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Ancient Civilizations Final Study Quiz
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1
How did the government of the Roman Empire distract the masses?
Free entertainment
Olympics
wine
Jury duty
2
Who invented the alphabet?
The Egyptians
The Minoans
The Mesopotamians
Phoenicians
3
What did the emperor do when Rome became too large to manage?
Split in three parts
Banana split
Split into North and South
Split into East and West
4
What are the dry grasslands north of the Caucasus Mountains?
Anatolia
The Steppes
Persia
The Stairs
5
What type of religion was practiced in ancient Greece?
Monotheism
Christianity
Polytheism
Polygon
6
When did the invention of tools, mastery of fire and development of language occur?
The Iron Age
The Bronze Age
The Old Stone Age
The Neolithic Age
7
What is a triumvirate?
A war fought by three people
Power divided by three
Power divided in half
Three nations in an empire
8
Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt?
Moses
Abraham
Jesus
King David
9
What two major river systems run through China?
Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow and Ying
Yellow and Yangtze
Yin and Yang
10
Who ended the ancient Olympic Games?
Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus
Pontius Pilate
The Roman Emperor Theodosius
11
What was King Tut best known for?
Being a great warrior
Being the youngest king ever
A solid gold pyramid
A solid gold death mask
12
What is a mercenary?
Loyal soldiers
A displaced king
Someone who shows mercy
Soldier for hire
13
Who was supposed to be a great king and was isolated by his father?
Prince Siddhartha
Prince Charming
Alexander the Great
Prince Paris of Troy
14
What were the major exports of Rome?
Olives and wine
Wine and pottery
Olives and purple dye
Wine and cheese
15
What is polytheism?
The belief in many gods
Belief in one god
Belief in no gods
Belief in no more than 20 gods
16
What title did Julius Caesar obtain before his death?
Senator
Dictator
Emperor
Dictator for life
17
Who founded the city of Rome?
Roman and Remus
Zeus
Julius Caesar
Romulus and Remus
18
What invention did the Chinese get from contact with western culture?
The sail
The Chariot
The table
The wheel
19
When a prehistoric woman scattered seeds that grew, what was this the beginning of?
The Paleolithic Revolution
The Jurassic Revolution
The Prehistoric Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution
20
Why did the population of the Roman Empire decline?
Disease and new religions
Food shortages and invasion
Disease and dirt
Food shortages and disease
21
Which was the first hominid to migrate out of Africa?
Homo Erectus
Neolithic man
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapien
22
What is a half-man-half-bull monster that lives in a labyrinth?
A titan
A cyclopes
A minotaur
Gilgamesh
23
Why were the ancient Olympic Games originally held?
As a harvest festival
As a training exercise
As a religious festival
As away to settle disputes
24
What did the Nile River do each July?
It flooded
It turned red
It filled with frogs
It receded
25
Who was stabbed on the Senate floor by his former friends?
Marc Antony
Caligula
Caesar Augustus
Julius Caesar
26
Why did the Germanic tribes invade the Roman Empire?
Attacks from Gaul
They wanted to live on the coast
They needed grain
Pressure from the Huns
27
The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers frame which ancient civilization?
Egypt
Assyria
Mesopotamia
China
28
What river is Rome built along?
The Tigris
The Tiber
The Nile
The Rine
29
What is it called when several formerly independent states come together under one ruler?
A dynasty
A republic
A federation
An empire
30
What is a diaspora?
A civil war
A waterfall
the dispersion of people from their homeland
the return of people to their homeland
31
What is a series of rulers from a single family called?
A dynasty
An empire
A theocracy
A kingdome
32
Where were the ancient Olympic games held?
Mount Olympus
Sparta
Athens
Olympia
33
What is a war between the citizens of the same country?
A political war
A proxy war
A revolutionary war
A civil war
34
Which of these was not a way that Christianity spread through the empire?
Newspapers
Common language
Travel
Trade
35
What architectural feature did the Romans adopt from the Etruscans?
The alphabet
The window
The arch
The bridge
36
Who ruled Egypt during the time of the Roman Republic?
Octavia
Cleopatra
Helen
Caesar
37
What was the system of writing invented by scribes in the ancient world?
Scribbles
Cuneiform
Cute form
numerals
38
What did the athletes wear during the ancient Olympics?
Hats
Nothing
Loin cloths
Togas
39
Which of these are not a factor that led to the fall of Rome?
Bad economy
th spread of Christianity
Invasion
stretched too thin
40
The right to rule according to divine right?
Mandate of Heaven
Emipre
Holy Rule
Dynasty
41
When you tame an animal, what is the process called?
Domestication
Farming
Herding
Calming
42
Who were the untouchables in Aryan society?
The priests
All the non-Aryans
The poor
Laborers that were outside the case system
43
What did the Emperor Constantine do for Christianity?
He preached about it
He outlawed it
He fought a war over it
He made it legal
44
Why did the Phoenicians build wide ships with round bottoms?
To create cargo space
To keep from tipping over
To live in
To move faster
45
What language group influenced the languages of half the world's population?
The Aryans
The Celts
The Greeks
The Indo-Europeans
46
Who was allowed to vote in ancient Rome?
Only plebeians
All males
All free born citizens
All free born male citizens
47
What was Sparta's main focus as a city-state?
Strong government
Strong military
Strong economy
Strong walls
48
What two major inventions allowed traders to move goods over longer distances?
The wagon and the sled
The sail and the boat
The wheel and the sail
The wheel and the cart
49
What are the good and bad deeds that determine what you are reincarnated as?
Karma
Enlightenment
Nirvana
Moksha
50
Where is the Mythical home of the Greek gods?
Mount Olympus
Olympia
Mount Sinai
Mount Zeus
51
Why was Jesus put to death?
He was a Christian
He was Jewish
He deified the authority of Rome
He tried to take over Rome
52
What Phoenician export could only royalty afford?
Purple dye from snails
Purple clothes
The alphabet
Gold bars
53
What was the very first Olympic event?
Horse racing
Running
Skiing
Wrestling
54
During what age did people melt copper and tin together to create bronze?
The Bronze Age
The Stone Age
The Neolithic Age
The Iron Age
55
What gave us the ability to translate hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
Egyptian scholars
The Rose Garden
The Greek Stone
56
Why is it a challenge for scientists to study prehistoric people?
Their handwriting was too bad
we can't understand the language
Their alphabet is weird
No written language/records
57
Who was the goddess of victory?
Athena
Aphrodite
Nike
Hera
58
Where do we find historical evidence of Jesus?
The Torah
The New Testament
The Old Testament
Church
59
What is a professional record keeper?
Nomad
Scribe
Artisan
Squib
60
How did the Trojan War end?
With an attack by sea
With a bomb
With a catapult
With a wooden horse
61
According to Herodotus, what is the
first
thing they did when mummifying a body?
Drain all the blood
Spray it with perfume
Pack with salt
Pull the brain out through the nose
62
How did the Trojan War start?
The kidnapping of Prince Paris
A trade dispute
A grudge against Sparta
The kidnapping of Queen Helen
63
What is a ruler who has supreme power?
A dictator
An emperor
A president
A King
64
What ancient civilization still thrives today?
Iraq
China
Egyptian Empire
Mesopotamia
65
When you move from one place to another it is called:
Migration
Translation
Trading
Vacation
66
How were systems of writing, ways of government and religious practices spread throughout the Mediterranean?
Through long distance phone calls
Through war
Through trade routes
Through letters
67
What happened to the population during the Neolithic Revolution?
It decreased rapidly
More people died.
Less people died
It increased rapidly
68
What is the
Pax Romana?
Roman power
Roman Peace
Peace of mind
The fall of the Roman Empire
69
Where is modern-day Gaul?
France
England
Spain
Germany
70
People who move constantly in search of food and resources are called...
Nowheres
Weirdos
Nomads
Movers
