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LOST CITIES QUIZ- BY TEAM ALPHA

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between 300 soldiers of this lost city and the Persian emperor Xerxes I. Though outnumbered, the 300 brave soldiers, with their king, held the Persians for 2 days, before being defeated on the 3rd day. Name the lost city and the king.

a)

Nestor, King Pylos

b)

Helike, King Oenopion

c)

Sparta, King Leonidas

d)

Sparta, King Cleomenes III

2.

Marhabal once said to his general 'you know how to win a battle, but not how to use it' when the Roman empire was invaded in 218 BC by these people whose capital sat strong on the north coast of Africa. What is the name of their civilization?

a)

Mycenae

b)

Siwan

c)

Carthage

d)

Alexandria

3.

This city, in modern-day Turkey, may have existed or might be a Greek myth. Nevertheless, great general through time have lived in the shadow of Homer's heroes.

a)

Thebes

b)

Pergamon

c)

Sparta

d)

Troy

4.

This ancient city is by far the most mysterious. Alexander the Great died here. And famous kings such as Darlus and Hammurabi have ruled over its Mesopotamian lands.

a)

Babylon

b)

Siwa

c)

Atlantis

d)

Macedonia

5.

Whom did the Atlantians worship?

a)

Athena (Greek Goddess of Wisdom)

b)

Zeus (Greek God of Lightning and the king of the Gods)

c)

Apollo (Greek God of sun, prophecy, music and healing)

d)

Poseidon (Greek God of seas, earthquakes, water)

6.

Which is this lost city?

a)

Carthage

b)

Mohenjo-Daro

c)

Caral

d)

Pompeii

7.

This lost city of India is 50% underwater

a)

Mathura

b)

Gokul

c)

Dholavira

d)

Dwarka

8.

When Mt.Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii was destroyed. Which neighbouring city of Pompeii suffered the same fate with it?

a)

Herculaneum

b)

Messina

c)

Palermo

d)

Catania

9.

Carthage is in Peru

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who discovered the ancient city of Machu Picchu in 1911?

a)

Howard Carter

b)

James cook

c)

Hiram Bingham III

d)

Francisco Pizarro

11.

This ruined city was the home to King Philip II of Macedon, who was the father of Alexander the Great.

a)

Athens

b)

Pella

c)

Memphis

d)

Alexandria

12.

Harappa is in present day India

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

In which country is Pompeii located ? Its nearby countries/places have been given as a hint.

a)

Italy

b)

Sweden

c)

Germany

d)

Slovenia

14.

Having an altitude of 8,000 feet, this city was abandoned by the Incas as a result of smallpox and civil war.

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Cuzco

c)

Vilcabamba

d)

Santiago

15.

The Romans called this British city Eboracum and the Vikings called it Jorvik. But what do we call it now?

a)

York

b)

London

c)

Manchester

d)

Newcastle

16.

_____________________gave the lost city Calakmul its name.

a)

Cyrus L. Lundell

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Thomas Tew

d)

John Cabot

17.

There are a total of _____ lost cities in the world

a)

30

b)

31

c)

32

d)

34

18.

Which of the following is not a lost city?

a)

Athens

b)

Sigiriya

c)

Xanadu

d)

Heracleion

19.

This Greek city was famous for brave warriors such as Leonidas and Menelaus?

a)

Sparta

b)

Tiyrns

c)

Athens

d)

Larissa

20.

Which commercial city was founded by the Nabataean Arabs in 6th century BC, near mordan day Jordan ?

a)

Thebes

b)

Mycenae

c)

El Armana

d)

Petra

21.

Which of the following is also known as The Viking Village?

a)

Taxila

b)

Sigiriya

c)

L’anse aux Meadows

d)

Chichén Itza

22.

Which of the following is located in Tunisia?

a)

Carthage

b)

Caral

c)

Tiahuanaco

d)

Pompeii

23.

On Hiram Bingham's way to Machu Picchu, what did he see after he found the sun temple, about which he wrote in his reviews?

a)

an old cobbled street

b)

a grand stone staircase

c)

a flimsy log bridge

d)

a curved stone wall

24.

Which temple is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia?

a)

Kailasanathar Temple

b)

Lingaraj Temple

c)

Angkor Wat

25.

Petra was originally known to its inhabitants as :

a)

Shirabad

b)

Raqmu

c)

Ramian

d)

Ziarat

26.

The questions hereinafter are RapidFire, i.e. have 10 second time limit and are without options. Write Ok below (no marks for this question).

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27.

Which was this popular empire in South India and is also a lost city today ?

(a)  

28.

Who discovered the city, Angkor Wat?

(a)  

29.

Who discovered Mohenjo-Daro?

(a)  

30.

(a)   Civilization is the other name for Indus Valley Civilization.

31.

Under which civilization the Ur was present?

(a)