Mesopotamia
What do you call the worship of multiple gods?
Polytheism
Who writes the allegory of the cave?
Plato
The upper class of Rome is called:
Patricians
What is Islam's holiest city?
Mecca
What do you call the rigid social structure that ranked people at birth, determining social class, occupation, and viable marriage partners?
The Caste System
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers
Who is the Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Persia, the Levant, and Egypt?
Alexander the Great
List the people in the First Triumvirate
Name the founder of Islam and Islam's holiest text
Muhammad, the Quran
What is the name of Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
What two rivers does Ancient Mesopotamia lie between?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
What does Democracy mean?
Power from the people (demos = people, kratia = power)
Who plotted to murder Caesar?
Medieval military expeditions undertaken by Europeans to retake the Holy Land from Muslim rulers between 1095 and 1272 were called:
The Crusades
What is the name of the infinite, cosmic principle behind the universe in Hinduism?
Brahman
The neolithic age, the mesolithic age, and the paleolithic age are all part of what age?
The Stone Age
What is the Greek word for city-state?
Polis
What is the highest office in the Roman Government?
The Consuls, there were two of them
The 800-year effort to overthrow Islamic rule in Spain was called:
The Reconquista
Who was responsible for the spread of Buddhism across the Mauryan Empire?
Ashoka (the Great)
In The Epic of Gilgamesh, who is sent to Gilgamesh to stop him from oppressing his people?
Enkidu
In the Peloponnesian War, what were the two leagues fighting each other and who were they led by?
Delian League (Athens) vs. Peloponnesian League (Sparta)
Julius Caesar started the Civil War when he...
Crossed the Rubicon
List the five pillars of Islam
Profession of faith
Prayer
Alms
Fasting
Pilgrimage
List the Eightfold Path
Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration