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World history quiz for grade 6: Scythians and the Greek Black Sea colonies

This quiz helps revise “Scythians and the Greek Black Sea colonies” in World history for grade 6. It has 25 questions in five categories: Nomads of the steppe, Scythian gold, Scythian legends, Greek colonies, Greek place names. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 11–12
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Scythians and the Greek Black Sea colonies

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Nomads of the steppe

  1. 100

    Without which animal is a Scythian nomad warrior impossible to imagine?

  2. 200

    Which Greek writer, called the Father of History, described the customs of the Scythians in the most detail?

  3. 300

    Which Persian king marched…

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  4. 400

    What did Herodotus call…

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  5. 500

    Which nomadic people pushed…

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Scythian gold

  1. 100

    What are the tall earth mounds raised over the graves of Scythian kings called?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    This comb with a battle scene was found in the Solokha mound. What metal is it made of?

  3. 300

    What is this gold…

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  4. 400

    What is the Scythian…

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  5. 500

    Which archaeologist found the…

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Scythian legends

  1. 100

    One legend says the Scythians descend from a son of this mightiest Greek hero. Who is he?

  2. 200

    In the legend Herodotus retells, the first ancestor of the Scythians was a son of the chief Greek god. Which god?

  3. 300

    The legend says a…

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  4. 400

    What was the name…

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  5. 500

    What was the name…

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Greek colonies

  1. 100

    What were the towns the Greeks founded on foreign shores, far from their homeland, called?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What is the clay jar with two handles, used by the Greeks to ship wine and olive oil, called?

  3. 300

    The ruins of which…

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  4. 400

    The ruins of which…

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  5. 500

    Olbia cast bronze money…

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Greek place names

  1. 100

    Which sea did the Greeks call the Pontus Euxinus?

  2. 200

    Which river did the Greeks call the Borysthenes?

  3. 300

    Which river did the…

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  4. 400

    Which sea did the…

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  5. 500

    Which modern city stands…

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