Trivia Quiz on Ancient Civilizations

1. In mythology, who was the wife of Jupiter

A) Hera

B) Juno

C) Minerva

D) Venus

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2. Which capital city is built on the site of ancient Tenochtitlan

A) Lima

B) Mexico city

C) Guatemala City

D) Madrid

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3. In what country is the worlds largest pyramid

A) Egypt - Great Pyramid of Giza

B) Mexico - Pyramid of the Sun

C) Peru - Huaca Pucllana

D) Mexico - Quetzalcoatl

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4. The name Europe comes from where

A) Roman mythology

B) Arabic folklore

C) Celtic legends

D) Greek Mythology

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5. Ixchel is the mayan goddess of ______

A) Earth and moon

B) the underworld

C) rain and storms

D) war and hunting

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6. What wonder stood 32m high in rhodes harbour

A) Lighthouse of Alexandria

B) Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

C) Great Pyramid of Giza

D) Colossus of Rhodes

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7. Who were the first people to measure the year

A) Sumerians

B) Egyptians

C) Babylonians

D) Greeks

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8. Copper gets its name from which Mediterranean country

A) Greece

B) Egypt

C) Turkey

D) Cyprus where it was first found

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9. What is a pharaoh

A) A god worshipped in ancient Greece

B) A type of ancient Egyptian jewelry

C) Queen of egypt

D) King of egypt

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10. What does the name Mesopotamia mean

A) Between two Seas

B) Between two Rivers

C) Land of the River Gods

D) Between River and Desert

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11. In what country did the Sabines live

A) Italy

B) Greece

C) France

D) Spain

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12. In ancient Assyria and Babylonia, a tower in the shape of a stepped pyramide. It formed the base of a temple.

A) Ziggurat

B) Pyramid

C) Mastaba

D) Stupa

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13. The Aztecs Ayecotl is a forerunner of what current food

A) Chickpeas

B) Soybeans

C) Haricot Beans

D) Lentils

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14. The former ancient region of Numidia lies mostly in which modern day country?

A) Tunisia

B) Libya

C) Morocco

D) Algeria

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15. In which country did draughts (checkers) originate

A) China

B) France

C) Mesopotamia

D) Egypt

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16. In which country did the study of geometry originate

A) Greece

B) Babylon

C) Egypt

D) India

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17. One of the earliest centers of urban civilization, in the area of modern Iraq and eastern Syria between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

A) Sumer

B) Mesopotamia

C) Babylonia

D) Assyria

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18. Upon which river did Babylon stand

A) Nile

B) Tigris

C) Jordan

D) Euphrates

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19. Where was atahualpa king

A) Colombia

B) Bolivia

C) Peru

D) Ecuador

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20. Which ethnic group of people lived in the biblical city of Nineveh before it was sacked in 612 B.C.

A) Babylonians

B) Chaldeans

C) Assyrians

D) Sumerians

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21. Where was coinage invented

A) Egypt

B) China

C) Greece

D) Lydia

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22. Located in the Indian Ocean just north of the equator, __________ had a highly developed civilization as early as the fifth century B.C.

A) India

B) Madagascar

C) Maldives

D) Sri Lanka

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23. On which river was Rome built ?

A) Nile

B) Tiber

C) Danube

D) Po

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24. Cattle branding was practiced 4,000 years ago. Old tomb paintings show __________ branding their fat, spotted cattle.

A) Sumerians

B) Egyptians

C) Babylonians

D) Romans

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25. This ancient attempt to transmute base metals into gold was called ________.

A) Alchemy

B) Transmutation

C) Chrysopoeia

D) Philosopher's Stone

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26. What age preceded the Iron Age?

A) The Stone Age

B) The Copper Age

C) The Bronze Age

D) The Medieval Period

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27. What age preceded the Iron Age

A) The Stone Age

B) The Copper Age

C) The Iron Age

D) The bronze age

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28. Which ancient continent is said to be submerged

A) Lemuria

B) Mu

C) Hyperborea

D) Atlantis

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29. Which ancient continent is said to be submerged?

A) Lemuria

B) Atlantis

C) Mu

D) Hyperborea

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