Ancient History Final Test

98 Questions | By Celebrate_the_ir | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 3035

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A quiz I created to help me study for my Ancient History final exam.

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1.

How did the Hellenistic age emerge?
- A.
  
  Greece and Persia signed an allience.
- B.
  
  The Persian Wars changed the way the two cultures thought about each other.
- C.
  
  Alexander The Great spread Greece culture to the east and the west.
- D.
  
  The two cultures came together when the found out that they had common ancestors.
2.

Egyptian gods were...
- A.
  
  Anthopomorphic
- B.
  
  Zoomorphic
- C.
  
  Animistic
3.

Who united Lower and Upper Egypt?
- A.
  
  King Tut
- B.
  
  Narmar
- C.
  
  Assernassurpaul
4.

In Egyptian religion what was the spirit that lead you to the after life?
- A.
  
  Ka
- B.
  
  Karma
- C.
  
  Dharma
- D.
  
  Zeus
5.

Why did Cyrus the great bring the Persians together?
- A.
  
  To create a unified society
- B.
  
  To take over Meades
- C.
  
  To make an agreement between two feuding city-states.
6.

Which is NOT a characteristic of Zoroastranism?
- A.
  
  The religion had an impact on Judea-Christianity
- B.
  
  There was a good god, Ahura Mezda, and a bad god, Ahriman
- C.
  
  Their afterlife included a final judgement
- D.
  
  They were monotheistic
7.

Which of the following was NOT an Egyptian god?
- A.
  
  Re
- B.
  
  Ra-Amon
- C.
  
  Hor-Amon
- D.
  
  Horus
8.

Which structure was used for grain storage, as well as worship for the the gods?
- A.
  
  Ziggurats
- B.
  
  Pyramids
- C.
  
  Temples
- D.
  
  Palaces
9.

What is Pericles biggest achievement in the period of classical Greece?
- A.
  
  He created the peace treaty between Athens and Sparta
- B.
  
  He set the stage for the Golden Age
- C.
  
  He was a powerful Spartan General
- D.
  
  He was a great playwrite
10.

Osiris, Anubis, and Isis are all...
- A.
  
  Burial Gods
- B.
  
  Characters in the Odyssey
- C.
  
  Egyptian pharaohs
- D.
  
  Constants on America's Next Top Model
11.

What was the biggest contribution Philip made to military tactics for the Macedonians?
- A.
  
  His innovations with chariots
- B.
  
  His 10 feet long spears
- C.
  
  His well organized Phalanx
- D.
  
  New materials used to make armor
12.

Who defeated the combined force of Thebes and Athens in the battle of Charonia?
- A.
  
  Alexander The Great
- B.
  
  Darius III
- C.
  
  Philip of Macedonia
- D.
  
  Cleon
13.

Which pharaoh's tomb was the only pharaoh's to be found undisturbed?
- A.
  
  Hatshepsut
- B.
  
  Thutmoses II
- C.
  
  Amenhotep
- D.
  
  King Tut
14.

True or false?Greece is located in the black sea.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False, it's located in the Med. sea
15.

Alexanders generals, Ptolemy, Seleurus, and Antigonus get which empires respectively?
- A.
  
  Greece and Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia
- B.
  
  Persia, Egypt, Greece and Asia Minor
- C.
  
  Egypt, Persia, Greece and Asia Minor
- D.
  
  Persia, Greece and Asia Minor, Egyt
16.

Hieroglyphics were developed by...
- A.
  
  Persians
- B.
  
  Mesopotamians
- C.
  
  Sumarians
- D.
  
  Egyptians
17.

Which period in Egyptian culture is also know as the "Pyramid Age?"
- A.
  
  Old Kingdom
- B.
  
  New Kingdom
- C.
  
  Middle Kingdom
- D.
  
  1st Intermediate period
- E.
  
  2nd Intermediate period
18.

Which of the following is NOT a contribution of the Phoenicians?
- A.
  
  Bow and arrows
- B.
  
  Purple dye
- C.
  
  The alphabet
- D.
  
  Polytheistic religion
- E.
  
  Navigation systems
19.

Leonidas was the first the great general who lead 300 Spartans to Thermopaele to fight.True or false?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False, that was Themistocles
20.

Who was Darius I?
- A.
  
  An egyptian pharaoh
- B.
  
  An athenian hero
- C.
  
  Alexander the great's lover
- D.
  
  A great persian general
21.

Which of the follow rivers are where the birth place of civilization started 6,000 years ago?
- A.
  
  The Tigris
- B.
  
  Eurphrates
- C.
  
  Indus
- D.
  
  Mississippi
22.

Who were the first true greeks?
- A.
  
  Menoans
- B.
  
  Athenians
- C.
  
  Mycenaeans
- D.
  
  Spartans
23.

Who wrote the illiad and the odyssey?
- A.
  
  Socrates
- B.
  
  Homer
- C.
  
  Plato
- D.
  
  Aristotle
24.

The gods in Sumer where...
- A.
  
  Zoomorphic
- B.
  
  Anthropomorphic
- C.
  
  Animistic
25.

Cuneiform was pictures that represented letters.True or false?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False, it represented words