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Mesopotamia
India
Egypt
China
Japan
100
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers that make up Mesopotamia?
100
Indus River
What is the name of the river along which the first civilization of India developed?
100
The Nile
What is the name of the most important natural resource in Egypt?
100
Huang He
What is the name of the river along which the first civilization of China developed?
100
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku
What are the names of the four main islands of Japan?
200
Babylon
What is the name of the city on the Euphrates that became the basis for Nebuchadnezzar's empire?
200
Ganges
What is the name of the most sacred river in India for the Hindu people?
200
The Great Pyramids
What is the name of the massive structures built in Giza as tombs for such great pharaohs as Khufu?
200
Shihuangdi
What is the name of the first emperor of China who is credited with building the Great Wall?
200
Kami
What is the name of the spirits who live in Japan?
300
Cyrus the Great
What is the name of the Persian emperor who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland?
300
Buddhism
What is the name of the religion that began with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?
300
Narmer
What is the name of the first pharaoh of Egypt who united the Upper and Lower Kingdoms?
300
Ming Dynasty
What is the name of the dynasty that is known for its skilled arts and the creation of the Grand Fleet?
300
Samurai
What is the name for the warriors of medieval Japan?
400
Assyria
What is the name of the hated empire that known for their cruelty and excellent road system?
400
Ashoka
What is the name of the ruler who rejected warfare as a means to expand his empire and converted to Buddhism?
400
Akhenaton
What is the name of the "heretic pharaoh" who tried to impose monotheism and move the capital to one dedicated to his god?
400
Kublai Khan
What is the name of the grandson of Genghis Khan who tried to conquer Japan and rebuilt the capital of China?
400
Tokugawa Ieyasu
What is the name of the shogun who united Japan and ended the feudal wars among the samurai?
500
Ur
What is the name of the city that Abram (Abraham) came from?
500
The British Empire
What is the name of the last empire to rule India before its independence in 1947?
500
Hatshepsut
What is believed to be the first female pharaoh in Egypt?
500
Kao Tsu
What is the name of the peasant who led the rebellion against the Qin Dynasty and established China's first government based on Confucianism?
500
Meiji Restoration
What is the name of the era in which Japan became a modern nation?