Geography
Belief Systems
People
Vocabulary
Challenge
Misc.
100
The first civilizations all formed near this Geographic Feature.
What are rivers?
100
This sacred text, comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, serves as the foundation of Jewish law and tradition.
What is the Torah?
100
This ruler of the Mali Empire, known for his legendary wealth, made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
Who is Mansa Musa?
100
A religious system that believes in multiple gods
Polytheism
100
Hammurabi ruled over what kingdom?
Babylon
100
This political and social system dominated medieval Europe and Japan, where land was exchanged for loyalty and military service.
What is Feudalism?
200
Due to isolation caused by mountains Ancient Greek civilization developed as these.
What are City-States?
200
This leader of the Qin Dynasty was a big believer in Legalism.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
200
This successful military general gained loyalty from his soldiers by sharing the spoils of war (land and money) and popularity among plebeians by enacting reforms that shrank the wealth gap between rich and poor, causing the Roman Senate to grow nervous about his power.
Who is Julius Ceaser?
200
This term describes the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another—often through trade, migration, or conquest.
What is cultural diffusion?
200
These were used by the Shang Dynasty to Predict the Future and speak with the gods.
What are Oracle Bones?
200
The massive and beautiful church created by Justinian the Great.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
Geographic features like mountains, deserts, and oceans that provide protection and isolation for civilizations are collectively known as these.
What are natural barriers?
300
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism were all created for this reason.
What is to end the Era of Warring States?
300
This Italian merchant and traveler served in Kublai Khan’s court and wrote about his experiences in China.
Who was Marco Polo?
300
A person who moves from place to place in search of food.
What is a nomad?
300
These are the four primary cultures that combined to create Hellenistic Culture.
What are
Persian
Indian
Greek
Egyptian
300
This exam, based on Confucian teachings, allowed individuals to gain government positions and increased social mobility.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
400
____ are the treeless plains in central Asia that the Mongols are from.
What is Steppe?
400
These foundational practices—including prayer, fasting during Ramadan, and a pilgrimage to Mecca—form the core beliefs and duties of Islam.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
400
Originally named Octavian, he became the first emperor of Rome and ushered in the Pax Romana.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
400
This rigid social structure in ancient India limited social mobility by assigning individuals to hereditary groups based on occupation and duty.
What is the Caste System?
400
This leader unified Russia and drove out the Mongols.
Who is Ivan the III / Ivan the Great?
400
This explosive invention was first created during the Tang and Song dynasties.
What is gunpowder?
500
Rome defeated this North African city-state in the Punic Wars, gaining territory, wealth, and power as a result.
What is Carthage?
500
This doctrine claimed the pope had supreme authority over all secular rulers, especially during the Middle Ages.
What is papal supremacy?
500
A religious leader who founded The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path.
Who is Siddhartha/Buddha?
500
This process, practiced among upper-class women during the Song Dynasty, was meant to symbolize beauty and status.
What is footbinding?
500
This important guide for women’s behavior was written during the Tang Dynasty.
What is Analects for Women?
500
Although the emperor remained the symbolic ruler, this military leader held the real power in Japan for centuries.
What is a shogun?
600
The Byzantine Empire had access to these four trade routes.
What are the Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan Trade Routes, The Mediterranean Sea Complex, The Indian Ocean Complex?
600
In this book, Mayans explain their views of creation, good and evil, and the purpose of living
What is the Popol Vuh or Book of the Council?
600
The only female emperor of China who ruled during the Tang Dynasty and expanded China’s influence.
Who was Wu Zetian?
600
These common free citizens of Rome gradually won more rights and representation in the government.
Who are plebians?
600
What was the world’s first established written language?
Cuneiform
600
This legal code, commissioned by a Byzantine emperor, organized and preserved Roman law and influenced European legal systems for centuries.
What is Justinian's Code?
700
As Rome expanded around the Mediterranean Sea they began to call it this latin term meaning "Our Sea."
What is Mare Nostrum?
700
This is the holy text of Buddhism.
What is the Tripitaka/Three Baskets of Wisdom?
700
*Daily Double* This person was responsible for the creation of Hellenistic Culture.
Who was Alexander the Great?
700
The Aztecs used these man-made "floating gardens" to grow crops on the shallow lake beds of the Valley of Mexico.
What are chinampas?
700
The expansion of trade and agriculture during the Tang Dynasty led to the growth of this capital city, one of the largest in the world at the time.
What is Chang’an?
700
The highest social class during the Tang and Song dynasties was known by this term.
What is the Gentry?
800
This river, known as "China's Sorrow," was central to the development of ancient Chinese civilization.
What is the Huang He/ Yellow River?
800
This decree, issued by Emperor Theodosius in 380 CE, made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Thessalonica?
800
This Missionary played a crucial role in spreading Christianity by traveling around the Mediterranean, establishing churches, and writing letters (epistles) to teach and guide early Christian communities.
Who is Paul?
800
The Islamic Golden Age, a period of great intellectual and cultural flourishing, is primarily associated with these two Caliphates.
What are the Umayyad and Abbasid?
800
These are the three types of Columns seen in Greek Architecture.
What are: Ionic doric corinthian
800
These two groups came together and formed Kievan Rus.
Who are the Slavs and the Vikings/Rus?
900
This semi-arid region forms a transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the savannas to the south.
What is the Sahel?
900
In Daoism, this principle advocates effortless action and aligning with the natural flow of the universe.
What is Wu Wei?
900
Roman emperor who moved the Roman capital to the east and named it after himself.
Constantine I
900
This period, roughly from 800 to 200 BCE, saw the emergence of influential thinkers like Confucius, Buddha, and Socrates, who profoundly shaped religious and philosophical traditions.
What is the Axial Age?
900
This genre of Japanese woodblock prints, meaning "pictures of the floating world," depicted scenes of urban life, beauty, and nature.
What is ukiyo-e?
900
This branch of mathematics, developed and named by Muslim scholars, focused on solving equations and balancing unknowns.
What is algebra?
1000
This peninsula in southeastern Mexico is home to ancient Maya ruins and separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
1000
This Shinto amulet for good luck and protection is called _____.
What is Omamori?
1000
This Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, made lasting contributions to logic, ethics, and natural sciences.
Aristotle
1000
This was created to help spread Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine to Russia.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
1000
_______ was the author of the Precepts for Women, which was a Han Dynasty text that helped inspire later writing about women in China.
Who is Ban Zhao?
1000
Russia was inspired by Byzantine Architecture. This can be seen in the domes of what structure?
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?