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Ancient Dilmun Quizz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country is in the GCC?

a)

Thailand

b)

Australia

c)

Bahrain

d)

Pakistan

2.

What is the ancient civilisation that once lived in Bahrain?

a)

The Maori

b)

The Inca

c)

The Dilmun

d)

The Romans

3.

How do we know about Ancient Dilmun?

a)

Newspaper reports

b)

Seals

c)

Friends

d)

Romans told us

4.

What were the Dilmun people known for?

a)

Great armies

b)

Great traders

c)

Great artists

d)

Great sailors

5.

What form of writing did the Ancient Dilmun use?

a)

Cuniform

b)

Arabic

c)

English

d)

Hieroglyphs

6.

Which of the civilisations below, did the Dilmun trade with?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Mesopotamian

c)

Greek

d)

Inca

7.

Which of the choices below is one of the reasons that the Dilmun civilisation ultimately failed?

a)

They were conquered by Rome

b)

Changing weather patterns meant that the importation of food, especially from the Nile Valley became very difficult.

c)

They decided to move to New Zealand

d)

All of the ships that used to sail up and down the Arabian Gulf were changed from cargo ships to fishing ships. The Dilmun did not like fish, so they had to leave.

8.

Apart from Dilmun Seals, what is another way that we have found out about the people of this civilisation?

a)

In the book 'My life in the Dilmun Civilisation,' an ancient Dilmun sailor told us all about what it was like.

b)

They invaded several other nearby countries, Dilmun information is everywhere.

c)

We found one of their libraries and were able to translate their language.

d)

We have opened their burial mounds and found artefacts buried with the people.

9.

Which is another country where the Dilmun Civilisation also had a presence?

a)

United States of America

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

England

d)

Japan

10.

What type of building still survives in the North of Bahrain that was important to the Dilmun

a)

A fort

b)

A house

c)

A palace

d)

A boat builders workshop