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Ancient Culture Test

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Title used by Egyptian rulers

a)

pharaoh

b)

Ka

c)

dynasty

d)

obelisk

2.

Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

a)

sphinx

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

papyrus

3.

What is the longest river in the World?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Nile River

d)

Euphrates River

4.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

believe in 1 god

b)

believe in Allah

c)

belief in many gods

5.
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
6.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)
rocky and mountainous
b)
flat
c)
desert
d)
rolling plains
7.
A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Delphi
d)
Corinth
8.
Who was NOT a Greek philosopher?
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
9.
What does the word "Democracy" mean?
a)
"rule by the government"
b)
"rule by the many"
c)
"rule by the wealthy"
d)
"rule by the people"
10.
Athens main rival was the city state of 
a)
Anatolia
b)
Marathon
c)
Sparta
d)
Thermopylae
11.
Which of the following is a  government where a few wealthy people rule?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Democracy 
d)
Communism
12.
Who could participate in the Athenian democracy?
a)
All adult male citizens and slaves
b)
All free men and women
c)
All free, adult male citizens
d)
Anyone who lived in Athens
13.

He wrote the Greek Epic Poems

a)

Homer

b)

Sophocles

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Aristotle

14.

Who tried to invade Greece twice?

a)

Persians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Sumerians

d)

Assyrians

15.

Where did 300 Spartans hold the Persians back?

a)

Marathon

b)

Salamis

c)

Plataea

d)

Thermopylae

16.

Who did the Greeks defeat in a war using a wooden horse?

a)

Trojans

b)

Minoans

c)

Romans

d)

Egyptians

17.

Greece is a

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

continent

d)

Mountain

18.

What body of water does not border Ancient Greece?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Aegean Sea

c)

Ionian Sea

d)

Red Sea

19.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
20.

What is Greece's hilly terrain (land) good for?

a)

lots of farming

b)

communication between city-states

c)

growing grapes and olives

d)

providing water for the crops

21.
Macedonian king who conquered most of the known world. 
a)
Plato 
b)
Aristotle 
c)
Socrates 
d)
Alexander the Great 
22.

American form of government

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Tyranny

23.

Which god rules all of the other Greek gods?

a)

Hades

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

d)

Demeter

24.

What did the Greeks use to replace stone tools and weapons?

a)

fur

b)

iron

c)

copper

d)

bronze

25.

What is a city-state?

a)

a place that has its own government and controls the surrounding land

b)

a temple that sits on top of a hill

c)

a wide open space for shops

d)

a wall that surrounds a city

26.

What was the first civilization in Greece?

a)

Minoans

b)

Mycenaeans

c)

Persians

d)

Athenians

27.

Which group ruled Rome as kings?

a)

Greeks

b)

Persians

c)

Etruscans

d)

Egyptians

28.

Romans overthrew the Etruscans and set up which type of government?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Dictatorship

29.

Wealthy, upper-class men in Roman society were called what?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Consuls

c)

Patricians

d)

Praetors

30.

Non-land owning men in Roman society were called what?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Praetors

d)

Consuls

31.

Roman judges who settled disputes and arguments over money and contracts between citizens

a)

Consuls

b)

Plebeians

c)

Patricians

d)

Praetors

32.

Roman officials who enforced the laws

a)

Praetors

b)

Plebeians

c)

Consuls

d)

Patricians

33.

Which three men ruled Rome in the first ever triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Octavian

c)

Crassus

d)

Constantine

e)

Pompey

34.

Who was Rome's first Emperor?

a)

Octavian

b)

Marcus Antonius

c)

Augustus

d)

Constantine

35.

Gladiator battles took place in this center of entertainment

a)

The Aqueduct

b)

The Colosseum

c)

The Forum

d)

The Palladium

36.

Roman system that brought water from the countryside to the city

a)

Forum

b)

Colosseum

c)

Aqueducts

d)

Canals

37.

Who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity?

a)

Commodus

b)

Augustus

c)

Constantine

d)

Antonius

38.

Which group of invaders eventually conquered the western portion of the Roman empire?

a)

German

b)

French

c)

Mongolian

d)

Persian

39.
Christianity is a ____________ religion.
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
40.
Why did Christianity attract so many followers?
a)
It promised that if people accepted Jesus they would become rich.
b)
It gave people the ultimate gift of wisdom.
c)
It gave hope to the poor and powerless
d)
It promised that if people accepted Jesus they would suffer
41.
What did Constantine issue in A.D. 313 that gave religious freedom to all people?
a)
Edict of Rome
b)
Edict of Milan
c)
Edict of Venice
d)
Edict of Constantinople
42.

Which emperor converted to Christianity and made it legal for the citizens of the Roman Empire to convert as well?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Constantine

c)

Augustus Caesar

d)

Theodosius

43.
The common farmer, artisans, and merchants, who made up the majority of the population and held less of the power in the early republic was called... 
a)
Patrician 
b)
Plebeian 
44.
Wealthy land owners who held most of the power in the early republic were called... 
a)
Patrician 
b)
Plebeian 
45.
What type of government did ancient Rome have?
a)
 Direct Democracy
b)
Republc
c)
Senate
d)
Dictatorship
46.
What was the period of peace and prosperity that lasted 207 years?
a)
Augustus time
b)
Christianity
c)
classical
d)
Pax Romana
47.
TRUE or FALSE: Relative to other Dynasties, the Qin Dynasty lasted only a short time.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
48.
Shi Huangdi used hundreds of thousands of farmers to join together, strengthen, and complete _____________. 
a)
ziggurats
b)
canals
c)
Great Wall of China
d)
Buddhist Temples
49.
What dynasty did Shi Haungdi rule over?
a)
Shang
b)
Shou
c)
Qin
d)
Han
50.

Which of the following are innovations by the Ancient Chinese?

a)

Paper, Silk, Wheelbarrow

b)

Planned cities, papyrus, wheel

c)

Sailboat, Mummification, Sanskrit

d)

Hieroglyphs, gunpowder, number 0

51.
The great wall was built for which reason?
a)
to keep away nasty desert wind storms
b)
to give jobs to undesirables- criminals
c)
to keep away intruders
d)
all of the above
52.

This philosophical belief stated Filial Piety as one of its core beliefs

a)

Legalism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Daoism

53.

Which factor below did NOT lead to the collapse of Han China or Rome

a)

Corrupt Government

b)

Empire too large to manage

c)

Equality of the classes of people

d)

Tax burden on the people

54.
Vast network of trade routes for Chinese goods stretching as far west as Greece and Rome.
a)
Silk Road
b)
Highway to Heaven
c)
Golden Road
d)
Route 66
55.
What was the army made of that Qin built to keep him from harm in the afterlife?
a)
Stone
b)
Terra Cotta
c)
Jade
d)
Copper
56.
With what type of government system did Shi Huangdi rule?
a)
Daoism
b)
Confuscianism
c)
Democracy
d)
Legalism
57.
Why did the Qin Dynasty end?
a)
Qin Shi Huangdi died
b)
Farmers and aristocrats revolted against the harsh rule
c)
Rebellion and war beginning to break out
d)
All of these answers are correct. 
58.
At the time of the Han dynasty what people threatened China from the North?
a)
Boogies
b)
Han
c)
Hon
d)
Hun
59.
What happened to Confucian scholars who criticized Qin?
a)
were rewarded
b)
werer tickled
c)
were executed
d)
all of the above
60.
What is the name of the trade route that connected ancient China to the Mediterranean Sea?
a)
The Silk Road
b)
The Royal Road
c)
The Indus Road
d)
The Silk Path

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