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Grade 5 China
What is the longest ruling dynasty in Chinese history?
  1. Chou dynasty
  2. Ho dynasty
  3. Huang dynasty
  4. Ching dynasty
Grade 5 Egypt
Papyrus grows along the Nile River Valley.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Roman Empire
What was the name of the wars fought between slaves and Rome?
  1. Peloponnesian Wars
  2. Punic Wars
  3. Gallic Wars
  4. Servile Wars
Grade 5 Egypt
The name given to a family that ruled a nation.
  1. civilization
  2. subordinate
  3. govenor
  4. dynasty
Grade 5 Greece
Alexander was tutored by which famous Greek philosopher?
  1. Socrates
  2. Plato
  3. Aristotle
Grade 5 Greece
The capital city on the island of Crete was called what?
  1. Minoa
  2. Knossos
  3. Thera
  4. Corinth
Grade 5 Mesopotamia
The Sumerian picture writing was called
  1. Cuneiform
  2. Heiroglyphics
  3. Papyrus
  4. Clay
Grade 5 Mesopotamia
Why did Sumerians offer up gifts to the gods?
  1. So they could eat more grapes
  2. So that they were protected
  3. Because they were ashamed all the time
Grade 5 Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia was located in what is now the Countries of Iraq, Turkey, and Syria.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Greece
Which is NOT a Minoan city?
  1. Mycenae
  2. Knossos
  3. Phaistos
  4. Palaikastro
Grade 5 Ancient History
What was the body of water the early people crossed to get to North America?
  1. Bering
  2. Beringia
  3. Bering Strait
  4. Glacier Strait
Grade 5 Roman Empire
What is the name of the active volcano that erupted in Italy and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum?
  1. Mount McKinley
  2. Mount Vesuvius
  3. Mount St. Helens
  4. Mount Krakatoa
Grade 5 Greece
Who fought in the Greek Wars?
  1. Rome and Carthage
  2. Peloponnesia and Rome
  3. Rome and Greece
  4. Sparta and Athens
Grade 5 Mesopotamia
What two rivers water the Fertile Crescent?
  1. Nile and Tigris
  2. Tigris and Euphrates
  3. Amazon and Euphrates
  4. Indus and Nile
Grade 5 Ancient History
The Ice Ages consisted of:
  1. The Old Stone Age, The Middle Stone Age, The New Stone Age
  2. The Stone Age, The Middle Stone Age and The Current Stone Age
  3. The Middle Stone Age and The End Stone Age and The Current Stone Age
  4. The Old Stone Age, The Middle Stone Age
Grade 5 Egypt
What was the name of the salt used to dry out the dead bodies to make mummies?
  1. sea
  2. naples
  3. natron
  4. Tony's
Grade 5 Ancient History
The Blackfoot people tell a story of Old Man the Creator.
  1. Land Bridge Theory
  2. Early-Arrival Theory
  3. Origin Theory
Grade 5 Ancient History
Where did animals live during the ice age?
  1. In North America
  2. In the Triassic period
  3. Where there was food
  4. Where there were other animals
Grade 5 Roman Empire
Before Rome was founded, who lived in the northern part of Italy?
  1. Tunisians
  2. Grecians
  3. Sicilians
  4. Etruscans
Grade 5 Egypt
Who was the last Pharaoh of Egypt?
  1. King Tut
  2. Ramses II
  3. Cleopatra
  4. Narmer
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