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100

Whose assassination ended the Roman empire?

Julius Caesar

100

What is the world's first monotheistic religion?

Judaism

100

Which Greek city-state developed democracy?

Athens

100

What is a series of trade routes that stretch from eastern China to the Mediterranean sea?

Silk Road

100

Hunter-gathers were nomads. What does that mean?

They had to move from place to place to follow their food source.

200

Who created a written law code that brought stability to his kingdom and served as a model for other law codes?

Hammurabi

200

According to the Five Pillars of Islam, every Muslim must make a pilgrimage to what holy city?

Mecca

200

Which civilization developed columns?

Greece

200

Where did Buddhism and Hinduism originate?

India

200

What formed when people began to domesticate plants and animals?

farms and villages

300

Who is the founder of Islam?

Muhammad

300

What Japanese religion's name means "way of the spirits?"

Shinto

300

Which empire gave us the number zero, algebra and Hindu-Arabic Numerals?

India

300

Where did early man settle down? Hint: They provided fertile soil.

river valleys

300

What was caused by:

Germanic Invaders, corrupt politicians, and an overly large empire?

the Fall of Rome

400

Whose greatest contribution is the spread of Hellenism?

Alexander the Great

400

Complete this analogy:

___________________ is to Islam as  Torah is to Judaism.

Quran

400

Which empire developed gunpowder, the compass,paper and silk?

China

400

How are Egyptian pyramids and Sumerian Ziggurats alike?

religious activities took place there

400

Emperor Augustus began a two hundred year time of peace and prosperity. What was it called?

Pax Roman

500

Who was the real leader of feudal Japan?

the shogun

500

Why did Sunni and Shiite Muslims disagree ?

Who would succeed or lead after Muhammad's death.

500

Which empire is known for Justinian's Code, preserving Greek and roman culture and the love of art and education?

Byzantine Empire
500

Where did Christianity begin?

Roman Empire

500

Which empire would have traded silk, porcelain, tea and gunpowder?

China

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