Test tasks are drawn up in relation to the textbook "History of the Ancient World" (authors A. A. Vigasin and others) and are designed to monitor and consolidate the knowledge of 5th grade students on all topics of the course. Tasks provide verification of the main elements of historical training in accordance with the state educational standard developed in the laboratory of historical education of the Institute of General Secondary Education of the Russian Academy of Education. Test tasks are tested in training practice.