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Ancient World History Final Exam
Part II
First Civilizations, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China
Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome
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Round 1 Jeopardy
Architecture &
Engineering
Ancient
Ancient
Civilizations I Civilizations II
Ancient
Greece I
Ancient
Rome I
100
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient
Civilizations III
Ancient
Greece II
Ancient
Greece III
200
200
200
200
200
400
400
400
400
400
600
600
600
600
600
800
800
800
800
800
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Ancient
Rome II
Ancient
Rome III
Final Jeopardy
List the seven key rivers that
supported the growth of the
following cradle civilizations:
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


Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient
Mesopotamia
Ancient
Egypt
Ancient
India
Ancient
China
Tigris
River
Nile
River
Indus
River
Yellow
River
Ganges
River
Yangtze
River
Euphrates
River
Architecture & Engineering (100)
This structure is associated
with Mesopotamia.
Architecture & Engineering
(100)
Ziggurat
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Architecture & Engineering (200)
This structure is associated
with China.
Architecture & Engineering
(200)
Great Wall of China
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Architecture & Engineering (300)
This structure is associated
with Rome.
Architecture & Engineering
(300)
Colosseum
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Daily Double
Ancient Mesopotamia
Architecture & Engineering (400)
This structure is associated
with Greece.
Architecture & Engineering
(400)
Parthenon
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Architecture & Engineering (500)
This structure is associated
with Egypt.
Architecture & Engineering
(500)
Great Pyramid of Khufu
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Ancient Civilizations I (100)
What development most
enabled early peoples to
form permanent settlements?
Ancient Civilizations I (100)
Advances in agricultural
production
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Ancient Civilizations I (200)
Cuneiform and hieroglyphics
were important achievements
in the development of
Ancient Civilizations I (200)
Written Language
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Ancient Civilizations I (300)
Hammurabi’s Code of
ancient Mesopotamian
society was important
because it
Ancient Civilizations I (300)
listed the laws and the
corresponding
punishments.
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Ancient Civilizations I (400)
The art and architecture of
ancient Egypt were designed
to emphasize the
Ancient Civilizations I (400)
religious idea of
eternal life.
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Ancient Civilizations I (500)
“It is visible from great distances. It is a
reminder to all who see it of the wealth
and power of the leader of the people
who built it and of his glory and
greatness as a god here on the Earth.”
The speaker in the passage above is
referring to the
Ancient Civilizations I
(500)
Egyptian pharaoh
and his pyramid
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Ancient Civilizations II (100)
Greece’s mountainous
terrain and its series of small
islands influenced the
ancient Greeks to develop
Ancient Civilizations II
(100)
A political system based
on independent city-states.
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Ancient Civilizations II (200)
“We regard an individual who takes
no interest in public affairs not as
harmless, but as useless.”
—Pericles’ Funeral Oration
The quotation above illustrates the
importance
Ancient Civilizations II
(200)
Political process of the
city-state.
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Ancient Civilizations II (300)
The legacy of ancient Greek
myths and epics, such as the
Iliad, continues to provide
people with
Ancient Civilizations II
(300)
Heroic figures and great
adventures.
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Ancient Civilizations II (400)
Ancient Greeks used myths
about their gods primarily to
Ancient Civilizations II
(400)
Explain events in the
natural world.
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Ancient Civilizations II (500)
The origins of checks and
balances in the U.S. political
system can be traced to the
Ancient Civilizations II
(500)
Roman Republic
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Ancient Greece I (100)
How did the rise to power
and reign of Alexander most
affect Greece?
Ancient Greece I
(100)
He ended the power of the
city-states and established
a unified nation.
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Ancient Greece I (200)
With which field are
Pythagoras and Euclid
associated?
Ancient Greece I
(200)
Geometry
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Ancient Greece I (300)
Because the ancient Greeks
developed democracy, which
of the following is part of
American politics today?
Ancient Greece I
(300)
Juries of citizens
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Ancient Greece I (400)
The Greek city-states fought
against each other in the
Peloponnesian War. What was a
major effect of the war?
Ancient Greece I
(400)
Macedonia was able to
conquer Greece.
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Ancient Greece I (500)
After his military victory, how
did Alexander keep his
power in Persia?
Ancient Greece I
(500)
He adopted many
Persian practices.
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Ancient Rome 1 (100)
The wars with Carthage
(264–146 B.C.) gave the
Roman Empire control of
Ancient Rome I
(100)
North Africa
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Ancient Rome I (200)
List one reason for the
fall of Rome?
Ancient Rome I
(200)
Political Instability
Weakening Frontiers
Economic & Social Issues
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Ancient Rome I (300)
Architecture, art,
engineering, language,
philosophy, and law are all
legacies of ancient Rome.
What religion is also part of
ancient Rome’s legacy?
Ancient Rome I
(300)
Christianity
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Ancient Rome I (400)
Due to the size of the Roman
Empire what major problem
did the ancient Romans
face?
Ancient Rome I
(400)
It was hard to defend all of
the Empire’s borders
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Ancient Rome I (500)
Emperor Diocletian tried to
protect the Roman Empire
through this act?
Ancient Rome I
(500)
Dividing the empire into
two—Western Roman
Empire & Eastern Roman
Empire
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Ancient Civilizations III (200)
During Neolithic Times people
transitioned from hunters and
gatherers to farmers. List one
key change that exemplified this
transitional phase?
Ancient Civilizations III
(200)
(1) The creation of a stable food
supply. (2) The construction of
permanent shelters. (3) The
establishment of communities. (4)
The development of new jobs. (5)
The establishment of trade.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Civilizations III (400)
List one key fact about the
first writing system?
Ancient Civilizations III
(400)
(1) It began with the use of pictures
to represent syllables and objects.
(2) It was recorded on tablets made
of clay. (3) It was first used to keep
business records.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Civilizations III (600)
This religion was spread
from India to China by trade
on the Silk Road.
Ancient Civilizations III
(600)
Buddhism
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Civilizations III (800)
List three things that the
Sumerians and Egyptians
wrote on.
Ancient Civilizations III
(800)
Paper (Papyrus)
Clay
Stone
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Civilizations III (1000)
What physical feature (land
or water form) best
supported the growth of the
cradle civilizations of ancient
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India,
and China?
Ancient Civilizations III
(1000)
Rivers
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece II (200)
What does it mean to say
that Alexander conquered by
using kindness?
Ancient Greece II
(200)
He let towns that
surrendered to his
army keep their
own leaders.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece II (400)
The Parthenon was built high
atop a hill in Athens. What
does this location reveal
about the Athenians?
Ancient Greece II
(400)
They believed honoring the
goddess Athena was very
important.
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Ancient Greece II (600)
What does the Greek love of
sports show about ancient
Greeks?
Ancient Greece II
(600)
They valued physical
health as much as intellect.
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Ancient Greece II (800)
Sparta got the land it needed
by conquering its neighbors.
What happened after Sparta
conquered a neighboring
land?
Ancient Greece II
(800)
Spartans demanded that the
conquered people give Sparta
much of their food crops.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece II (1000)
What type of government
does the following list
describe?
There is one ruler.
The ruler usually inherited power.
The ruler passed on leadership to his son.
Ancient Greece II
(1000)
Monarchy
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece III (200)
How did a king come to
power and how did a tyrant
come to power in ancient
Greece?
Ancient Greece III
(200)
A king inherits power, but a
tyrant seizes it.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Daily Double
Ancient China
Ancient Greece III (400)
This was a period of great
peace and wealth, between
479 and 431 B.C.E, when
Athens was the artistic and
cultural center of Greece.
Ancient Greece III
(400)
The Golden Age
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece III (600)
What were Greek
city-states called?
Ancient Greece III
(600)
Polis
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Ancient Greece III (800)
In a democracy citizens have
the right to vote. List one of
the key things Athenians
voted for or against.
Ancient Greece III
(800)
Laws
Leaders
Taxes
War
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Greece III (1000)
What was the war between
Sparta and Athens called?
Ancient Greece III
(1000)
The Peloponnesian War
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Rome II (200)
List an important idea in
Roman philosophy and law?
Ancient Rome II
(200)
(1) Live in a way that agrees with
nature. (2) The one truly good thing in
life is to have good character. (3)
Natural law says that everyone has
certain rights.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Rome II (400)
Why did the Roman emperors
give the poor
“bread and circuses”?
Ancient Rome II
(400)
So the poor
wouldn’t rebel
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Ancient Rome II (600)
During the first period of
Roman expansion, the
Romans took over this
peninsula.
Ancient Rome II
(600)
Italian peninsula
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Ancient Rome II (800)
List a cause that led to the
end of the Roman Republic.
Ancient Rome II
(800)
(1) Slave revolts, (2) Many
jobless people in Rome, (3)
Caesar’s defeat of Pompey
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Rome II (1000)
The people who killed Julius
Caesar wanted to give power
back to the Senate, but their
actions had an unexpected
effect. What was it?
Ancient Rome II
(1000)
The beginning of a
civil war
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Rome III (200)
Under what leader did Rome
become an empire?
Ancient Rome III
(200)
Octavian “Augustus”
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Ancient Rome III (400)
In the Roman Republic,
patricians referred to
Ancient Rome III
(400)
The wealthy landowners
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Rome III (600)
Why did the plebeians want
laws to be written?
Ancient Rome III
(600)
So the patricians couldn’t
change laws too easily
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Ancient Rome III (800)
Why were the plebeians
unhappy when the Republic
was first set up?
Ancient Rome III
(800)
They had no say in making
the laws.
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Ancient Rome III (1000)
What story is a myth about
the founding of ancient
Rome?
Ancient Rome III
(1000)
Romulus & Remus
Rome’s founders were raised by wolves.
Round 2 Jeopardy