DNA testing analyses' what?

The genetic material in all living things

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Year 11 Ancient History Yearly Exam Revision

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Questions 100

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1
One who applies scientific techniques to the study of ancient inscriptions.
Botanist
Radiologist
Anthropologist
Epigrapher
2
Linear B tablets originated in ...
Cimmeria
Mycenae
Assyria
Babylon
3
Painting on wet plaster on walls or ceilings.
Manumitted
Concubine
Fresco
Despotism
4
What would you use to date blood residues?
Radiocarbon dating
Stratigraphic dating
Thermoluminescence dating
Seriation dating
5
Schliemann began digging at Hissarlik because ...
He was to advised to by Frank Calvert
Information in the Iliad suggested it was Troy
Answers 1 and 3
He just had a feeling that it was the location of Troy
6
The period in which the Iliad was written.
The Bronze Age
The Stone Age
The Iron Age
The Silver Age
7
Providing for the needs of the present and the future is which 'agent of destruction'?
Modern Development
The environment
Warfare
Tourism
8
Which of the following is not a Greek play that references the Trojan War?
Hecuba
Agamemnon
Hector
Andromache
9
Which goddess was not part of the contest that Paris was asked to judge?
Artemis
Aphrodite
Hera
Athena
10
Dorpfeld identified Troy VI as the Troy of the Trojan war because he found?
Watch towers
Defensive walls
Wide streets and large houses
All of the above
11
"A story is told - and I do not see why one should disbelieve it" is an example of ...
Bias
Fact
One-sided account
Opinion
12
Which of the following is not a type of geophysical survey?
Ground-penetrating radar
Magnetic surveying
All of the above
Resistivity surveying
13
Which of the following have not been made/taken of Persepolis?
Non of the above.
Photographs
Sketches
Engravings
14
The first excavations of Persepolis took place in which century?
18th
17th
20th
19th
15
The author of the Iliad is ...
Thucydides
Homer
Hercules
Herodotus
16
Which is not a cause of destruction to ancient artefacts?
Tourism
None of the above
The environment
Warfare
17
The Now Ruz festival celebrated what?
Easter
New Years
Christmas
Halloween
18
An heiress who could inherit property.
Epikleros
Oikos
19
Women in ancient Greece who were married to citizen men.
Pallaikai
Gynaikes
Hetairai
Pornoi
20
When the Assyrians conquered new territory they ...
Deported the locals.
Assisted provincial governors.
Reliably raise taxes, food and troops.
All of the above.
21
Vestal Virgins were priestesses in which society?
Rome
Greece
22
Achaemenid kings had five residences.
True
False
23
Fragment of broken pottery is also called what?
Potsherd
None of the above
Broken pottery
Ceramic
24
A long narrative poem telling of heroic events
Sonnet
Haiku
Limerick
Epic
25
At what age did girls marry in Athens?
13
11
14
12
26
Who was the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War?
Achilles
Odysseus
Menelaus
Ajax
27
Carl Blegen identified which level as the Troy from the Trojan War?
Troy VI
Troy VIh
Troy VIIa
Troy VII
28
The most prestigious unit in the Assyrian army was?
Non of the above.
Cavalry
Slingers
Chariotry
29
What was not a form of Achaemenid design and ornamentation?
Glazed brickwork
Metalwork
Tapestries
Sculpture
30
Which of the following does not contribute to the preservation of evidence?
Geological conditions
Pollution
The actions of people
Climate
31
An artefact is ...
Things that have been used by humans
Things that have been made by humans
All of the above
Things that have been altered by humans
32
Archaeologists study the past using ...
Secondary sources
Written sources
Primary sources
Archaeological sources
33
Which of the following is not an archaeological source?
Obelisks
Graffiti
Coins
Human remains
34
The Assyrian army did not include which of the following?
Slingers
Chariotry
Non of the above.
Cavalry
35
Relating to the dynasty that ruled the Persian Empire from Cyrus I to Darius III.
Reliefs
Achaemenid
Satrap
Cuneiform
36
According to the Hittite archive Troy was known as ...
Wilusa
Ahhiyawa
All of the above
Arzawa
37
Set free.
Despotism
Concubine
Fresco
Manumitted
38
The use of absolute power, often in a cruel manner.
Concubine
Fresco
Manumitted
Despotism
39
Schliemann went on to excavate ...
Mycenae
Teotihuacan
Lake Mungo
Skara Brae
40
Schliemann's excavation methods can be described as ...
Thorough
Meticulous
Haphazard
Destructive
41
DNA testing analyses' what?
The genetic material in all living things
Fossils
Bone and teeth
Deoxy-ribonucleic acid
42
The accuracy of a source judged on its context, purpose, origin and intended audience.
Reliability
Usefulness
43
Who was the king of Troy during the Trojan War?
Hector
Priam
Aeneas
Paris
44
Women in ancient Greece who were owned as concubines or slave girls.
Pornoi
Pallaikai
Hetairai
Gynaikes
45
The character from the Iliad who is known as 'the face that launched a thousand ships'.
Cassandra
Helen
Aphrodite
Andromache
46
How are computers used in archaeology?
Store all recorded information
Process archaeological data
Document all finds
All of the above
47
What job could women not have in the ancient world?
Scribes
Teachers
Dancers
Priestesses
48
The Trojan War began because ...
Helen was kidnapped by Paris
All of the above
Troy was a strong and wealthy city
The Mycenaean's wanted access to trade in the Black Sea
49
Which of the following is not a scientifc discipline used in archaeology?
Numismatics
Physics
Medicine
None of the above
50
The Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism is an example of the ...
Reconstruction of a person
Reconstruction of a site
Reconstruction of an event
Reconstruction of an artefact
51
The Hittite script is called ...
Latin
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
None of the above
52
Which of the following was not a strategy employed by the Assyrian army?
Ambush
Devastation
Siege
Battle
53
The owners of heritage can be divided into how many groups?
2
3
1
4
54
Which ancient source does not reference the Trojan War?
The Hittite archives
Greek plays
Rosetta Stone
Linear B tablets
55
Compared to their opponents, the Assyrian troops were better trained, organised and equipped.
False
True
56
What was the main language spoken in the Assyrian Empire?
Aramaic
Macedonian
Assyrian
Arabian
57
Women in ancient Greece who were foreign born and educated.
Hetairai
Gynaikes
Pallaikai
Pornoi
58
Mycenae was the kingdom of which Iliad king?
Nestor
Achilles
Agamemnon
Menelaus
59
Tree-ring dating is also known as ...
Obsidian hydration
Dendrochronology
Thermoluminescence dating
Fission-track dating
60
Which of the following is not a form of absolute dating?
Dendrochronolgy
Potassium-Argon
Typology
Flurine
61
Assyrian imperialism ...
All of the above.
plundered conquered states.
was brutal.
exacted tribute from vassal kingdoms.
62
Which king did not contribute to the building of Persepolis?
Darius I
Alexander the Great
Xerxes
Artaxerxes
63
Women in ancient Greece who were usually poorly educated.
Gynaikes
Pallaikai
Pornoi
Hetairai
64
A provincial governor in the ancient Persian Empire.
Cuneiform
Achaemenid
Reliefs
Satrap
65
Dating an object by measuring the amount of Carbon-14 it has absorbed is called ...
Radiocarbon dating
Uranium-series dating
AMS radiocarbon dating
Potassium-argon dating
66
Which is not a concern for the display of human remains?
Ethics
Religion
Looks
Social practices
67
Persepolis is a World Heritage and UNESCO protected site.
False
True
68
There were only positive aspects of Assyrian imperialism.
False
True
69
Which architectural feature has not been found at Persepolis?
Apadana
Palace of Sennacherib
Harem
Gate of All Nations
70
Who was not a famous archaeologist?
Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Flinders Petrie
Giuseppe Fiorelli
71
Hissarlik is ...
A mound located in modern day Turkey
All of the above
The location of Troy
'The place of the port'
72
Which country was not part of the Assyrian Empire?
Syria
Phoenicia
Non of the above.
Babylon
73
A system of wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets first developed by Mesopotamia and Persia.
Cuneiform
Satrap
Reliefs
Achaemenid
74
Which was not a residence of the kings?
Petra
Babylon
Pasargadae
Ecbatana
75
The Trojan War is often compared with which legend?
Robin Hood
Both
Neither
King Arthur
76
The word history comes from the Greek historia which means ...
Learning through investigation
Learning by inquiry
The discussion of ancient things
Learning by reading written documents
77
Who did not contribute to the discovery and excavation of Troy?
Heinrich Schliemann
Carl Blegen
Frankie Valli
Manfred Korfmann
78
Which class could women belong to in Rome?
Senatorial
Equestrian
Slaves
All of the above.
79
Who was married to Helen before the Trojan War?
Ajax
Agamemon
Nestor
Menelaus
80
The site of Persepolis is one of the most famous ruins of ancient times.
True
False
81
Who was not a king of the Assyrian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
Sennacherib
Tiglath-Pileser
Ashurnasirpal
82
Wall sculptures where the sculpted or carved elements are left attached to a solid background.
Cuneiform
Achaemenid
Reliefs
Satrap
83
When it comes to ethics and the past the problems debated are ...
Who administers and presents the past?
All of the above
Who preserves the past?
Who owns the past?
84
Which of the following was a privilege of Spartan women?
All of the above.
They were literate and numerate.
They were not confined to their homes.
They didn't marry until their late teens or early 20s.
85
The art, science and technology of map making.
Geography
Biology
Cartography
Anthropology
86
Arcaeological sites can be found using ...
All of the above
Crop marks
Shadow marks
Soil marks
87
... a branch of engineering science that studies the physical and chemical behaviour of metal
Chemistry
Metallurgy
Physics
Vulcanology
88
Women in Athens, Sparta and Rome were all expected to keep house and have babies.
False
True
89
A woman who is paid to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk.
Plebeian
Non of the above.
Freedwoman
Wet nurse
90
Who excavated after Schliemann?
Frank Calvert
Carl Blegen
Wilhelm Dorpfeld
Manfred Korfmann
91
The Iliad tells the story of ...
The first year of the war
None of the above
The whole Trojan War
The last year of the war
92
At what age did girls marry in Rome?
11
14
12
13
93
The Reconstruction of Knossos is an example of the ...
Reconstruction of a site
Reconstruction of an event
Reconstruction of a person
Reconstruction of an artefact
94
A secondary wife or mistress.
Manumitted
Fresco
Despotism
Concubine
95
Which of the following specialists would not be useful on a dig?
Zoologist
Chemist
Botanist
Psychologist
96
Historians study the past using ...
Written sources
Primary sources
Archaeological sources
Secondary sources
97
Like other monumental structures of the ancient world, Persepolis disappeared from view.
False
True
98
Women in Rome could become citizens if their former owners had been citizens.
True
False
99
There were different classes of women in ancient Greece according to wealth, status & location.
False
True
100
Who was the first person to excavate Hissarlik?
Wilhelm Dorpfeld
Carl Blegen
Frank Calvert
Heinrich Schliemann

Year 11 Ancient History Yearly Exam Revision Flashcards | StudBud

Year 11 Ancient History Yearly Exam Revision

100 termsStudBud Administration38 plays

An #ancient history # revision tool for #Year 11 students #studying for their #yearly exam.

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
One who applies scientific techniques to the study of ancient inscriptions.
Botanist
Radiologist
Anthropologist
Epigrapher
2
Linear B tablets originated in ...
Cimmeria
Mycenae
Assyria
Babylon
3
Painting on wet plaster on walls or ceilings.
Manumitted
Concubine
Fresco
Despotism
4
What would you use to date blood residues?
Radiocarbon dating
Stratigraphic dating
Thermoluminescence dating
Seriation dating
5
Schliemann began digging at Hissarlik because ...
He was to advised to by Frank Calvert
Information in the Iliad suggested it was Troy
Answers 1 and 3
He just had a feeling that it was the location of Troy
6
The period in which the Iliad was written.
The Bronze Age
The Stone Age
The Iron Age
The Silver Age
7
Providing for the needs of the present and the future is which 'agent of destruction'?
Modern Development
The environment
Warfare
Tourism
8
Which of the following is not a Greek play that references the Trojan War?
Hecuba
Agamemnon
Hector
Andromache
9
Which goddess was not part of the contest that Paris was asked to judge?
Artemis
Aphrodite
Hera
Athena
10
Dorpfeld identified Troy VI as the Troy of the Trojan war because he found?
Watch towers
Defensive walls
Wide streets and large houses
All of the above
11
"A story is told - and I do not see why one should disbelieve it" is an example of ...
Bias
Fact
One-sided account
Opinion
12
Which of the following is not a type of geophysical survey?
Ground-penetrating radar
Magnetic surveying
All of the above
Resistivity surveying
13
Which of the following have not been made/taken of Persepolis?
Non of the above.
Photographs
Sketches
Engravings
14
The first excavations of Persepolis took place in which century?
18th
17th
20th
19th
15
The author of the Iliad is ...
Thucydides
Homer
Hercules
Herodotus
16
Which is not a cause of destruction to ancient artefacts?
Tourism
None of the above
The environment
Warfare
17
The Now Ruz festival celebrated what?
Easter
New Years
Christmas
Halloween
18
An heiress who could inherit property.
Epikleros
Oikos
19
Women in ancient Greece who were married to citizen men.
Pallaikai
Gynaikes
Hetairai
Pornoi
20
When the Assyrians conquered new territory they ...
Deported the locals.
Assisted provincial governors.
Reliably raise taxes, food and troops.
All of the above.
21
Vestal Virgins were priestesses in which society?
Rome
Greece
22
Achaemenid kings had five residences.
True
False
23
Fragment of broken pottery is also called what?
Potsherd
None of the above
Broken pottery
Ceramic
24
A long narrative poem telling of heroic events
Sonnet
Haiku
Limerick
Epic
25
At what age did girls marry in Athens?
13
11
14
12
26
Who was the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War?
Achilles
Odysseus
Menelaus
Ajax
27
Carl Blegen identified which level as the Troy from the Trojan War?
Troy VI
Troy VIh
Troy VIIa
Troy VII
28
The most prestigious unit in the Assyrian army was?
Non of the above.
Cavalry
Slingers
Chariotry
29
What was not a form of Achaemenid design and ornamentation?
Glazed brickwork
Metalwork
Tapestries
Sculpture
30
Which of the following does not contribute to the preservation of evidence?
Geological conditions
Pollution
The actions of people
Climate
31
An artefact is ...
Things that have been used by humans
Things that have been made by humans
All of the above
Things that have been altered by humans
32
Archaeologists study the past using ...
Secondary sources
Written sources
Primary sources
Archaeological sources
33
Which of the following is not an archaeological source?
Obelisks
Graffiti
Coins
Human remains
34
The Assyrian army did not include which of the following?
Slingers
Chariotry
Non of the above.
Cavalry
35
Relating to the dynasty that ruled the Persian Empire from Cyrus I to Darius III.
Reliefs
Achaemenid
Satrap
Cuneiform
36
According to the Hittite archive Troy was known as ...
Wilusa
Ahhiyawa
All of the above
Arzawa
37
Set free.
Despotism
Concubine
Fresco
Manumitted
38
The use of absolute power, often in a cruel manner.
Concubine
Fresco
Manumitted
Despotism
39
Schliemann went on to excavate ...
Mycenae
Teotihuacan
Lake Mungo
Skara Brae
40
Schliemann's excavation methods can be described as ...
Thorough
Meticulous
Haphazard
Destructive
41
DNA testing analyses' what?
The genetic material in all living things
Fossils
Bone and teeth
Deoxy-ribonucleic acid
42
The accuracy of a source judged on its context, purpose, origin and intended audience.
Reliability
Usefulness
43
Who was the king of Troy during the Trojan War?
Hector
Priam
Aeneas
Paris
44
Women in ancient Greece who were owned as concubines or slave girls.
Pornoi
Pallaikai
Hetairai
Gynaikes
45
The character from the Iliad who is known as 'the face that launched a thousand ships'.
Cassandra
Helen
Aphrodite
Andromache
46
How are computers used in archaeology?
Store all recorded information
Process archaeological data
Document all finds
All of the above
47
What job could women not have in the ancient world?
Scribes
Teachers
Dancers
Priestesses
48
The Trojan War began because ...
Helen was kidnapped by Paris
All of the above
Troy was a strong and wealthy city
The Mycenaean's wanted access to trade in the Black Sea
49
Which of the following is not a scientifc discipline used in archaeology?
Numismatics
Physics
Medicine
None of the above
50
The Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism is an example of the ...
Reconstruction of a person
Reconstruction of a site
Reconstruction of an event
Reconstruction of an artefact
51
The Hittite script is called ...
Latin
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
None of the above
52
Which of the following was not a strategy employed by the Assyrian army?
Ambush
Devastation
Siege
Battle
53
The owners of heritage can be divided into how many groups?
2
3
1
4
54
Which ancient source does not reference the Trojan War?
The Hittite archives
Greek plays
Rosetta Stone
Linear B tablets
55
Compared to their opponents, the Assyrian troops were better trained, organised and equipped.
False
True
56
What was the main language spoken in the Assyrian Empire?
Aramaic
Macedonian
Assyrian
Arabian
57
Women in ancient Greece who were foreign born and educated.
Hetairai
Gynaikes
Pallaikai
Pornoi
58
Mycenae was the kingdom of which Iliad king?
Nestor
Achilles
Agamemnon
Menelaus
59
Tree-ring dating is also known as ...
Obsidian hydration
Dendrochronology
Thermoluminescence dating
Fission-track dating
60
Which of the following is not a form of absolute dating?
Dendrochronolgy
Potassium-Argon
Typology
Flurine
61
Assyrian imperialism ...
All of the above.
plundered conquered states.
was brutal.
exacted tribute from vassal kingdoms.
62
Which king did not contribute to the building of Persepolis?
Darius I
Alexander the Great
Xerxes
Artaxerxes
63
Women in ancient Greece who were usually poorly educated.
Gynaikes
Pallaikai
Pornoi
Hetairai
64
A provincial governor in the ancient Persian Empire.
Cuneiform
Achaemenid
Reliefs
Satrap
65
Dating an object by measuring the amount of Carbon-14 it has absorbed is called ...
Radiocarbon dating
Uranium-series dating
AMS radiocarbon dating
Potassium-argon dating
66
Which is not a concern for the display of human remains?
Ethics
Religion
Looks
Social practices
67
Persepolis is a World Heritage and UNESCO protected site.
False
True
68
There were only positive aspects of Assyrian imperialism.
False
True
69
Which architectural feature has not been found at Persepolis?
Apadana
Palace of Sennacherib
Harem
Gate of All Nations
70
Who was not a famous archaeologist?
Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Flinders Petrie
Giuseppe Fiorelli
71
Hissarlik is ...
A mound located in modern day Turkey
All of the above
The location of Troy
'The place of the port'
72
Which country was not part of the Assyrian Empire?
Syria
Phoenicia
Non of the above.
Babylon
73
A system of wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets first developed by Mesopotamia and Persia.
Cuneiform
Satrap
Reliefs
Achaemenid
74
Which was not a residence of the kings?
Petra
Babylon
Pasargadae
Ecbatana
75
The Trojan War is often compared with which legend?
Robin Hood
Both
Neither
King Arthur
76
The word history comes from the Greek historia which means ...
Learning through investigation
Learning by inquiry
The discussion of ancient things
Learning by reading written documents
77
Who did not contribute to the discovery and excavation of Troy?
Heinrich Schliemann
Carl Blegen
Frankie Valli
Manfred Korfmann
78
Which class could women belong to in Rome?
Senatorial
Equestrian
Slaves
All of the above.
79
Who was married to Helen before the Trojan War?
Ajax
Agamemon
Nestor
Menelaus
80
The site of Persepolis is one of the most famous ruins of ancient times.
True
False
81
Who was not a king of the Assyrian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
Sennacherib
Tiglath-Pileser
Ashurnasirpal
82
Wall sculptures where the sculpted or carved elements are left attached to a solid background.
Cuneiform
Achaemenid
Reliefs
Satrap
83
When it comes to ethics and the past the problems debated are ...
Who administers and presents the past?
All of the above
Who preserves the past?
Who owns the past?
84
Which of the following was a privilege of Spartan women?
All of the above.
They were literate and numerate.
They were not confined to their homes.
They didn't marry until their late teens or early 20s.
85
The art, science and technology of map making.
Geography
Biology
Cartography
Anthropology
86
Arcaeological sites can be found using ...
All of the above
Crop marks
Shadow marks
Soil marks
87
... a branch of engineering science that studies the physical and chemical behaviour of metal
Chemistry
Metallurgy
Physics
Vulcanology
88
Women in Athens, Sparta and Rome were all expected to keep house and have babies.
False
True
89
A woman who is paid to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk.
Plebeian
Non of the above.
Freedwoman
Wet nurse
90
Who excavated after Schliemann?
Frank Calvert
Carl Blegen
Wilhelm Dorpfeld
Manfred Korfmann
91
The Iliad tells the story of ...
The first year of the war
None of the above
The whole Trojan War
The last year of the war
92
At what age did girls marry in Rome?
11
14
12
13
93
The Reconstruction of Knossos is an example of the ...
Reconstruction of a site
Reconstruction of an event
Reconstruction of a person
Reconstruction of an artefact
94
A secondary wife or mistress.
Manumitted
Fresco
Despotism
Concubine
95
Which of the following specialists would not be useful on a dig?
Zoologist
Chemist
Botanist
Psychologist
96
Historians study the past using ...
Written sources
Primary sources
Archaeological sources
Secondary sources
97
Like other monumental structures of the ancient world, Persepolis disappeared from view.
False
True
98
Women in Rome could become citizens if their former owners had been citizens.
True
False
99
There were different classes of women in ancient Greece according to wealth, status & location.
False
True
100
Who was the first person to excavate Hissarlik?
Wilhelm Dorpfeld
Carl Blegen
Frank Calvert
Heinrich Schliemann