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WorksheetsAncient History Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 38mins
What is an empire?
Which Phoenician inventions have influenced our lives nowadays?
Who were the Hittites? When did they rule?
What did the Hittites' economy depend on?
Who were the Assyrians? When and where did they rise?
What did the Assyrian's economy depend on?
When did the Chaldean Empire start? Which areas did they rule over?
Can you name two achievements of the Chaldeans?
What were the hanging gardens of Babylon?
What did the Babylonian's economy depend on?
Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks: An (a) is a group of territories and people ruled by a single authority, usually the emperor.
The (a) Empire was the last pre-Islamic empire.
Towers that have the form of terraced pyramids are called (a) .
_______________________________ was a Greek King who came from Macedonia to expand his empire.
The (a) were the first people to use the chariots.
The (a) were the first people who used the Egyptian hieroglyphs to create the alphabet.
During the (a) Empire, the hanging gardens of Babylon were built.
Circle the best choice to complete each sentence: The Phoenicians controlled a long strip of land that extended along the ________________________________ by the year 1,200 BC.
Baltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
The Assyrians created their own _______________________________which depended on a strong army.
defense system
confused rulers
great instability
The Seleucid Empire comprised _______________________________.
Pakistan
Mesopotamia
all of the above and Anatolia
Cyrus the Great was the leader of the Persian Empire, and he ruled for _______________________________.
31 years
33 years
35 years
