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WorksheetsLOST CITIES QUIZ- BY TEAM ALPHA
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
Nestor, King Pylos
Helike, King Oenopion
Sparta, King Leonidas
Sparta, King Cleomenes III
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?
Mycenae
Siwan
Carthage
Alexandria
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.
Thebes
Pergamon
Sparta
Troy
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.
Babylon
Siwa
Atlantis
Macedonia
Whom did the Atlantians worship?
Athena (Greek Goddess of Wisdom)
Zeus (Greek God of Lightning and the king of the Gods)
Apollo (Greek God of sun, prophecy, music and healing)
Poseidon (Greek God of seas, earthquakes, water)
Which is this lost city?
Carthage
Mohenjo-Daro
Caral
Pompeii
This lost city of India is 50% underwater
Mathura
Gokul
Dholavira
Dwarka
When Mt.Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii was destroyed. Which neighbouring city of Pompeii suffered the same fate with it?
Herculaneum
Messina
Palermo
Catania
Carthage is in Peru
True
False
Who discovered the ancient city of Machu Picchu in 1911?
Howard Carter
James cook
Hiram Bingham III
Francisco Pizarro
This ruined city was the home to King Philip II of Macedon, who was the father of Alexander the Great.
Athens
Pella
Memphis
Alexandria
Harappa is in present day India
TRUE
FALSE
In which country is Pompeii located ? Its nearby countries/places have been given as a hint.
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Slovenia
Having an altitude of 8,000 feet, this city was abandoned by the Incas as a result of smallpox and civil war.
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Vilcabamba
Santiago
The Romans called this British city Eboracum and the Vikings called it Jorvik. But what do we call it now?
York
London
Manchester
Newcastle
_____________________gave the lost city Calakmul its name.
Cyrus L. Lundell
Sir Francis Drake
Thomas Tew
John Cabot
There are a total of _____ lost cities in the world
30
31
32
34
Which of the following is not a lost city?
Athens
Sigiriya
Xanadu
Heracleion
This Greek city was famous for brave warriors such as Leonidas and Menelaus?
Sparta
Tiyrns
Athens
Larissa
Which commercial city was founded by the Nabataean Arabs in 6th century BC, near mordan day Jordan ?
Thebes
Mycenae
El Armana
Petra
Which of the following is also known as The Viking Village?
Taxila
Sigiriya
L’anse aux Meadows
Chichén Itza
Which of the following is located in Tunisia?
Carthage
Caral
Tiahuanaco
Pompeii
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?
an old cobbled street
a grand stone staircase
a flimsy log bridge
a curved stone wall
Which temple is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia?
Kailasanathar Temple
Lingaraj Temple
Angkor Wat
Petra was originally known to its inhabitants as :
Shirabad
Raqmu
Ramian
Ziarat
The questions hereinafter are RapidFire, i.e. have 10 second time limit and are without options. Write Ok below (no marks for this question).
Which was this popular empire in South India and is also a lost city today ?
(a)
Who discovered the city, Angkor Wat?
(a)
Who discovered Mohenjo-Daro?
(a)
(a) Civilization is the other name for Indus Valley Civilization.
Under which civilization the Ur was present?
(a)
