ROME
INDIA
CHINA
MIXED
MIXED
100
IN 451 B.C. A GROUP OF TEN OFFICIALS BEGAN WRITING DOWN ROME'S LAW. THEY BECAME THE BASIS FOR LATER ROMAN LAW. THESE LAWS ESTABLISHED THE IDEA THAT ALL FREE CITIZENS HAD A RIGHT TO THE PROTECTION OF THE LAW. WHAT WERE THESE LAWS CALLED?
TWELVE TABLES
100
FIERCE FIGHTERS CALLED THE HUNAS INVADED AND THREATENED NORTHERN INDIA. TRUE OR FALSE; THEY WERE NOT RELATED TO THE HUNS WHO INVADED THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
FALSE, THEY WERE RELATED
100
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DYNASTY THAT EXPANDED CHINA'S BORDERS TO THE SIZE THAT IT IS ALMOST TODAY AND DEVELOPED A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT LASTED FOR CENTURIES?
HAN DYNASTY
100
THE ROMANS PLACED GREAT VALUE ON TWO THINGS IN THEIR SOCIETY; WHAT WERE THEY?
GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY
100
TRUE OR FALSE LIKE THE FARMERS IN INDIA, CHINESE PEASANTS OWED PART OF THEIR YEARLY CROPS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
TRUE
200
Who made up the majority of the Roman population, Patricians or Plebeians?
Plebeians (common farmers, artisans, and merchants)
200
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE THIRD GUPTA EMPEROR IN INDIA?
CHANDRA GUPTA II
200
OF THE TWO LEADERS THAT EMERGED EARLY IN THE HAN DYNASTY, WHICH ONE FOUGHT THE OTHER AND DECLARED HIMSELF THE FIRST EMPEROR OF THE HAN DYNASTY?
LIU BANG (LEE-oo-bahng)
200
WHAT IS THE NAME OF CHANDRA GUPTA'S SON WHO LOVED THE ARTS AND WHO HAD A WARLIKE SIDE?
SAMUDRA
200
Literature and drama were very important in Indian culture. In 2000, movies produced from India far exceeded the movies produced in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and France. What is the name of the movie industry in India?
Bollywood
300
HANNIBAL (247-183 B.C.) AND HIS FATHER FOUGHT AGAINST ROME IN 3 WARS. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WARS?
THE PUNIC WARS
300
THE TAMIL GROUPS WERE MATRIARCHAL AND ALL OF THE PROPERTY AND SOMETIMES THE THRONE WAS PASSED THROUGH WHICH LINE?
FEMALE
300
THE HAN DYNASTY RULED CHINA FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES. WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO PERIODS OF THIS DYNASTY?
'HAN DYNASTY' AND 'THE LATER HAN DYNASTY'
300
NAME THE THREE GROUPS THAT ARE CONSIDERED THE FIRST ROMANS?
LATINS, GREEKS AND THE ETRUSCANS
300
MOST INDIAN FAMILIES WERE PATRIARCHAL OR MATRIARCHAL
PATRIARCHAL (HEADED BY THE ELDEST MALE)
400
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRY THAT FOUGHT ROME IN THE PUNIC WARS?
CARTHAGE
400
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INSTRUMENT USED IN ANCIENT AND MODERN HINDU MUSIC?
SITAR
400
WHEN LIU BANG DIED IN 195 B.C. HIS SON WAS ONLY A EMPEROR IN NAME, THE REAL POWER EXISTED WITH THE EMPRESS WHO MANAGED TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE EMPIRE. WHAT WAS HER NAME AND HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO KEEP CONTROL?
EMPRESS LU SHE HAD POWERFUL FRIENDS IN THE COURT WHO HELPED HER SEIZE POWER AND SHE RETAINED CONTROL OF THE THRONE BY NAMING FIRST ONE INFANT AND THEN ANOTHER AS EMPEROR. BECAUSE THE INFANTS WERE TOO YOUNG TO RULE, SHE REMAINED IN CONTROL.
400
NAME THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT HINDU GODS?
BRAHMA (CREATOR OF THE WORLD) VISHNU (PRESERVER OF THE WORLD SHIVA (DESTROYER OF THE WORLD)
400
IN THE 1ST CENTURY B.C. ROME BOASTED OF HAVING A BALANCED GOVERNMENT. THEIR GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN THE BEST FEATURES OF WHAT THREE GOVERNMENTS?
MONARCHY (GOVERNMENT BY A KING) ARISTOCRACY (GOVERNMENT BY NOBLES) DEMOCRACY (GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE)
500
ROMULUS AND REMUS, TWIN SONS OF THE GOD MARS AND A LATIN PRINCESS, WERE ABANDONED AS INFANTS AND RAISED BY A SHE-WOLF, ACCORDING TO LEGEND. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER WHERE THEY WERE ABANDONED?
TIBER
500
WHO DEFEATED THE SHAKAS (TO THE WEST) AND ADDED THAT COASTAL TERRITORY TO HIS EMPIRE, WHICH INCREASED THE ABILITY TO HAVE PROFITABLE TRADE WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD?
CHANDRA GUPTA II
500
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HAN DYNASTY ESTABLISHED MONOPOLIES ON 4 MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCE OCCUPATIONS. WHAT ARE THEY?
1) MINING OF SALT 2) FORGING OF IRON 3) MINTING OF COINS 4) BREWING OF ALCOHOL
500
IN INDIA DROUGHT WAS COMMON. EVERY MONTH PEOPLE GAVE A DAY'S WORTH OF LABOR TO MAINTAIN WHAT FOUR WATER RELATED PROJECTS?
WELLS, IRRIGATION DITCHES, RESERVOIRS AND DAMS
500
What three aspects of math were conceived in India?
MODERN NUMERALS, ZERO, AND THE DECIMAL SYSTEMS
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