Ancient
History - Worksheet
Rulers & Subjects
1. Which new work
specializations led to villages and towns?
2. What could a king provide for his people?
3. Why did some invaders find they needed to keep parts of
the old systems?
Warriors & Warfare
1. How and why
did societies develop professional warriors?
2. How and why were some warrior societies extreme?
3. What new idea replaced extreme warrior
societies?
Gladiators
1. Why did the
Ancient World need its citizens to be used to violence?
2. What did politicians get from running Gladiatorial
combats?
3. Why did some free people volunteer to be
Gladiators?
Sports & Status
1. What class of
people competed in the Greek Olympic games?
2. What skills did every free citizen need to practice in a
city state, and why?
3. What was the relationship between the citizen soldier and
democracy?
Metal Smelting
1. What
advantages did metal use give to a culture?
2. What technological developments made metal smelting
possible?
3. How many craftspeople are needed for large scale metal
production?
Religion and Technology
1. What are the
earliest animist religions supposed to explain?
2. Why did polytheism become popular?
3. What is the relationship between new technologies and new
gods?
Archery
1. Why did peasants need bows?
2. Why were bows great for Ancient armies?
3. Why did bows stop being effective against some
armies?
Slavery
1. What different
types of slaves were there, and where did they come from?
2. What sort of economic activities required slaves?
3. Why were slave societies eventually left behind by other
societies?
Ancient China
1. What
geographical factors helped China develop a civilisation?
2. What problems did Chinese civilisations always face?
3. What solutions did the Chinese adopt to overcome these
issues?
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