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G4 Social Studies - History 4.1 Games

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means "activities that people enjoy doing in their free time?"

a)

leisure

b)

knucklebones

c)

recreation

d)

Mesoamerica

2.

Which word means "free time"?

a)

leisure

b)

recreation

c)

jousting

d)

opera

3.

What was a popular game with children in Ancient Greece and Rome?

a)

chess

b)

Snakes and Ladders

c)

Go

d)

knucklebones

4.

Where did archeologists find clay marbles dating from about 2600-2400 BCE?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Indus Valley

c)

England

d)

China

5.

Which word means "a game in which the players move counters around a special board"?

a)

tournament

b)

jousting

c)

recreation

d)

board game

6.

Which is an example of an ancient board game from China?

a)

Go

b)

Senet

c)

Pachisi

d)

Royal Game of Ur

7.

According to the book, experts believe the Royal Game of Ur and Senet were both what kind of games?

a)

card games

b)

ball games

c)

race games

d)

ancient video games

8.

Who helped to spread early games around the world?

a)

religious leaders

b)

farmers and slaves

c)

kings and queens

d)

merchants and soldiers

9.

In 1892, the game Gyan Chauper came to London and became Snakes and Ladders. Where did it come from originally?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Egypt

d)

Persia

10.

Three popular board games today that developed from ancient games are draughts, chess and __________.

a)

Senet

b)

Quirkat

c)

backgammon

d)

javelin throwing

11.

According to the book, an early form of chess was played where?

a)

Persia

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

China

12.

When did people in the Islamic world begin playing chess?

a)

before the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE

b)

2600-2400 BCE

c)

after the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE

d)

by the 10th century CE

13.

When did the game of chess reach Western Europe and Russia?

a)

3100 BCE from Egypt

b)

by the 10th century CE

c)

in 1896 from India

d)

before the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 CE

14.

When did computer games and video games first become popular?

a)

around 1892 along with Snakes and Ladders

b)

by the 10th century CE

c)

in the 1950s

d)

in the 1970s

15.

How do people play virtual reality games?

a)

players use special equipment to interact with environments created by computers

b)

players move pieces like a queen or knight on a board

c)

players use a board like in Senet or Royal Game of Ur to race

d)

players grab bones while bouncing a ball

16.

According to the book, all games have rules.

a)

True

b)

False