Quiz 17
Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.
1. The pharaoh Akhenaten changed Egypt's capital from Thebes to . . .
a. Tutankhamun
b. Akhetaten
c. Cairo
d. New York
2. According to legend, what is the date that the first city in Rome was built?
a. 1000 B.C.
b. A.D. 1000
c. 753 B.C.
d. A.D. 1999
3. Horses were first domesticated:
a. 1,000 years ago
b. 10,000 years ago
c. 6,000 years ago
d. 100,000 years ago
4. In what year was the ancient city of Pompeii buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
a. A.D. 79
b. A.D. 179
c. 79 B.C.
d. 1 B.C.
5. Which ancient civilization invented chariots?
a. the Egyptians
b. the Japanese
c. the Native Americans
d. the Mesopotamians
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