Ancient India
This river flows through what is today Pakistan and India, beginning in the Himalayas.
What is the Indus River?
Despite what you may have heard, you cannot see this structure from space, but it still is very grand.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This was a main export of Ancient Greece, and Mr. Cunningham uses it nearly every evening to cook.
What is Olive Oil?
Rome is located in this modern day country.
What is Italy?
This is the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people
What is Judaism?
This is a type of forest that receives more than 80 inches of rain per year.
What is a rain forest?
This is the full name of MPA's gym.
What is the Lansing Sports Center?
Mr. Cunningham wears these on his face so he can see
What are glasses?
This country has 11 time zones.
What is Russia?
Followers of this religion do not eat beef, as cows are considered sacred animals.
What is Hinduism?
This man was known as an advocated for peace and education and his ideas are the foundation of the philosophy of Confucianism.
Who is Confucius (Kong Fuzi)?
A form of government where people vote to make decisions.
What is a democracy?
This "founder" of Christianity lived in Judea while it was ruled by the Romans.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
This religion is practiced by over 1 Billion people and translates to "Submit to the will of God" in Arabic.
What is Islam?
This is a land bridge that once existed between Asia and North America.
What is Beringia?
This man helps run the upper school as its director.
Who is Mr. Segal?
Mr. Cunningham has two of these named Kevin and Ryan
What are brothers?
This largest land mammal on Earth CANNOT jump
What is an elephant?
This is the largest city of the Indus River Valley civilization, its name means "Mound of the Dead" in Sanskrit.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
This river, also known as the Huang Ha, was very important to early Chinese agriculture.
What is the Yellow River?
A famous Greek philosopher known for his teachings and his student Plato.
Who is Socrates?
This Roman dictator was famously assassinated by senators on March 15, 44 BCE
Who is Julius Caesar?
This man is the "founder" of Islam and lived during the 600s CE
Who is the Prophet Muhammad?
These people get their name from the Aztec term for "people of the rubber country"
Who are the Olmec?
These are the two main recognized school colors of MPA.
What are Blue and White?
Mr. Cunningham would spend each shift staring at a fossil of this dinosaur when he worked at the Science Museum of Minnesota
What is a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Burger Kings are called Hungry Jacks in this country.
What is Australia?
This prince is said to have left his life of wealth to become a monk. He would go on to found Buddhism and is also known as the Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This first emperor of China unified many lands through war and ordered the creation of the Terra Cotta Warriors
Who is Qin Shihunagdi?
A conflict where Greek city-states fought each other with Athens leading one side, and Sparta leading the other.
What is the Peloponessian War?
According to legend, the city of Rome was founded by these two brothers.
Who are Remus and Romulus?
This "founder" of Judaism is said to have made a covenant with God and moved his family from Ur.
Who is Abraham?
Watch out, if you lost a ballgame with this civilization, you may be sacrificed to the rain god Chac.
Who are the Maya?
MPA was established in this year.
What is 1982?
Thanks to this movie playing at a former job, Mr. Cunningham knows the entire song of "YMCA" in Minionese.
What is Minions?
This US city hosted the 1996 summer olympic games.
What is Atlanta Georgia?
This is the birth name of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Who is Tenzin Gyatso?
A political theory of Ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This is a form of government where a small, often wealthy, group of people have all the power.
What is an oligarchy?
The Colosseum in Rome was originally called this name.
What is the Flavian Amphitheater?
This modern capital of Iraq has been a major world city for over 1,000 years.
What is Baghdad?
Scientists believe there is a cavern beneath this building in the ruins of the city of Chichen Itza.
What is El Castillo?
This is the full name of the MPA's library where you can see Ms. Lage and Ms. Petrich and get some great books!
What is the Martin Lenz Harrison Library?
What is Murray Middle School?
This was the first country to introduce car license plates
What is France?