WorksheetsWorld Archeology (Quiz)
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 4mins
Jericho, considered to be the oldest continually inhabited city is built on the bank of which river?
Nile
Jordan
Euphrates
Tigris
These rock shelters house some of the oldest petroglyphs and are a part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Ketavaram
Edakkal
Belan
Bhimbetka
This language, written in one of the oldest scripts, Cuneiform, was used to write The Epic of Gilgamesh
Akkadian
Sumerian
Hurrian
Elamite
Shortughai (Afghanistan), an Indus Valley site was near the source of this precious raw material
Steatite
Lapis Lazuli
Carnelian
Jasper
The first Pyramid was built by Pharaohs Djoser's architect Imhotep. This step pyramid is located at
Saqqara
Abu Simbel
Giza
Karnak
The earliest known Mesopotamia American Civilisation which flourished in the western Mexico
Chavin
Olmec
Aztec
Zapotec
With whom is the Terracotta Army associated
Shi Huangdi
Taizong
Han Wudi
Kangxi
Which of these Indus Valley cities were among the centers of shellworking
Nageshwar
Manda
Balakot
Kalibangan
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
Nabopolassar
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar
Nabonidus
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
Flinders Petrie
Thomas
Jean François Champollion
Howard Car
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"
Iwajuku
Jomon
Yayoi
Ainu
Regarded as the first female Pharaoh, she was named after the crocodile god
Sobeknefru
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
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
Sudan
Eritria
Ethiopia
Yemen
Where is the world's largest temple complex, Angkor Wat, located
Vietnam
Laos
Thaila
Cambodia
This site was among the first Indian sites to be inscripted into UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Sanchi
Ajanta Caves
Qutub Minar
Hampi
James Princep, an officer in the mint of East India Company, deciphered two of these scripts
Prakrit
Brahmi
Pali
Kharosthi
The Pyramids of Giza were built as tombs for these Pharaohs
Khafre
Khufu
Thutmose
Menkaure
This ancient city located at Hisarlik (Turkey) was featured prominently in Homers's epics
Ithaca
Mycenae
Sparta
Illium
Inca of South America built this citadel without the use of wheels, up in the Andes Mountains
Teotihuacan
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Pompeii, a Roman city near Napoli was buried under the volcanic debris of which volcano
Mt. Etna
Monte Caro
Mt. Vesuvius
Empedocles
To which deity the Parthenon is dedicated
Artemis
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
This West African Empire became renowned for the wealth of its rulers especially Mansa Musa and was visited by Ibn Battuta
Mali
Kabu
Songhai
Gao
Name the founder and first Director-General of Archeological Survey of India
William Jones
Charles Wilkins
Alexander Cunningham
James Burgess
The first people who sailed to the Americas after the Native Americans
Polynesians
Vikings
Spaniards
English
