Ancient Civilizations | 15 Question History Multiple Choice Quiz

Answer: Greece

Sparta was an ancient Greek city state known for its military strength. It was a rival of Athens, a more intellectual city state.

Answer: 522 BC to 486 BC

The Persian Empire controlled modern day Turkey, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. It waged war on the Greek city states in 499 BC.

Answer: Spain

The Aztec Empire, created in 1428, eventually fell to Spain in 1521. The Spanish conquistadors were welcomed and they then destroyed the Aztec Empire from the inside.

Answer: Carthaginian Empire

The two empires waged the three Punic wars which the Romans won. At the end of the last of these wars the Romans destroyed Carthage and slaughtered most of the inhabitants.

Answer: Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire existed from 1206 to 1368. It conquered China, Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

Answer: Napoleonic Empire

The First French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte conquered most of the Western European mainland. It existed from 1804 to 1815.

Answer: Roman

The Roman Empire lasted from 27 BC to AD 1453 (in the East). It conquered most of Europe, but later lost territory. These dates include all extensions of the Roman Empire which means it includes the Eastern Roman Empire which became the Byzantine Empire which died in 1453.

Answer: 1709

The Zulu Tribe was an South African tribe and its most remembered leader was Shaka Zulu. It stood up to the British for a time but still fell and was colonized.

Answer: Southeast Asia

The Khmer Empire existed for a whopping 629 years although it is not widely taught about in history lessons in the U.S. or Europe.

Answer: Ottoman

The Roman Empire split into the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. The Western Empire quickly collapsed in 476 while the Byzantine Empire was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.

Answer: Germany

The Carolingian Dynasty, a dynasty of the Frankish Empire, conquered large areas of what is now Germany and converted the inhabitants to Christianity, often by force.

Answer: Hittite

The Egyptian empire used Hittite armies (based mostly in present-day Turkey). This helped the Egyptians expand and conquer Northeastern Egypt.

Answer: Greece

The Macedonians occupied Greece and settled there. "Macedonia was an ancient empire on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece." (Wikipedia)

Answer: India

The Mauryan Empire spread Buddhism from India into China. It was founded in 322 BC and its dominance ended in 187 BC.

Answer: Northeastern US

They both existed in what is now New York. They also happened to be enemies. They were both Native American tribes.