- 1. Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922?
A) Indiana Jones
B) Howard Carter
C) Mary Leakey
D) Heinrich Schliemann
- 2. What is considered the first known discovered city in the world?
A) Ur
B) Çatalhöyük
C) Pompeii
D) Mohenjo-Daro
- 3. The Rosetta Stone played a key role in understanding which ancient script?
A) Egyptian hieroglyphs
B) Linear B
C) Cuneiform
D) Maya glyphs
- 4. In what country is Pompeii located?
A) Greece
B) Egypt
C) Turkey
D) Italy
- 5. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in which region?
A) Qumran
B) Nazareth
C) Bethlehem
D) Jericho
- 6. Who famously discovered the ruins of Knossos on the island of Crete?
A) Louis Leakey
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Arthur Evans
D) Mary Leakey
- 7. The archaeological site of Machu Picchu is located in which modern-day country?
A) Mexico
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Brazil
- 8. The discovery of the Terracotta Army was made in relation to which ancient Chinese emperor's tomb?
A) Emperor Wu of Han
B) Emperor Taizong of Tang
C) Qin Shi Huang
D) Emperor Gaozu of Han
- 9. Which ancient civilization built the aqueduct known as Pont du Gard in France?
A) Romans
B) Greeks
C) Persians
D) Egyptians
- 10. The Viking settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows is located in which present-day country?
A) Iceland
B) Canada
C) Greenland
D) Norway
- 11. The Olmec civilization is associated with the colossal heads found in which modern-day country?
A) Mexico
B) Guatemala
C) Brazil
D) Peru
- 12. Who discovered the lost city of Petra in Jordan in 1812?
A) John Lloyd Stephens
B) Louis Leakey
C) Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
D) Augustus Pitt Rivers
- 13. Which ancient Greek city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
A) Troy
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Pompeii
- 14. The Ishtar Gate, dedicated to the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, was excavated in which country?
A) Iraq
B) Turkey
C) Iran
D) Jordan
- 15. The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe is located in which modern-day country?
A) Turkey
B) Greece
C) Iran
D) Israel
- 16. The discovery of the Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang is associated with which famous group of life-sized statues?
A) Stonehenge
B) Venus figurines
C) Moai statues
D) Terracotta Army
- 17. The Rosetta Stone is currently housed in which museum?
A) British Museum
B) Metropolitan Museum of Art
C) Egyptian Museum in Cairo
D) Louvre Museum
- 18. Who discovered the ancient city of Troy?
A) Louis Leakey
B) Howard Carter
C) Heinrich Schliemann
D) Arthur Evans
- 19. What is the name of the underground city in Turkey that was carved into the rock by the Hittites?
A) Ephesus
B) Derinkuyu
C) Cappadocia
D) Troy
- 20. In which modern-day country is the ancient site of Stone Age cave paintings at Lascaux located?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy
- 21. Where are the Terracotta Warriors located?
A) Japan
B) China
C) India
D) Korea
- 22. Which Viking settlement in North America is believed to be the first European settlement in the New World?
A) Jelling
B) L'Anse aux Meadows
C) Vinland
D) Hvalsey
- 23. The archaeological site of Petra is famous for its carved rock-cut architecture in what type of landscape?
A) Tundra
B) Forest
C) Desert
D) Mountain
- 24. Which group of people built the Moai statues on Easter Island?
A) Vikings
B) Rapa Nui
C) Polynesians
D) Mayans
- 25. In what country is the ancient city of Carthage located?
A) Morocco
B) Libya
C) Algeria
D) Tunisia
- 26. Where can you find the ancient statues of Ahu Tongariki?
A) Cyprus
B) Sardinia
C) Malta
D) Easter Island
- 27. What is the name of the 17th-century ship that sank in the English Channel and was discovered in 1967?
A) The HMS Victory
B) The Santa Maria
C) The USS Constitution
D) The Mary Rose
- 28. What is the name of the ancient megalithic monument in Ireland that aligns with the sunrise on the winter solstice?
A) Carnac
B) Newgrange
C) Avebury
D) Men-an-Tol
- 29. Where is the ancient city of Petra located?
A) Jordan
B) Lebanon
C) Syria
D) Iraq
- 30. What was the significance of the discovery of the city of Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan?
A) Secrets to eternal life.
B) Confirmation of lost Atlantis.
C) Proof of extraterrestrial visitation.
D) It provided insights into the urban planning and advanced civilization of the Indus Valley.
- 31. The Nazca Lines, intricate geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert, were first brought to global attention by:
A) Hiram Bingham
B) Richard Leakey
C) Thor Heyerdahl
D) Paul Kosok
- 32. Which of the following is the oldest known stone circle monument in the British Isles?
A) Stonehenge
B) Callanish Stones
C) Avebury
D) Ring of Brodgar
- 33. Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
A) Greece
B) Egypt
C) Turkey
D) Italy
- 34. Which archaeologist discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Ur?
A) Leonard Woolley
B) Jane Goodall
C) Charles Darwin
D) Louis Leakey
- 35. Who was the first European explorer to visit the ruins of the Inca city of Machu Picchu?
A) Hiram Bingham
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Amerigo Vespucci
- 36. What did the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey suggest about human history?
A) It challenged traditional timeline theories by showing advanced religious and monumental architecture much earlier than previously thought.
B) Clues to hidden treasure locations.
C) Proof of ancient aliens.
D) Blueprints for pyramid construction.
- 37. Who was the archaeologist responsible for the discovery of the tomb of Queen Nefertari?
A) Ernesto Schiaparelli
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Howard Carter
D) Zahi Hawass
- 38. Where is the ancient city of Angkor Wat located?
A) Laos
B) Thailand
C) Vietnam
D) Cambodia
- 39. What significant artifact did archaeologist Hiram Bingham discover in Peru in 1911?
A) The Holy Grail
B) The Fountain of Youth
C) The Ark of the Covenant
D) Machu Picchu
- 40. Who was the legendary ruler associated with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A) Nebuchadnezzar II
B) Hammurabi
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Darius the Great
- 41. The ruins of which ancient city are located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt?
A) Luxor
B) Alexandria
C) Memphis
D) Thebes
- 42. What ancient city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in Santorini, Greece, around 1600 BC?
A) Rhodes
B) Sparta
C) Akrotiri
D) Thebes
- 43. The Terracotta Army was discovered near which city in China?
A) Hangzhou
B) Xi'an
C) Beijing
D) Shanghai
- 44. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from which group?
A) Mongols
B) Romans
C) Vikings
D) Aztecs
- 45. What is the main purpose of Stonehenge believed to be?
A) Military base
B) Ceremonial site
C) Residential area
D) Marketplace
- 46. What was the significance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A) Predictions of the future.
B) Evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth.
C) Blueprints for building the pyramids.
D) They contained ancient religious texts, including the oldest known surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible.
- 47. The Altamira Cave in Spain is famous for its prehistoric paintings of what?
A) Deer
B) Humans
C) Horses
D) Bison
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