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Ancient Civilizations part2

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civilization does CHOCOLATE go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

2.

Which civilization does LATIN go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

3.

Which civilization does ORIGINAL OLYMPICS go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

4.

Which civilization does CONCRETE go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

5.

Which civilization does GREEK FIRE go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

6.

Which civilization does BASALT STONE HEADS go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

7.

Which civilization does POK-A-TOK go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

8.

Which civilization does DEMOCRACY go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

9.

Which civilization does REPUBLIC go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

10.

Which civilization do GLADIATORS go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

11.

Which civilization does TRAGEDY go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

12.

Which empire did CHRISTIANITY FORM UNDER?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

13.

Which civilization does Hagia Sophia go with?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

14.

Which civilization did ISLAM spread under?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

15.

Which civilization was polytheistic?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

All of These

16.

Which civilization was next to the AEGEAN SEA?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

None of These

17.

Which civilization was next to the GULF OF MEXICO?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

18.

Which civilization was founded along the TIBER RIVER?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

19.

Which civilization had a major city on the Bosphorus Strait?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

20.

Which civilization controlled the full ARABIAN PENINSULA?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

21.

Which civilization extended to the IBERIAN PENINSULA?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

22.

Which civilization was on the YUCATAN PENINSULA?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

23.

Which civilization had MT. OLYMPUS as a home for the gods?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

24.

Which civilization was mostly mountains, peninsulas, and archipelagos?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

25.

Which civilization depended on cenotes for water?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Post Rome

26.

Who was the Roman leader who was popular with the military who named himself dictator for life?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

King Philip

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Solon

27.

Who was the leader of Macedonia who took over and united all of Greece? His son was Alexander the Great.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

King Philip

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Solon

28.

Who was a strong emperor of Rome? He was the last of the Five Good Emperors. His death was the end of Pax Romana.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

King Philip

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Solon

29.

Who was the Greek leader who changed the laws on debt and paved the way for democracy?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

King Philip

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Solon

30.

Who was one of the most famous rulers of the Maya in Mesoamerica?

a)

Justinian

b)

Pakal the Great

c)

Pericles

d)

Octavian / Augustus

31.

Who was one of the most famous rulers of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Justinian

b)

Pakal the Great

c)

Pericles

d)

Octavian / Augustus

32.

Who was the Greece leader during the Golden Age? He helped to rebuild Athens after it was destroyed by a Persian invasion.

a)

Justinian

b)

Pakal the Great

c)

Pericles

d)

Octavian / Augustus

33.

Who was the first Roman leader to be named Emperor of Rome?

a)

Justinian

b)

Pakal the Great

c)

Pericles

d)

Octavian / Augustus

34.
Political title for Maya leaders
a)
Ajaw
b)
Pharaoh
c)
Emperor
d)
King
35.
control by several different locations
a)
city-state
b)
country
c)
decentralized
d)
empire
36.
a stylized picture of an object representing a word
a)
Hieroglyphs
b)
Ajaw
c)
Polytheism
d)
Quetzal
37.
a religion that believes in many gods/goddesses
a)
Obsidian
b)
Maize
c)
Polytheism
d)
Monotheism
38.
the first Mesoamerican civilization from 1200 BC to 400 BC., known as the Rubber People
a)
Olmec
b)
Maya
39.
people who established a civilization in southern Mexico and Central America, flourished 300 to 900 AD.
a)
Olmec
b)
Maya
40.
dark, glass like volcanic rock that could be sharpened into tools. Showed spread of Olmec trade.
a)
Obsidian
b)
Jadeite
c)
Quetzal
d)
Basalt
41.
Agriculture technique to create farmland.
a)
Olmec
b)
Trance
c)
Slash and burn
d)
Sacrifice
42.
A tall, slender stone monument, with glyphs carved into its surface
a)
Codices
b)
Stelae
c)
Jadeite
d)
Obsidian
43.
A person who is both priest and doctor, tended the physical needs of Maya with natural medicine, magic, and sorcery.
a)
ajaw
b)
shaman
c)
ancestor
d)
Olmec
44.
Which ancient Greek city-state would you find the majority of young men involved in the military? 
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Crete
d)
Olympia
45.
If you wanted to go buy and sell products in an open marketplace, you would go to the...
a)
Walmart
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Peloponneses  
46.
If you were someone who thought deeply about life's questions, you would be known as a _____________
a)
Archaeologist 
b)
Historian
c)
Philosopher
d)
Dorian
47.
In order to be considered a citizen of a Greek city-state, you had to be____________
a)
Free
b)
Native-born
c)
Landowning Man
d)
All of the above
48.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)

mountainous

b)

flat

c)

desert

d)

rolling plains

49.

Democracy in Athens meant that...

a)

all men - including slaves - could vote (about 50% of people)

b)

all men and women could vote (100% of people)

c)

all male citizens could vote (20% of people)

d)

all members of the Oligarchy could vote

50.
What was the raised, fortified area that was the highest place in the city called?
a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Parthenon
51.
How does Athenian democracy differ from our democracy?
a)
In Athens they directly voted to make decisions and we elect representatives.
b)
Athens had less people on a jury than we have today.
c)
Athens didn’t allow foreigners to vote or make decisions.
d)
Women had more rights in Athenian democracy.
52.
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
a)
Goodwill Games
b)
Marathons
c)
Olympics
d)
Triathlons 
53.

a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people or something in the natural world

a)

Epicureanism

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Fable

d)

Myth

54.
The city-state where boys, at the age of 7, would start hardy soldier training
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Delphi
d)
Olympia
55.
True or False? Women who lived in Sparta could own property.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
The upper class in Greece was called
a)
aristocracy 
b)
monarchy 
c)
oligarchy 
d)
tryanny
57.

A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic

a)

patrician

b)

plebeian

c)

counsul

d)

dictator

58.
A structure that carries water over long distances
a)
colosseum
b)
dome
c)
aqueduct
d)
arch
59.

A foreign soldier who serves only for pay and has no loyalty to Rome. This term is still used in English.

a)

dictator

b)

patrician

c)

mercenary

d)

plebeian

60.

An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic

a)

patrician

b)

plebeian

c)

counsul

d)

mercenary

61.
A person elected to rule the Roman Republic for a short period in time of emergency
a)
emperor
b)
king
c)
counsul
d)
dictator
62.
Who were the two main characters in the story that tells the beginnings of Rome?
a)
Romulus & Remus
b)
Zeus & Hera
c)
Ronulus & Roman
d)
Bill & Ted
63.

Which area was NOT a part of the Roman Empire?

a)

North Africa

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

Gaul

64.

What was one of the main reasons for building Roman roads?

a)

to allow tribunes to travel throughout the empire

b)

to allow Rome's armies to travel quickly across the empire

c)

to allow invasions from barbarians throughout the empire

d)

to allow slaves to travel the countryside in the empire

65.

How were Hammurabi's Code and the Roman Twelve Tables similar?

a)

Both were written on bronze tablets

b)

Both were displayed in public places for all to see

c)

Both had extremely harsh consequences for breaking the law

d)

Both were created to promote equality between social classes

66.

The Roman Empire complete surrounded body of water?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

67.
Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the
a)
 Forum
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate
68.
What were the two top officials in the Roman government chosen to serve one year?
a)
Consuls
b)
Praetors
c)
Tribunes
d)
Senators
69.

Rome had both good and bad emperors. Two of the good ones were:

a)

Octavian and Julius

b)

Caligula and Nero

c)

Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius

d)

Cicero and Caesar

70.

Rome had both good and bad emperors. Two of the worst ones were:

a)

Octavian and Julius

b)

Caligula and Nero

c)

Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius

d)

Cicero and Caesar

71.
Where did all roads lead?
a)
To Rome
b)
To Gaul
c)
To Egypt
d)
To the Indus Valley
72.
A large arena in Rome where gladiator contests and other entertainments were held
a)
Colosseum
b)
Civil War
c)
Concrete
d)
Constantine
73.

The major difference between Greek and Roman learning was that...

a)

The Greeks were interested in ideas, the Romans used their ideas to build things.

b)

Only the Romans had philosophers.

c)

The Greeks learned in Latin and the Romans learned in Persian.

d)

Greeks sent their children to school at the age of 7.

74.

The Greek city-states often fought each other over scarce resources. Around 490 BC, there was an outside group that threatened Greece, and ended up destroying the acropolis in Athens. Who was it? 

a)

Persians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Macedonians

d)

Spartans

75.

Why are the Olmecs sometimes referred to as the mother civilization?

a)

They were the first and largest civilization in Mesoamerica.

b)

They carved gigantic stone heads of important women in the group.

c)

Many aspects of their culture influenced later Mesoamerican civilizations.

d)

This is a trick question they were not known as the mother civilization.

76.

Why are archeologists still uncovering more about the Olmec and Maya 2,000 years later?

a)

The cities are high in the Andes Mountains.

b)

We cannot read any of the glyphs left in the codices.

c)

The remains of the cities are hidden by dense rain forests.

d)

Volcanoes buried all the cities under ash.

77.

What religion did traders spread in Western Africa?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

78.
Icon
a)
A religious image or painting, representing holy figures
b)
Place where 2+ roads intersect, a meeting point for trade or ideas.
c)
A formal division or separation within a religious community
d)
A person or organization that gives financial or other support to an individual, group, or cause, often in the arts, religion, or education.
79.
Theodora
a)
Empress of the Byzantine Empire and wife of Justinian I, known for her political influence and support for women's rights and religious policies.
b)
A high-ranking official in the Christian Church
c)
The wealthy wife of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her support of Muhammad's mission.
d)
Byzantine emperor, known for his reconquest of lost western provinces and creating the Code of Justinian.
80.
Prophet
a)
A person chosen by God to deliver his message to people
b)
A person or organization that gives financial or other support to an individual, group, or cause, often in the arts, religion, or education.
c)
Holy book of Islam
d)
The five basic acts of worship in Islam: faith, prayer, charity, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

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