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This quiz is covering Ancient History and Civliatations
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Which was not an early Mesopotamian civilization?
Babylon
Persia
Akkad
Assyria
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Located along Nile River
India
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
3
What does the abbreviation A.D. stand for?
after dead
Anno Domini
after dark
Agustus Domini
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Built Ziggurats
Greece
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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Hammurabi's Code
Greece
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
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What was the first form of writing called?
scribist
Sanskrit
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
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What does B.C. mean?
Before Cable
Before Carthage
before Caesar
Before Christ
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Which of the following is a component of a civilization?
hunting in groups
the use of fire
a written language
living in a community
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Why is the Fertile Cresent important?
Location of first civilizations
Site of 7 wonders of the world
Location birth of Judaism
Location of first human community
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What does Anno Domini mean?
In the year Jesus was born
none of these
In the year Jesus died
In the year of our Lord
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Why is the B.C. andA.D. dating system controversial?
Not everyone practices Judaism
No one reads latin
No one can agree on dates
not everyone is a Christian
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Between which rivers is the Fertile Cresent located?
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Euphrates
The Yellow and Indus
Indus and Nile
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In the ancient world, political divisions between areas were called
empires
states
cities
city-states
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Rosetta Stone
Greece
Rome
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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What language is Anno Domini written in?
Greek
Sumerian
Latin
Roman
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What is the difference between prehistory and ancient history
Ancient history is anything B.C.
prehistory is anything B.C.
Anything after fall of Rome
Written record of ancient history but not prehistory
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Where is the Fertile Cresent?
North America
Asia
Africa
The Middle East
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Located in the Fertile Crescent
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
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Ancient Writing Calligraphy
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
land of the ancient ones
land of the first peoples
land along the river
land between two rivers
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Ancient history is defined as
anything before 1900
written records
The study of ancient Egypt and Rome
prehistory
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How many years ago is 1750 B.C. if the current year is 2015?
3765
2015
258
1750
