History Quiz 2

Question 1

Megaliths

Answer 1

Giant Stone Structures

Question 2

Astronomy

Answer 2

Study of Stars

Question 3

Aboriginal people

Answer 3

From the origin

Question 4

Didgeridoo

Answer 4

An instrument

Question 5

Corrobree

Answer 5

Gathering of Aboriginal people for dance and culture

Question 6

Dreamtime

Answer 6

Magical Time and Dimension

Question 7

Songlines

Answer 7

Maps in the form of a song

Question 8

Pictographs

Answer 8

Rock Paintings

Question 9

Malta

Answer 9

Island Country with Megaliths

Question 10

Stonehenge

Answer 10

Stone structure in England

Question 11

Skarabrae

Answer 11

In Scotland, World’s first village

Question 12

Uluru

Answer 12

Central Rock in Australia

Question 13

How long has Australia supposedly been inhabited?

Answer 13

50,000 years

Question 14

Give the Middle East 3 different Names

Answer 14

Cradle of Civilizations
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia

Question 15

Sumer

Answer 15

The first large-scale civilization

Question 16

Where was Sumer?

Answer 16

In modern-day Iraq

Question 17

Two rivers that irrigated Mesopotamia

Answer 17

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 18

Fertile Crescent

Answer 18

Birthplace of large civilizations

Question 19

Mesopotamia

Answer 19

Land b/w 2 rivers

Question 20

Ur

Answer 20

First city of Sumer

Question 21

Social Stratification

Answer 21

Divided into ranks

Question 22

Ziggurats

Answer 22

Large pyramid temples – polytheistic

Question 23

Cuneiform

Answer 23

The writing system/alphabet invented by the Sumerians
World’s first literature

Question 24

How many (traditionally) walled cities of Sumer are there?

Answer 24

12

Question 25

City-State

Answer 25

City that is its own country

Question 26

Levels of Unity of Human Society

Answer 26

Individuals Families Tribes City-states Alliances of City-States Empires

Question 27

Name 3 Modern-Day City-States

Answer 27

Vatican City Monaco Singapore

Question 28

Who was the first conquerer

Answer 28

Sargon of Akkad

Question 29

Confederation

Answer 29

An alliance with no central government

Question 30

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Answer 30

The first known written Literature (The first novel)

Question 31

Who was Gilgamesh

Answer 31

The earliest historically named individual in history

Question 32

Joseph Campbell

Answer 32

Believed all stories in the world are based on the same pattern (The Hero's Journey)

Question 33

Monomyth

Answer 33

The Hero's Journey

Question 34

Archetype

Answer 34

Big Stamp, the influential hero who represents the culture

Question 35

What was Sumer in the levels of unity of human society?

Answer 35

An alliance of city-states