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WorksheetsAncient History Vocab Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 41mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the three basic needs?
a)
Water, Food, And Shelter
b)
Physical Security, Emotional Security, Food and Water
c)
Oxygen, Plants, And Rain
d)
Oxygen, Air, And H20
2.
What are the six components of civilization?
a)
Shared Language, Domestication, Systematic Agriculture, Food and Water, Physical and Emotional Security
b)
Cities, Towns, City-States, Government, Country, Shared Language
c)
Citizens, Farming, Nomads, Hunters, Security, Technology
d)
Specialization of Labor, Religion, centralized government, Cities, Form of writing, Monumental Architecture
3.
What does Mesopotamia Mean?
a)
Fertilization
b)
Good farmland
c)
The land between two rivers
d)
Fertile crescent
4.
What is the fertile crescent?
a)
The arc of land that is good for farming
b)
It is land that is not fertile
c)
A place where Priests and rulers live
d)
The earliest known civilization
5.
What rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
a)
The Nile and Amazon River
b)
The Tigris and Emajogi River
c)
The Euphrates and Tigris River
d)
The Nile and Derube River
6.
Who is Hammurabi?
a)
First ruler to unite all city-states of Mesopotamia
b)
Created the first law code and was the ruler of Babylon
c)
A person who could read and write
d)
Large stone pillar used to record announcements
7.
King Sargon was all of these, EXCEPT...
a)
First ruler to unite all city-states of Mesopotamia
b)
Created first law code
c)
His dynasty lasted two hundred years
d)
He was an emperor who controlled people, nations, and states
8.
According to Mesopotamian's, who controlled the world?
a)
Priests
b)
Emperors
c)
Gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters
d)
Scribes
9.
What are scribes in charge of recording?
a)
Daily events, trade, astronomy, and literature on clay tablets
b)
Calenders
c)
Birthdays of Priests and Rulers
d)
War events
10.
What is a collection of city-states with their own government and many cultures?
a)
Empire
b)
Country
c)
Civilization
d)
Dynasty
11.
What is the earliest known civilization?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sumer
c)
Africa
d)
Rome
12.
A writing system invented by Sumerians in Southern Mesopotamia is called...
a)
Stele
b)
Ziggurat
c)
Hammurabi's Code
d)
Cuneiform
13.
What is a dynasty?
a)
A collection of city-states with their own government and many cultures
b)
A line of hereditary rulers of a country
c)
A form of writing
d)
A state in which supreme power is held by the people in their elected representatives
14.
What is cuneiform?
a)
A story written by King Sargon
b)
System of writing
c)
A form of poetry
d)
A person who could read and write
15.
What land had a river running through it?
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Egypt
c)
Greece
d)
Asian Minor
16.
What is the black land?
a)
A place where people go to worship Gods and Goddesses
b)
System of ditches to water crops
c)
Hugged the Nile, represented life, fertile land
d)
Desert, meant danger, not fertile land
17.
Define Polytheistic
a)
The belief in more than one god
b)
Crops farmers harvest in marshy areas
c)
The belief in one god
d)
The belief in no gods
18.
A system of ditches to water crops is...
a)
Red land
b)
Black land
c)
Irrigation
d)
Tributaries
19.
What Egyptians practice for a funeral?
a)
Grief
b)
Mummification
c)
Deities
d)
Chieftain
20.
The type of government in which the rule is based on religious authority is...
a)
Democracy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Repubic
d)
Monarchy
21.
Egyptians perform a ritual of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying. What is this know as?
a)
Sarcophagus
b)
Narmer
c)
Mummification
d)
Sphinx
22.
Where were pharaohs buried?
a)
Temples
b)
Where they were killed
c)
Bottom of the Nile RIver
d)
Pyramids
23.
What are Canopic Jars?
a)
Jars used to store the women's jewlery
b)
Jars which they put the body parts needed for the after life
c)
Jars used to preserve food
d)
Jars which they put ashes
24.
What artifact opened the gateway to studying hieroglyphics?
a)
The Rosetta Stone
b)
Stele
c)
Papyrus
d)
Khufu
25.
King Tutankhamun was all of these EXCEPT...
a)
A ruler of Egypt
b)
Was buried with treasure
c)
A pharaoh of the New Kingdom
d)
The person to expand Egyptian trade
26.
Who invaded Egypt and were "aliens" to Egyptians?
a)
Hyksos
b)
Hatshepsut
c)
Horus
d)
King Tutankhamun
27.
What religion believes in Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma?
a)
Nirvana
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism
28.
What is the Caste System?
a)
The individual soul of a living being
b)
System of people in which they vote for their representatives
c)
Four major groups that determined the role in society, one must be born into it, determined social life, work, and marriage.
d)
Good or bad deeds one does
29.
A group of people that migrated from the Caucasus Mountains and influenced many modern religions
a)
Aryans
b)
Greeks
c)
Indo-Europeans
d)
Gods and goddesses
30.
In many religions there is a belief of rebirth of a soul into a new body. What is this known as?
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Mummification
c)
This belief is know as the belief of caste systems in which people are of a rebirth and put into a new system of family
d)
Nirvana
31.
Indo-European people whose homeland is the Caucasus Mountains and they migrated to India are also known as….
a)
Warriors
b)
Roman Soliders
c)
Aryans
d)
Allahs
32.
What is Brahman?
a)
The individual souls of the world called atmans
b)
The world soul that unites all individual souls called atmans
c)
The belief of rebirth
d)
The Eightfold path
33.
Steppes is...?
a)
Dry grasslands
b)
Wet grasslands
c)
The founder of Buddhism
d)
Roman goddess who ruled the northern land
34.
Karma is believed strongly in Hinduism and Buddhism. What is karma?
a)
An action only acted upon by good souls
b)
An action only acted upon by bad people
c)
A persons action in which they will receive a gift for good behavior
d)
A person’s actions in the present and past will affect their future existences
35.
What must one follow to reach nirvana?
a)
The Four Noble Truths
b)
The Eightfold Path
c)
Reincarnation
d)
The pillars
36.
What is the main belief in Buddhism?
a)
Brahman
b)
Nirvana
c)
The Eightfold Path, Jesus is the son of God
d)
The Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path,
37.
What is the Middle Way?
a)
it kept track of trade, it was easy to learn symbols for sounds, more accessible to people, quick to write, and the Phoenicians were the dominant salesmen
b)
The path that souls took to reach Nirvana
c)
The Eightfold Path, guide for right views, resolutions, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration
d)
One of the many pillars used to show the rights and wrongs of citizens
38.
The Buddha is the wise one. What is the wise one?
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Strength
c)
Knowledge
d)
Perseverance
39.
Muhammad was the founder of what religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
40.
What is the name for God in Arabic?
a)
Allah
b)
Muhammad
c)
Jesus
d)
Aryans
41.
When was Christianity founded and who is the founder?
a)
Founded in 0 by Muhammad
b)
Founded in 832 BCE by Jesus
c)
Founded in 365 BC by Allah
d)
Founded in 0 by Jesus
42.
The Torah is the holy book of Judaism. What testament is this?
a)
Middle testament
b)
New testament
c)
Old testament
d)
Beginning of the third testament
43.
The Bible includes what?
a)
The holy book of Judaism
b)
Old bible verses stating the rules of Buddhism
c)
The holy book of Hinduism
d)
The holy book of Buddhism
44.
What did Mycenae have control over?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Aegean Sea
d)
North Sea
45.
Why did the Phoenician Alphabet spread?
a)
It kept track of trade, it was easy to learn, quick to write, and the Phoenicians were the dominant salesmen
b)
Helped spread trade routes
c)
Connected families
d)
Let the people learn the language of their gods so they could please them
46.
Who were the Dorians?
a)
The new wave of invaders
b)
People who owned larges areas of land
c)
Controller of farming
d)
The name of fighters in the Punic War
47.
What occurred in the Dark Ages?
a)
Start of the Trojan War
b)
The start of many wars
c)
Homer wrote the Odyssey
d)
It is unknown
48.
What were all Spartans suppose to be born for?
a)
Battle
b)
Farming
c)
Building
d)
Trade
49.
Who was annoyed and wanted revenge to take over Greece?
a)
Paris
b)
Hector
c)
Xerxes
d)
Hellen
50.
What was the birthplace of democracy?
a)
Rome
b)
Athens
c)
Greece
d)
Troy
51.
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution, they were only a few people who earned their power.
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Republic
52.
One individual who seizes power by force is called….
a)
Tyrant
b)
Invader
c)
Buddha
d)
Goddess
53.
What age was Alexander the Great in?
a)
Middle Age
b)
Golden Age
c)
Hellenistic Age
d)
Dark Age
54.
What was Alexander the Great’s goal?
a)
A worldwide empire
b)
Small simple empire
c)
To please everyone
d)
To build and protect his greatest treasures
55.
Name two consequences of the Peloponnesian War
a)
Athens is weak and Outside threats from Persia and Macedonia
b)
Athens is weak and Persia took over Macedonia
c)
Threats from Persia and Macedonia and Alexander dies
d)
Athens is weak and Alexander fights Troy
56.
Who continued to spread the lessons of Jesus after he was crucified?
a)
Apostles
b)
Allah
c)
Paul
d)
Aryans
57.
Who was the messiah in Christianity?
a)
Paul
b)
Apostle
c)
Muhammad
d)
Jesus
58.
Who is John the Baptist?
a)
The messiah of Christianity
b)
The foreteller of Jesus’ arrival, he renewed people’s faith and interest in scripture
c)
The leader who took over Christianity
d)
Founder of Christianity and the leader who later took of Christianity after the death of Jesus
59.
Who were the ‘founder(s)’ of Rome?
a)
Helen and Paris
b)
Romulus and Remus
c)
Romulus and Helen
d)
Paris and Remus
60.
What is a type of democracy where people use representatives to have a say in their government?
a)
Republic
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Empire
61.
This leader committed suicide after Romans demanded his surrender.
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Alexander the Great
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Hannibal
62.
What leader played a critical role in the ROMAN empire?
a)
Allah
b)
Muhammad
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Julius Caesar
63.
Who was believed to be the son of God?
a)
Yahweh
b)
Jesus
c)
Allah
d)
Abraham
64.
What is a heretic?
a)
Someone who goes against the popular belief or mainstream
b)
Someone who goes with tradition
c)
Someone who does not believe in any religion or god
d)
Someone who goes against the word of the leaders but believes in no religion
65.
Who made Christianity the religion of the empire of Rome in 280 A.D.?
a)
Jesus
b)
God
c)
Paul
d)
Emperor Theodosius
66.
Who sentences Jesus to be crucified?
a)
Apollo
b)
Plato
c)
Pontius Pilate
d)
Abraham
67.
What were three reasons to the end of the Minoans?
a)
Invaders, underpopulation, and flooding
b)
Overpopulation, invaders, and natural disasters
c)
Winds, flooding, and overpopulation
d)
Overpopulation, invaders, and lack of farming
68.
Where do followers of Muhammad face when they pray?
a)
Mecca
b)
China
c)
Troy
d)
Europe
69.
What was Muhammad’s goal?
a)
To grow the belief in Allah
b)
To unite everyone
c)
To revive the faith in monotheism, which was becoming less popular as people started to develop idols
d)
To not let any other person to worship any other god
70.
What was an advantage to using Arabic?
a)
It allowed citizens to communicate with gods.
b)
It expanded Islam to India, Europe, China, and Africa
c)
It created 7 lands to become greater such as Italy
d)
It provided more trade
71.
Why is Mecca important to Muslims?
a)
Birthplace of Allah
b)
It is the birthplace of Paul and John
c)
Birthplace of Hinduism
d)
It is a religious duty, the birthplace of Muhammad, and known as the holy city
72.
What was the belief of Jainism?
a)
Everything in the universe has a soul and should not be harmed
b)
Everyone went to Heaven
c)
Everyone went to Nirvana
d)
Everyone is reincarnated
73.
Who is the protector in Hinduism?
a)
Paul
b)
Vishnu
c)
Allan
d)
Hammurabi
74.
What is the consequence of good actions in Hinduism?
a)
One will come back as someone better and wiser in their next life
b)
One will not have a second chance at life and not be reincarnated
c)
One will come back the same
d)
One will come back less wise
75.
What is a high official in Muslim countries?
a)
Vishnu
b)
Messiah
c)
Vizier
d)
Mecca
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