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Whose assassination ended the Roman empire?
Julius Caesar
What is the world's first monotheistic religion?
Judaism
Which Greek city-state developed democracy?
Athens
What is a series of trade routes that stretch from eastern China to the Mediterranean sea?
Silk Road
Hunter-gathers were nomads. What does that mean?
They had to move from place to place to follow their food source.
Who created a written law code that brought stability to his kingdom and served as a model for other law codes?
Hammurabi
According to the Five Pillars of Islam, every Muslim must make a pilgrimage to what holy city?
Mecca
Which civilization developed columns?
Greece
Where did Buddhism and Hinduism originate?
India
What formed when people began to domesticate plants and animals?
farms and villages
Who is the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
What Japanese religion's name means "way of the spirits?"
Shinto
Which empire gave us the number zero, algebra and Hindu-Arabic Numerals?
India
Where did early man settle down? Hint: They provided fertile soil.
river valleys
What was caused by:
Germanic Invaders, corrupt politicians, and an overly large empire?
the Fall of Rome
Whose greatest contribution is the spread of Hellenism?
Alexander the Great
Complete this analogy:
___________________ is to Islam as Torah is to Judaism.
Quran
Which empire developed gunpowder, the compass,paper and silk?
China
How are Egyptian pyramids and Sumerian Ziggurats alike?
religious activities took place there
Emperor Augustus began a two hundred year time of peace and prosperity. What was it called?
Pax Roman
Who was the real leader of feudal Japan?
the shogun
Why did Sunni and Shiite Muslims disagree ?
Who would succeed or lead after Muhammad's death.
Which empire is known for Justinian's Code, preserving Greek and roman culture and the love of art and education?
Where did Christianity begin?
Roman Empire
Which empire would have traded silk, porcelain, tea and gunpowder?
China