Ancient Civilizations Quiz

Who was the city of Babylon's greatest monarch?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus the Great

• Hammurabi

• Darius I

What is the earliest known written collection of laws called?

• The Persian Wars

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Alphabet

• The Chariot

What is a wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart called?

• Cavalry

• Chariot

• Monarch

• Alphabet

Who was the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon?

• Xerxes I

• Darius I

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus the Great

What is a set of letters that can be combined to form written words called?

• Cavalry

• Alphabet

• Chariot

• Monarch

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?

• Hammurabi

• Xerxes I

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

What is a unit of soldiers mounted on horses called?

• Cavalry

• Chariot

• Monarch

• Alphabet

Which Persian emperor organized and expanded the empire?

• Xerxes I

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

What were the series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC called?

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Alphabet

• The Persian Wars

• The Chariot Wars

Who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC?

• Cyrus the Great

• Hammurabi

• Darius I

• Xerxes I