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L60 Q4 History Review Key People

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ created the first empire Akkadia

a)

Sargon

b)

Shamshi-Adad

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Ashurbanipal

2.

________ is the father of the Jewish nation

a)

Isaac

b)

Moses

c)

Abraham

d)

Joseph

3.

___________ created the first set of written down laws

a)

Shamshi-Adad

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Moses

d)

Hammurabi

4.

________ was the first ruler of the Assyrian Empire

a)

Sargon

b)

Shamshi-Adad

c)

Ashurbanipal

d)

Hammurabi

5.

The Epic of _______ is one of the oldest fairy tales in the world

a)

Enkidu

b)

Sargon

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

Shamshi-Adad

6.

__________ was the chief god of Babylon

a)

Ishtar

b)

Marduk

c)

Baal

d)

Ashur

7.

_________ was the chief goddess of Babylon

a)

Marduk

b)

Ishtar

c)

Baal

d)

Shiva

8.

________ was the chief god of Assyria

a)

Baal

b)

Marduk

c)

Ashur

d)

Ishtar

9.

Shamshi-Adad believed that the _______ told him that he would rule the whole world

a)

Marduk

b)

The God of Wind and Storms

c)

Baal

d)

Ashur

10.

__________ was the first Chinese leader to unify the early villages

a)

Lei Zu

b)

Huang Di

c)

T'ang

d)

Qin Zheng

11.

_________ figured out how to make silk from silkworms

a)

Lei Zu

b)

Huang Di

c)

T'ang

d)

Qin Zheng

12.

During the ______ dynasty, bronze was used for the first time.

a)

Shang

b)

Zhou

c)

Qin

d)

Han

13.

Anansi was a __________ from African stories

a)

turtle

b)

spider

c)

jackal

d)

bird

14.

_________ was pharaoh during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and he expanded Egypt to reach Nubia

a)

Amenemhet

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Thutmose

d)

Ahmose

15.

__________ were "Shepherd Kings" from Canaan who conquered Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom

a)

Sea People

b)

Hyksos

c)

Dorians

d)

Minoans

16.

___________ was a general before he became pharaoh during the New Kingdom of Egypt

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Akhenaten

c)

Thutmose I

d)

Ahomose

17.

____________ was pharaoh of Egypt and dressed as a man because people didn't believe a woman should rule

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Tutankhamun

c)

Akhenaten

d)

Thutmose I

18.

_______ changed Egypt from polytheism to monotheism

a)

Tutankhamun

b)

Thutmose I

c)

Amenemhet

d)

Akhenaten

19.

___________ died at a young age and was buried in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered by Howard Carter.

a)

Akhenaten

b)

Tutankhamun

c)

Amenemhet

d)

Hatshepsut

20.

_________ helped free the Israelites from Egypt! He parted the Red Sea.

a)

Moses

b)

Yahweh

c)

Saul

d)

David

21.

__________ known as the best sailors of the ancient world. They are most famous for glass blowing, making purple dye from murex, and their two cities Tyre and Carthage.

a)

Minoans

b)

Mycenaeans

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Israelites

22.

The ________ lived on Crete. They were the greatest ship builders in the ancient world and enjoyed bull-jumping!

a)

Minoans

b)

Mycenaeans

c)

Dorians

d)

Philistines

23.

The ___________ lived on Crete after the Minoans abandoned the island.

a)

Dorians

b)

Philistines

c)

Hittites

d)

Mycenaeans

24.

Who were the barbarians who invaded Greece during the Greek Dark Ages?

a)

Dorians

b)

Sea Peoples

c)

Vandals

d)

Hittites

25.

The Greek poet _______ wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey

a)

Seneca

b)

Plato

c)

Homer

d)

Aristotle

26.

______ built a labyrinth under his palace where he kept the Minotaur

a)

King Croesus

b)

King Midas

c)

King Minos

d)

King Aegeus

27.

The Olympics were dedicated to this Greek god

a)

Hermes

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

d)

Poseidon

28.

Goddess of Strife whose golden apple trigged the Trojan War

a)

Ares

b)

Eris

c)

Hera

d)

Athena

29.

Phillip II of Macedonia invaded ________ following the Peloponnesian War

a)

Greece

b)

Persia

c)

Egypt

d)

Rome

30.

"Ruler of Men"

a)

Alexander

b)

Cyrus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Qin Zheng

31.

Alexander's general who took over Egypt after his death.

a)

Seleucus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Mark Antony

d)

Horatio

32.

The ________ lived in Peru and are known for their mathematically precise line drawings on the earth

a)

Nazcas

b)

Olmecs

c)

Incas

d)

Mayans

33.

The __________ lived in Central America and they are known for building giant statue heads

a)

Nazcas

b)

Olmecs

c)

Mayans

d)

Aztecs

34.

_____________ killed his brother Remus and became one of the first kings of Rome

a)

Astyges

b)

Harpagus

c)

Romulus

d)

Flavius

35.

_____________ are the wealthy Romans who elect the consuls

a)

Senate

b)

Triumvirate

c)

Plebians

d)

Patricians

36.

_____________ were the most important tribe in Italy, they learned from the Greeks, and inspired the Romans

a)

Aeneids

b)

Etruscans

c)

Carthaginians

d)

Phoenicians

37.

Roman version of Zeus

a)

Saturn

b)

Pluto

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

38.

Roman version of Hermes

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Mars

d)

Pluto

39.

Roman version of Hades

a)

Pluto

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

40.

Roman version of Poseidon

a)

Neptune

b)

Pluto

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

41.

__________ created the first triumvirate of Rome

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Pompey

d)

Nero

42.

Early on in his career, Julius Caesar governed what territory?

a)

Carthage

b)

Gaul

c)

Spain

d)

Britain

43.

Julius Caesar chose _______ to be his successor and the next ruler of Rome

a)

Octavian

b)

Pompey

c)

Mark Antony

d)

Lepidus

44.

_________ was the first emperor of Rome

a)

Nero

b)

Constantine

c)

Tiberius

d)

Augustus

45.

Who was emperor when Jesus Christ was crucified?

a)

Tiberius

b)

Augustus

c)

Vespasian

d)

Nero

46.

__________ made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

a)

Nero

b)

Augustus

c)

Constantine

d)

Diocletian

47.

__________ split the Roman Empire into two

a)

Maximian

b)

Diocletian

c)

Nero

d)

Romulus Augustus

48.

_________ was the most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire. He became Buddhist after observing the destruction caused by his wars.

a)

Maurya

b)

Asoka

c)

Siddhartha

d)

Chandragupta

49.

__________ is the Hindu god of destruction and life

a)

Shiva

b)

Ganga

c)

Ganesha

d)

Pavarti

50.

The lowest level on the caste system

a)

Brahmin

b)

Kshatriyas

c)

Vaisyas

d)

Sudras