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This quiz is covering Ancient History and Civliatations
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Which was not an early Mesopotamian civilization?
Assyria
Akkad
Babylon
Persia
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Rosetta Stone
Rome
Greece
Mesopotamia
Egypt
3
Located along Nile River
Egypt
India
China
Mesopotamia
4
Built Ziggurats
India
Mesopotamia
Greece
Egypt
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What is the difference between prehistory and ancient history
Ancient history is anything B.C.
Anything after fall of Rome
Written record of ancient history but not prehistory
prehistory is anything B.C.
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What does Anno Domini mean?
In the year of our Lord
In the year Jesus was born
In the year Jesus died
none of these
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Why is the Fertile Cresent important?
Location of first human community
Location birth of Judaism
Site of 7 wonders of the world
Location of first civilizations
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Hammurabi's Code
Mesopotamia
Greece
Egypt
China
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In the ancient world, political divisions between areas were called
states
cities
empires
city-states
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Between which rivers is the Fertile Cresent located?
Nile and Euphrates
The Yellow and Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Nile
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How many years ago is 1750 B.C. if the current year is 2015?
1750
258
2015
3765
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What language is Anno Domini written in?
Sumerian
Latin
Greek
Roman
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Where is the Fertile Cresent?
The Middle East
Asia
Africa
North America
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Ancient Writing Calligraphy
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
India
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Located in the Fertile Crescent
China
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
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Ancient history is defined as
prehistory
written records
anything before 1900
The study of ancient Egypt and Rome
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Why is the B.C. andA.D. dating system controversial?
not everyone is a Christian
No one can agree on dates
No one reads latin
Not everyone practices Judaism
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What does B.C. mean?
Before Carthage
Before Cable
Before Christ
before Caesar
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between two rivers
land of the ancient ones
land of the first peoples
land along the river
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What does the abbreviation A.D. stand for?
Anno Domini
after dark
after dead
Agustus Domini
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Which of the following is a component of a civilization?
the use of fire
a written language
living in a community
hunting in groups
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What was the first form of writing called?
hieroglyphs
scribist
Sanskrit
cuneiform
