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Quiz about Ancient People Throughout the World
Quiz about Ancient People Throughout the World

Ancient People Throughout the World Quiz


Using the clues in the pictures and text, identify the group of ancient people.

A photo quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
bernie73
Time
3 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
399,941
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
Plays
894
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Known for this building and the great importance of a particular river, which ancient people does the picture represent? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Known for originating in Italy and the many buildings they built there, about which ancient people is this picture? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Known for wedge-shaped writing and lying between two rivers, which ancient people are represented by this picture? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Known for its location in Africa and its trade of gold for salt, information about which ancient people is shown in this drawing? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Known for buildings like the one shown here and its rich mythology (including the story of a creature with the body of a human and the head of a bull), which ancient people are reflected in this picture? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Known for their concentration on four "Home Islands", and buildings like the one shown here, about which ancient people does this picture show some features? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Known for the stone structure shown here (not built by this people, but used by them for various purposes), which ancient people is represented by this picture? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Known for their location in the Americas and large stone heads, which ancient people is shown by this picture? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Known for its location in South Asia and the pillars erected at the instruction of Ashoka, which ancient people are represented here? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which culture, known for a large wall and a language written in characters such as those shown here, does this picture represent? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Known for this building and the great importance of a particular river, which ancient people does the picture represent?

Answer: Egyptians

Most of the people in ancient Egypt lived near the Nile River. Mud from the river bed would fertilize the land near the river, allowing the Egyptians to grow more food. The building in the upper left of the picture represents the Great Pyramid. It was built over 4,000 years ago and stands almost 500 feet high.

It serves as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu (also called Cheops). The lower right shows an example of the hieroglyphs used by the ancient Egyptians for writing.
2. Known for originating in Italy and the many buildings they built there, about which ancient people is this picture?

Answer: Romans

The Roman Empire originated in the city-state of Rome, located in the modern country of Italy. Over the centuries, Rome's control spread over parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The building on the left is the Flavian Ampitheater, also known as the Colosseum.

Here, armed fight between the gladiators took place for hundreds of years. The initials "SPQR" represent a phrase in Latin (language of the Romans), "Senatus Populusque Romanus": "the Senate and People of Rome".
3. Known for wedge-shaped writing and lying between two rivers, which ancient people are represented by this picture?

Answer: Sumerians

The two rivers shown on the right side of the picture are the Tigris and the Euphrates. The land between them was known as Mesopotamia ("the land between the rivers"), and thousands of years ago, the Sumerians lived in the southern part of that land.

The building on the left is a ziggurat. At the bottom of the picture are two examples of Sumerian wedge-shaped writing known as cuneiform ("ear of wheat" and "star").
4. Known for its location in Africa and its trade of gold for salt, information about which ancient people is shown in this drawing?

Answer: Soninke (Ghana)

Located in the Sahel (the area south of the Sahara Desert), the Soninke (who later formed the Empire of Ghana) were a trading people. Access to gold fields made them a popular trading partner. The Empire of Ghana was known for its exchange of gold (element symbol Au) and salt (NaCl) at a roughly even exchange rate.

The domestication of the camel in about 300 CE would prove a very useful tool.
5. Known for buildings like the one shown here and its rich mythology (including the story of a creature with the body of a human and the head of a bull), which ancient people are reflected in this picture?

Answer: Greeks

The mythology of the Ancient Greeks is known worldwide. (If you have read books by Rick Riordan, you may have read an interpretation of some of these myths.) The Greek alphabet features 24 characters (including three, delta, gamma, and pi, shown here). Ideas about democracy, geometry, and philosophy, can be traced back to this people who originated in a small land on a peninsula in southeastern Europe and its surrounding islands.
6. Known for their concentration on four "Home Islands", and buildings like the one shown here, about which ancient people does this picture show some features?

Answer: Japanese

The characters in the picture from the Japanese written language mean "Nihon", the Japanese name for Japan. Although there are other islands that are part of Japan, the four "Home Islands" are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The building shown, a pagoda, can be found in other countries such as China, but is also associated with Japan.

There are a few pagodas in Japan that are over 1,000 years old.
7. Known for the stone structure shown here (not built by this people, but used by them for various purposes), which ancient people is represented by this picture?

Answer: Celts

The building in the upper left is Stonehenge, built what is now southern England over 4,000 years ago. While Stonehenge was probably built by the people who lived there before the Celts, the Celts did use Stonehenge for religious ceremonies. The writing in the upper right is the word "Gaelic" in the Irish language (a modern Celtic language).

The cross in the lower right is known as a Celtic cross, and represents a later period when Christianity spread amongst many Celtic groups.
8. Known for their location in the Americas and large stone heads, which ancient people is shown by this picture?

Answer: Olmecs

The Olmecs are the only people in this quiz who lived in the Americas. They lived in parts of southern Mexico (the country whose outline is in the picture) and Central America over 2,000 years ago. The lower right shows the Great Pyramid at Le Venta, one of the largest structures in the Americas at the time.

The upper right shows one of the giant heads that were sculpted out of basalt stone and stood between four and twelve feet high.
9. Known for its location in South Asia and the pillars erected at the instruction of Ashoka, which ancient people are represented here?

Answer: Indians

The map at the center of the drawing shows the modern nation of India, with the Himalayan mountains (home of Mount Everest) highlighted. At the lower left are some of the symbols used by the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the oldest in India. The pillar on the right side is one of several that had edicts (laws) issued by Ashoka, leader of the Mauryan Empire, engraved on it.
10. Which culture, known for a large wall and a language written in characters such as those shown here, does this picture represent?

Answer: Chinese

The Great Wall of China was under construction for hundreds of years and eventually stretched across large portions of northern China. The characters shown on the left side mean "mountain" and "sun". For thousands of years (from the time of ancient legends to the 20th century), China was ruled by a series of Emperors.

Many inventions originated in China from paper, to gunpowder, to pasta.
Source: Author bernie73

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