Variety 1
During the ______________, people followed animal herds for food and survival. They had _______home during this time and moved from place to place (nomads).
A Paleolithic/No permanent homes
B Neolithic/permanent homes
A Paleolithic Age/No permanent homes
_____________was Mesopotamia’s written language system and used for keeping records.
A Sanskrit B Cuneiform
Where were the Hanging Gardens supposedly located in Ancient Times?
A Babylon along the Euphrates River
B Byzantium along the Nile River
B Cuneiform
A Babylon along the Euphrates River
Because of the flow of the Nile River in Egypt, _____________was located in the North of the country and ____________was in the South where the mountains were located.
A Lower Egypt/Upper Egypt
B Carthage/Mount Olympus
A Lower Egypt/Upper Egypt
The Hebrews were descendants of __________. They settled in the_______________________.
A Sargon/Mesopotamia
B Abraham/Land of Canaan
B Abraham/Land of Canaan
The mountain range located to the North of the Indian subcontinent is the _______________where Mount Everest is located.
A the Alps B the Himalayas
B Himalayas
The Neolithic Age was called the _______________. People tamed animals for human use which was called ________________and learned to farm.
A Agricultural Revolution/Domestication
B Hunter-Gatherer Age/Phalanx
A Agricultural Revolution/Domestication
_______________was an Akkadian who conquered most of the middle East and created the world’s first Empire.
A Sargon B Nebuchadnezzar
What is an epic?
A story about a hero
B story about groups of animals
A Sargon
A story about a hero
The Nile River flowed from ____________to _______________because the mountains were located in the Southern part of the country.
A South to North B North to South
A South to North
The____________were great shipbuilders and inspired the English alphabet.
A Romans B Phoenicians
B Phoenicians
The Birthplace of Ancient India was the Indus River Valley. Two of the first cities in that region were __________________and __________________.
A Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro B Tyre and Marathon
The first Chinese Dynasty according to legend was the ________founded by Yu the Great.
A Xia B Zhou
A Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
A Xia
Farming allowed people to settle into __________. Two of the oldest permanent settlements were ___________and ______________.
A Permanent settlements/Jericho and Catalhuyuk
B Nomadic tribes/Rome and Mohenjo-Daro
A Permanent settlements/Jericho and Catalhuyuk
______________is considered as the world’s first written legal code with over 282 laws.
A the Code of Hammurabi B Justinian Code
A the Code of Hammurabi
_______________was one of the first female pharaohs of Egypt.
A Theodora B Hatshepsut
What body of water is located to the East of Egypt?
B Hatshepsut
Red Sea
___________made the capital of Israel the city of Jerusalem.
A King David B King Samuel
____________led the Israelites out of Egypt during the _________.
A Herod/Genesis B Moses/Exodus
A King David
B Moses/Exodus
___________was a trade route linking China to the Mediterranean region.
A Appian Way B Silk Road
_______________was the first emperor in China to unify the country.
A Ashoka B Qin Shi Huangdi
B Silk Road
B Qin Shi Huangdi
____________________is a Greek word meaning Land between the Rivers.
A Mesopotamia B Mohenjo-Daro
What were the 2 rivers?
A Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia had the________and______________Rivers.
Egypt had the longest river in the world called the _________.
A Huang He River and Yangtze River/Tiber River
B Tigris and Euphrates Rivers/Nile River
B Tigris and Euphrates Rivers/Nile River
The boy pharaoh of Egypt’s New Kingdom was called_____________.
A Sargon
B Tutankhamun (King Tut)
B Tutankhamun (King Tut)
______________ended the Babylonian captivity allowing the Jews to return to their homeland.
A Saul of Persia B Cyrus of Persia
The_______________are religious directives given to Moses at Sinai according to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).
A Code of Hammurabi B the Ten Commandments
B Cyrus of Persia
B the Ten Commandments
Greek foot soldiers (Infantry) were called_________. They usually fought in the shield formation called the ____________.
A Acropolis/Maritime B Hoplites/Phalanx
The city of Byzantium eventually was renamed ________________________after the Roman leader Constantine.
A Constantinople B Troy
B Hoplites/Phalanx
A Constantinople
In Mesopotamia, they built______________to honor their deities.
A Aqueducts B Ziggurats
The______________was a temple in Athens built to honor the Greek goddess Athena.
A Pantheon B Parthenon
Who was the son of Philip of Macedonia?
A Alexander B Pericles
Who was considered the Father of Geometry in ancient times?
A Euclid B Pythagoras
B Ziggurats
B Parthenon
A Alexander
A Euclid
Northern River of Mesopotamia
Southern River of Mesopotamia
Both rivers flowed into the _______________
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Ancient Egypt worshiped many deities which was called_______________.
A Polytheism B Monotheism
What mountain range is located to the East of Mesopotamia?
A Polytheism
Zagros Mountains
The Persians are famous for building roads for trade. The most famous Persian Road was called the ______________________________________.
A the Royal Road B the Appian Way
What Mountain Range is located between the Black and Caspian Sea?
A the Royal Road
Caucasus Mountains
___________was considered the strongest military Greek city-state. Mothers of this state taught their boys to win in battle and never surrender. (Victory or Death) A Sparta B Athens
The Birthplace of Democracy was _________.
A Sparta B Athens
Where were the Minoans from originally?
A Crete B Cyprus
A Sparta
B Athens
A Crete