Random Questions
Instead of tombs, what did the Egyptians build in the Old Kingdom to house the bodies of pharaohs?
Pyramids
What are the followers of Islam called?
Muslims
Who is the Messiah in the Christian religion?
Jesus
What is the Ancient Israelites religion known as today?
Judaism
What river did the Ancient Egyptians have to rely on?
The Nile
Ancient Greece created a democracy. What is a democracy?
A government where the citizens vote on all the laws
What was Egypt ruled by?
Pharaohs
What two major world religions originated in India?
Hinduism and Buddhism
What is the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
What type of government did Rome have?
Democracy
Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt into freedom? It is called the Exodus.
Moses
Who is the founder and prophet of Islam?
Mohammad
What does monotheistic mean?
belief in one god
What mountain range contains the tallest mountains in the world?
Himalayas
What was the silk road?
large network of trade routes stretching from China across Asia
Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was the monk that started the Reformation by challenging the Catholic Catholic?
Martin Luther
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in more than one god
Southern, Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
What were the crusades?
a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims
Who created the first written law code based on an eye for an eye?
Hammurabi
What are the 3 MAJOR ancient American cultures?
Aztec, Inca, Maya
What are the 5 major world religions?
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism
What are the names of the seven continents?
Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, South America, North America