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1
What was the Great Pyramid of Giza used for?
It was a tomb
It was a shopping center
It was a palace
It was a temple
2
Roman daily life may have consisted of all of the following except:
Visiting the bath house
Reading a paper book
Getting some delicious take-out
Praying to the ancestors
3
True or false: Modern Chinese is unrelated to ancient Shang writing.
False
True
4
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Nile and Amazon
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Nile
River 1 and River 2
5
Which was not a type of early human?
Homo habilis
Homo marsupial
Neanderthal
Homo erectus
6
Which achievement can we NOT attribute to ancient Greeks?
Theater
The Olympics
Columned architecture
Scientific advancement
7
Ancient China is known for the following inventions except:
Acupuncture
The compass
Paper
The wheel
8
What happened to Pompeii?
What's Pompeii?
It was destroyed by a volcano
Nothing
It was invaded by Carthage
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History is awesome because...
Mummies!
It's so interesting!
The art and artifacts are beautiful.
Mrs. Bretan is the best teacher ever.
10
True or false: Poseidon vowed vengeance against Odysseus because he blinded the Cyclops.
True
False
11
Who was the greatest Greek hero of the Trojan War?
Zeus
Achilles
Patroclus
Ares
12
Democracy was developed in which Greek city state?
Corinth
Athens
Olympia
Sparta
13
True or false: Spartan male citizens served in the army from age seven to age sixty.
False
True
14
True or false: Central heating and running water were pretty standard in a Roman house.
True
False
15
What was different about Roman democracy, as opposed to Greek democracy?
It was a direct democracy
It was a republican democracy
It wasn't actually a democracy
Women could vote
16
The long peace established by Augustus was called:
Good times
The Pax Romana
Veni, vidi, vici
The Roman Golden Age
17
True or false: The colosseum was built on top of the pool from Nero's "Golden House" palace.
True
False
18
What led to the creation of civilizations?
Large scale agriculture and shared knowledge
Written language
Stone tools
Large scale agriculture and weapons
19
True or false: Ancient Babylon used a base 70 mathematical system.
False
True
20
True or false: An artifact is an human-made object found in an archaeological site.
True
False
21
True or false: In Egyptian belief, when your soul went to the afterlife, your life was judged by weighing your heart.
True
False
22
What are the two time periods we use to measure history?
BC and AD
BCE and CE
Dinosaurs and humans
Old and Really Old
23
True or false: Julius Caesar was assassinated because he declared himself emperor of Rome.
True
False
24
Which of these gods was NOT a Greek god?
Athena
Euripedes
Hades
Hephaestus
25
Who was King Gilgamesh's best friend?
Humbaba
Enkidu
Osiris
Mrs. Bretan
26
What needed to be removed from corpses in order to prepare them for mummification?
Their clothes
Their hair
Their internal organs
Their soul
27
What type of animal supposedly raised Romulus and Remus?
Tiger
Wolf
Bull
Sheep
28
Which dynasty started construction on the Great Wall of China?
Xian Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
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Where do we see the first major civilizations arise?
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Everywhere
Mesopotamia and Greece
Egypt and China
