What do you know about ancient civilizations?

Question 1

Which of these is NOT a system?

Accepted Answer

division of labor

Question 2

In which three continents did ancient Rome hold territory?

Accepted Answer

Asia/Africa/Europe

Question 3

What helped ancient civilizations organize their worlds and allowed people to live in groups?

Accepted Answer

systems

Question 4

What is a scribe's job?

Accepted Answer

To write for the king.

Question 5

What civilization invented the first written language?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians in Mesopotamia

Question 6

What is a surplus?

Accepted Answer

Having more than you need.

Question 7

About when did the ancient Egyptian civilization develop?

Accepted Answer

Around 3100-3000 BCE (BC)

Question 8

Where did civilizations begin?

Accepted Answer

near rivers and river valleys

Question 9

What does an egalitarian society look like?

Accepted Answer

Everyone is considered important and able to contribute.

Question 10

Where are these famous (and mysterious) heads located?

Accepted Answer

Easter Island

Question 11

In what present day country was Mesopotamia located?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 12

What shape best represents a society's hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

a triangle

Question 13

What was used for writing in ancient China before paper was invented?

Accepted Answer

bamboo strips

Question 14

After the emperor, the two most respected social groups in ancient China were what?

Accepted Answer

scholars and peasant farmers

Question 15

What two key inventions are credited to ancient China?

Accepted Answer

gunpowder and paper

Question 16

About where did ancient China develop?

Accepted Answer

In the Yellow River valley/East Asia

Question 17

Which group is considered the first known human civilization?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 18

About where did Mesopotamia develop?

Accepted Answer

In the Tigris/Euphrates valley/Iraq & Syria

Question 19

What is the ancient Khmer's (now Cambodia) temple complex called?

Accepted Answer

Angkor Wat

Question 20

The Greeks invented what toy, which is one of the oldest in history?

Accepted Answer

the yo-yo

Question 21

About where did ancient India develop?

Accepted Answer

In the Indus valley/Central Asia

Question 22

What did the Aztecs use as currency (money)?

Accepted Answer

cacao (cocoa) beans

Question 23

Which one of these is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

Accepted Answer

very different religions

Question 24

What was the ancient writing of the Egyptians called?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 25

The Mayan civilization spanned what two continents?

Accepted Answer

North and South America

Question 26

What famous building, still standing today, was the scene of gladiator battles in ancient Rome?

Accepted Answer

the Colosseum

Question 27

What is the most likely cause of the downfall of the Maya and Inca empires?

Accepted Answer

famine (lack of food)

Question 28

Which ancient civilization introduced "chocolate" to European culture?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 29

Which list describes domesticated animals?

Accepted Answer

Horses, bees, llamas

Question 30

What was the first written language called?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 31

What discovery allowed archaeologists and scholars to interpret the Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

Rosetta Stone

Question 32

How was a nomad different from a sendentery person?

Accepted Answer

Nomads moved around from place to place.

Question 33

Which of these is NOT a system?

Accepted Answer

unique art/architecture

Question 34

How did a Mesopotamian participate in economic activities?

Accepted Answer

by using an item's weight to buy and sell

Question 35

What was the first set of laws - ones which were written down - called?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 36

What group took over the Greeks, copying nearly everything from Greece in their new culture?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Rome

Question 37

This picture best represents what?

Accepted Answer

a hamlet

Question 38

About when did the ancient Indus River Valley civilization begin?

Accepted Answer

2800-2700 BCE (BC)

Question 39

Which school subjects did ancient India invent and spread to the world?

Accepted Answer

trigonometry, calculus, and algebra

Question 40

What made people begin "civilization"?

Accepted Answer

farming and extra food

Question 41

About where did ancient Greece develop?

Accepted Answer

Near the Mediterranean Sea/Europe

Question 42

Which game was created in ancient India?

Accepted Answer

chess

Question 43

What is needed for a city to grow?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 44

What two sport words in use today started in ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

marathon and Olympics

Question 45

Which meditation strategy was invented and widely practiced in ancient India?

Accepted Answer

yoga

Question 46

This picture best represents what?

Accepted Answer

a metropolis

Question 47

About where did the Maya civilization develop?

Accepted Answer

Near southern Mexico/Central America

Question 48

What is irrigation?

Accepted Answer

To bring water from one place to another

Question 49

What were the pyramids of ancient Egypt used for?

Accepted Answer

to bury Pharaohs

Question 50

About where did ancient Egypt develop?

Accepted Answer

Near the Nile River valley/Africa

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