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The ANCIENT WORLD final challenge
4
How many hemispheres are
there in the world?
Q1
Historian, Archeologists and Geographer
What are the three types of social scientists?
Q2
Geographer
Which social scientists
would be interested in river valleys?
Q3
Archeologist
Which social scientist would be
interested in a dagger?
Q4
Geographer
Which social scientist
would be interested in a map?
Q5
Historian
Which social scientist
would be interested in a scroll?
Q6
Writing did not exist. (prehistoric)
Why would a social scientist
not find any writing during the Stone Age?
Q7
Paleolithic and Neolithic
What are the two parts of the Stone Age?
Q8
Paleolithic
What word means old stone age?
Q9
New Stone Age
What does Neolithic mean?
Q10
the use of stone for tools
What discovery started the Stone Age?
Q11
the use of stone tools
What discovery started the Paleolithic Age?
Q12
the discovery of farming
What discovery ended the Paleolithic Age?
Q13
agriculture
What term refers to the business of farming?
Q14
the discovery of metal
What discovery ended the Neolithic Age?
Q15
the discovery of metal
What discovery ended the Stone Age?
Q16
domesticate
What terms means to train a
wild animal to be useful to humans?
Q17
they hunted and gathered food
How did the earliest humans
get enough food to survive?
Q18
stable food supply
When agriculture was discovered,
which of the five features
was first to develop?
Q19
specialization of labor
When people had a stable food supply,
what was the next feature to be developed?
Q20
trade
Because people had different jobs,
what were they able to do with
their surplus of goods?
Q21
Mesopotamia
What word means
the land between two rivers?
Q22
Sumer
The first cities started to developed
in the southern part of Mesopotamia.
What was this area called?
Q23
a city state
An area that had their own ruler
and their own farmland was called what?
Q24
moats and walls
Name two defense systems
city-states used to
defend themselves against enemies?
Q25
the irrigation systems
What new invention
allowed the people of Sumer to
grown enough food for it’s people?
Q26
food shortage
What was the first problem
the people of Mesopotamia faced in the hills?
Q27
uncontrolled water supply
When the people of Mesopotamia moved from
the hills to the river plains,
what problem did they face?
Q28
attacks by neighboring villages
Once Sumerians built an irrigation system
and agreed to maintain it,
what was the last problem they faced?
Q29
social levels
In order for a society to be
considered a civilization,
It must meet five features.
Which feature is missing….
Highly developed culture
system of government
specialization of labor
stable food supply
Q30
system of government, social levels, and specialization of labor
Which feature(s) would include
a pharaoh, vizier, and scribe?
Q31
Highly developed culture - writing
Which feature would cuneiform be found?
Q32
Neo-Babylonian
There were four empires found in Mesopotamia.
Which one is missing:
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian
Q33
being the worlds first empire
What was the Akkadian empire
most known for?
Q34
Bablyonian
Which of the empires of Mesopotamia
developed the first code of laws?
Q35
Assyrian
Which of the empires
were known for their
military strategy and ruthlessness?
Q36
Neo-Babylonian
Which of the empires was known for
the Hanging Gardens?
Q37
prehistoric
What is the word that means
“before written history?”
Q38
artifact
What is a manmade object called?
Q39
civilization
A complex society has five features.
What is another name for a complex society?
Q40
they had to work together / grew into towns
What was the effect of many
Sumerian villages
using the same irrigation system?
Q41
Ancient Greece
Which civilization we studied
got their food supply mostly through trade?
Q42
one has a leader/emperor, larger area of land is covered
Name one major difference between
a city-state and an empire?
Q43
The Nile River
What was the most important
physical feature of Egypt?
Be specific when naming this physical feature.
Q44
protection from invaders
What is a possible benefit of living
near a desert or a mountain range?
Q45
vegetation
What environmental factor includes plants?
Q46
topography
Which environmental factor includes
river plains and mountains?
Q47
peninsula
What geographical feature
is surrounded by water on 3 sides?
Q48
vegetation
Papyrus would fit under
which environmental factor?
Q49
water
Out of the three environmental factors,
which was the MOST important
to early civilizations?
Q50
Mediterranean Sea
What body of water
did the Nile River empty into?
Q51
The Red Sea
What body of water is found east of Egypt?
Q52
Nile is fresh water, seas are salty
What is a major difference between
the Nile River and the other seas
surrounding Egypt?
Q53
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the names of
the two rivers the Mesopotamians
used for irrigation?
Q54
Age of Pyramids
What was the nickname
of the Old Kingdom in Egypt?
Q55
it followed years of chaos when no one was in charge
Why was the Middle Kingdom in Egypt
nicknamed the “Period of Reunification?”
Q56
A Golden Age
The New Kingdom was known for
being a time of peace and wealth.
What else can this time period be called?
Q57
Ramses
Which of the four Egyptian pharaohs we studied is missing?
Senusret I
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Q58
Senuesret I and Hatshepsut
Which two pharaohs ruled during
the Period of Reunification?
Q59
Obelisk
What thin, tall monument
could be find outside of
Hatshepsut’s temple?
Hint: looks like the Washington Monument
Q60
Khufu
Which Egyptian pharaoh was known for
building the Great Pyramid?
Q61
to bury himself and his family
Why did Khufu build the Great Pyramid?
Q62
first woman pharaoh / expedition to Punt
Name two things Hatshepsut was known for:
Q63
Senusret I
Which pharaoh was known
for his religious architecture,
such as the White Chapel?
Q64
Ramses
Which pharaoh made a peace treaty
with the Hittites and
was known for having 100 wives?
Q65
artisan
What’s another word for a craftsperson?
Q66
peasants
A person who does farm work
for wealthy landowners were called this.
Q67
vizier
Besides the pharaoh, the highest ranking
Egyptian government official is called this.
Q68
the chief treasurer
There were three important
government officials
the vizier
the general of the armies
and whom
(hint: he collected taxes)?
Q69
banquets
What was a main leisure activity
for the high government officials in Egypt?
Q70
embalm
What word means “to
treat a dead body with preservatives
to prevent it from decaying?”
Q71
priests
In Egypt, who advised the pharaoh,
oversaw religious activities and
were responsible for embalming individuals?
Q72
sarcophagus
What was the name
given to an Egyptian coffin?
Q73
to become a scribe
What was the only way to
move up the social pyramid in Egypt?
Q74
because they were the record keepers
Why were the scribes
more important than the artisans in Egypt?
Q75
work on projects for the pharaohs
During the flooding season,
what did the farmers do in ancient Egypt?
Q76
famine
What word means a severe shortage of food?
Q77
extra food/crops
What did farmers use to pay taxes?
Q78
Ziggurat
What was the name of the temple
where the Sumerians believed the gods lived?
Q79
Peloponnesus
Sparta was located on a plain
between the mountains and the sea
in which part of Greece?
Name of the area
Q80
direct democracy
Athenians had this type of government
Q81
Oligarchy
Spartans had this type of government
Q82
Council of 500
This governing body was responsible
for running the day to day business
of Athens and suggesting new laws.
Q83
The Council of Elders
The Spartan government had an assembly,
but the main power was in the hands of
this governing body
Q84
economy
The way a community organizes
the manufacture and exchange of money,
food, products and services is called
Q85
farming and conquering neighbors
Spartan economy was based
on these two things
Q86
helots
Spartans conquered neighbors ,
made them slaves and insisted
they give Sparta the food they grew.
What were these slaves were called?
Q87
Sparta
In which city-state,
Athens or Sparta,
did the boys start their
military training at age 7?
Q88
Acropolis
What is the name of the hill
that sits high about Athens?
Q89
as a dwelling place for the gods
Why were temples built in Athens?
Q90
Apollo
Who were the Greeks hoping to
hear from at the Temple of Delphi?
Q91
philosophy
What is the word used
to describe “The love of wisdom”
Q92
to have better sound
Why were Greek theaters
shaped like a bowl?
Q93
Phidias
Who was a famous sculptor from Athens
who created the 30 foot Athena
in the Parthenon?
Q94
wealthy, landowner
What made an aristocrat, an aristocrat?
Name two characteristics
Q95
a tyrant
What was the name given
to the person who overthrew
the Oligarchy with the
support of his supporters?
Q96
city-states
Due to Greece’s geography,
most Greeks lived
in a place where it had their own laws,
army, money and form of government.
What were these places called?
Q97
2 kings and 28 men over 60 years old
Who was included in the Council of Elders?
Q98
oligarchy
Which form of government in ancient Greece
was ruled by aristocrats?
Q99
citizen
What was the name given
to the members in the assembly?
Q100