People
Places
Religions
Civilizations
Miscellaneous
100
The Greek poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer?
100
Life in ancient Egypt centered around the _______ River.
What is the Nile?
100
Ancient Egyptians practiced ___________ to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
100
Athens was the birthplace of this form of government.
What is democracy?
100
The place where forms of entertainment like chariot races and gladiator contests held in Rome.
What is the colosseum?
200
A German monk whose unhappiness with the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
200
Most people lived in ______ during the Stone Age.
What are caves?
200
Two major religions that began in ancient India.
What are Buddhism and Hinduism?
200
In ancient China, these were lines of rulers from one family.
What is dynasties?
200
One contribution of ancient China.
What is silk/gunpowder
300
Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato were all _____ in Ancient Greece.
Who are philosophers?
300
The ____________ separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
What is the Himalayas?
300
This religion began in ancient Rome.
What is Christianity?
300
A Medieval political system.
What is Feudalism?
300
Wars fought by European Christians to reclaim the "Holy Land" from the Muslims.
What is the Crusades?
400
The English dramatist and poet considered to be one of the greatest writers of the English language was ____________.
Who was William Shakespeare?
400
Self-governing cities and their surrounding villages in ancient Greece.
What are City-States?
400
The first five books of the Old Testament.
What is the Torah?
400
The center of Sumerian city life.
What are Ziggurats?
400
The Phoenicians were responsible for contributing this to society.
What is Alphabet?
500
The written word was spread throughout Europe due to the printing press invented by ________________.
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
500
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
500
In ___________ the ideas of karma and reincarnation strengthened the caste system, whereas ___________ completely rejected it.
What is Hinduism; Buddhism?
500
A culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning, and government is called a/an _______________.
What is civilization?
500
A term meaning Renaissance.
What is rebirth?
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