WorksheetsIntroducing the Scythians
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Scythians are European not nomadic tribes of warriors.
They were nomadic tribes and originally lived in southern Siberia.
They were nomadic British tribes.
They were nomadic tribes originally lived in Greece.
They were nomadic tribes from Persia.
A lot what we knew about the Scythians was written in...
their original sources.
Greek, Persian, Assirian sources.
Greek, Persian, British sources.
Greek sources only.
Scythians developed some kind of weapon. This weapon is...
felt bow
wooden bow
a bow from layers of wood
a metal bow
The Scyths lived in (types of their houses in plural)
(a)
The objects the Scythians buried their dead are small - such as...and no furniture.
horse headgear
sacrificed horses
saddles, bridles, bits
drinking flasks and wooden bowls
This metalwork means that the Scythians...
conquered the heritage of other tribes
were good at casting metal, forging and inlaying it
were buried their horses with such jewelry
buried their dead they took care to equip the corpse
The saddle horses were buried with very elaborate costumes including
spiked bits or muzzles
headgear with griffins or antlers
arrow heads
with a long narrow pointed blade
The Scythians took great effort to preserve the appearance of the dead using a form of
(a)
In battles, the Scythians would use large numbers of highly mobile (a) who could shower hundreds of deadly arrows within a few minutes. (plural)
Fragment of mummified (a) showing a Scythian tattoo
