Ancient Rome
The great city of Rome was built on the tops of seven legendary hills along a famous river. What is the name of that river?
Tiber River
The Han Dynasty shifted from a strict system of Legalism to this looser system which believed people were naturally good at their cores.
Confucianism
This social system organized people into classes based on their birth status.
Caste System
This system of sharing rule between 3 leaders twice failed and led to emperors in Rome.
Triumvirate
Which movie was the top grossing hit of 2022?
Top Gun: Maverick
Romulus
This means of exchange started in the Han Dynasty and connected China with India and the West.
Silk Road
This term explains how ideas are shared and spread between different places through contact and trade, and is how Buddhism was brought to, and spread, in India.
Globalization
This Roman leader attempted to establish hereditary rule when he appointed his adopted son his heir. [2 names]
Julius Caesar & Augustus
What is Mr. Mahler's dog's name?
Safari
What were the two groups of Roman citizens called?
Plebeians and Patricians.
This concept gave the people the right to rise up against their rulers, and was to have for a person to maintain power.
The Mandate of Heaven.
These two concepts refer to the correct behavior of an individual, and the sum of their actions in life which determines how they are born in the next.
Dharma and Karma
A conspiracy, this murder attempted to maintain the power of the Senate following the victim's rise to prominence.
What can run but never walk, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
These law codes, carved into stone, helped protect the rights of the common people of Rome.
The Twelve Tables.
This emperor of the Qin Dynasty helped unify China for the first time since before the Warring States Period.
Shi Huangdi
Name 2 of the 4 levels of the social structure in Mauryan India.
Sudra, Vaisya, Kshatriya, Brahmin
This period marked a time of stability and prosperity in the Roman Empire that lasted for over 200 years.
Pax Romana
In the first Super Bowl, played in 1967, the Green Bay Packers defeated this team by a score of 35-10.
Kansas City Chiefs
Initially, Rome was ruled by a series of kings. How many were there? (Bonus: extra 100 points for every one you can name)
7 kings [Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tullius, Tarquin the Proud]
This uprising, remembered for its colorful uniform, marked the beginning of the end of the Han Dynasty.
Yellow Turban Rebellion
This leader quickly unified many tribes in modern-day India after the departure/retreat of this other leader's army. [Two Names]
Chandragupta Maurya & Alexander the Great
Not known for his modesty, Roman emperor Augustus Caesar claimed he "Found Rome a city of ________ and left it a city of _________."
Bricks & Marble
In 2022 Putin's Russia launched an attack on Ukraine that has continued for over a year. What is the name of the actor-turned-politician who is the figurehead of Ukrainian resistance?
Volodymyr Zelenskyy