Asian Religions
(Poly)-Theisms
Islam in Power
Europe
Miscellaneous
100

What is the earliest known organized religion dating back some 4000 years?

Hinduism

100

What does animism mean?

That nature is alive with gods/spirits/forces

100

What does Dar al-Islam mean?

House of Islam, or "everywhere Islam is"

100

What was the worst pandemic in world history?

The Black Death/Bubonic Plague 

100

Akbar the Great was the leader of which Indian empire?

The Mughal

200

What does Buddha mean?

Enlightened One

200

What does polytheism mean?

The belief in many gods

200

What happened to the Abbasid caliphate in 1258 AD/CE?

Baghdad was sacked by the Mongols

200

What is the socio-economic system where workers are bound to the land (or manor) to serve as agricultural laborers for landowners?

feudalism/manorialism 

200

Who was the most famous Mongol ruler of China and host of the European explorer Marco Polo?

Kublai Khan 

300

What does Mahayana mean?

Great Vehicle 

300

What is the belief in one god called?

Monotheism

300

What is the name of the leader of the medieval Turks among the Seljuks and the Ottomans?

Sultan

300

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent in 1440?

The Printing Press

300

Name a great African empire that was also Christian

The Ethiopian Empire

400

What does Theravada mean?

Way of the Elders

400

What does the word gospel mean?

Good news

400

What is Islamic mysticism called?

Sufism

400

What is the economic system based on the private ownership over the means of production?

Capitalism

400

Who wrote the Analects?

Confucius 

500

Which philosophy became dominant in the Song dynasty?

Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism

500

What does the word Islam mean?

Submission

500

Which form of Islam stresses that leaders descend from the family of Muhammad? 

Shia

500

Where is Karl Marx from?

Germany

500

What is the last Chinese dynasty?

Qing/Manchu 

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