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An #ancientcivilizations #history #Quiz reviewing #bigideas
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Making the circlet and wig of Senebtisi required materials traded from
Kush
Europe
Uruk
Palenque
2
People destroy ancient ruins because
people are awful
they're afraid, greedy, or feel powerless
they're horrible people
aliens
3
Ships equipped with rudders and compasses allowed the Chinese to
trade with India and Africa
take over Rome
keep out foreigners
escape enemies
4
This man's bones, found in Shanidar cave, showed him to be a relative of modern humans called
Homo sapiens sapiens
Australopithecus boiseii
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
5
Taming animals and raising them for human purposes is called
domestication
pettifying
devouring
hunting
6
One of the most valuable trade goods in the ancient world was
coca
quartz
salt
sugar
7
This improved plow, invented in China, helps farmers
prepare fields quicker
train oxen easier
carry heavier loads
harvest rice
8
Almost every ancient civilization seems to have had
queens who rule over their husbands
arrows, armor, and painted statues
war, slavery, and inequality
writing, paper, and money
9
The games played at the Colosseum helped to
all of these are correct answers
entertain and distract the poor
show off the power of the wealthy
punish and terrify criminals
10
The first tools made by ancient humans were made from
pottery and glass
copper, bronze, and iron
wood, leather, stone, and bone
yo mama
11
This tall, black engraved stone is important because it contains
the oldest Biblical text in the world
the first written, public code of laws in the world
the first story ever written down
the first proof of an alphabet
12
These pyramids are in
Egypt
Kush
God of War
Las Vegas
13
The tablet pictured, known as the Rosetta Stone, helped archaeologists to
figure out how the pyramids were built
prove aliens had visited the Earth
decipher hieroglyphics
find Tutankhamun's tomb
14
The independent invention shown here was never used for anything but toys because
it was impractical there
they weren't as smart as the people in Eurasia
there weren't ways to make roads
it never occurred to them
15
Alexander 'the Great' of Macedonia is best known for
taming his horse, Bucephalus
spreading his teacher's Greek culture
his jerk of a father, Phillip
his murderous mother
16
Greek sculpture and other arts
were the work of amateurs
heavily influenced European arts for hundreds of years
had no effect on later arts
were only for the most wealthy
17
Julius Caesar was Rome's first
star soccer player
murderous senator
king
dictator for life
18
Greek mythology teaches us that ancient Greeks believed their gods were
perfect in every way
the spirits of dead rulers
aliens
just like superpowered humans
19
Akhenaten, the pharaoh pictured here, was nearly wiped from history for his
love for wars
affair with Nefertiti
deformities and ill health
monotheistic religion
20
The spiritual leader, Siddhartha Gautama, became known later as
the Buddha
Jesus
Mahatma
Krishna
21
Domesticating grains allowed people to
grow more than they needed for trade
store food year-round so they don't have to move
all of these responses are correct
become specialized workers who don't farm at all
22
This artifact shows three Chinese inventions, writing, ink, and
parchment
paint
paper
papyrus
23
Archaeologists must always ________ as they work, so that no information is lost.
videotape everything
work alone
record things as they go
only use tiny tools
24
Possibly the most famous human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, includes a skeleton called
Lucy
Shalyssa
Eleanor Rigby
Roxanne
25
The first form of writing in the world was called
cuneiform
heiroglyphs
codices
characters
26
Official citizenship in the ancient world
didn't apply to all men
all of these answers are correct
didn't apply to everyone born in a city-state
didn't apply to all adults
27
Pyramids existing in the Americas and in Africa proves
that Oscar is a time traveler (shhh)
the Egyptians taught the Chavin to build pyramids
aliens - it's always aliens
that humans like to build artificial mountains
28
This is one of several American crops now eaten worldwide:
potatoes, corn, chilies, peanuts, chocolate, and tomatoes
potatoes, figs, oranges, and lemons
potatoes, corn, chilies, and cinnamon
potatoes, rice, apples, and pomegranates
29
Seal stones were used in the ancient world the way we use
cell phones
photo ID
credit cards
pens and pencils
30
Knowledge of the past can help us
recognize patterns
make a better future
all of these answers are correct
solve current problems
31
The terracotta army is evidence of
the importance of the military in China
aliens
the difference in status between rulers and average people
metalwork in ancient China
32
Ancient cities all over the world
lasted only a little while until the Europeans took over
shared many things in common
weren't very big until recently
were all built very differently
33
This city doesn't have gutters in the alleys, because
people had to clean the roads as punishment
the drain lines are under the streets
they just let the muck sit until it rained
it never rained there
34
What are these bone artifacts?
stamps
beads
oracle bones
dice
35
Hannibal famously attacked Rome with elephants which had to climb the Alps to get there from
Delhi
Carthage
Athens
Aksum
36
Ur was one of the world's first
farms
kings
nations
cities
37
This picture shows how much
domestication and selective breeding changed corn
better corn is than teosinte
genetic modification could improve crops
fertilizer improves crops
38
This plant is one of many varieties of an important staple around the ancient world: the
apple
potato
olive
bean
39
While many things changed, all ancient civilizations seem to have had
farming, alcohol, and sports
trade, specialized workers, and art
inequality, slavery, and war
cows, horses, and pyramids
40
Gladiators were famous, popular, and mostly
slaves
owned by the Emperor
wealthy
foreigners