Ancient History Quiz

Which two peoples invented writing in ancient times?

• Sumerians and Egyptians

• Greeks and Romans

• Persians and Babylonians

• Hittites and Assyrians

What were the most famous city-states in Sumer?

• Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Isin, Nippur, Kish, Babylon

• Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, Argos, Delphi

• Rome, Carthage, Alexandria, Athens, Troy, Memphis

• Jerusalem, Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, Tyre, Sidon

Who created the Akkadian Empire?

• Sargon of Akkad

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Tutankhamun

Which king unified Lower and Upper Egypt?

• Menes

• Seneferu

• Keops

• Ramses II

What was the first Egyptian pyramid?

• Step Pyramid of Saqqara

• Great Pyramid of Giza

• Middle Pyramid of Giza

• Red Pyramid

Which empire was known for the Hammurabi Code?

• Paleo-Babylonian Empire

• Neo-Babylonian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

• Egyptian Empire

Who conquered all of Mesopotamia and created the Neo-Babylonian Empire?

• Nabopolassar

• Sargon II

• Tiglath-Pileser III

• Supiluliuma I

Which people were known for their navigation and trade in the Mediterranean?

• Phoenicians

• Hittites

• Israelites

• Canaanites

What did the Phoenicians create that became the basis for many alphabets?

• Phoenician alphabet

• Greek alphabet

• Latin alphabet

• Arabic alphabet

Who conquered Jerusalem and deported many Jews to Babylon?

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Cyrus the Great

• Cambyses II

• Psamtic III