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- 1. Multiple Choice
At the Olympics which god did the Greeks honor?
Apollo
Athena
Hera
Zeus
- 2. Multiple Choice
Pericles was famous for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
he was wise and intelligent
kept Athens powerful with their strong navy
he was ruler of Athens for a long time
he defeated the Persians in a major battle
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Greeks helped establish or start all of the following EXCEPT:
sculpture
painting
theater
philosophy
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the wars between Sparta and Athens?
Trojan War
Persian War
Peloponnesian War
Delian War
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did Alexander do at the famous Gordian Knot?
Untied it
Burned it
Cut it with his sword
Ignored it
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the city in Egypt that Alexander founded? It is also the rumored location of his tomb.
Cairo
Memphis
Bucephalia
Alexandria
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to Gombrich what is one of the best things Alexander did?
Built libraries that preserved Greek writings and knowledge
Conquered Egypt
Sailed to Carthage
Tamed his horse
- 8. Multiple Choice
Hieroglyphics are
other names for the tombs and pyramids in Ancient Egypt
the written language of Ancient Egypt
the collective name for the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt
a kind of religious pottery and jewelry used in special Egyptian ceremonies
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the Rosetta Stone?
an important tomb marker
a stone that helped us understand the language of hieroglyphics
an obelisk telling of an important religious ceremony
a stone that tells the story of the origins of Ancient Egypt
- 10. Multiple Choice
Ancient Mesopotamia is centered on which modern country?
Turkey
Egypt
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is cuneiform?
an old Babylonian ritual
a system of writing using wedge-like shapes
the name of leaders in Assyria
a valuable product that was traded with China
- 12. Multiple Choice
What important foundations did the Mesopotamians give us about time?
they made the first clock
they discovered that the day begins when the sun rises
they established January 1st as New Years
they created the 7-day week
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was Hammurabi's code?
an ancient religious text
a map of the ancient world
one of the oldest law books of the world
instructions on how to build cities and pyramids
- 14. Multiple Choice
Select the TWO large kingdoms/empires the Jews were located between
Babylon
Roman
Han
Egyptian
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was different about Jewish religion from neighboring religions?
they worshiped mainly the sea, instead of the Sun or fire
they worshiped only one god instead of many
they worshiped their king as a god
they worshiped the stars but not the sun
- 16. Multiple Choice
I am an ancient Greek poet who is credited with creating the stories of Troy, the Odyssey and the Iliad.
Schliemann
Achilles
Paris
Homer
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Ionians created which city?
Memphis
Athens
Tyre
Sparta
- 18. Multiple Choice
The Kush kingdom was located along which major river?
Indus
Tigris
Amazon
Nile
- 19. Multiple Choice
True or False: The people of Kush and Meroe developed their own system of writing based on sounds and syllables.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
SELECT TWO: Which two civilizations below likely grew out of the Olmec civilization?
Incas
Maya
Aztec
Mauryan
- 21. Multiple Choice
Harappa is part of an ancient civilization in modern-day Pakistan along which major river?
Mississippi
Indus
Yellow
Ganges
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is special about Greek, Latin and Sanskrit languages?
they are all different with different origins
they share many key words, so they came from the same parent language
they are all based on the same alphabet
they are all used in Ancient India
- 23. Multiple Choice
True or False: Ancient China used its own style of writing
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
This image is from which of the civilizations we studied this week?
Kush
Indus Valley
Olmec
Zhou
- 25. Multiple Choice
What did Confucius believe?
He believed in ancient customs, and encouraged people to follow them
He believed in one god
He believed in a matriarchy
He believed he was a prophet predicted by the Bible
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is the sacred text of Hinduism?
Vedas ("Vedic scripts")
Qur'an ("Koran" in Gombrich)
Bible
Torah
Mahayana Sutras
- 27. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the place where Muhammad was born and where pilgrims still go yearly today?
Damascus
Mecca
Jerusalem
Medina
- 28. Multiple Choice
True/false: Islamic art and architecture features human-like figures?
True
False
- 29. Multiple Choice
The biblical Jesus, described in the Gospels as
the son of a carpenter, was a Jew and a champion of the underdog
a wealthy prince
a doctor who healed
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