Ancient Civilization 2

Question 1

list the 8 characteristics of Civilization

Answer 1

1. Cities
2. Government
3. Religion
4. Specialization
5. Architecture
6. Social Class
7. Public Works
8. Writing System

Question 2

What is the other name for ancient Persia?

Answer 2

Achaemenid Empire

was a global hub of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell to the invading armies of Alexander the Great.

Question 3

Who founded Achaemenid Empire?

Answer 3

Cyrus the Great

Question 4

Which Ancient Civilization does the ff belong to?

Golden Chariot

Answer 4

Ancient Persia

Question 5

Which Ancient Civilization does the ff belong to?

Cyrus the Great

Answer 5

Ancient Persia

Question 6

His reign was “benevolent” in nature as he involved Medes (conquered kingdom) in the government, adapted the habits of dress and ornamentation from Elamites and he returned images of gods that had been seized in battle and hoarded in Babylon.

Answer 6

Cyrus

Question 7

After conquering Babylon, Cyrus the Great freed slaves and declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and established racial equality.

Where is this Declaration recorded?

Answer 7

Cyrus Cylinder

Question 8

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

YAKHCHAL

Answer 8

ANCIENT COOLER

ANCIENT PERSIA

Technology

Question 9

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

Sulfuric Acid

Answer 9

Abu Bakr al-Razi, astronomer

Ancient Persia

Question 10

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

QANAT

Answer 10

Slope underground channel of water through houses and fields

Ancient Persia

Social works/Architecture

Question 11

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

BACKGAMMON

Answer 11

ANCIENT PERSIA

Was first invented in Iran in about
3000 BC. It is one of the oldest surviving board
games. Excavations at Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran found
a board game with two dice and 60 checkers.

Question 12

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

PAHLAVI ALPHABET

Answer 12

ANCIENT PERSIA

ALPHABET writing system of the Persian
people dates from as early as the 2nd century BCE,
some scholars believe, and was in use until the
advent of Islam (7th century CE).

Question 13

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

POSTAL SERVICE

Answer 13

ANCIENT PERSIA

Riders and horse-drawn
wagons carried mail that consisted mostly of
governmental dispatches from one place to another.

Question 14

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

List the Characteristic of the ff.

ACHAEMENID TAXATION

Answer 14

ANCIENT PERSIA

It was an important component of the
Achaemenid state administration. Under Cyrus II and Cambyses,
subjects were mostly obliged to deliver only gifts, and regular taxes
were first introduced under the rule of Darius I.

Question 15

was the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire from the reign of Darius I (the Great) until its

destruction in 330 BCE.

Answer 15

Persepolis

Question 16

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►APADANA OF DARIUS I

Answer 16

ANCIENT PERSIA

Question 17

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►RELIEF PAINTING IN PERSEPOLIS

Answer 17

ANCIENT PERSIA

Question 18

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

ZEUS STATUE

Answer 18

ANCIENT GRECE

Question 19

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

GREEK AMPHORA

Answer 19

ANCIENT GRECE

Question 20

saw advances in art, poetry and
technology, but is known as the

age in which the polis, or city-
state, was invented.

Answer 20

Archaic Greece (700-480 BC)

Question 21

The origin of science is ascribed
to Greek natural philosophers.
They borrowed from, and built
upon, the work of WHOM?

Answer 21

MESOPOTAMIANS & EGYPTIANS

Question 22

demokratia,

Answer 22

RULE BY THE PEOPLE

The classical period brought with
it a series of political reforms that
created the system of Ancient Greek
democracy

Question 23

the primogenitor of modern science.

–David Deming,

Answer 23

GREEK

Question 24

▼A typical Greek city was built around a fortified hill,
Located
here is the city’s chief temple, the city’s treasury, and some other public buildings.

Answer 24

ACROPOLIS

Question 25

At the center of Acopropolis is the?
– the central space
where public meetings were held, and where traders set up
their stalls. The agora was often flanked by colonnades.

Answer 25

Agora

Question 26

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►EPIDAURUS AMPITHEATRE,

Answer 26

Ancient Greek

Question 27

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►TEMPLE OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS

Answer 27

Ancient Greek

Question 28

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS, TURKEY

Answer 28

Ancient Greek

Question 29

Which Ancient civilization the ff. Belongs to?

►ERECHTHEION, ACROPOLIS

Answer 29

Ancient Greek

Question 30

intellectual freedom

Answer 30

there was a tradition of critical
discussion. Pupils were encouraged to question their
teachers. Opinions and personal feelings were secondary
to the pursuit of truth. Concomitant with intellectual
freedom is political freedom.