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WorksheetsG4 Social Studies - History 4.1 Games
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which word means "activities that people enjoy doing in their free time?"
leisure
knucklebones
recreation
Mesoamerica
Which word means "free time"?
leisure
recreation
jousting
opera
What was a popular game with children in Ancient Greece and Rome?
chess
Snakes and Ladders
Go
knucklebones
Where did archeologists find clay marbles dating from about 2600-2400 BCE?
Ancient Egypt
Indus Valley
England
China
Which word means "a game in which the players move counters around a special board"?
tournament
jousting
recreation
board game
Which is an example of an ancient board game from China?
Go
Senet
Pachisi
Royal Game of Ur
According to the book, experts believe the Royal Game of Ur and Senet were both what kind of games?
card games
ball games
race games
ancient video games
Who helped to spread early games around the world?
religious leaders
farmers and slaves
kings and queens
merchants and soldiers
In 1892, the game Gyan Chauper came to London and became Snakes and Ladders. Where did it come from originally?
China
India
Egypt
Persia
Three popular board games today that developed from ancient games are draughts, chess and __________.
Senet
Quirkat
backgammon
javelin throwing
According to the book, an early form of chess was played where?
Persia
Egypt
Mesoamerica
China
When did people in the Islamic world begin playing chess?
before the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE
2600-2400 BCE
after the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE
by the 10th century CE
When did the game of chess reach Western Europe and Russia?
3100 BCE from Egypt
by the 10th century CE
in 1896 from India
before the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE
When did computer games and video games first become popular?
around 1892 along with Snakes and Ladders
by the 10th century CE
in the 1950s
in the 1970s
How do people play virtual reality games?
players use special equipment to interact with environments created by computers
players move pieces like a queen or knight on a board
players use a board like in Senet or Royal Game of Ur to race
players grab bones while bouncing a ball
According to the book, all games have rules.
True
False
