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!

Top Trending Quizzes

Mesopotamia Daily Life In Babylon! Ancient History Facts Quiz

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1354 | Last updated: Dec 6, 2019

Sample Question
Who is the patron god of Babylon?

Hammurabi

Marduk

Humbaba

Enlil

History Of The Byzantine Empire Quiz: Trivia!

How well do you understand the history of the Byzantine Empire? The Roman army achieved the conquering of many territories encompassing the Mediterranean region and coastal regions in Southwestern Europe. These territories were...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 2618 | Last updated: Mar 11, 2021

Sample Question
Diocletian 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

Ancient History Final Test

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

Questions: 98 | Attempts: 2270 | Last updated: Jun 24, 2021

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.

Ancient History Of Mali: Trivia Quiz!

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 2037 | Last updated: Jan 14, 2021

Sample Question
Where was the Empire of Mali located?

East Africa

North Africa

West Africa

South Africa

It's All About World Ancient Quiz

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: 1055 | Last updated: Jun 4, 2021

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

The Nile

The Yellow

The Indus

The Euphrates

Recent Quizzes

Which Ancient Queen Are You Quiz

Who doesn't wish to be born as a queen? If you too nurture a similar dream, find out which ancient queen you are by taking this simple quiz. Having power is very addictive, and some queens in history have enjoyed such power,...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 11 | Last updated: Jan 18, 2022

Sample Question
What do you seek for the most in your future partner?

Great sense of humor and understanding.

Wealth and kindness.

Good looks, good looks, and good looks.

Medieval ARMS And Armour Quiz#1

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: 1332 | Last updated: Nov 1, 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?

The Black Death: Ancient History Quiz!

The Black Death was a ravaging global epidemic of the bubonic plague that attacked Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. The outbreak appeared in Europe in October 1347 when 12 ships from the Black Death killed more than 20 million...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 176 | Last updated: Jan 5, 2021

Sample Question
When did the plauge start?

1347

1357

1367

1557

1848

Ancient Rome Society Quiz

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 119 | Last updated: May 27, 2015

Sample Question
What is the name of the hall where rich families would retrieve guests?

Augur

Atrium

Paterfamilias

None of the above

Lords And Ladies During Feudal Times 2.5

Lords and Ladies During Feudal Times 2.5

Feudalism was a dominant social system in the medieval times where Lords and Ladies were regarded as people of nobility and important people. Find out more about them during that time by taking up the quiz below. Enjoy.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 122 | Last updated: Mar 30, 2018

Sample Question
Check all that apply. The homes of lords and ladies....

Were the center of the community

Offered protection to the villagers in times of trouble

Served as a court and center for justice

Were a place for special celebration

Were a place that welcomed everyone rich or poor, black or white

The History Of Ancient Greece

The history of ancient Greece

The history of the religious practices followed by the Ancient Greek, Roman And Egyptian involves belief in Gods and Goddesses. We have covered the different gods and what they were associated with in the three civilizations....

Questions: 42 | Attempts: 74 | Last updated: Sep 13, 2018

Sample Question
Define hoplite.

Heavily armed infantryman or foot soldier

A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation

A citizen of Sparta

Soldiers who fought on horseback

The Ancient Artifacts Exam

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 192 | Last updated: Jan 29, 2013

Sample Question
Who were the Etruscans?

Pastoral nomads from the Asiatic steppes that disrupted Roman culture ca. 5000 BC

A group that resided in northern Italy and who ruled the Romans through kings until ca. 510 BC

Phoenician colonists who settled in northern Africa.

Germanic invaders from north of the Rhine who conquered Rome ca. 455 AD

A Greek city state at the southern end of the Balkans.

A Unique Quiz On Ancient History-1

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: 627 | 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

Quiz: Early History Of Human Beings

Quiz: Early History of Human Beings

How much do you know about the early history of human beings? Could you pass this quiz? For this quiz, you must recognize what a hominid is, what the word Paleolithic means, the most essential part of the Neolithic era, why the...

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 106 | Last updated: May 19, 2021

Sample Question
What is a Hominid?

A Humanlike Primate

An Ancient Shell Believed To Be Sacred

A Homosexual Person

A Pun

The Ultimate Pre-history Knowledge Quiz!

The Ultimate Pre-History Knowledge Quiz!

Are you acquainted with pre-history knowledge? This quiz can help. You will be presented with questions like why we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization, what time in the past does prehistoric refer to, historical...

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 70 | Last updated: May 28, 2021

Sample Question
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization?

They were wiped out by the sumerians

They left no trace of them behind

They were destroyed by a volcano

It's written language has not yet been deciphered