China
Corridors to Mongolia and Russia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and India are a few parts of the massive Belt and Road Initiative carried out over the past two decades by what ginormous country?
china
Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world were built as ceremonial burial vaults for Egyptian pharaohs?
Great Pyramid of Giza
With more than 500 million native speakers, what is the most commonly spoken language in India?
hindi
Greece is officially known as what republic?
Hellenic Republic
when did roman civilization make its greatest progress?
Rome had been a republic for five centuries until Caesar's reign and fell in the first century B.C. when it was turned into an empire. The long and prosperous reign of the Roman Empire's first emperor, Augustus, marked the beginning of a golden era of peace and prosperity.
Not counting continent-straddling Russia, Asian countries that have hosted Olympics through 2022 include China, Japan, and what country that gave us the Bong Joon-Ho movie, "The Host"?
south korea
Famously burned by Julius Caesar, one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world was founded in the third century BC in what Egyptian city?
Alexandria
What "H" is the name of both the fourth-largest city in India and the eighth-largest in Pakistan?
Hyperabad
Name the highest mountain in Greece?
Mount Olympus
How did the Alps help Roman civilization?
The Alps are a sycle-shaped European mountain range that is divided into the Western Alps, the Eastern Alps, and the Central Alps. The Alps are approximately 750 miles in length and the highest peak in the mountain range is Mont Blanc, which rises to 16,000 feet in elevation.
Practiced in the cultures of India, China, Persia, Sumeria and more for centuries but now roundly considered pseudoscience, the practice of chiromancy is the studying of the lines and lines of what body part?
palm
A landmark building on Richmond's VCU Medical Center campus is called the ____ building, where what word fills in the blank, in reference to the "revival" architecture of its namesake ancient culture?
Egyptian
In 1819, Stamford Raffles’ trip to explore what is now Singapore was on behalf of which British joint-stock company looking for trade opportunities?
East India Compan
Do you beat, blow into, or pluck Greece's favourite instrument, the bouzouki?
Pluck it
Was Africa part of the Roman Empire?
Hadrumetum was one of the largest Roman cities in North Africa. Located in modern day Sousse, Tunisia, Hadrumetum was originally a Phoenician port city, taken over by Agathocles of Syracuse and placed under Carthaginian rule, and then became a major trading port for the Roman Empire
Which 37th US president began to normalize relations with China, culminating in his 1972 visit?
Richard Nixon
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Cleopatra
Known for leading the first European expedition to reach India by sea, the largest city in the state of Goa is named after which Portuguese explorer?
Vasco da Gama
Name the world famous former temple on the Athenian Acropolis which is dedicated to the goddess Athena?
The Parthenon
Why did the Roman Empire fall?
Beginning in the 3rd century, the Roman Empire went through massive economic and social changes following its near-collapse during the Crisis of the 3rd Century. The Roman Empire would be split between an eastern half and a western half, ruled by two different rulers.
What crop, the most common to be rotated with corn, was the focus of China trade war discussions because of the fact that 60% of the U.S. crop was exported to China in 2016?
soybean
The celebration of Passover commemorates the Exodus of the Jewish people from the pharaoh’s subjugation in which ancient land?
Egypt
Which politician has been the President of India since July of 2022, and is also the youngest person ever to hold the office?
Droupadi Murmu
Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and also more recently the Summer Olympics in which year?
2004
Where was the center of the Roman Empire?
The Roman Empire began with the rise of Augustus Caesar in 27 BC. His rise to power marked the end of the Roman Republic which had lasted for nearly five hundred years.