What is the world's oldest living civilization?
China
What is the Indian religion of reincarnation?
What helped solve the riddle of Egyptian writing?
Rosetta stone
What term was given to the warriors in feudal Japan?
Samurai
Name the 3 river valleys of ASIA
Huang He, Indus, Tigris-Euphrates
Who started the longest continental empire in history?
Genghis Khan
DAILY DOUBLE
What 2 territories seceded from India to form their own independent states?
Great Pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest?
Cheops
What is Japan's most famous mountain?
Mt. Fuji
What is the largest rift in Earth's surface?
Great Rift Valley
What highway linked China to the Roman road?
Silk road
What dynasty inaugurated India's golden Age?
Guptas
Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior?
Cush
Emperor of Japan?
Mikado
Who wrote the oldest serving hymn?
Clement
What was the pagan religion of Chinese philosopher Lao-tse?
Taoism
What did Asoka do?
Built the Mauryan empire
What important African city became an Egyptian center of life and one of the greatest cities of the Arab world?
Cairo
Shinto
Who was the Frenchman that was able to decipher the hieroglyphics?
Francis Champollion
What was China's longest-ruling dynasty?
Chou
What beautiful building was built as a tomb for a Mogul ruler's wife?
Taj Mahal
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes (Narmer)
DAILY DOUBLE
What ruler is considered the founder of Japanese civilization?
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria