Mesopotamia
Ancient Greece
Roman Republic
Islamic Empires
100

What is a city-state?

A city that is an independent political state with its own government

100

What is the word for a Greek city-state?

Polis

100

The upper class of Rome is called:

Patricians

100

What is Islam's holiest city?

Mecca

200

What does Mesopotamia mean?

Between two rivers

200

Who is the Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Persia, the Levant, and Egypt?

Alexander the Great

200

List the people in the First Triumvirate

Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
200

Name the founder of Islam and Islam's holiest text

Muhammad, the Quran

300

What two rivers does Ancient Mesopotamia lie between?

The Tigris and the Euphrates

300

What does Democracy mean?

Power from the people (demos = people, kratia = power)

300

Who plotted to murder Caesar?

Brutus and Cassius
300

Medieval military expeditions undertaken by Europeans to retake the Holy Land from Muslim rulers between 1095 and 1272 were called:

The Crusades

400

The neolithic age, the mesolithic age, and the paleolithic age are all part of what age?

The Stone Age

400

What is the Greek word for city-state?

Polis

400

What is the highest office in the Roman Government?

The Consuls, there were two of them

400

The 800-year effort to overthrow Islamic rule in Spain was called:  

The Reconquista

500

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, who is sent to Gilgamesh to stop him from oppressing his people?

Enkidu

500

In the Peloponnesian War, what were the two leagues fighting each other and who were they led by?

Delian League (Athens) vs. Peloponnesian League (Sparta)

500

Julius Caesar started the Civil War when he...

Crossed the Rubicon

500

List the five pillars of Islam

  1. Profession of faith

  1. Prayer

  1. Alms

  1. Fasting

  1. Pilgrimage