Homeschool Social Studies Trivia

World History

Trivia

MESOPOTAMIA

Mesopotamia was the very first civilization.

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What was the name of the ancient Mesopotamian writing system that used wedge-shaped symbols impressed on clay tablets?

• hieroglyphics

• runic

• hieratic

• cuneiform

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Where was ancient Mesopotamia mostly located?

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Greece

• China

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Which ancient civilization is known for building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Roman civilization

• Babylonian civilization

• Greek civilization

• Egyptian civilization

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What is irrigation?

• A way to water farmland without rain

• A way to transport goods using canals

• A way to build houses and buildings

• A way to record information using symbols

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What did the Sumerians call their large cities?

• City States

• Empires

• Kingdoms

• Villages

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What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic
• characters
• Sanskrit

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What is the famous river in Egypt?

• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Nile
• Hudson

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Why do Pharaos get mummified?

• So their body doesn't decay
• So they can be put on display

• Because they wanted to be like Otzi

• To prepare them for the afterlife

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Pyramids are built to 

• for worshipping the Gods
• to look strong and cool to other nations
• be a tomb for the Pharaoh
• to give farmers jobs when not farming

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He was a young pharaoh who was forced to renounce the Aton and return Egypt to the old gods.

• Tutankhamen

• Khufu

• Menes

• Djoser

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Ancient Egypt had more than one female pharaoh.

• True

• Fales

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What kind of jobs could an Ancient Egyptian have?

• Farmer

• Scribe

• Social Media Influencer

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Which of the following are innovations by the Ancient Chinese?

• Paper, Silk, Wheelbarrow

• Planned cities, papyrus, wheel

• Sailboat, Mummification, Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphs, gunpowder, number 0

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What is the name for a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia?

• trade route

• Silk Road

• Great Wall

• diffusion confusion

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What is the name for a barrier made of walls across China's northern frontier?

• Silk Road

• trade route

• Zhang Qian

• Great Wall

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Which religion spread from India to China because of the Silk Road?

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

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Which of these is the BEST definition of the Silk Road?

• a road upon which traders traveled

• the exchange of goods, ideas, and knowledge across cultures

• a 4,000+ mile network of trade routes across Asia

• a road upon which Silk was traded

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Which of these were inventions or innovations under the Han Dynasty?

(select all that apply)

• seismograph

• wheelbarrow

• paper

• compass

• crossbow

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Which of these were inventions or innovations under the Han Dynasty?

(select all that apply)

• paper

• acupuncture

• sundial

• gunpowder

• toothbrush

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On which continent is China located?

• Australia

• India

• Asia

• Antarctica

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The ___________ contain some of the tallest mountains in the world

• Alps

• Rockies

• Himalayas

• Andes

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What land feature is NOT included in China's geography?

• hills

• mountains

• rain forests

• deserts

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The word ancient means something that _______________.

• happened last week

• is happening now

• will happen tomorrow

• happened long ago

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Confucius a very famous ____________, in Ancient China

• emperor
• philosopher
• army leader
• god

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the supreme ruler of an empire

• emperor

• aqueduct

• arch

• gladiator

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a man in ancient Rome who fought others for entertainment

• arch

• aqueducts

• gladiator

• emperor

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a grouping of tiny colored stone cubes set in mortar to create a picture or design

• mosaic

• fresco

• parable

• missionary

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a picture painted directly on to a wall

• mosaic

• fresco

• parable

• missionary

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a person who lived outside the Roman Empire

• barbarian

• oratory

• bas-relief

• catacomb

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a hidden underground chamber where people are buried

• barbarian

• oratory

• bas-relief

• catacomb

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Which technology allowed soldiers, merchants and traders to travel more quickly through the empire?

• paved roads
• aqueducts
• arches
• plumbing

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How did the Romans carry water from mountains into cities?

• by combining a set of layers
• by combining a set of arches
• by building aqueducts
• by building a bridge

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Which popular Roman attraction is pictured?

• Colosseum
• Pantheon
• Circus Maxiums
• Forum

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Gladiator fights mostly took place in the

• Circus Maximus
• Forum
• Colosseum
• Pantheon

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The wealthy ruling class of Rome was called

• Ciceros
• Plebeians
• Visogoths
• Patricians

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The social class made up of craftsmen, merchants, and poor farmers

• Ciceros
• Patricians
• Visogoths
• Plebeians

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The Roman Empire fell for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...

• barbarian invasions
• strong leadership
• inflation
• political corruption

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Which of the following was NOT an innovation achieved by the Romans?

• Roads
• Aqueducts
• Arches
• Math

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Which describes the reason for the growth of the Roman Empire?

• Rome's army conquered other lands
• Rome's rulers were very kind
• Rome used christianity to force others to join
• Rome's roads made joining the empire easy

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What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire? 

• Rome 
• Athens 
• Constantinople 
• Italy 

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Which group conquered Constantinople?

• Persians

• Huns

• Ottoman Turks

• Carthage