Ancient History Quizzes & Trivia

Since before the dawn of time...man has been ---wait, what? Get ready to crawl out of your cave...get your club ready, but make sure you don’t hit anything! Take a poke at our quiz on ancient history, not to re-invent the wheel, but to answer who did! Go back in time to a place where giant saber-toothed cats roamed the land, along with mammoths and cavemen.

Then jump forward a bit to the Phoenicians and the Assyrians! What's the difference between a mammoth and an elephant? When did chariots first roll onto the scene? And whatever happened to Troy? Explore this quiz and discover the true difference between a homosapien and a neanderthal, and find out which one you are!

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Ancient History Final Test

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

Questions: 98 | Attempts: 1480 | Last updated: Nov 11, 2016

Sample Question
How did the Hellenistic age emerge?

Greece and Persia signed an allience.

The Persian Wars changed the way the two cultures thought about each other.

Alexander The Great spread Greece culture to the east and the west.

The two cultures came together when the found out that they had common ancestors.

It's All About World Ancient Quiz

Can you answer all these historical and ancient questions? Let's play this quiz and learn more about it!

Questions: 28 | Attempts: 842 | Last updated: May 15, 2019

Sample Question
Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient India?

The Nile

The Yellow

The Indus

The Euphrates

Medieval Arms And Armour Quiz#1

How much do you really know about medieval arms and armour?For more info please watch these youtubers videos!SkallagrimLindeybeigeScholaGladitoria Also note I'm not an expert in this field It's only a hobby to me.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1197 | Last updated: Oct 31, 2015

Sample Question
How much did swords usually weigh?

Swords weighed anywhere from 10-15 lbs each depending on the size and material.

That light naw I read they were at least 60lbs at the lightest!

On average most swords weighed in at around 2-3 lbs with larger swords sometimes weighing up to 4lbs.

Swords you mean spears right?

Byzantine Empire

This is a short quiz to test your understanding of the Byzantine information presented this week by both your teachers and your peers.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 1239 | Last updated: Jan 30, 2013

Sample Question
Diolcletian divided the Roman Empire because

He wanted everyone to be Christians

He feared that the Empire was becoming too large to handle

He believed it would be easier to protect the Empire from invasion

He wanted to gain a new water way for trade

A Unique Quiz On Ancient History-1

In order for us to see how much the world we live in and the people in it have changed it is important to understand our history and how it has shapes our today. The test below is designed to see how much you understood in...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 548 | Last updated: Oct 18, 2018

Sample Question
The Indus religion did not include the worship of

Forces of Nature

Mother Goddess

Certain animal like Bull

Trees

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Ancient History Questions & Answers

What moved the capitol to Jerusalem?

Yep, David moved the seat of monarchy from Hebron to Jerusalem among the favorable Jebusites

Were Cuneiform pictures that represented letters?

It didn't actually represent words but rather syllables that could be conjunctioned into words.

Is Greece located in the black sea?

Though many Greek colonies were located on the Black Sea in ancient times.

Does David divide the Herbrew kingdom into 2 halves: Judah and Israel?

Not so. If anything it can be said Solomon united the Hebraic states. It was Solomon's death and his two successors ,Jeroboam andRehoboam, who divided it into Israel and Judah respectively.