Geography Basics
This is the name for the world's largest continent.
Asia
This Roman leader was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BCE.
Julius Caesar
This is a record of events that took place in the past.
History
This ancient civilization lived along the Nile River in Africa.
Ancient Egypt
When did World War II officially started? (Just the year)
1939
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres is called this.
The Prime Meridian
This great Hellenistic king established an empire that stretched from Greece to India.
Alexander the Great
The time period before the invention of writing is called this.
Prehistory
The ancient Greeks were pioneers of this type of government, which means "rule by the people."
Democracy
What host country hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics?
Germany
This imaginary line runs east to west and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
The Equator
This is the name of the general who led the Carthaginian army in the Second Punic War against Rome.
Hannibal
A person who studies and writes about the past is known as a ______?
A historian
This group of ancient people invented a system of writing called cuneiform and lived in a region called Mesopotamia.
The Sumerians
What is the second largest empire made known to man?
The Mongol Empire
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent and is surrounded by water on three sides is known as this.
A peninsula
This Greek philosopher was the teacher of Plato.
Socrates
DOUBLE POINTS FOR ALL TEAMS
+200: What is a firsthand account of an event, such as a diary, a letter, or an artifact?
+200: This is a second-hand account of an event, such as a textbook, a biography, or a historical article.
A primary and secondary source (Each 200 Points)
his ancient Roman structure was an amphitheater used for gladiator fights and other public spectacles.
The Colosseum
DOUBLE POINTS FOR ALL TEAMS
The Industrial Revolution started in which nation (+200) or/and which English monarch (+200)
Great Britain and Queen Victoria
A group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean is called an _____?
An archipelago.
This king of Ancient Babylon created one of the world's first codes of law.
Hammurabi
This term refers to the practice of one country extending its power and control over another territory, often for economic gain.
Imperialism
The "Mandate of Heaven" was a belief system that justified the rule of emperors in this ancient civilization.
Ancient China
What nation was created after World War I, occupied in World War I, went back to a nation, and later dissolved in the 1990s
Yugoslavia