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WorksheetsLeaders of Ancient Empires Quiz
Total questions: 124
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Who united the Medes and the Persians into one powerful empire?
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar II
Darius I
Xerxes I
Who was the King of the Chaldean Empire?
Nubuchadnezzar
Ramses II
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Who created the world's first empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Ramses
Ashurbanipal
Who was a famous Assyrian King?
Ashurbanipal
Ramses II
Nebuchadnezzar II
Tutankhamun
Who standardized silver coins for exchange in the Persian Empire?
Darius I
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes I
Artaxerxes II
Which Babylonian King is most known for his law code?
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Who was the son of Cyrus the Great who controlled Persia after his father's death?
Cambyses
Darius
Xerxes
Artaxerxes
Who united upper and lower Egypt into one Kingdom?
Narmer (Menes)
Tutankhamun
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Who issued the building of the Great Pyramid?
Khufu
Tutankhamun
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Who reunited all of Egypt creating the middle Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt?
Mentuhotep
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Khufu
Under which Pharaoh did Egyptians reach a highpoint?
Amenhotep III
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Who was the first female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Sobekneferu
Who set up a monotheistic religion in Egypt?
Amenhotep IV
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Cleopatra
Who won a great victory against the Hyksos and drove them out of Egypt?
Kamose
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Tutankhamun
Which boy Pharaoh restored the old religion in Ancient Egypt?
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Khufu
Which strong military leader formed a peace treaty with the Hittites?
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Thutmose III
Who expanded Egypt to its largest size?
Thutmose III
Ramses II
Akhenaten
Tutankhamun
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddartha Gautama
Ashoka
Confucius
Laozi
Who was the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty known for the Terra Cotta Army and being the most popular?
Shi Huangdi (Ying Zheng)
Liu Bang
Wu Zetian
Kublai Khan
Who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty?
Wu Wang
Qin Shi Huang
Liu Bang
Tang Taizong
Who was the Chinese philosopher and scholar who wanted to restore peace in China with 5 basic relationships?
Confucius
Laozi
Sun Tzu
Mozi
Who was the founder of Legalism and rejected Confucianism?
Han Feizi
Confucius
Laozi
Mencius
Who was the founder of Daoism?
Laozi
Confucius
Buddha
Zhuangzi
Who was China's 1st female General and famous for her martial arts skills?
Fu Hao
Wu Zetian
Hua Mulan
Empress Dowager Cixi
Who was the founder of the Han Dynasty (longest ruling dynasty) and changed his name to Han Gaozu?
Liu Bang
Qin Shi Huang
Wang Mang
Emperor Wu
Who ruled Egypt and Kush from the city of Napata?
King Piankhi
King Tutankhamun
Queen Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Who was the Egyptian God that ruled over the dead?
Osiris
Ra
Anubis
Horus
Who was the first king of the Ancient Hebrews?
Saul
David
Solomon
Moses
Who was the best known patriarch of the Israelites?
Abraham
Moses
David
Solomon
Who were the first three kings of the Ancient Israelites Kingdom?
Saul, David, and Solomon
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Moses, Aaron, and Joshua
Rehoboam, Jeroboam, and Asa
Who was the son of David who brought peace and power to the kingdom?
King Solomon
King Saul
King Rehoboam
King Jeroboam
Who was known as the 'Martial Emperor' of Han and established the Civil Service exams in Ancient China?
Han Wudi
Qin Shi Huang
Liu Bang
Emperor Gaozu
Who was the Roman author who wrote an epic poem called the Aeneid?
Virgil
Cicero
Ovid
Horace
Who was the gladiator who led a slave revolt in 73 B.C.?
Spartacus
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Cicero
Who was the Roman Emperor who divided the Empire into the Eastern and Western empire?
Diocletian
Augustus
Constantine
Nero
Who established the Flavian Dynasty and ordered the construction of the Colosseum?
Vespasian
Nero
Augustus
Hadrian
Who was the emperor who reformed the slavery system and built a wall named after himself in Britain?
Hadrian
Augustus
Nero
Trajan
Who was the famous Roman historian?
Livy
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Who was the Germanic leader who captured the city of Rome for the first time in 800 years?
Alaric
Attila
Odoacer
Theodoric
Who was the Germanic leader who overthrew Romulus Augustulus, the last western emperor?
Odoacer
Attila
Alaric
Theodoric
Who was the Roman emperor who spent much of his time as a Gladiator?
Commodus
Augustus
Nero
Trajan
Who was the Emperor who conquered most of Britain?
Claudius
Augustus
Nero
Caligula
Who was the first Christian Roman Emperor?
Constantine
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Nero
Who was the last 'Good Emperor' and helped unite the empire economically?
Marcus Aurelius
Nero
Augustus
Commodus
Which great military leader became emperor after Augustus?
Tiberius
Nero
Caligula
Claudius
Who started the Pax Romana, was part of the 2nd Triumvirate, and changed his name from Octavian after becoming the sole leader of Rome?
Augustus
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Nero
Who killed his mother and wife and persecuted Christians?
Nero
Augustus
Constantine
Hadrian
Who was known for being insane and made his horse a consul of Rome?
Caligula
Nero
Augustus
Tiberius
Who is best known as an early Roman dictator?
Cincinnatus
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Nero
Who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama?
Scipio
Hannibal
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Who was the governor of Gaul, member of the 1st Triumvirate, and was murdered by Brutus and Cassius?
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Cicero
Augustus
Who created a new military system in the Roman Republic?
Gaius Marius
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Cicero
Who was the political rival who feared and fought Caesar during the civil war and was part of the 1st Triumvirate?
Pompey
Brutus
Cicero
Crassus
Who was the first Etruscan ruler of Rome?
Lucius Tarquinius
Romulus
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Who was the first King of Rome?
Romulus
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Nero
Who was the Carthaginian general that was the mastermind behind the 2nd Punic war?
Hannibal Barca
Scipio Africanus
Julius Caesar
Philip V
Who, along with his brother Tiberius, attempted to help Rome’s poor?
Gaius Gracchus
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Augustus
Who was a wealthy Roman and part of the 1st Triumvirate?
Crassus
Cicero
Augustus
Brutus
Who was an experienced military general, in command of Rome in the East, part of the 2nd Triumvirate, and fell in love with Cleopatra and went to Egypt?
Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Pompey
Who was a powerful politician who took charge of Africa and was part of the 2nd Triumvirate?
Marcus Lepidus
Who was the first of the 'Good Emperors' and reformed land laws in favor of the poor?
Nerva
Caligula
Tiberius
Marcus Aurelius
Who was a 'Good Emperor' who promoted arts and sciences and built new public works.
Antonius Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Hadrian
Nerva
Who was one of the 'Good Emperors' who expanded the empire to its largest size?
Who converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity?
Who was the first Anglo-Saxon king to be converted to Christianity?
William the Conqueror
Phillip Augustus
Alfred the Great
King Ethelbert of Kent
Who was the first Frankish king to convert to Christianity after he won a great battle
Who wrote a rule that served as a guide to religious communities in the West?
Benedict
Thomas Aquinas
Who crowned Charlemagne the new Roman Emperor?
Who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours?
Who led a group of Vikings that sailed to North America around the year 1000?
Who started the Carolingian Dynasty and was the Son of Charles Martel?
Who spread Christianity and united western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. He is also known as Charles the Great?
Erick the Red was a Viking that founded a colony on the island of Greenland in _____
986
1001
950
1020
Who was the son of Charlemagne and an ineffective ruler?
Who were three sons of Louis the Pious who eventually signed the Treaty of Verdun and divided the empire into three Kingdoms?
Lothair
Charles the Bald
Louis the German
Charlemagne
Who was a Macedonian King who conquered the Persian Empire?
Who ran from Marathon to Athens with news of a great victory?
Who was a great general, public speaker, and politician of Athens?
Who established a democracy in Athens?
Cleisthenes
Who turned back the Danish Vikings and united the Anglo-Saxons?
Alfred the Great
(Alfred of Wessex)
Who was deeply religious and built Westminster Abbey?
King Edward the Confessor
Who defeated Harold Godwinson at the battle of Hastings?
Who was killed in the battle of Hastings and who the English wanted as their king after Edward the Confessor?
Harold Godwinson
(King Harold II)
Who created a jury system and established common law?
Who started the 100 years war?
Queen Isabella
King Henry V
King Charles VI
King Edward III
Who helped the French at the siege of Orleans?
Who set up the Spanish inquisition?
King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella
Which king increased the power of the French monarchy?
Henry II
Phillip II (Phillip Augustus)
Edward I
Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta and was a horrible ruler?
Who ordered a detailed census of the English population, manors, and farm animals?
Who was known for fighting in the Crusades?
Which French king established the Estates-General?
Phillip II
Who died at the Battle of Stamford?
Who was the Muslim commander during the Crusades?
Which three Kings fought in the Crusades?
Richard the Lionheart
Philip II
Frederick I
Who called for the first Crusade?
Who guaranteed Christian's safe passage to Jerusalem?
Who was the first Capetian King?
Who was crowned King in the City of Reims?
Charles VII
Who did Muslim's believe received Allah (God's) final revelation and is the founder of Islam?
Who was the 1st elected Caliph after Muhammad died?
Who was the leader that started the Abbasid Dynasty?
Abu al-Mu'tasim
Harun al-Rashid
Abu al-Abbas
Abu al-Mahdi
Which Caliph began the "Golden Age" and considered the greatest Caliph of the Abbasid Dynasty?
Who was the leader of the Mongols?
The Ottoman Empire reached its peak size under whose reign?
Suleyman I
Which Muslim helped the advancements in medicine?
Al-Razi
Ibn Sina
Who was a twelfth century
Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer.
Who created the printing press?
Who led the Protestant movement and filed a series of written complaints against the Catholic church?
Who encouraged exploration to spread the Portuguese culture and spread Christianity?
Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa and on to India?
Most influential and famous Italian explorer who sailed West for Spain.
Mapmaker who named the land discovered by Columbus "Land of Amerigo".
Portuguese explorer whose goal was to find a waterway (strait) that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
This explorer headed for South America to find the Incan Empire and GOLD!
Incan leader who was captured and eventually killed.
Atahualpa (Mr. A.)
Started the Church of England over denied annulment. Starts tension between England and Spain.
Leader who wanted to make England Catholic again. Sent in armada to accomplish this task but failed.
English ruler who defeated Spain and changed the balance of power in Europe.
Explored St. Lawrence river to modern day Montreal.
Nicknamed the "Father of New France" and explored the St. Lawrence and founded Quebec.
French missionaries who discovered the Mississippi River.
Dutch explorer who explored Hudson and bay and river. English crew mutinied against him.
Scandinavian Viking who most likely discovered America 500 years before Columbus.
