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What do you remember from this year?
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1
Which three ancient civilizations bordered the Mediterranean Sea?
Greece, Egypt and Rome
Rome, Greece and Mesopotamia
Rome, Egypt and Mesopotamia
Greece, Egypt and China
2
What occurred in A.D. 476?
Mt. Vesuvius erupted
The first Olympics were held
The Western Roman Empire fell
Julius Caesar was assassinated
3
What material was used to build the colosseum, hippodrome and Pantheon?
Mud
Concrete
Clay
Brick
4
If you want to know how many years are between two dates on a timeline, you must first
ask your mom
decide which side of the B.C./A.D. mark they are on
count to 10
multiply all the numbers
5
Rome is located on the continent of...
North America
Asia
Europe
Africa
6
Gladiator fights were held in the
Parthenon
Colosseum
aqueducts
Pantheon
7
True or False... Athens valued the arts and education and had a strong navy
True
False
8
True or False...a political map focuses on height of land above sea level
True
False
9
Which was the most powerful military city-state?
Sparta
Athens
10
A green place in a desert where wells provide water is called
a plateau
peninsula
arid
an oasis
11
True or False... Contour lines on a map measure elevation
True
False
12
True or False: The out of Asia theory explains how early humans migrated and populated the world
True
False
13
During the Punic Wars Rome fought against
Carthage
Sparta
Crete
Sicily
14
Who spread Greek culture across Europe and western Asia?
Darius
Hannibal
Xerxes
Alex the Great
15
Which was the written language of the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
Phoenecian
Latin
Hieroglyphics
16
All of the following are important Sumerian cities
except
for
Uruk
Babylon
Sumer
Sparta
17
The great philosopher who created the method of questioning and answering when teaching is...
Alexander the Great
Socrates
Aristotle
Homer
18
How many of the following ancient civilizations we studied were polytheistic?
2
4
1
3
19
Greece is found on the continent of...
Asia
Africa
North America
Europe
20
Council of 300 elders; Patrician men only
consuls
dictators
plebians
senate
21
Which is a type of government practiced in ancient Greece?
democracy
all answers are true
monarchy
oligarchy
22
Mesopotamia is currently...
Iran
Turkey
Italy
Iraq
23
The relationship between real size and the size on a map is
Equator
map grid
scale
elevation
24
A public official holding complete power in Rome who took over in times of emergency is a
dictator
patrician
tribune
plebian
25
Which is the religious temple of Sumer?
Mt. Olympus
The Valley of the Kings
The Great Pyramid
Ziggurat
26
Half of a sphere or half the earth
Equator
hemisphere
Prime Meridian
contour lines
27
Which had consuls, the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire?
The Empire
The Republic
28
All of the following are basic needs
except
shelter
food
water
friendship
29
True or False... Mesopotamia was monotheistic
False
True
30
What helped historians translate hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
papyrus
Book of the Dead
Ramses II
31
Mesopotamia is located on what continent?
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
32
A popular scientifically-supported theory of how humans started populating the earth is called the
The Punic War Theory
The Large-Brained Humans Theory
Out of Africa Theory
Sparta vs. Athens Theory
33
Important rivers in Mesopotamia were
The Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and The Nile
The Nile and The Tiber
Tigris and Tiber
34
All of the following made living in one place easier
except
for...
following the food
river valleys
domestication
surplus
35
Mesopotamia was nicknamed
The World's 1st Civilization
All answers are correct
The Land Between Two Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
36
True or False...Cuneiform is a system of writing using triangular shaped symbols
True
False
37
How did pharaohs know how to behave in the afterlife?
The Iliad
The Code of Laws
The Odyssey
The Book of the Dead
38
The first Olympic Games were held in
44BC
776 BC
146 BC
490BC
39
King Tut was remembered more as a ________________ than as a pharaoh.
boy
child
president
treasure
40
True or False Julius Caesar was killed during the Punic Wars
True
False
41
Many of the ancient civilizations we studied existed at the same time.
False
True
42
Which language helped scholars crack the code of hieroglyphics?
Greek
French
Portuguese
Latin
43
Which date is older, 1756 B.C. or 1755 B.C.?
1756 B.C.
1755 B.C.
44
Why were aqueducts important?
Because they helped the ducks swim
They brought fresh water to cities
They carried waste away from cities
Because ducks like to swim
45
Egypt was nicknamed...
The Fertile Crescent
The Gift of the Nile
Land between two rivers
The Land Before Time
46
Egypt is located on the following continent...
North America
Europe
Africa
Australia
47
Early humans who followed their food and owned only what they could carry were called...
Gods
Mesopotamians
Farmers
Hunter-Gatherers
48
True or False...Irrigation was the brick temples built in pyramid shapes
True
False
49
Who was Carthage's most successful general?
Hannibal
Alexander the Great
Ramses
Casear
50
Which were the people of the upper class 10% of Rome?
Tribunes
Plebeians
Patricians
Slaves
51
The female pharaoh who built Egypt's wealth and power through trade was
Lord Carnarvon
Carter
Ramses
Hatshepsut
52
True or False... Athens valued military strength and had a strong army
False
True
53
A government ruled by a King or Queen is
Tyranny
monarchy
democracy
an oligarchy
54
A written code of laws during Mesopotamian times was called
Cuneiform Code
Hammurabi's Code
Sumerian Code
Gilgamesh's Code
55
Which sea was central to trade in Egypt, Rome and Greece?
Mediterranean
Arabian
Yellow
Baltic
56
The Greek Gods lived...
in Sparta
in Athens
with Socrates
on Mt. Olympus
57
True or False...Pompeii was buried beneath ash after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
False
True
58
Which of the following is
NOT
one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization?
Trade
Religion
Government
Agriculture
59
Why were people finally able to specialize?
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
surplus
economy
farming
the culture
60
True or False...Greece was polytheistic
True
False
61
How did Sparta finally win the Peloponnesian War?
By training elephants
By fighting whales
With help from Persia
By sinking Athens' only ship
62
Which is not a Romance Language?
French
Italian
English
Romanian
63
Which would fall under the characteristic of written records?
delta
papyrus
tomb
pyramid
64
Rome's got its name...
from Julius Caesar
from the legend of Romulus and Remus
from the Punic Wars
from Hannibal
65
All of the following are gifts/legacies of Greece
except
for
Pantheon
mythology
philosophy
Olympics
