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100
This geographical feature was where the earliest civilizations were found
What are river valleys?
100
Gun powder was an invention from _____________.
What is China?
100
The three biggest monotheistic religions are (you need all three to get credit) ________, ___________ and ________.
What are Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
100
This was a series of Holy Wars against Muslims in the Middle East. It was a turning point between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
What are the Crusades?
100
This German monk posted 95 Theses against the Catholic practice of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
This seasonal wind brings rain in summer and dry weather in winter in South and Southeast Asia (i.e. India)
What is a monsoon
200
Democracy was first developed in Ancient Greece in ____________.
What is Athens?
200
The founder of Islam is ______________.
Who is Muhammad?
200
This event led to the Dark or Middle Ages in Europe.
What is the Fall of Rome?
200
This Chinese philosopher's key ideas of keeping order in society were based on the Five Relationships (Father-Son, Husband-Wife, etc.) and filial piety.
Who is Confucius?
300
This country formed a cultural bridge between Japan and China
What is Korea?
300
This Babylonian development was one of the first sets of written laws, and called for payment/punishment that fit the crime, i.e. an eye for an eye.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
Members of the lowest caste in the Hindu religion, wh are discriminated against, are known as ________.
What are "untouchables?"
300
This philosophical movement was known as "the Age of Reason."
What is the Enlightenment?
300
This military commander took over most of Europe after he became the Emperor of France around 1800.
Who is Napoleon?
400
As a result of mountainous terrain and island locations, Ancient Greece was not unified but consisted of many polises, or _____________.
What are city-states?
400
Aqueducts, legions of soldiers, the Twelve Tables of Law, and an extensive road system were factors that enabled security and trade throughout the Mediteranean World. This situation of security and flowering of trade is known as the _________ ________________
What is the Pax Romana (or Roman Peace)?
400
According to the Buddha, suffering is caused by desire. To stop it, and end suffering, you must use the ________ Path.
What is the Eightfold Path?
400
Pizzaro and Cortes were conquistadors who conquered the Incas and the Aztecs in the Americas for this country during the Age of Exploration.
What is Spain?
400
This Portuguese leader used developments such as the compass and the astrolabe to help his country take the lead in the Age of Exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
500
Since Columbus thought he had found India, the region where he landed in the Americas is known as the _______ _____________.
What is the West Indies?
500
The development of the concept of "0", the decimal system, and the so-called Arabic numerals occurred in what country/empire?
What is India (or the Gupta Empire [in India])?
500
The traditional animist religion of Japan is known as _________.
What is Shintoism?
500
This Jacobin was the leader during the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution before he himself was beheaded.
Who is [Maximilian] Robespierre?
500
This Enlightenment philosopher from France proposed the idea of separation of powers in his book "THe Spirit of the Laws", and inspired American and other governments to create three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial).
Who is the Baron Montesquieu?