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5TH GRADE HISTORY BOWL

Total questions: 146

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ON WHICH CONTINENT IS THE NILE RIVER?

a)

ASIA

b)

NORTH AMERICA

c)

EUROPE

d)

AFRICA

2.

WHERE IS THE MESOPOTAMIA?

a)

INDUS RIVER

b)

TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES

c)

AMAZON RIVER

d)

YELLOW RIVER

3.

WHAT WAS THE PAPER MADE BY EGYPTIANS?

a)

PAPYRUS

b)

LOOSE LEAVE PAPER

c)

TEXTILE

d)

WHAT WAS THE SPECIAL PAPER MADE BY THE EGYPTIANS CALLED?

4.

WHAT WAS USED INSIDE CANOPIC JARS?

a)

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

b)

HEART

c)

ORGANS

d)

FROGS

5.

A.D. STANDS FOR?

a)

Architectural Digest

b)

ANNO DOMINI

c)

AD OF THE DAY

6.

WHAT IS OBSIDIAN?

a)

GLASS LIKE VOLCANIC ROCK

b)

LAVA

c)

EATHQUAKE

d)

TSUNAMI

7.

ABRAHAM LIVED IN WHAT CITY?

a)

BEIRUT

b)

EGYPT

c)

UR

d)

JUDEA

8.

WHO WAS KING TUT'S FATHER?

a)

HATSHEPUT

b)

AKHENATEN

c)

ABRAHAM

d)

DONALD TRUMP

9.

WHO INTRODUCED MONOTHEISM TO ANCIENT EGYPT?

a)

PHOENICIANS

b)

POSIDEON

c)

HOMER

d)

AKHENATEN

10.

WHO WAS AKHENATEN'S WIFE?

a)

QUEEN ELIZABETH

b)

NEFERTITI

c)

ATHENA

d)

QUEEN VICTORIA

11.

THE FIRST FEMALE PHARAOH WAS

a)

HATSHEPSUT

b)

NEFERTITI

c)

APHRODITE

d)

APOLLO

12.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI'S EMPIRE?

a)

CHINA

b)

EGYPT

c)

BABYLON

d)

INDONESIA

13.

IN WHAT YEAR DO THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS ARISE?

a)

3000 AD

b)

4000 AD

c)

3500 BC

d)

4000BC

14.

WHAT YEAR DID THE VOLCANO ON THERA ERUPT?

a)

1200BC

b)

1300BC

c)

1400BC

d)

1500BC

15.

WHAT YEAR DID KIND DAVID RULE ISRAEL?

a)

1000 BC

b)

2000 BC

c)

3000 BC

d)

4000 BC

16.

WHAT YEAR DID THE TROJAN WAR TAKE PLACE?

a)

600 BC

b)

700 BC

c)

800 BC

d)

776 BC

17.

WHEN DID THE FIRST OLYMPICS TAKE PLACE?

a)

876 BC

b)

776 BC

c)

775 BC

d)

700BC

18.

WHAT YEAR WAS Rome FOUNDED?

a)

753 BC

b)

752 BC

c)

750 BC

d)

751 BC

19.

WHO WROTE THE ILLIAD AND THE ODYSSEY?

a)

HAMMURABI

b)

KING TUT

c)

KING DARIUS

d)

HOMER

20.

WHAT YEAR WERE THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY WRITTEN?

a)

700 BC

b)

800 BC

c)

900 BC

d)

1000 BC

21.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR RULED WHAT EMPIRE?

a)

AZTEC

b)

GHANA

c)

BABYLONIA

d)

HAN DYNASTY

22.

WHAT YEAR WAS THE BATTLE OF MARATHON?

a)

490 BC

b)

590 BC

c)

690 BC

d)

790 BC

23.

WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE?

a)

480BC

b)

490BC

c)

500BC

d)

515BC

24.

WHAT YEAR DID SOCRATES DIES?

a)

199 BC

b)

299 BC

c)

399 BC

d)

499 BC

25.

WHEN WAS CAESAR ASSASSINATED?

a)

40 BC

b)

42 BC

c)

44 BC

d)

46 BC

26.

WHEN DID THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE FALL?

a)

476 AD

b)

470 AD

c)

480 AD

d)

500 AD

27.

WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE ROYAL CARTOUCHE?

a)

KING TUT'S NAME

b)

NEFERTITI'S NAME

c)

QUEEN VICTORIA

d)

PHARAOH'S NAME

28.

IDENTIFY THE TERM FOR SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN ONE GOD

a)

MONOTHEIST

b)

POLYTHEIST

c)

DEMOCRACY

d)

OLIGARCHY

29.

BELIEVING IN MANY GODS IS CALLED CALLED?

a)

POLYTHEIST

b)

MONOTHEIST

c)

MONARCHY

d)

DEMOCRACRY

30.

WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE ISRAELITES?

a)

ABRAHAM

b)

HOMER

c)

MOSES

d)

KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR

31.

WHO INVENTED THE ALPHABET?

a)

PHOENICIANS

b)

BABOLONIANS

c)

GREEK GODS

d)

SPARTA

32.

WHO WAS THE QUEEN OF CARTHAGE?

a)

ATHENA

b)

DIDO

c)

ZESUS

d)

POSEIDON

33.

CARTHAGE IS LOCATED ON WHICH CONTINENT?

a)

AFRICA

b)

EUROPE

c)

SOUTH AMERICA

d)

ANTARTICIA

34.

WHO CREATED THE FIRST LIBRARY?

a)

SPARTA

b)

PHOENICIANS

c)

HAMMURABI

d)

ASHURBANIPAL

35.

WHERE ARE THE GATES OF ISHTAR?

a)

EUROPE

b)

BABYLON

c)

TIBER RIVER

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

36.

WHO KILLED THE MINOTAUR?

a)

HOPLITES

b)

LEONIDAS

c)

XERXES

d)

THESEUS

37.

WHO WAS THE LEGENDARY KING OF CRETE?

a)

HAMMURABI

b)

KING XERXES

c)

KING DARIUS

d)

MINOS

38.

WHAT BABYLONIAN KING ESTABLISHED THE FIRST SET OF WRITTEN LAWS?

a)

HAMMURABI

b)

LEONIDAS

c)

XERXES

d)

CYRUS

39.

WHO LED THE ISRAELITE EXODUS?

a)

CONSTANTINOPLE

b)

GREEK GODS

c)

MOSES

d)

ABRAHAM

40.

WHERE DID THE GREEK GODS LIVE?

a)

MT. OLYMPUS

b)

TIGERS

c)

TIBER RIVER

d)

ATHENS

41.

WHO WAS THE GREEK GOD OF THE SEA?

a)

POSEIDON

b)

ARES

c)

APHRODITE

d)

HAMMURABI

42.

WHO IS THE GREEK GODDESS OF BEAUTY AND LOVE?

a)

HERA

b)

MINOS

c)

HOPLITES

d)

APHRODITE

43.

WHO WAS THE GREEK GOD OF WAR?

a)

ARES

b)

HAMMURABI

c)

HERA

d)

CONSTANTINOPLE

44.

WHO WAS THE GREEK GODDESS OF WISDOM?

a)

POSEIDON

b)

QUEEN ALEXANDRIA

c)

ZESUS

d)

ATHENE

45.

WHO WAS THE WIFE OF ZEUS?

a)

HERA

b)

DARIUS

c)

PENELOPE

d)

ARISTOTLE

46.

WHO WAS THE GREEK GODDESS OF THE HUNT?

a)

ATHENE

b)

ARTEMIS

c)

SPARTA

d)

ARES

47.

OLIGARCHY MEANS?

a)

RULED BY MANY

b)

TO VOTE AT THE AGE OF 18

c)

RULE BY A SMALL GROUP

d)

WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE

48.

DEMOCRACY MEANS?

a)

RULED BY THE PEOPLE

b)

TO BOYCOTT

c)

FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE

d)

INDEPENDENCE

49.

MONARCHY MEANS?

a)

DICTATORSHIP

b)

RULED BY ONE PERSON

c)

GOVERNMENT RULES

d)

THE PEOPLE RULE

50.

NAME THE 3 TYPES OF COLUMN CAPITALS

a)

DORIC, IONIC, CORINTHIAN

b)

DARIUS, XERXES, CYRUS

c)

TIGRIS, TIBER, MT. OLYMPUS

d)

ATHENS, SPARTA, THEBES

51.

LACONIC MEANS?

a)

USING FEW WORDS;CONCISE

b)

USING PLENTY OF WORDS

c)

TO IGNORE SOMEONE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

52.

A HEAVILY ARMED GREEK SOLIDER ON FOOT IS?

a)

SPARTANS 300

b)

WARRIORS

c)

HOPLITES

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

53.

DEMOCRACY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN?

a)

NORTH AMERICA

b)

SOUTH AMERICA

c)

EUROPE

d)

ATHENS

54.

WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE?

a)

PERSEPOLIS

b)

MT. OLYMPUS

c)

PERSIAN TOWN

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

55.

THE BATTLE OF MARATHON

a)

THOUSANDS RAN A MARATHON

b)

WAS A HORRIBLE LOST IN GREEK HISTORY

c)

WAS A GLORIOUS VICTORY IN GREEK HISTORY

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

56.

THE BATTLE OF THERMOPLYLAE

a)

MOST GLORIOUS DEFEAT IN HISTORY

b)

THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS DIED

c)

CAUSED THE BUBONIC PLAQUE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

57.

WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR?

a)

ROMANS AND SPARTANS

b)

ATHENS AND SPARTA

c)

ARISTOTLE AND ATHENIANS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

58.

WHO WON THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR?

a)

SPARTA

b)

CHINESE

c)

ROMANS

d)

NO ONE WON THEY CAME TO A TRUCE

59.

WHAT GROUP WAS FORMED TO PROTECT GREECE FROM THE PERSIAN ATTACKS?

a)

MAGNA CARTA

b)

JUSTICE LEAGUE

c)

DELIAN LEAGUE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

60.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT DIED IN WHAT YEAR?

a)

350 AD

b)

300 BC

c)

323 AD

d)

323 BC

61.

ROME WAS LOCATED ON WHAT RIVER?

a)

TIGRIS RIVER

b)

TIBER RIVER

c)

OLYMPUS RIVER

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

62.

WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE?

a)

REPUBLIC

b)

CONSTANTINOPLE

c)

HELOTS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

63.

WHO WAS THE FIRST ROMAN EMPEROR?

a)

LEONIDAS

b)

KING GEORGE

c)

KING XERES

d)

CAESAR OCTAVIAN AUGUSTUS

64.

WHAT YEAR WAS THE SECOND TEMPLE DESTROYED?

a)

70 AD

b)

80 AD

c)

90 AD

d)

100 AD

65.

WHAT DID ALEXANDER THE GREAT NAME MANY CITIES ALONG HIS WAR PATH?

a)

ALEXANDRIA

b)

REPUBLICANS

c)

ALEX THE GREAT

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

66.

WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE?

a)

CONSTANTINOPLE

b)

ROME

c)

SOUTHERN PLAINS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

67.

WHO WAS THE LAST EMPEROR OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE?

a)

KING DYNASTY

b)

ROMULUS AND AUGUSTUS

c)

EMPEROR OF THE HELOTS

d)

NONE

68.

NAME THE TWINS WHO FOUNDED ROME

a)

HANSEL AND GRETEL

b)

ROMULUS AND REMUS

c)

CAIN AND ABLE

d)

NONE

69.

WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE NOBLE CLASS OF ROME?

a)

THE NOBLE ELITE

b)

GLADIATORS

c)

PATRICIANS

d)

SUPREMES

70.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COUNCIL OF OLD MEN WHO HELPED RULE ROME?

a)

CONGRESS

b)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES

c)

SENATE

d)

CABINET

71.

WHO DID ALL THE WORK IN ROMAN SOCIETY?

a)

KINGS

b)

SLAVES

c)

SOLIDERS

d)

VICTORIA'S EMPIRE

72.

WHAT IS THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT CALLED RULED BY A FEW?

a)

BRITISH INVASION

b)

DEMOCRACY

c)

REBELLION

d)

OLIGARCHY

73.

WHAT IS THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT CALLED RULED BY THE PEOPLE?

a)

DEMOCRACY

b)

REPUBLIC

c)

BRITISH EMPIRE

d)

CIVILIZATION

74.

WHAT IS FORM OF GOVERNMENT CALLED THAT IS RULED BY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES?

a)

OLIGARCHY

b)

DEMOCRACY

c)

REPUBLIC

d)

COMMUNISM

75.

WHO IS THE RICH KING OF LYDIA?

a)

CROESUS

b)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

c)

KING XERXES

d)

NON E OF THE ABOVE

76.

WHAT WAS PISTRATUS INSTRUCTED TO DO TO HOMER'S POEMS?

a)

BURN THEM

b)

WRITE THEM DOWN

c)

SELL THEM

d)

POST THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA

77.

WHO WAS THE KING OF PERSIA WHO INITIATED THE PERSIAN WARS?

a)

DARIUS

b)

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

c)

ZESUS

d)

KING TUT

78.

WHO RAN A MARATHON TO ANNOUNCE THE ATHENIAN VICTORY OVER THE PERSIANS?

a)

BILLY JOEL

b)

PRESIDENT TRUMP

c)

KING LEONIDAS

d)

PHEIDIPEDES

79.

WHO WAS THE HERO OF THERMOPYLAE?

a)

SPARTA

b)

ATHENIANS

c)

LEONIDAS

d)

QUEEN VICTORIA

80.

WHO WAS THE SPARTAN 300?

a)

DECLARED WAR ON CHINA

b)

A GROUP OF REBELLIOUS SOLIDERS

c)

ELITE MILITARY FORCE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

81.

WHAT WERE THE SPARTAN SLAVES CALLED?

a)

HELOTS

b)

WARRIORS

c)

PRISONERS OF WAR

d)

DEFENSELESS SOLIDERS

82.

WHO ORDERED THE SOLDIERS TO SCOURGE THE WATER WITH 300 LASHES?

a)

DARIUS

b)

THE GOLDEN TEMPLE

c)

FIDEL CASTRO

d)

XERXES

83.

WHAT WERE THE WOODEN WALLS OF ATHENS?

a)

WAR SHIPS

b)

WALLS OF STEEL

c)

THE GREAT WALL

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

84.

WHO WERE THE 3 PERSIAN LEADERS WHO FOUGHT WITH THE GREEKS AND ARE FOUND IN THE BIBLE?

a)

ELIJAH, SAMUEL AND SOLOMON

b)

CAESAR, OCTAVIAN, AND AUGUSTUS

c)

DARIUS, XERXES, AND CYRUS

d)

KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, AND HIS TWO BROTHERS

85.

OSTRACISM MEANS TO

a)

HOST AN EVENT

b)

TO BANISH

c)

TO HAVE SELF CONFIDENCE

d)

AVOID DEALING WITH CLOWNS

86.

WHAT WAS THE PORT OF ATHENS CALLED?

a)

PORT WASHINGTON

b)

PIRAEUS

c)

SPARTANBURG

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

87.

WHAT WERE THE FOUR MILE LONG WALLS CONNECTING ATHENS TO THE SEA CALLED?

a)

LONG WALLS

b)

THE GREAT WALL

c)

SEA WALLS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOE

88.

THE TWO LEGS OF GREECE ARE CALLED?

a)

XERXES AND SPARTA

b)

ATHENS AND CHINA

c)

ATHENS AND SPARTA

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

89.

WHAT WAS THE LONG WAR THAT DESTROYED THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE?

a)

PEARL HARBOUR

b)

WORLD WAR 1

c)

COLD WAR

d)

PELOPONNESIAN WAR

90.

WHAT WERE THE THIRTY MEN WHO WERE APPOINTED BY THE SPARTANS TO GOVERN ATHENS CALLED?

a)

THIRTY TYRANTS

b)

SPARTAN 300

c)

3OO SOLIDERS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

91.

WHO DRANK HEMLOCK CHEERFULLY?

a)

SOCRATES

b)

PLATO

c)

ARISTOTLE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

92.

WHAT IS THE LOVE OF WISDOM?

a)

ETHICS

b)

FALLACY

c)

SOCIAL CONTRACT

d)

PHILOSOPHY

93.

WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE UGLIEST PERSON IN ALL OF GREECE?

a)

BEETHOVEN

b)

SOCRATES

c)

PLATO

d)

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

94.

WHO RECORDED THE WISDOM OF SOCRATES?

a)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

b)

KING LEONIDAS

c)

HOMER

d)

PLATO

95.

WHAT WAS SOCRATES QUESTION AND ANSWER METHOD OF TEACHING?

a)

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

b)

SOCRATIC METHOD

c)

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

96.

WHAT WAS PLATO'S OPEN- AIR SCHOOL IN ATHEN'S CALLED?

a)

COLUMBUS CHARTER SCHOOL

b)

SOCRATIC SEMINAR

c)

THE ACADEMY

d)

CHARTER DAY SCHOOL

97.

NAME THE PERSIAN GENERAL WHO ATTEMPTED SEIZURE OF HIS BROTHER'S THRONE?

a)

GENERAL TRUMP

b)

CYRUS

c)

GENERAL ROGERS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

98.

WHO WAS THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER WHO CONQUERED GREECE?

a)

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

b)

SOCRATES

c)

PHILLIP OF MACEDONIA

d)

ALEXANDRIA

99.

WHO STUTTERED AND BECAME THE GREATEST ORATOR OF ATHENS?

a)

PLATO

b)

THEBES

c)

DEMOSTHENES

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

100.

WHAT WAS THE GREEK MILITARY FORMATION CALLED THAT MADE THE GREEKS SUPERIOR FIGHTERS?

a)

PHALANX

b)

ARMADA

c)

TROJAN HORSE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

101.

WHO RECITED THE ILIAD FROM BEGINNING TO END?

a)

ABRAHAM

b)

MOSES

c)

ALEXANDER

d)

CANNAN

102.

WHO PRACTICED SPEAKING WITH STONES IN HIS MOUTH?

a)

LEONIDAS

b)

DEMOSTHENES

c)

KING XERXES

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

103.

WHO WAS THE KING OF PERSIA THAT WAS DEFEATED BY ALEXANDER?

a)

DARIUS I

b)

DARIUS II

c)

DARIUS III

d)

DARIUS IV

104.

WHO CRIED WHEN HE HAD NO MORE LAND TO CONQUER?

a)

SOCRATES

b)

ALEXANDER

c)

PLATO

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

105.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF ALEXANDER'S HORSE?

a)

SPONGE BOB

b)

DARK KNIGHT

c)

SALLY

d)

BUCEPHALUS

106.

WHO COPIED THE FAMOUS SPEECHES OF THUCYDIDES EIGHT TIMES?

a)

DEMOSTHENES

b)

SPARTANS

c)

ALEXANDER

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

107.

WHO CUT THE GORDIAN KNOT?

a)

ALEXANDER

b)

CONSTANTINE

c)

MOSES

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

108.

WHICH CITY HAD THE GREATEST LIBRARY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD?

a)

ATHNES

b)

SPARTA

c)

ALEXANDRIA

d)

BABYLON

109.

AFTER ALEXANDER'S DEATH, WHO TOOK OVER EGYPT?

a)

PHILADELPHUS PTOLEMY

b)

ATHENA

c)

ZESUS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

110.

ALEXANDER DESTROYED WHAT CITY, PULLING EVERY BUILDING BUT ONE OF THE GROUND?

a)

BABYLON

b)

CHINA

c)

THEBES

d)

MINOS

111.

WHO ENCOURAGED JEWS TO COME TO ALEXANDRIA AND HAD THE BIBLE TRANSLATED INTO GREEK?

a)

HITLER

b)

MOSES

c)

DARIUS

d)

PTOLEMY

112.

WHO WAS A CYNIC WHO RIDICULED THE FOLLIES OF MAN?

a)

HOMER

b)

DIOGENES

c)

PLATO

d)

ARISTOTLE

113.

WHAT IS A BITTER DENUNCIATION OF A MAN OR PARTY?

a)

PHILIPPIC

b)

PHALANX

c)

PITIFUL

d)

CHAOTIC

114.

WHO URGED THE ATHENIANS TO FIGHT MACEDONIA THE WAY THEIR FOREFATHERS HAD FOUGHT AGAINST THE PERSIANS?

a)

KING CAESAR

b)

KING CYRUS

c)

DEMOSTHENES

d)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

115.

WHO WAS ARISTOTLE'S MOST FAMOUS PUPIL?

a)

SOCRATES

b)

ALEXANDER

c)

PLATO

d)

ARES

116.

WHO WAS THE FAMOUS GREEK PHILOSOPHER CALLED THE MAN OF WISDOM?

a)

SOCRATES

b)

ARISTOTLE

c)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

d)

THE DARK NIGHT

117.

WHAT IS A VICTORY WON WITH UNACCEPTABLE LOSSES?

a)

MAGNA CARTA

b)

PYRRHIC VICTORY

c)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

118.

THE ROMANS SACKED AND BURNED WHAT GREEK CITY?

a)

CORINTH

b)

ATTICA

c)

GREECE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

119.

WHAT TWO COUNTRIES CONQUERED GREECE AFTER THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR?

a)

WHITEVILLE AND BURGAW

b)

MACEDONIA AND ROME

c)

GREECE AND AMSTERDAM

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

120.

WHAT IS THE PART OF GREECE THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A HAND CALLED?

a)

PELOPONESUS

b)

CITY STATES

c)

GREEK LIFE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

121.

ATHENS AND THEBES WERE IN WHAT REGION OF GREECE?

a)

ARABIA

b)

ATTICA

c)

AFRICA

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

122.

WHICH THREE CITIES TRIED TO RULE ALL OF GREECE?

a)

ATHENS, SPARTA, THEBES

b)

GREEK, NEW YORK , AND SOUTH CAROLINA

c)

THEBES, CHINA AND JAPAN

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

123.

NAME THE COUNTRY THAT INVENTED THE ALPHABET?

a)

BABYLON

b)

SPARTA

c)

PHOENICIA

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

124.

THE SOUTHERN PART OF ITALY WAS CALLED WHAT?

a)

MAGNA GRACEIA

b)

MAGNA CARTER

c)

MAGNIFICENT ITALY

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

125.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TEMPLE OF ATHENA ON THE ACROPOLIS?

a)

ARISTOTLE

b)

MT. PENELOPE

c)

PARTHENON

d)

OLIVE TREE

126.

NAME THE NARROW CHANNEL OF WATER SEPARATING EUROPE FROM ASIA

a)

HELLESPONT

b)

AFRICA

c)

ASIA

d)

SPARTAN

127.

WHO WAS THE SCULPTOR WHO PUT A LIKENESS OF HIMSELF ON THE SHIELD OF ATHENA?

a)

PLATO

b)

PHIDIAS

c)

APHRODITE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

128.

WHAT WAS THE SACRED TREE THAT GREW ON THE ACROPOLIS?

a)

OLIVE TREE

b)

PINE TREE

c)

PALM TREE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

129.

WHAT WAS THE CITADEL OF ATHENS?

a)

ACROPOLIS

b)

SENATE

c)

REPUBLIC

d)

WAR SHIPS

130.

WHAT COLONY OF TYRE BECAME THE GREAT RIVAL OF ROME?

a)

CARTHAGE

b)

GREECE

c)

LEGION

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

131.

PHOENICIA AND CARTHAGE PRACTICED WHAT RELIGION?

a)

BUDDHISM

b)

ISLAM

c)

BAAL WORSHIP

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

132.

WHAT WORD COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR PHOENICIAN?

a)

PUNIC

b)

PHOENICIAN

c)

TOGA

d)

LEGION

133.

WHAT IS A DEVICE THAT HELPS YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING?

a)

FORUM

b)

MNEMONIC

c)

TOGA

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

134.

WHAT IS A LOOSE FLOWING OUTER GARMENT WORN BY THE CITIZENS OF ANCIENT ROME, MADE OF SINGLE PIECE OF CLOTH?

a)

TURBAN

b)

TALIBAN

c)

TOGA

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

135.

WHAT IS A PUBLIC SQUARE USED AS A MARKETPLACE IN ROMAN CITIES?

a)

FORUM

b)

MARKET SQUARE

c)

FOOD LION

d)

HARRIS TEETER

136.

6,000 ROMAN SOLDIERS MAKE UP WHAT MILITARY UNIT?

a)

HOPLITE

b)

LEONIDAS

c)

LEGION

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

137.

WHEN WAS THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES BUILT?

a)

280 B.C.

b)

100 B.C.

c)

380 B.C.

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

138.

WHEN DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR BUILD THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON?

a)

602 B.C.

b)

603 B.C.

c)

604 B.C.

d)

605 B.C.

139.

WHAT IS A GREEK SOLIDER CALLED?

a)

GREEK SOLIDER

b)

SOLIDER OF THE REPUBLIC

c)

HOPLITE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

140.

WHO WAS ODYSSEY'S WIFE CALLED?

a)

PENELOPE

b)

ARISTOTLE

c)

APHRODITE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

141.

WHO WAS ODYSSEUS'S SON?

a)

XERXES

b)

HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN

c)

DARIUS

d)

TELEMACHUS

142.

WHAT DOES THE OLYMPIC MOTTO, "CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS MEAN?

a)

HIGHER, FASTER, STRONGER

b)

JOURNAL OF OLYMPIC HISTORY

c)

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

143.

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE GOOD OR HARMLESS, BUT WHOSE REAL PURPOSE IS TO HARM?

a)

TROJAN HORSE

b)

ACHILLES HEEL

c)

TROJAN WAR

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

144.

WHAT DOES THE LATIN PHRASE, "ESSE QUAM VIDERI" MAN?

a)

TO BE OR NOT TO BE

b)

TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM

c)

BONDA FIDE: WITH GOOD FAITH

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

145.

WHO WAS THE WIFE OF MENELAUS WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD?

a)

SARAH

b)

HELEN

c)

ISIS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

146.

WHO WAS THE TROJAN PRINCE WHO FOUGHT MENELAUS FOR A WOMAN NAMED HELEN?

a)

PARIS

b)

FRANCE

c)

HELEN

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

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