| Question | Answer | Fact |
| The earliest people of Mesopotamia were the Sumerians | |
| Early Egyptian civilization was less rural than Mesopotamia | |
| Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are the two largest and best-known sites of settlement of the Indus Valley People | |
| The Archaic period began with the end of the Dark Ages, in which the Phoenicians played an important role | |
| The Persian Empire was built up by these three kings, Xerxes, Cambyses,and Darius III | |
| The Spartans took over and enslaved the Messenians in order to ensure a good supply of food | |
| Greek cities of Anatolia, Eritrea and Sparta, revolted for 6 years against Persia. This led to the Persian Wars: four Persian attacks on Greece | |
| The two most influential philosophers of the Archaic period were Plato and his disciple Socrates | |
| All free adults participated in Athenian democracy. Children, slaves, and foreigners did not have the rights of citizens | |
| The Emperor of Han China was seen as the Son of Heaven, the link between heaven and the human world | |