SS Revision Quiz 1

Scientists who study ancient artefacts are known as

• ambassadors

• anthropologists

• archeologists

• architects

Historians use "c." (circa) in front of the year (e.g. c. 2500-2200 B.C.) when the precise date is

• current

• known

• past

• unknown

Ancient Sumer was developed between these two rivers.

• Euphrates

• Nile

• Tiber

• Tigris

Sumerian cities were ruled by

• chiefs

• the people

• the royal family

• kings and officials

To honour their gods and goddesses, Sumerians built stepped temples known as

• cuneiform

• obelisks

• pyramids

• ziggurats

Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing to keep temple records. This form of writing is known as

• alphabet

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphs

• pictographs

The ancient Egyptians invented the earliest methods of telling time with a four-sided pillar called

• aqueduct

• clock

• obelisk

• sundial

Pharaohs were buried in huge stone structures called

• acropolises

• amphitheatres

• pantheons

• pyramids

When Upper and Lower Egypt were united, a double _____ was designed for the pharaoh's head.

• bow

• crown

• helix

• mask

The ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia in ancient

• Egypt

• Greece

• Rome

• Sumer