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Ancient History Review

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What river ran through Babylon?
a)
Tigiris 
b)
Euphrates 
c)
Red
d)
Agean 
2.
What were the laws in ancient Mesopotamia called?
a)
Hammy's Code
b)
Braham's Code
c)
Selemen's Code
d)
Hammurabi's Code
3.
When the Tigiris and the Euphrates River flooded what rich fertile soil can be found in the fertile crescent? 
a)
Silt
b)
Moist dirt
c)
mud
d)
soil
4.
Who created the first empire?
a)
King Agemean 
b)
King Zargon 
c)
Julius Ceaser
d)
King Sargon
5.
Which was the first system of writing made up by the Sumerians?
a)
Alphabet
b)
Scribe
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Cuneifrom
6.
Which was a city state from Ancient Mesopotamia
a)
Sumer
b)
ER 
c)
Imeria 
d)
Gussa
7.
What desert stretches from the Persian Gulf?
a)
Arabian Desert 
b)
Asia Minor
c)
Arabian Penisula
d)
Crete
8.
What Is stele?
a)
A plant that the codes of Hammurabis was written on 
b)
Paper made from the Era plant
c)
Black stone where Hammurabis code was written on
d)
Black stones used to build houses 
9.
What is a ziggurat?
a)
A pyramid structured building with houses
b)
A pyramid structured mountain meaning house of beliefs
c)
A pyramid structured building surrounded by a temple 
d)
A temple on a pyramid
10.
Which group of people created the first city states?
a)
Summers
b)
Erias 
c)
Platos 
d)
Sumerians 
11.
What are the five characteristics of Sumerian living?
a)
Food
Clothes
Family
Education
trading 
b)
advanced cities
specialized workers
complex institutions 
record keeping 
improved technology 
c)
Trading 
Farming 
merchants
Teaching 
Education
d)
advanced army
specialized cities
record keeping 
improved technology
complex institutions 
12.
What was the Sumerians first goverment ruled by?
a)
Priests
b)
Temple munks
c)
Munks 
d)
Temple Priests
13.
What river provided ancient life for the Egyptians?
a)
The Vas River
b)
The Nile River 
c)
The Buas River
d)
The Red River
14.
What did the Ancient Egyptians write scribes on?
a)
Rosetta Stone 
b)
Papyrus
c)
Tree bark 
d)
Wheat 
15.
What was Egypt  government called?
a)
Democracy 
b)
Empire
c)
Theocracy
d)
Republic 
16.
What does polytheistic mean? 
a)
Believing in more than one gods
b)
Believing in one god
c)
Believing in no gods
d)
believing in 
17.
During the process of mummification what were the organs held in?
a)
Canopic Jars 
b)
Khufu Jars
c)
Gase Jars
d)
Mummy Jars 
18.
The Great pyramid was tomb for who?
a)
Pharaoh Carsso
b)
Pharaoh Nemu
c)
Pharaoh Khufu
d)
Pharaoh Tut
19.
What was the Egyptian alphabet? 
a)
cunieform
b)
Hieroglyphics 
c)
English 
d)
Latin
20.
What is an Amulet used for?
a)
It is used to show the souls to heaven 
b)
It is put on the mummies to protect them
c)
Its put on the mummies to guide them
d)
Its put on the mummies to hurt them
21.
Whats a Vizier?
a)
A president
b)
A emperor 
c)
A king 
d)
A high official 
22.
Who are the people that invaded Egypt and took over their land?
a)
Romans
b)
Greeks
c)
Hyksos
d)
Sumerians 
23.
What two languages are written on the Rosetta Stone?
a)
American and Italian
b)
Polish and Latin 
c)
Egyptian and Latin 
d)
Egyptiann and Greek
24.
Who was the sun God?
a)
Ra
b)
Re
c)
Zeus
d)
Mars
25.
What state do Buddahist want to hit? 
a)
Nirvana
b)
Happy State 
c)
Moshka 
d)
Heaven
26.
What state to Hindus want to reach?
a)
Nirvana
b)
Moshka
c)
Heaven
d)
Happy State
27.
What are the ten commandments?
a)
Ten saviors
b)
Laws made by the Angels for hebrews to follow
c)
Laws made by Moses for the Hebrews to follow
d)
Laws handed down from god that hebrews are supposed to follow
28.
The belief in one god is called?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Polythestic
c)
Godlyestic
d)
Jedisum 
29.
What is the holy book to christians called?
a)
Torah
b)
Bible
c)
Quran
d)
Alphabet
30.
What is the holy book for Jewish people called?
a)
Bible 
b)
Quran
c)
Torah
d)
Alphabet 
31.
Who was the main founder of Judaism?
a)
Abraham
b)
Moses
c)
Jacob
d)
Isac 
32.
Following the eightfold path and the four noble truths is apart of which religion?
a)
Christian
b)
Hindu
c)
Islam
d)
Buddisham
33.
Where did hinduism and buddhism start in?
a)
Arabia
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Africa
34.
Who is the prophet in the islam religion?
a)
Jesus
b)
Moses
c)
Muhammad 
d)
Issa 
35.
What is the holy book for the islam religion?
a)
Bible 
b)
Torah
c)
The sacred writing 
d)
Quran
36.
Judaism, christianity, islam all believe in how many gods?
a)
One 
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
37.
Diwali the festival of lights is important to what religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christianity 
c)
Islam
d)
Roman
38.
The wheel of Dharma is a symbol for what religion?
a)
Hindu 
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
39.
What is the language of Judaism?
a)
Hebrew 
b)
Jewish
c)
Latin
d)
Spanish
40.
Someone who follows Islam is called?
a)
Muslim 
b)
Jewish 
c)
Christian 
d)
Hindu
41.
The founder of Christianity is?
a)
Abraham
b)
Moses
c)
God
d)
Jesus
42.
Who led the hebrews out of egypt?
a)
Moses 
b)
God 
c)
Abraham
d)
Jesus
43.
The om is a symbol in what religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Hindiusm
d)
Roman
44.
Braham is the main god is what religion
a)
Hinduism
b)
Jedisum
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhist
45.
What was the period called before the Greeks introduced democracy?
a)
Hellenistic Period
b)
Dark Ages 
c)
Classical Period 
d)
Archaic Period
46.
What period was marked by great philosophers such as Plato and Socrates?
a)
Classical Period
b)
Hellenistic Period
c)
Archaic Period
d)
Dark age?
47.
What was the focus of culture in the city of Sparta?
a)
Art and literature
b)
Sports and education 
c)
Education and fighting
d)
War and Fighting 
48.
What was the focus of culture in Athens?
a)
Education and Art
b)
Art and literature
c)
War and fighting 
d)
War and education 
49.
What was the last period of the Ancient Greece before they were conquered?
a)
Classical
b)
Hellenistic
c)
Archaic
d)
War
50.
What was the battle called where and army of 300 Spartans held back the persians?
a)
Thermopylae
b)
Blood
c)
Therma
d)
Pelopennisian
51.
What was the time period called when the Dorians invaded and not record keeping was took?
a)
Dark Age 
b)
Light Age
c)
Greek Age
d)
Dorian Age 
52.
What are the three seas that border Greece?
a)
ionian, mediterranean, aegean seas
b)
ionian, mediterranean, Indian seas
c)
ionian, Alantic , aegean seas
d)
Adriatic sea, mediterranean, aegean seas
53.
In 334 b.c.e. alexander set out to conquer who?
a)
Greece 
b)
Rome 
c)
Africa 
d)
Persia
54.
Who was the Greek goddess of beauty that made a deal with Paris?
a)
Aphrodite 
b)
Artemis
c)
Athena
d)
Venus 
55.
Who wrote the Odessey? 
a)
Anthony 
b)
Mark 
c)
Homer 
d)
Achilles 
56.
Who built the Trojan Horse?
a)
Troy 
b)
Greeks 
c)
Roman 
d)
Egyptian 
57.
Who was the King of Macendonia who conqured most the ancient world. 
a)
Alexander 
b)
Marcus
c)
Sparta 
d)
Homer 
58.
Who won the Peloponnesian war?
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens 
c)
Troy 
d)
Crete
59.
Where was the earliest Greek civilization located?
a)
Crete
b)
Troy 
c)
Sparta
d)
Athens 
60.
Who was Aristole?
a)
A tutor for Alexander the great who was philosper 
b)
A wear hero who was in the Trojan war
c)
An Greek God 
d)
A King of Sparta 
61.
What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
a)
His empire fell and was split into 3 parts 
b)
His empire fell and was split into 2 parts 
c)
his empire fell and it was split into 4 parts 
d)
His empire fell and became ancient Greece 
62.
What Persian King did the Greeks defeat in the battle of Thermopylae?
a)
Darius 
b)
Xerxes 
c)
Claudius
d)
Julius
63.
Who was the enemy of Athens In the Pelopnnesian war?
a)
Sicily
b)
Sparta
c)
Persia
64.
The ancient Greeks worshipped many gods. Which of these gods did the Greeks worship?
a)
Mars
b)
Ra
c)
Venus
d)
Zeus
65.
An  Athenian girl child would learn from?
a)
Mother 
b)
Priestess
c)
Teacher
d)
Father 
66.
The Greeks invented a way of thinking deeply about the world and the meaning of life. What did they call it?
a)
education 
b)
government
c)
philosophy
d)
fighti
67.
What leader put and end to the Roman Republic and became a dictator  
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Claudius
c)
Nero
d)
Gaius 
68.
Romulus and Remus are who?
a)
Mythical founders of Rome
b)
Great Roman War Generals
c)
Roman Scientist 
d)
The First Roman Emperors 
69.
What was Rome's government called and what is it? 
a)
It was a Republic, where the people had a say in the government 
b)
It was a democracy where the people elected dictators 
c)
It was a Republic, where the people elected Emperors 
d)
It was a Republic, where the people elected officials to represent them
70.
What year did Rome fall?
a)
476 A.D 
b)
456 A.D 
c)
359 A.D
d)
298 A.D 
71.
What were the Punic Wars? 
a)
A war between Rome and Eygpt 
b)
A series a wars between Rome and Greece 
c)
Wars Between Rome and Sparta 
d)
A series of wars between Rome and Carthage
72.
Who was the Roman General during the Punic Wars ?
a)
Scipio 
b)
Claudius 
c)
Hannibal 
d)
Xerxes 
73.
What did Hannibal have to go over to lead his troops into Rome?
a)
The Pyrnnes 
b)
The Alps 
c)
The Apennini 
d)
The Ionian Sea 
74.
Which  class of people made the majority of the Roman  population?
a)
Patricians 
b)
Officials 
c)
Plebeians 
d)
Leaders 
75.
In a time of crisis who was appointed for emergency  sixth months of power? 
a)
Emperor 
b)
Tribunes 
c)
Dictator 
d)
Kings