Ancient Civilizations Quiz

Question 1

He was a Mongol leader that conquered China.

Accepted Answer

Kublai Kahn

Question 2

Name the Chinese philosopher whose writings are still followed in China today.

Accepted Answer

Confucious

Question 3

The oldest story is about a king named Gilgamesh. According to legend where is he from?

Accepted Answer

Urk

Question 4

The Aryans shared the same beliefs, but each tribe was ruled by a different chief called a

Accepted Answer

Rajah

Question 5

Before the Greeks there was this group of bull-leaping people.

Accepted Answer

Minoans

Question 6

The Minoans had a legend of a half-man / half-bull creature. What is the name of this beast?

Accepted Answer

Minotaur

Question 7

What empire tried to take over Greece twice, and failed due to the Greeks kicking some butt!

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 8

The Greeks participated in the Olympics and held them in honor for which main god?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 9

Name the Chinese Dynasty that united all of China and came just before the HAN Dynasty.

Accepted Answer

Qin

Question 10

What word best describes the word dhamra?

Accepted Answer

duty

Question 11

The Aryans were supposedly from the area around which two seas?

Accepted Answer

Black & Caspian

Question 12

Which dynasty established a very efficient Civili Servant program in government?

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 13

What were the name of the people that developed along the Indus River Valley?

Accepted Answer

Aryans

Question 14

The Aryans are responsible for creating which religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 15

Gilgamesh had a quest to find immortality. What animal took away a magic plant from him?

Accepted Answer

Snake

Question 16

What European adventurer wrote in detail the splendor of China?

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Question 17

The Belief in many gods is called

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 18

Which Macedonian spread Greek culture throughout his empire?

Accepted Answer

Alexander

Question 19

Sun Tzu's famous book is called....

Accepted Answer

The Art of War

Question 20

Aryan oral stories were written down in the "Books of Knowledge" called....

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 21

Which Chinese dynasty established the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 22

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle were all philosophers from which Greek city-state?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 23

The Great Wall of China was built to keep out what?

Accepted Answer

The Mongols

Question 24

Ancient Sumerian writing that looked like wedge shapes in clay is known as

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 25

What was the highest Varna in Aryan society?

Accepted Answer

Brahmans

Question 26

The Social Class system (Caste System) created by the Aryans had different classes called....

Accepted Answer

Varnas

Question 27

Aryan wealth was based on how much ______?____ you possess.

Accepted Answer

Cattle

Question 28

Which dynasty came directly after the Qin dynasty and ruled for about 400 years?

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 29

Who conquered the Greece after their civil war (Peloponnesian War)?

Accepted Answer

Macdeonians, Chuck Norris

Question 30

The Qin emperor built what type of army to accompany him in the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

Terracotta Army

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