Deck 1: Trivia on Ancient Civilization

Question 1

The word civilization derived from the Latin word---------

A) civis
B) civilize
C) civic
D) none of these

Answer 1

civis

Question 2

The Term Neolithic was first used by

A) lubbock
B) woolly
C) wellesley
D) bruce foot

Answer 2

lubbock

Question 3

The term 'Urban Revolution was coined by

A) v. gordon childe
B) john marshall
C) petrie
D) none of these

Answer 3

v. gordon childe

Question 4

Settled life began in the ----------- period.

A) bronze age
B) chalco lithic
C) neolithic
D) paleolithic

Question 5

The first metal used by the human beings was

A) iron
B) bronze
C) copper
D) none of these

Question 6

Urbanism was the feature of ---------

A) bronze age
B) mesolithic age
C) paleolithic
D) none of these

Question 7

Jericho is a ------------- site.

A) neolithic
B) ice age
C) dark age
D) none of these

Question 8

'Sumer' is located at----------

A) mesopotamia
B) egypt
C) rome
D) china

Question 9

The 'Father of History' is hailed by ------------

A) herodotus
B) socrates
C) plato
D) rousseau

Question 10

Nippur a part of ----------- civilization

A) mesopotamia
B) indus valley
C) sumeria
D) persia

Question 11

Memphis was the capital of ----------- civilization.

A) egyptian
B) persian
C) roman
D) greek

Question 12

The city of Rome was on the banks of ------------

A) tiber
B) thebes
C) euphrates
D) none of these

Question 13

Which among the following is not a Greek city state

A) corinth
B) athens
C) sparta
D) antioch

Question 14

Catal Hoyuk is at----------

A) turkey
B) syria
C) palestine
D) egypt

Question 15

The god of the city 'Ur' was

A) nanna
B) enlin
C) is iris
D) apollo

Question 16

Nanna was a------------

A) moon god
B) a star
C) king
D) none of these

Question 17

The term "Servus" related to……..

A) slavery
B) trade
C) commerce
D) agriculture

Question 18

Ziggurat was at in the city of-----------

A) ur
B) alexandria
C) rom
D) palestine

Question 19

'Great bath' was ancient city of ----------- civilization

A) indus valley
B) egyptian civilization
C) chinese
D) none of these

Question 20

'Understanding Harappa' a book written by----------

A) r. s sharma
B) sherin ratnagar
C) d. d kossambi
D) none of these

Question 21

Man Makes Himself is Written by

A) gordon childe
B) john marshal
C) wheeler
D) none of these

Question 22

What happened in History is a book written by

A) gordon childe
B) e. h. carr
C) rousseau
D) voltaire

Question 23

Greco- Persian war was authored by

A) herodotus
B) thucydides
C) plato
D) alexander

Question 24

Decline and fall of roman Empire written by

A) e. gibbon
B) toynbee
C) caesar
D) augustus