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