What does GRAPES stand for?

Geography, Religion, Achievements, politics, economy, social structure

What are the Greek influences?

Theatre, Arts, Dramas, Architecture

What are the 4 river civilizations we studied?

Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India

Where were the Mayans located?

Mayans in the Middle - Yucatan Peninsula

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2025 EOT Ancient Civilizations review

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Test your knowledge on ancient civilizations with questions about key figures, inventions, and historical events. From Mesopotamia to the Aztecs, challenge yourself with this quiz!

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1
What was the first written language?
Latin
Hieroglyphics
Greek
Cuneiform
2
True or false: The Silk Road connected Asia to Africa.
True
False
3
What was the war between Greece and Carthage called?
Punic Wars
World War II
War of the Roses
World War I
4
What were the poor people of Rome called?
Broke
Plebian
Pharaohs
Heroes
5
What is information from someone else or from a person not directly involved in the event?
Primary Sources
Secondary sources
editorials
News sources
6
What was the job of scribes?
make laws
Write records
take out the trash
collect taxes
7
Who was assassinated by senators?
Augustus Caesar
Julius Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Nero
8
What is located between two rivers - Tigris and Euphrates?
a desert
Pyramids
Mesopotamia
Great Wall of China
9
Who united Rome and was assassinated by senators?
Julius Caesar
some random Spartans
Hans Ferdinand
a homeless guy on the Silk Road
10
What does Common Era refer to?
The day after Tomorrow
BCE
C.E.
11
Where were the Aztecs located?
up in Mexico
Antarctica
Australia
Canada
12
What is a period of 10 years called?
Eras
milleniums
Eons
Decade
13
What export of China led to the Silk Road?
Soy Sauce
Kites
Silk
Sugar Cane
14
Who made agriculture and domesticated animals?
Neolithic Revolution
Machiavelli
Adam & Eve
Mongol Empire
15
What were the floating gardens of the Aztecs called?
Whatchamacallits
Flan con Azucar
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Chinampas
16
What did the Mayans create?
First written law
Cuneiform
365-day calendar
Algebra
17
What is the belief in one god (Judaism, Islam, Christianity) called?
Monotheistic
Zoroastrianism
Paganism
Catholocism
18
True or false: Timelines go from right to left.
False
True
19
What is the belief in many gods called?
Aztecs
Polytheistic
Silk Road
Mayans
20
Who was the famous European traveler who went to Asia?
Marco Polo
Billy Mays
Billie Eillish
Margaret Thatcher
21
What goes from left to right (oldest to most recent)?
Aqueducts
Calculator
Hebrew text
Timelines
22
Who gave us the alphabet (our alphabet)?
Pheonicians
Chinese
Assyrians
Italians
23
What were the floating gardens of the Aztecs called?
Hanging Gardens
Terraces
Aqueducts
Chinampas
24
Who were the great mathematicians that invented zero?
Ancient Koreans
Marco Polo
Ancient Indians
Ancient Eskimos
25
True or false: The Bering Land Bridge connected Asia to Europe.
True
False
26
What is the capital of the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Rome
27
What does Before Christ refer to?
CE
B.C.
A.D.
28
What does GRAPES stand for?
Greatness, Respect, Achievement
Government, Resources, Arts
Geography, Religion, Achievements, politics, economy, social structure
Grapes of Wrath
29
What is an independent city with its own government called?
Villa
continent
City-State
country
30
What is the term for 100 years?
Century
Millennium
Decade
Year
31
Terrain made the use of wheels impossible for which groups of people?
Inca, Aztec, Maya
South Africans
Catholics, Muslims & Hindus
Romans, Greeks, Latins
32
What is a primary source?
A secondary source
A type of timeline
Created during an event
Information from others
33
Who created algebra?
Stephen Hawkins
Islamic mathematicians
Nikolai Tesla
Einstein
34
What carried water to cities?
poor people
the Ferryman
buckets
Aqueducts
35
Who was Rome's first emperor?
Caesar Salad
Augustus Caesar
Zarathustra
King Joshua
36
Who crossed the Bering Strait to the Americas?
Paper Tigers
late Europeans
Russian Traders
Early Americans
37
What are the Greek influences?
Religion
Vacation Homes
Theatre, Arts, Dramas, Architecture
My Big Greek Wedding
38
Who invented zero?
Chinese
Romans
Greeks
Ancient Indians
39
What is known as the cradle of civilization?
Ancient Indians
Fertile Crescent
A.D.
Great wall of China
40
What is known as the old stone age or hunter-gatherer period?
Century
Polytheistic
Paleolithic
Aqueducts
41
What is a period of 1000 years called?
Eons
Millenium
epoch
decade
42
What is the belief in many gods called?
Monotheism
Agnosticism
Atheism
Polytheism
43
What allowed humans to cross to North America?
Brooklyn Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Bering Land Bridge
A Bridge Too Far
44
What are the 4 river civilizations we studied?
Mesopotamian, Africa, Antarctica, Australia
Egyptian, Nile, Himalayas, Lorean
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India
Indian, Japanese, Swedish, Norse
45
What did the Phoenicians give us?
Silk
Cuneiform
The alphabet
Aqueducts
46
Which civilization is known as the cradle of civilization?
Ancient Indians
A.D.
Great Wall of China
Mesopotamia
47
What connected Asia to Europe and brought culture?
I-95
The Silk Road
the London Bridge
Bering Land Bridge
48
Which group is known for their military focus?
Mongols
Aztecs
Spartans
Athenians
49
What is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event?
Aqueducts
Mesopotamia
Monotheistic
Primary Source
50
Where were the Mayans located?
Mayans in the Middle - Yucatan Peninsula
Russia
Nova Scotia
Brussels
51
What region is the region in Northern Africa (Southern Egypt / Sudan) known as?
Phoenicia
Ethiopia
Ancient Kush
Wallachia
52
What does Before Common Era refer to?
B.C.E.
That old time we talked about once
CE
AD
53
Where can you find Roman entertainment?
Mesopotamia
Colosseum
Wembley Stadium
AMC Theatres
54
What does Anno Domini (in the year of our lord) refer to?
Another Day
After Death
A.D.
BCE
55
What kept out invaders?
some iron gates
Great wall of China
Polytheistic stories of ghosts
Paleolithic picket fences
56
What was the war between Athens and Sparta called?
Peloponnesian War
Vietnam
1,0000 years War
Persian Gulf War
57
What is a period of 100 years called?
Era
epoch
Century
google
58
What empire was in Central Asia (Not China)?
Mongols
Pax Romana
Early Humans
Fertile Crescent
59
Who created the 365-day calendar?
Americans
Germans
Mayans
Persians
60
Who was the head of Egypt and considered a god?
Pharaohs
Great wall of China
Hammurabi's Code
Amilianna Torrini
61
What was the first written law in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi's Code
Assyrian Steele
12 tables
Pax Romana
62
Who migrated from Africa to Asia?
Swedes
Early Humans
Argentinians
Mayans
63
Where were the Incans located?
Mongolia
British Columbia
Chicago
down in Peru
64
What is the rigid Indian social structure called?
impossible ladder
Caste system
level-up metrics
they don't have one / everyone is equal
65
Which two rivers are in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Amazon and Nile
Yangtze and Yellow
Ganges and Indus
66
What was the first written language in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Cyrillic
Incans script
Neolithic pictograms
67
What was the focus of the Spartans?
military strength
Arts & Entertainment
Futbol
68
What are the characteristics of a civilization?
PEARS
GRAPES
PLUMS
APPLES
69
Who made silk?
Grand Puba
Koreans
Marco Polo
Silkworms
70
What is a Greek city with its own government called?
a City- State
Continent
Hemisphere
a hen house
71
What describes nomadic tribes that traveled for food?
Warrior Monks
family farmers
Search & Destroyers
Hunter-gathers
72
What was the capital of the Aztecs?
Minneola
Aztexicoco
They never had one
Tenochtitlan
73
What is a city-state?
A rural area
Independent city with government
A type of country
A large empire
74
Whose geograhpy is characterized by mountainous and hard to farm land?
Greek geography
Canada
Egypt
Alluvial Plains
75
Which two brother founded Rome?
The Marx Brothers
Siskel & Ebert
Romulus & Remus
Hulk Hogan & Macho Man

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