Ancient China
What did the Chinese name their land the Middle Kingdom?
They thought it was the center of the earth.
What was Esther's Hebrew name?
Hadassah
Where did most Athenian women spend most of their time?
At home.
Was Rome named after Romulus and Remus?
No!
What is the term for the large arena where events were held to entertain the Roman people?
Colosseum
What ancient civilization carved large stone heads out of basalt?
Olmec
Comparatively, what size is the continent of Africa?
It is the second largest continent.
What is an archipelago?
A large group of islands.
Why was the Huang He River called "China's Sorrow"?
It's floods killed thousands and ruined many harvests.
What king did Esther marry?
Xerxes
Was life more rigid in Athens or Sparta?
Sparta
What is the term for a government ruled by representatives chosen by the people?
republic
What month was named after Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth?
June
What does the name Olmec mean?
"land of rubber"
What is the name of the peninsula that Somalia is a part of?
Horn of Africa
What is a kofun?
A giant tomb with a keyhole-shaped burial mound surrounded by a moat.
What does legend say is buried under the Great Wall of China?
Thousands of dead laborers.
What is a satrap?
A governor in ancient Persia.
Geographically, what was Mount Olympus?
The highest mountain in Greece.
What does the Latin word veto mean?
"I forbid."
What Roman emperor ordered the death of countless Christians?
Nero
What ancient civilization modified their foreheads, noses, eyes, and teeth to achieve their standard of beauty?
Mayan
What is a griot?
An African oral storyteller.
What does Shinto mean?
"the way of the gods"
What is acupuncture?
A procedure using needles to prevent or treat pa9n and sickness.
What was the longest stone road in the Persian Empire called?
The Royal Road.
According to myth, what was Mount Olympus?
The dwelling place of the gods.
What famous general used war elephants to cross the Alps?
Hannibal
What day of the month is the Ides of March on?
The fifteenth.
What is a chinampa?
A floating garden.
Who did the Queen of Sheba leave Ethiopia to visit?
King Solomon
How long is the modern edition of Murasaki Shikibu's novel, The Tale of the Genji?
Over 4000 pages.
How many miles long was the Silk Road?
About 4000.
Who became ruler of Macedonia at the age of twenty-two?
Alexander the Great
Who were the nine goddesses that the Greeks believed presided over the arts and the sciences?
Muses
Who was born during the Pax Romana?
Jesus
What happened on the Ides of March?
Julius Caesar was assassinated.
Who was most responsible for the demise of the Mesoamerican civilizations?
The Spanish or the conquistadors.
What was Sundiata Keita know as?
the Lion King
What did the art form of Ikebana involve?
arranging flowers