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World Archeology (Quiz)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jericho, considered to be the oldest continually inhabited city is built on the bank of which river?

a)

Nile

b)

Jordan

c)

Euphrates

d)

Tigris

2.

These rock shelters house some of the oldest petroglyphs and are a part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

a)

Ketavaram

b)

Edakkal

c)

Belan

d)

Bhimbetka

3.

This language, written in one of the oldest scripts, Cuneiform, was used to write The Epic of Gilgamesh

a)

Akkadian

b)

Sumerian

c)

Hurrian

d)

Elamite

4.

Shortughai (Afghanistan), an Indus Valley site was near the source of this precious raw material

a)

Steatite

b)

Lapis Lazuli

c)

Carnelian

d)

Jasper

5.

The first Pyramid was built by Pharaohs Djoser's architect Imhotep. This step pyramid is located at

a)

Saqqara

b)

Abu Simbel

c)

Giza

d)

Karnak

6.

The earliest known Mesopotamia American Civilisation which flourished in the western Mexico

a)

Chavin

b)

Olmec

c)

Aztec

d)

Zapotec

7.

With whom is the Terracotta Army associated

a)

Shi Huangdi

b)

Taizong

c)

Han Wudi

d)

Kangxi

8.

Which of these Indus Valley cities were among the centers of shellworking

a)

Nageshwar

b)

Manda

c)

Balakot

d)

Kalibangan

9.

This Babylonian King was the last independent ruler of the Neo Babylonian Empire. He discovered and analysed foundation deposit belonging to Naram-Sin's reign, thus considered by some as the first archeologist

a)

Nabopolassar

b)

Cyrus the Great

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

Nabonidus

10.

Tutankhamun died when he was 18-19 years of age. He is famous for having his tomb found intact in the Valley of the Kings. Who discovered it

a)

Flinders Petrie

b)

Thomas

c)

Jean François Champollion

d)

Howard Car

11.

The pottery style characteristic of this prehistoric Japanese culture was decorated by impressing cords into the surface of wet clay hence the name "cord marked"

a)

Iwajuku

b)

Jomon

c)

Yayoi

d)

Ainu

12.

Regarded as the first female Pharaoh, she was named after the crocodile god

a)

Sobeknefru

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Cleopatra

13.

The Obelisk of Axum is a 79 feet tall carved "marker" for underground royal burial chambers. In which country, the Kingdom of Axum had its capital situated

a)

Sudan

b)

Eritria

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Yemen

14.

Where is the world's largest temple complex, Angkor Wat, located

a)

Vietnam

b)

Laos

c)

Thaila

d)

Cambodia

15.

This site was among the first Indian sites to be inscripted into UNESCO World Heritage Sites

a)

Sanchi

b)

Ajanta Caves

c)

Qutub Minar

d)

Hampi

16.

James Princep, an officer in the mint of East India Company, deciphered two of these scripts

a)

Prakrit

b)

Brahmi

c)

Pali

d)

Kharosthi

17.

The Pyramids of Giza were built as tombs for these Pharaohs

a)

Khafre

b)

Khufu

c)

Thutmose

d)

Menkaure

18.

This ancient city located at Hisarlik (Turkey) was featured prominently in Homers's epics

a)

Ithaca

b)

Mycenae

c)

Sparta

d)

Illium

19.

Inca of South America built this citadel without the use of wheels, up in the Andes Mountains

a)

Teotihuacan

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Chichen Itza

20.

Pompeii, a Roman city near Napoli was buried under the volcanic debris of which volcano

a)

Mt. Etna

b)

Monte Caro

c)

Mt. Vesuvius

d)

Empedocles

21.

To which deity the Parthenon is dedicated

a)

Artemis

b)

Athena

c)

Zeus

d)

Poseidon

22.

This West African Empire became renowned for the wealth of its rulers especially Mansa Musa and was visited by Ibn Battuta

a)

Mali

b)

Kabu

c)

Songhai

d)

Gao

23.

Name the founder and first Director-General of Archeological Survey of India

a)

William Jones

b)

Charles Wilkins

c)

Alexander Cunningham

d)

James Burgess

24.

The first people who sailed to the Americas after the Native Americans

a)

Polynesians

b)

Vikings

c)

Spaniards

d)

English