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1
The rivers of the Mesopotamian Civilization.
Tiber and Euphrates
Tigris and Nile
Euphrates and Tigris
Yellow and Chang Jiang
2
A city-state in Ancient Greece was called a
acropolis
polis
agora
forum
3
Who was the famous Babylonian king who created the law code?
Hammurabi
Sin-Muballut
Sargon
Nebechednezzar
4
What is Hera's animal symbol?
pig
peacock
bear
dolphin
5
How many times was Julius Caesar stabbed?
23
1
27
32
6
Agriculture/Farming is considered a ____ because it was a change that greatly affected many areas of life.
miracle
invention
phenomenon
revolution
7
On what river bank did Romulus and Remus start to settle?
Mississippi
Nile
Tiber
Tigris
8
Who was the Roman god of the sky, and king of the gods?
Jupiter
Mars
Zeus
Neptune
9
Alexander the Great's teacher from Greece.
Achilles
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
10
The natural barriers that protected Egypt were
Sahara Desert and Himalaya Mountains
delta, cataracts, deserts
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
mountains, cataracts, deserts
11
What was the language developed in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Spanish
Canadian
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
12
Who was Julius Caesar's love interest?
Athena
Artemis
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
13
The earliest civilization on the island of Crete was these people.
Minoans
Mycenaeans
Greeks
Spartans
14
King Tutankhamen is best known for what?
changing Egypt's religion
what was found in his tomb
helping the Egyptians through wars
his many battle victories
15
People settle near rivers for the following reasons
travel, trade, soil, food, water
soil, scenery, food, water, bathing
food, water, trade, travel, fish
water, scenery, irrigation, travel, bathing
16
The name for the Old Stone Age
Neolithic Times
Ice Ages
Paleolithic Times
Greatest Generation
17
What animal supposedly raised Romulus and Remus?
Dog
Cow
Tiger
Wolf
18
Who was the Greek god of medicine?
Artemis
Apollo
Zeus
Hercules
19
Who was the LAST Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut
King Tut
Cleopatra
Ramses II
20
Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategy?
Hera
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
21
One of the most important books of Egyptian religion was
Book of the Dead
Dead Sea Scrolls
Torah
Bible
22
Although he died, Alexander the Great started the ______ referring to the spread of Greek culture
Hellenistic Era
Socratic Era
Alexandrian Era
Macedonian Era
23
The type of government in Athens
democracy
theocracy
monarchy
oligarchy
24
Someone that was called on in an emergency and took complete control for a short time.
praetor
senator
consul
dictator
25
What is Osiris the god of?
the sun
the sky
the dead
the sea
26
The emperor who started building the Colosseum
Virgil
Nero
Caesar
Vespasian
27
What Greek god was the city of Athens named after?
Apollo
Ares
Aphrodite
Athena
28
Who was Artemis' twin brother?
Poseidon
Apollo
Hephaestus
Ares
29
The two social classes in early Rome were _______
rich and poor
patricians and consuls
aristocrats and landowners
patricians and plebeians
30
Which of the following was NOT an Ancient Mesopotamian empire/tribe?
Babylonians
Persians
Romans
Israelites
31
What comes next in this sequence: farming, settling, food supply, ____
surplus
population grows
specialization
trade
32
The Greek epics the Iliad and the Odyssey were told by who?
Homer
Aesop
Euripides
Sophocles
33
Who was Aphrodite secretly in love with?
Hephaestus
Hercules
Zeus
Ares
34
How old was "the ice man" when he died?
40s
20s
30s
50s
35
Who was the last of the "Good Emperors" in the Pax Romana period of Ancient Rome?
Julius Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Caligula
Augustus
36
The type of government in Sparta.
oligarchy
monarchy
democracy
theocracy
37
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippopotamus
Socrates
Crete
Hippocrates
38
When the Roman Empire split in two, the capitol of the Byzantine Empire was _______
Athens
Rome
Constantinople
Pompeii
39
The Romans took much of their culture from Egypt.
False
True
40
What is the greek god Apollo's name in Roman mythology?
Medicinius
Apollo
Juno
Jupiter
41
How did Julius Caesar die?
he was murdered by his son
he was assassinated by the senate
he died of old age
he died in battle
42
How many Great Pyramids are at Giza?
1
2
3
4
43
Who founded Rome?
Romulus
Julius Caesar
Nero
Remus
44
What is the term for an archaeologist removing one layer of earth at a time to look for artifacts?
archaeology
stratigraphy
fossil
superposition
45
Which of the following is NOT an island in Rome?
Sicily
Corsica
Crete
Sardinia
46
Who was the Greek god of the sky?
Jupiter
Bruce
Poseidon
Zeus
47
The Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, was started by ____
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
48
Many Roman things, including art, architecture, and religion were influenced by the _______
Greeks
Etruscans
Egyptians
Chinese
49
How did "the ice man" die?
Ice block fell and crushed him
starved
with an arrow
stabbed
50
He was a huge influence on the beginning democracy in Athens.
Themistocles
Pericles
Leonidus
Aspasia
