Question 1

What body of water did the Romans and the Carthaginians share?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Answer

Ionian Sea

Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Adriatic Sea

Question 2

Which part of the Mediterranean Sea did Rome control by the end of the Punic Wars?

Accepted Answer

western Mediterranean

Answer

northern Mediterranean

Answer

eastern Mediterranean

Answer

southern Mediterranean

Question 3

Carthage was located on which continent?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Answer

Asia

Answer

Europe

Answer

Australia

Question 4

Through which mountain ranges did Hannibal's army have to travel with elephants?

Accepted Answer

Alps and Pyrenees

Answer

Alps and Appenines

Answer

Himalayas and Alps

Answer

Apennines and Himalayas

Question 5

In which city did the Royal road begin in the west?

Accepted Answer

Sardis

Answer

Nineveh

Answer

Susa

Answer

Lydia

Question 6

Which of the following cities was closest to the Tropic of Cancer?

Accepted Answer

Thebes

Answer

Babylon

Answer

Tyre

Answer

Nineveh

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a province of the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Answer

Media

Answer

Gedrosia

Answer

Egypt

Question 8

Which province lay on the Arabian Sea?

Accepted Answer

Gedrosia

Answer

Sogdiana

Answer

Parthia

Answer

Chaldea

Question 9

Which city did the Royal Road run through?

Accepted Answer

Nineveh

Answer

Ashur

Answer

Thebes

Answer

Persepolis

Question 10

Judging from this map, why would Persia have wanted control of Jerusalem?

Accepted Answer

because it was an important port city on the Mediterranean

Answer

because it sat on the corridor linking Syria and Egypt

Answer

because it was Judaism's holy city

Answer

because it was the capital of Phoenicia

Question 11

Where were significant conquests made BETWEEN the years 632 and 661?

Accepted Answer

Asia and Africa

Answer

Europe and Africa

Answer

Europe and Asia

Answer

Africa and Australia

Question 12

On which continent were significant conquests made BETWEEN 750 and 1200?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Answer

All of the above

Answer

Asia

Answer

Europe

Question 13

By what year had Islam extended south of the Equator?

Accepted Answer

1200

Answer

661

Answer

632

Answer

750

Question 14

Which city was in lands under Muslim control at the time of the death of Muhammad?

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Answer

Damascus

Answer

Baghdad

Answer

Cairo

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