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Lost Cities

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the volcano that erupted in Italy in AD 79.
a)
Mt. Saint Helens
b)
Mt. Etna
c)
Mt. Vesuvious
d)
Mt. Rushmore
2.

The city of Pompeii was located in the country

a)

Greece

b)

England

c)

Italy

d)

Ireland

3.

The city of Pompeii was destroyed due to

a)

Flooding

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Warfare

d)

Volcanic Eruption

4.

The ruins of Pompeii show archeologists

a)

How cities were set up in the 1st century B.C.E.

b)

The daily life of a citizen of Pompeii

c)

What kinds of food/food preparation were being used by the people

d)

All of the above

5.

The plaster casts of Pompeii show us

a)

How many Pompeiinians died in the event

b)

The economic status of the citizens

c)

How the city thrived after the eruption

d)

the last moments of people's lives

6.
How did the bodies of the people from Pompeii preserve?
a)
The heat of the lava.
b)
The initial blast.
c)
The heat.
d)
Volcanic ash
7.

Atlantis was believed to be the............... continent.

a)

seventh

b)

sixth

c)

eighth

d)

ninth

8.

The destruction of Atlantis was the result of......

a)

its people's greed.

b)

its people's fights.

c)

its people's disrespect to gods.

d)

its people's poverty.

9.

Atlantis was destroyed in .........

a)

one day

b)

two days

c)

three days

d)

four days

10.

Scientists and researchers around the world agree as to where Atlantis was located.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

11.

Plato lived in

a)

Atlantis

b)

the Bahamas

c)

Ancient Greece

d)

the Azores

12.

Most of the Greeks...

a)

knew he was trying to teach them a lesson

b)

knew it was a lie

c)

thought he had invented the story

d)

believed Plato's story

13.

The city of Petra is in

a)

Greece

b)

Jordan

c)

England

14.

More than 800 structures are carved out of the surrounding sandstone cliffs- True or false

a)

True

b)

False

15.
Petra was called the “Rose-Red City.”
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Petra is by the side of an ocean.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
In 400 C.E. Petra ________ a busy place.
a)
is
b)
was
c)
are
d)
were
18.
The buildings are made of rock. The buildings in Petra are ______.
a)
camels
b)
goods
c)
mountains
d)
unusual
19.
People _______ live in Petra today.
a)
do
b)
do not
c)
sometimes
20.

The building in the Cambodia flag represent of ....

a)

Angkor Wat

b)

Bodobudur

c)

Srivijaya

d)

Khemer wat

21.

WHAT PLACE IS THIS?

a)

ANGKOR WATT

b)

GAVEA ROCK

c)

THE GREAT PYRAMID

d)

MACHU PICHU

22.

WHAT PLACE IS THIS?

a)

ANGKOR WATT

b)

GAVEA ROCK

c)

THE GREAT PYRAMID

d)

MACHU PICHU

23.

WHERE IS MACHU PICHU?

a)

PERU

b)

BRAZIL

c)

EGYPT

d)

CAMBODIA

24.

Machu Picchu is an ancient city built by the _____ people.

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Quetzal

25.

Machu Picchu was a highly important, _________ city for the Incans.

a)

urban

b)

commercial

c)

spiritual

d)

social

26.

Which poet is famous for having described the Trojan War?

a)

Vergil

b)

Homer

c)

Dante

d)

Sophocles

e)

Aristophanes

27.

What modern day country is Troy in?

a)

Turkey

b)

Greece

c)

Libya

d)

Tunisia

28.

What is the name of the epic poem about the Trojan War?

a)

Illiad

b)

Divine Comedy

c)

Paradise Lost

d)

Odyssey

29.
What did the people of Great Zimbabwe transport?
a)
Enslaved People
b)
Gold 
c)
Ivory
d)
All are correct
30.
True or False:  Zimbabwe is a complex stone city that became the center of trade.
a)
False
b)
True
31.
Where is Great Zimbabwe located?
a)
Eastern Africa
b)
Northern Africa
c)
Southern Africa
d)
Western Africa
32.

what was their major natural resource?

a)

Rocks

b)

Bananas

c)

Gold

d)

Silver