weather
B. farmers and skilled workers
C. They were a way to explain the
economy-gold, copper C. slaves
D. Because thy were holy. D. none of above

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156. are perhaps Sumer’s most famous C. to track the movement of the moon
works of art. D. none of above
A. cylinder seals
162. Which Sumerians worked atop ziggu-
B. wheels rats?
C. pictographs A. Politicians
D. scribes B. Priests
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157. What were the ziggrats C. Military leaders
A. temples D. Scribes
B. castles 163. The number system was based on
C. Houses A. 60
D. all of them B. 100
158. Siege techniques, battering rams and C. 10
movable towers are things used to D. 12
A. Collect taxes
164. Scribes used sharpened reeds to write
B. Train soldiers cuneiform on what material?
C. Destroy crops A. Stone
D. Conquer cities B. Papyrus
159. Sumerian City States were loosely con- C. Paper

nected by and spiritual belief, but D. Wet clay
lacked centralized control.
165. What caused Sumerians to build larger
A. roads communities?
B. rivers A. the need to maintain irrigation sys-
C. laws tems
D. language B. the desire for a more diverse commu-
nity
160. The Mediterranean Sea and the bor-
C. the hunger for power and authority
dered Mesopotamia.
D. the need to protect themselves from
A. Gulf of Mexico
their enemies
B. Black Sea
166. Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
C. Arctic Ocean
A. Heavy rain fell throughout the area.
D. Persian Gulf
B. Strong winds blew from the Persian
161. Why did the Sumerians develop a writing Gulf.
system? C. Ice that had formed on the rivers
A. to record history broke into bits.
B. to keep records of business deals and D. Snow melted in the mountains where
accounting the rivers began.

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167. How did the Sumerians create a stable 172. The first civilizations arose in because
food supply? the conditions for farming were good.

A. They built supermarkets. A. mountains
B. They created irrigation systems and B. deserts
plows to help grow crops. C. river valleys
C. They relied on hunting animals. D. none of the above
D. They invented the McDonalds drive-
thru. 173. Artisans were know for
A. making laws
168. which were the two most important
B. using cuneiform to keep records
crops grown by the harappans?
C. making pottery, tools, or weapons
A. rice, barlley
D. praising different gods
B. rice wheat
C. wheat, barley 174. What Sumerian tools were made from
bronze?
D. none of the above
A. kilns
169. a form of writing developed by the peo- B. plows
ple of Sumer
C. wheels
A. city-state
D. potter’s wheels
B. irrigation
175. A is a pyramid-shaped temple tower
C. cuneiform
that rose above each Sumerian city.
D. civilization A. ziggurat
170. In Sumer, the water supply was B. pictograph
A. inadequate. Farmers never had C. cuneiform
enough water. D. scribe
B. unreliable. Farmers had either too
much water or too little. 176. The first story ever written was ?
A. The Bible
C. extreme. Farmers had too much water
all the time. B. The Epic of Gilgamesh
D. contaminated. Farmers rarely had C. Homer’s Odyssey
enough clean water. D. The Hunger Games
171. Most people in Sumer were 177. Civilizations need a food supply.
A. farmers A. stable
B. artisans B. alternate
C. priests C. plentiful
D. craftworkers D. dynamic

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178. Greek for “land between the rivers” 184. Building dams, channels, canals, and
A. Mesopotamia ditches to bring water to crops
B. Gilgamesh A. irrigation
B. nomads
C. cuneiform
C. ziggurat
D. civilization
D. scribes
179. Mesopotamia, is located in the modern
is the story of a legendary Sumerian
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country of 185.
king.
A. Iran
A. The Epic of Gilgamesh
B. Turkey
B. The Iliad
C. Iraq
C. The Odyssey
D. Jordan
D. The Epic of Sumer
180. Where is Mesopotamia located
186. Sumerians harvested during the spring in
A. India teams consisting of a reaper, a binder,
B. Iraq and a sheaf handler.
C. Africa A. three-person
D. Egypt B. two person
C. 10 people
181. What were temples built by the Sumeri-
ans for the god? D. none of the above
A. Arch 187. How did the Sumerians irrigate their

crops?
B. Zigguarts
A. With water from the Persian Gulf
C. Pictographs
B. With rainwater
D. Chariots
C. With seawater
182. Who or what is an artisan? D. With river water
A. a singer
188. A society marked by characteristics like
B. a worker who works with his/her government, food supply, religion and
hands jobs.
C. a worker who uses machines A. Empire
D. a King B. Civilization
183. Early Mesopotamian farmers used a sys- C. Iriigations
tem for watering crops called D. Social Structure
A. silt
189. What drove people to move out of the
B. irrigation foothills to the plains of Sumer?
C. dams A. the desire for a new beginning
D. surplus B. the search for gold

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C. the need for food 195. The Sumerians had many achievements in
law, writing, science, and
D. the need to escape enemies

A. cooking
190. The Sumerians believed that their gods B. religion
lived
C. art
A. in the sky
D. none of above
B. at the top of ziggurats
196. What was the importance of The Epic of
C. in the canals Gilgamesh?
D. inside pyramids A. It is the holy book of the Sumerian re-
ligion.
191. What was the stylus made of?
B. It is the earliest recorded Sumerian
A. A stick from a reed plant history.
B. Iron C. It is one of the earliest known pieces
of literature.
C. Bronze
D. It is an important book on ancient sci-
D. none of above ence and mathematics.
192. The Sumerians practiced polytheism, the 197. Define pictographs.

worship of A. The world’s first system of writing
A. many gods. B. Picture symbols
B. one god. C. Writer
C. no god. D. The wheel
D. none of above 198. Who was at the top of the social struc-
ture?
193. Which of the following statements is true
about the Epic of Gilgamesh? A. Kings & Artisans
B. Kings & Priests
A. It was first recorded about 1, 000
years ago. C. Kings & Soldiers
B. It is a summary of economic transac- D. Governors & Priests

tions. 199. One factor that made farming difficult in
C. It is the world’s oldest known story. the area of Sumer was
D. It originated in Egypt. A. rocky soil
B. steep killsides
194. A belief in many gods is called?
C. lack of rainfall
A. polytheism D. growth of weeds
B. mesopotamia
200. were at the highest class or status in
C. irrigation Sumer’s social hierarchy.
D. civilization A. Kings

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B. Priests 206. Who was at the TOP of Ancient Sumerian

C. Farmers society?
D. Artisans A. farmers
B. priests and priestesses
201. Which is most true about the geography
of Mesopotamia? C. traders
A. Humid and Wet D. slaves
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B. Dry and Arid 207. Why did ancient Sumerians build irriga-
C. Cold and Windy tion channels, dams, and reservoirs?
D. Hot and Humid A. to allow travel by boat
B. to make it easier to fish
202. When the Akkadians under Sargon con-
quered the city-states of Sumer, they cre- C. to aid farming
ated the first D. to protect villages from attack
A. empire
208. Who was the only female ruler of
B. huge city-state Sumer?
C. nation A. Gilgamesh
D. democracy B. Old Cat Lady
203. Sargon established the world’s first , C. Nobaski
or land with different territories and peo- D. Kubaba
ples under a single rule.
209. Sumerian ancient Civilization writing sys-
A. empire
tem
B. city
A. Greek
C. irrigation system
B. Latin
D. farm land
C. Hebrew
204. Who was in the middle class? D. Cuneiform
A. rulers, top officials, powerful priests,
210. Which of the following was the most com-
wealthy merchants and owners of large
mon job in Sumerian city-states?
plots of land
A. King
B. farmers and skilled workers
C. slaves B. Scribe
D. none of above C. Artisan

D. Farmer
205. The system of levees and canals used to
bring water to the crops is called 211. What was the responsibility of a scribe?
A. Irrigation systems A. to serve in the army
B. Agriculture B. to write and maintain records
C. specialization C. to create swords for the army
D. ziggurats D. to plan social events

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212. Early people created religion as a way to 218. Boys were educated for 12 years in order
to become and priests.

A. Explain things in nature that they did A. deacons
not understand. B. scribes
B. Relieve their boredom.
C. teachers
C. Help with agriculture and advance
D. none of above
their growing season.
D. Add one more specialized job; priests. 219. The upper class, middle class, and slaves
were evidence of Sumer’s:
213. What was the stylus used for?
A. political system.
A. To harden the clay
B. psychology.
B. To make wedge-shaped marks in the
clay C. social structure.
C. To write ink in the clay D. government.
D. all of the above 220. What is an ensi?

214. What caused the fall of Ancient Sumer? A. A Sumerian priest-king
A. They ran out of food and water. B. A Sumerian technology
B. Climate change C. A Sumerian public work
C. A steady onslaught of invasions D. A Sumerian god
D. A steady onslaught of inventions 221. What is meant by polytheism?
215. What did Sumerian art show? A. belief in one god
A. Their religious values B. a belief in no god
B. daily life C. a belief in many gods
C. important figures D. none of above
D. all of the above 222. Over time, the cities grew which resulted
216. Who were on the top in a
A. priests A. city-state
B. farmers B. state
C. scribes C. society
D. government officials D. civilization
217. Which was the most common government 223. In which modern region was Sumer lo-
structure in Sumerian society? cated?
A. Monarchy A. The Middle East
B. Empire B. North Africa
C. City-State C. Southeast Asia
D. Democracy D. Western Europe

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224. Sumerian people worshiped many gods, 230. The word “Mesopotamia” means
this is known as
A. middle of the fertile crescent
A. religion
B. land in the middle of the desert
B. ziggurat
C. land between the rivers
C. cuneiform
D. land north of the sea
D. polytheism
231. Why was writing first invented?
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225. long peotic composition centered on a
hero’s achievements and life events A. for texting
A. reign B. to write stories
B. empire C. for fun
C. cuunneiform D. to keep records
D. epic
232. What did canals and levee help with?
226. What were the rulers called
A. Bringing a single ruler
A. Kings
B. Decreasing the Population
B. pharaoh
C. Controlling Floods
C. ensi
D. Bringing Drinking Water
D. None
227. caused Mesopotamians to build irri- 233. What were the Neo-Babylonians best
gation systems known for?
A. food shortages A. steles
B. uncontrolled water supply B. the Hanging Gardens

C. conflict C. bas-reliefs
D. working together D. trading center
228. What job did women in Sumer sometimes 234. What metal did Sumerians learn to use?
perform?
A. bronze
A. priests
B. iron
B. rulers
C. nickel
C. scribes
D. steel
D. warriors
229. What was most likely the reason that zig- 235. What Were Used to channel water
gurats were tall? around
A. so they could easily be found A. canals

B. to honor the gods B. rivers
C. so architects could display their work C. drainage systems
D. to mark the center of the city D. All of them

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236. What development caused food short- C. The gods were seen as unimportant in
ages in the Zagros foothills? daily life.

A. overuse of the soil D. Merchants attended church weekly to
B. change in the climate please the gods.
C. increase in population 242. What did Sumerians originally use the
D. fighting between villages wheel for?
237. City states were led by A. Pushing carts

A. Artisans B. Making pottery
B. Government officials C. Wagons
C. Priests D. Automobiles
D. none of above
243. an epic is
238. The irrigation system led farmers grow A. a long story about a hero
surpluses which led to
B. any poem about a leader
A. storing extra amounts of food for later
use C. very cool
B. irrigating the land D. the Sumerian writing system
C. Sumer’s civilization
244. Poems written for entertainment in an-
D. pottery crafting cient Sumer were called
239. The Sumerians developed , the A. Cuneiform
world’s first system of writing.
B. Scribes
A. cuneiform
C. Haiku
B. scribe
D. Epics
C. epics
D. cylinder seals 245. Sumerian astronomers
240. A wedge-shaped stylus was used to pro- A. were also sailors

duce B. discovered that the Earth is round
A. cuneiform C. developed a calendar based on the
B. hieroglyphics moon
C. the alphabet D. were typically ensis
D. petroglyphs
246. Sargon’s empire was created after he
241. Which was a Sumerian religious prac- conquered what area of Mesopotamia?
tice? A. Sumer
A. The people of Sumer were polytheistic.
B. Egypt
C. China
B. The gods existed to serve the people
of Sumer. D. Africa

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247. Which of the following was not an inven- C. Traders, kings and nobles
tion of the Sumerians? D. Slaves, people in debts
A. The Wheel
253. In Sumerian city-states, people wor-
B. The Sailboat shipped their gods in a temple called a
C. Bronze A. cathedral
D. Papyrus B. shrine
248. What caused food shortages in the Za-
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C. forum
gros foothills? D. ziggurat
A. Overuse of the soil
254. How did the Akkadians get the resources
B. Change in the climate
to build up their capital city?
C. An increase in population
A. mined precious stones in the moun-
D. Fighting between villages tains
249. Who made up the lower class of Sumerian B. collected tribute from conquered peo-
society? ples
A. kings and priests C. expanded irrigation to grown bigger
crops
B. enslaved persons
D. printed paper money to buy what it
C. farmers and artisans
needed
D. merchants and landowners
255. Skilled workers who made metal, cloth,
250. Along with the invention of the plow, or pottery products were called
Sumerians had to help instruct farmers
A. Priests
on how to use various plows.
B. Artisans
A. Manuals
C. Scribes
B. Smartphone Apps
D. Heros
C. Mnemonic devices
D. Gurus 256. The were the Assyrians best was known
for?
251. The following are Sumerian inventions,
A. their warfare
except
B. strong walls and moats
A. a base 10 number system
B. the plow C. creating the first empire
C. writing D. first code of laws
D. the wheel 257. The Sumerians believed that the gods

lived in
252. The middle class in Sumer was formed
by? A. the Earth
A. Priests, warriors and government offi- B. the Sky

cials C. the ziggurats
B. Merchants, craftsmen, artisans D. their homes

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258. What was the highest social class? C. Rivers

A. The Priests/Royalty D. Idols

B. The Ziggurats
264. Mesopotamia is a land between which
C. The Scribes two rivers?
D. Google
A. Ganga and Yamuna
259. Among the contributions of the Sumeri- B. Nile and Godavari
ans to modern society was the , and
the first vehicles to use it, such as carts C. Tigris and Euphrates
and wagons. D. Euphrates and Nile
A. wheel
265. The River is the largest river in the
B. axle world.
C. tires
A. Aksu River
D. automobile
B. Fen River
260. How was each Sumerian city state pro- C. nile river
tected?
D. Black River
A. It was protected by warriors
B. It was protected by the king 266. The River was the main source of wa-
C. It was protected by a large wall ter for the Sumerians’ crops.
D. It was not protected at all A. Tigris

B. Euphrates
261. Ziggurats were so large that they could
be seen from miles away. C. Nile
A. 20 D. none of above
B. 10
267. People captured in war usually became
C. 15 part of which social class in Sumer?
D. 5 A. upper class
262. Mesopotamia means “between two B. middle class
“.
C. lower class
A. regions
D. enslaved people
B. ferns
C. rivers 268. what was the mesopotamian temples
called?
D. landforms
A. Zuism
263. What was at the center of most Sumerian
cities? B. Ziggurats
A. Stadiums C. Babylonians
B. Ziggurats D. Kaldanism

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269. Who was at the top of the social pyramid 275. During the Neolithic Revolution, hunter-
in Sumer? gatherers became
A. Scribe A. Aritsans
B. Trader B. Farmers
C. King C. Merchants
276. What Sumerian achievement helped in-
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270. The Neolithic Revolution is also known as
the crease farm production?
A. plow
A. Agricultural Revolution
B. sewers
B. Domesticated Revolution
C. cuneiform
C. Industrial Revolution
D. scribe
D. none of above
277. The name of Mesopotamia comes from its
271. Who led Sumer’s theocracy? location, which was
A. kings A. between two rivers.
B. landowners B. in mountain foothills.
C. merchants C. near a region of many conflicts
D. priests D. at the site of the earliest cities
272. In which modern REGION was Sumer lo- 278. Who was responsible for building tem-
cated? ples, lead the army, and enforce the
laws?
A. The Middle East
A. merchants
B. North Africa
B. artisans
C. Southeast Asia
C. kings
D. Western Europe
D. none of above
273. The Sumerians settled in a land called 279. Sumerians invented irrigation systems
A. Sumer and the plow which helped to create
B. Summer A. a stable food supply
C. Sumerian B. a strong army
D. none of above C. beautiful artwork
D. a system of government
274. They were also good in
280. If you were in ancient Sumer, you might
A. math
see a levee beside a river. Why was the
B. science levee built?
C. social studies A. to load barges
D. language arts B. to irrigate crops

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C. to prevent floods 286. What did the Sumerian cities most com-
D. to control workers monly fight over?

A. water
281. Why did the villages of Sumer depends
each other? B. land
A. They formed caravans to safely visit C. gold

the mountains. D. NONE OF THESE
B. they cooperated to keep the irrigation
systems working. 287. When farmers cleaned the canals, they
were working for
C. They exchanged different kinds of nat-
ural resources. A. the king.
D. They had to fight off attacks from em- B. their own benefit.
pires to the east. C. a regular paycheck.
282. What is irrigation? D. the common good.
A. people going to a new country 288. A , or writer, would be hired to doc-
B. animals looking for food ument business transactions or keep track
of the items people bought and sold.
C. people getting upset
A. scribe
D. moving water to help with farming
B. stylus
283. The region of Mesopotamia is located in
the present day country of ? C. mari
A. Iraq D. none of above
B. Iran 289. Why was cuneiform an important part of

C. Syria history?
D. Turkey A. It showed how Sumerians worshiped
multiple gods.
284. What was the first Sumerian city?
B. It showed how Sumerians kept
A. Ur records of their lives and history.
B. Uruk C. It showed how Sumerians farmed
C. Baghdad their lands.
D. Sumer D. I don’t know!
285. Who is Gilgamesh? 290. Which Sumerian invention was based on

their knowledge of astronomy?
A. the Akkadian king who conquered the
Sumerian city states A. ziggurat
B. The villain from Lord of the Rings B. calendar
C. the Sumerian king and mythic figure C. cuneiform
D. none of above D. base 60 number system

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291. Who was the first king of 297. The few Sumerians who learned how to
Mesopotamia? write often held high positions in society
A. Naram-Sin as what?
B. Mohenjo-daro A. artisans
C. Sargon of Akkad B. scribes
D. Ur-Nanshe C. merchants
292. Picture symbols used for written commu-
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D. head of households
nication
A. cuneiform 298. Some city-states, such as on the Eu-
B. pictographs phrates River, became important centers
of trade.
C. epics
A. Mari
D. none of above
B. Mauri
293. All of the following are ways the Sumeri-
ans used art in their culture except C. Sumer
A. They made jewelry. D. Sargon
B. They made cylinder seals.
299. What type of writing did Sumerians
C. They made cave drawings.
use?
D. They made music.
A. cursive
294. Sumerian sculptors produced many fine
works. Among them are the statues of B. cunieform
gods created for C. abcs
A. temples
D. print
B. church
C. ziggurats 300. Which feature was a necessity for early
settlements?
D. society
A. nearby water sources
295. How many gods did Mesopotamians
had? B. T hey often changed their physical lo-
A. 5 gods cation
B. 9 gods C. the end of the last ice age

C. 7 gods D. a scarcity of food
D. None of them
301. How was language written?
296. A scribe is:
A. on wood blocks
A. A writer
B. on cave walls
B. A paper
C. A written language C. on clay tablets
D. A stylus D. on stones

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302. Whose duty was it to do these jobs:build C. Uruk

temples, lead the army, and enforce D. Kish
laws?

A. the king’s 308. they had to to maintain them
B. the priests’ A. cities fighting

B. build walls and moats
C. the scribes’
C. work together
D. the governors’
D. larger communities
303. Sumerians had a
309. Which of the following does NOT describe
A. monarchy
a monarchy?
B. democracy
A. 1 ruler
C. oligarchy B. king or queen
D. republic C. hereditary
304. The wealth and resources of a country D. elected
or region, especially in terms of the pro-
duction and consumption of goods and ser- 310. The sumerians kings claimed their pow-
vices. ers came from:
A. economy A. Wars and victories

B. God
B. GDP
C. People and priests
C. stocks
D. Groups of important people
D. none of above
311. Which metal Sumerians used to make
305. The Sumerian writing system was called
tools?
A. Cuneiform A. Cooper
B. Hieroglyphs B. Iron
C. English C. Aluminum
D. Sargon D. Bronze
306. The Sumerians used mathematics to im- 312. How was the first language recorded?
prove techniques.
A. on wood blocks
A. farming
B. on cave walls
B. building
C. on clay tablets
C. jewelry-making
D. on stones
D. none of above
313. According to the text, what was one of
307. Which of the following is NOT a Sumerian the Sumerians biggest cultural advances in
city-state? history?
A. Babylon A. Toilet Paper
B. Ur B. First system of writing

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C. Organized military 319. Which Sumerian advancement allowed

D. Arranged Marriages for faster transportation?
A. cuneiform
314. Sumerians used levees, canals, and dams
to B. calendar
A. keep water away from neighboring C. wheel
towns
D. plow
B. control the amount of water in the val-
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ley 320. Why was Sumer a challenging place to
C. make ponds where they could wash live?
clothes A. it had cold winters.
D. create waterfalls so they had water B. it had windy rains.
power
C. it had hot summers, little rain, and
315. On what level were the priests in the so- rivers that flooded the plains in the spring.
cial structure in Sumer?
A. the lowest level D. the people couldn’t adapt to the envi-
B. the highest level ronment.
C. the middle level 321. The earliest settlements in Mesopotamia
D. they were not part of the social struc- were like small, independent countries.
ture They are called
316. What was the epic of Gilgamesh A. fiefdoms.

orginally? B. city-states.
A. a graphic novel C. vassal states.
B. a 12 month calendar D. nations.
C. a movie
322. The Sumerians invented something that
D. the oldest book
made it possible for their armies to use
317. Which had the biggest impact on eco- chariots. What was it?
nomic growth in Sumerian city-states? A. harnesses
A. writing literature
B. swords
B. building ziggurats
C. wheels
C. trading between city-states
D. horseshoes
D. protecting the city-state from invaders
323. A plow is used to the soil and prepare
318. Which of the following did Sumerians use
it for planting.
to write cuneiform?
A. reeds A. water
B. pens B. turn
C. pencils C. soak
D. sticks D. heat

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324. Which one is a Sumerian invention? 330. What is the Largest City in Mesopotamia
A. bicycle A. Kish

B. wagon wheel B. Uruk
C. car C. Ur
D. paper D. Nippur
325. Scribes were people who 331. Another technological advance created by
A. Ran city-states the Sumerians was the
B. Read and Wrote Cunieform A. sledge.
C. Farmed to maintain a stable food sup- B. arch.
ply C. pillar.
D. none of above D. column.
326. The division of society by rank or class. 332. Which of the following was NOT a Sume-
A. social hierarchy rian god?
B. irrigation A. Ensi
C. civilization B. Enki
D. level C. Ninhursag
327. What is the name for a pyramid shaped D. An

temple tower in Sumer?
333. The number system was easily divisible
A. pyramid into
B. ziggurat A. 100
C. church B. 4
D. holy tower C. 360
328. The system of levees and canals used to D. 200
divert water to crops is called
334. What did the scribes do
A. Irrigation
A. lead the military
B. Agriculture
B. farm
C. specialization
C. write
D. ziggurats
D. none
329. Conflict over water caused Mesopotami-
ans to around their cities. 335. The FIRST leaders in Sumer were
A. build walls and moats A. kings
B. spread out B. warriors
C. build larger farmlands C. women
D. move far away from D. ensis

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336. complex societies that have organized 342. The flooded rivers of Mesopotamia car-
governments, culture, and writing ried small particles of rich soil called
A. Mesopotamia A. sand
B. Gilgamesh B. silt
C. cuneiform C. clay
D. civilization D. gravel
337. The upper class, common class, and 343. An early city that was like a small, in-
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slaves were evidence of Sumer’s: dependent country with its own laws and
A. political system. government
B. psychology. A. Sumer
C. social structure. B. city state
D. government. C. Mesopotamia
D. irrigation
338. Based on its name, what do you know
about Mesopotamia? 344. Sumerian civilization was situated
A. It is located between two rivers A. Pakistan and India
B. It is located in mountain foothills B. along the Benin river
C. It was home for a large population C. along the Arabian sea
D. It was home of the world’s first cities D. between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
339. How did Sumerian’s make their money? 345. How do we know the Sumerians came af-
A. hunting ter prehistoric times?
B. pirating A. They built ziggurats.
C. agriculture B. They made statues.
D. teaching C. They had irrigation.
D. They had written laws and records.
340. This name means “Land between two
rivers” and was a name given by the 346. A consists of a central city and all the
Greeks. countryside around it.
A. empire A. city-state
B. Fertile Crescent B. urban area
C. polytheism C. rural area
D. Mesopotamia D. city
341. Who is Sargon? 347. What was the name for a person who
A. the Akkadian king who conquered the could read and write in Sumer?
Sumerian city states A. king
B. The villain from Lord of the Rings B. government official
C. the Sumerian king and mythic figure C. scribe
D. none of above D. writer

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348. What is located at the center of the city, throw parties where my guests eat from
built on numerous flights of stairs that is gold plates and drink from gold cups.”
believed to have housed gods?

A. a farmer
A. Civic Assembly B. a government official
B. Great Bath C. a craftsperson
C. Ziggurat D. a merchant
D. none of above
354. The were the Babylonians best known
349. The upper classes lived for?
A. In the very center of the city A. their warfare

B. strong walls and moats
B. Near the middle of the city, near the
ziggurat C. creating the first empire
C. On the edges of the city D. first code of laws
D. Outside the city walls 355. What did the Sumerians invent to im-
prove farming?
350. Working together to maintain irrigation
systems, Mesopotamians formed A. seeds
A. smaller communities B. grains

C. plows
B. a new city
D. shovels
C. larger communities
D. small tribes 356. They created the world’s first advanced
society.
351. What was the name for a person who col- A. Sumerians
lected the taxes?
B. Sargon
A. king
C. Akkadians
B. government official
D. Gilgamesh
C. scribe
357. In ancient times, Mesopotamia was the
D. none of above
geographic area located between which
352. A characteristic of civilization that in- TWO rivers?
cludes people’s beliefs and behaviors is A. Tigris & Nile
B. Ohio & Tigris
A. Culture C. Euphrates & Ohio
B. Government D. Tigris & Euphrates
C. Jobs
358. All of the following are reasons why
D. Food Supply Sumerians believed gods were powerful
EXCEPT:
353. What ancient Sumerian most likely spoke
the words below? “I live in a two-story A. Gods controlled the harvest.
house near the center of the city. I like to B. Gods controlled natural disasters.

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C. God’s controlled people’s health. 364. Around how many gods and goddesses
D. Gods controlled the farmers. did Mesopotamians have?
A. 3
359. writing was used originally for
B. 300
A. trade and taxes
C. 3, 000
B. poems
D. 30, 000
C. laws
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365. What are the Sumerians famous for?
D. religious text
A. Fighting with the Greeks
360. What were chariots used for in Sume- B. Forming the first human civilisation
ria?
C. Conquering Ancient Egypt
A. To travel around the country
D. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
B. To transport produce to market
366. Why was silt a problem of the people of
C. For sport
Sumer?
D. For ceremonies or by the military
A. It dried up the rivers.
361. What was the basic division of govern- B. It crumbled the city walls.
ment throughout the Sumer land?
C. It ruined the soil for planting.
A. City-states
D. It clogged the irrigation canals.
B. Provinces
367. Sumerians mainly used in their construc-
C. Satrapies tions and buildings:
D. Empires A. Wood
362. Why did Mesopotamians use irrigation? B. Cement
A. To control the river’s flow of water dur- C. Briks
ing the spring. D. Stones
B. So they could use water during cook-
368. A ziggurat is?
ing.
A. A war tactic
C. To lure animals so they could hunt
them. B. A writing system
D. To use for swimming during the sum- C. A Temple
mer. D. A Sumerian chariot
363. Scribes used two items to write. They 369. What is a social structure?
were:
A. the way a civilization is organized.
A. a pen and paper
B. how many taxes a king collects from
B. a paintbrush and silk slaves.
C. a stylus and clay tablet C. the way scribes record social events.
D. a stone and sand D. none of above

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370. Which statement accurately describes 375. What is NOT a challenge farmers in
women’s roles in Sumer? Mesopotamia faced?

A. They could own property but not busi- A. floods could wash away crops
nesses. B. the hot sun would kill crops
B. They were not allowed to be religious C. there was too much fertile soil
leaders.
D. none of above
C. They had more rights than women
later in history. 376. Why did Sumerians use plants, minerals,
and animals?
D. They were always part of the higher so-
cial classes. A. To make sculptures
B. To use them as pets
371. Where did the first civilizations arise be-
cause of farming conditions? C. To make medicines
A. in the mountains D. To make perfumes
B. near the sea 377. The world’s first appeared around 4,

C. in river valleys 500 BCE.
A. cities
D. n the desert
B. buildings
372. Sumerians invented the turning wheel
C. bricks
which enabled them to mass produce which
of the following? D. anime
A. Silverware 378. The environment of Sumer was
B. Pottery A. low and flat, with little rain
C. Clothing B. hilly and dry, with many stones.
D. Shoes C. Forest, with heavy storms.
D. high and cold, with sharp mountain
373. Sumerians build strong, thick around
peaks.
their cities for protection.
A. walls 379. Which group of people communicated
with the gods?
B. buildings
A. Kings
C. moats
B. Farmers
D. trees
C. Priests
374. Sumerian farming villages →(3500- D. Slaves
3000 B.C. E.) →? ? ? ? ?
380. Why was bronze important in Sumer?
A. self-governing cities
A. It helped them make stronger tools
B. large-scale private estates
and weapons
C. bands of hunters and gatherers
B. It helped them make stronger tools
D. abandoned archaeological sites only

1.14 Sumerian 362
C. It helped them use advanced nuclear 386. Who was at the BOTTOM of ancient
fission to generate energy Sumerian society?
D. It didn’t help them A. farmers
B. priests and priestesses
381. Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation
systems and plows. What did these two C. traders
inventions help provide? D. slaves
A. a system of government
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387. Hammurabi’s code was basically a harsh
B. a partner with whom to trade legal system an
C. a steady supply of food A. Tongue for Cheek
D. an honor for the gods B. eye for an eye
C. slap on the wrist
382. Mesopotamia is a Greek word that
means what? D. Death Penalty
A. the land between two mountains 388. Which geographic feature contributed to
B. the land between the rivers rich soil of Mesopotamia?
C. the land developed by farmers A. heavy rainfall
D. dry land B. silt

C. snow
383. “Barter” means to
D. air
A. Fish
389. Rule by one person, a king or queen
B. Mine
A. Dictatorship
C. Trade
B. Theorcracy
D. Fight
C. Monarchy
384. Which of the following was NOT a re- D. Oligarchy
sponsibility of a Sumerian king?
390. What was the most common reason in
A. enforcing laws
which ancient people chose to migrate, or
B. collecting taxes move from place to place?
C. leading the army A. They needed to find employment and
D. growing crops in the field an income
B. To find resources such as food and
385. In the Sumerians Mathematics system, shelter
they create a place-value system based
C. To explore the world.
on?
D. They needed to find better transporta-
A. 10
tion.
B. 100
391. The groups of Sumerians listed below are
C. 60 evidence of what part of Sumerian civiliza-
D. 5 tion? metalworkers, architects, musicians

1.14 Sumerian 363
A. government 397. people who study heavenly bodies.

B. economy A. astronomers

C. religion B. ziggurat
D. arts C. civilization
D. Gilgamesh
392. Between what TWO (2) rivers is
Mesopotamia located? 398. Some of these poems were epics, long po-
A. The Nile and the Amazon ems that tell stories of
B. The Willamette and the Columbia A. heroes
C. The Thames and the Seine B. warriors
D. The Tigris and Euphrates C. gods
D. rulers
393. What does polytheism mean?
399. The largest and tallest building in every
A. no god
city-state was the
B. many gods
A. ziggurat
C. one god
B. farm
D. perfect god
C. throne
394. Who is at the top of the Sumerian social D. my house
structure?
400. what does Mesopotamia mean?
A. slaves
A. City between 2 Rivers
B. craftspeople
B. Land between 2 Rivers
C. king, priests, and govt. officials
C. Country between 2 Rivers
D. merchants
D. Kingdom between 2 Rivers
395. Sumerians designed complex systems of 401. Mesopotamian religion was
canals, dams, and gates to regulate water
flow. What is this application of fluid me- A. monotheistic
chanics called? B. polytheistic
A. Chemical Engineering C. based on Hebrew writing
B. Hydraulic Engineering D. practiced in Egypt as well
C. Electrical Engineering 402. Which of the following best describes
D. Civil Engineering cuneiform?
A. a form of writing using picture symbols
396. Which one of these was not a Sumerian
discovery and advancement mentioned in
the section? B. a form of writing using wedge-shaped
symbols
A. Wheel
C. a form of writing using proverbs and
B. Makeup songs
C. Sewers D. a form of writing using complex ideas
D. Wheat such as “joy

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403. What solution did people in the Zagros 408. Who is the lowest in the Sumerian social
foothills find to fix the problem of food structure?
shortages? A. slaves
A. building terraces B. free people with no land
B. moving down south to the plains C. land owners
C. constructing reservoirs D. none of above
D. joining villages together
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409. What were the Akkadians best known
404. Where was Sumer located? for?
A. In what is now modern Egypt A. their warfare
B. In north Mesopotamia B. strong walls and moats
C. In the southern corner of C. creating the first empire

Mesopotamia D. first code of laws
D. none of above 410. What evidence shows that Sumerian so-
ciety developed after the Stone Age?
405. Which of the following was most likely
true about women? A. copper blades
A. They had the same rights as men. B. painted pottery
B. They could become rulers of C. wooden plows
Mesopotamian cities. D. mud houses
C. They had few rights, but some owned
411. where is mesopotamia located
land or businesses.
A. India
D. They could be priestesses and scribes
but not ruler. B. Iraq
C. Africa
406. What is a “Pharaoh”?
D. Egypt
A. the ruler of an ancient China kingdom
B. the ruler of an ancient Egyptian king- 412. Define architecture.
dom A. The science of building.
C. the ruler of an ancient Greek kingdom B. The science of buddying.
D. the ruler of an ancient Sumerian king- C. The science of unbuilding.
dom D. The science of sleeping.
407. Which invention made Sumerian buildings 413. Where did the slaves live?
stronger and more beautiful?
A. outside the city walls
A. the wheel
B. with the wealthy people who owned
B. irrigation them
C. the arch C. in small huts
D. concrete D. in the streets

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414. The calendar developed by the Sumerians 420. The earliest written communication was
was based on through , or picture symbols.

A. the number 60. A. alphabet
B. the cycles of the moon. B. pictographs
C. the Roman calendar. C. scribes
D. the geometry of the wheel. D. epics
415. What type of material did the Sumerians 421. Why were Sumerian communities called
write on? city-states?
A. Paper A. Each of them kept written records.
B. Papyrus B. They were all of one great empire
C. Animal skins C. They all depended on each other for
water.
D. Clay tablets
D. Each of them had its own ruler and
416. Land with different territories and peo- farmland
ples under a single rule.
422. The first ruler to have a permanent army.
A. empire
He used that army to launch a series of
B. society wars against neighboring kingdoms.
C. civilization A. Sargon
D. none of above B. Mari
417. A ziggurat was considered a C. Hammurabi
A. large temple to honor god D. none of above
B. farming area 423. A was a writer, often hired to keep
C. large pyramid shaped building track of items people traded.
D. place where the king lived A. scribe
B. epic
418. A city with political and economic control
over the surrounding countryside C. pictograph
A. City-State D. cuneiform
B. Country 424. What was a Sumerian contribution?
C. Villiage A. rafts
D. Culture B. sailboats
419. Who was at the bottom of Sumerian so- C. speed boats
cial hierarchy? D. farm boats
A. slaves 425. Sumerians developed a math system
B. priests based on the number
C. kings A. 1
D. artisans B. 10

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C. 60 D. scissor
D. 100 427. Which of the following were members of
426. A blade used in farming to turn over soil the upper class?
is acalled A. kings and priests
A. Tractor B. artisans
B. horse cart C. merchants and traders
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