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When the Romans took over in 63 B.C., they allowed Jewish kings to rule a. Egypt. b. Greece. c. Judah. d. Syria.
What is Judah?
100
What characteristic do the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common? a. They all were great wheat producers. b. They all had rich, yellow soil called loess. c. They all practiced terraced farming. d. They all developed along large rivers.
What is they all developed along large rivers?
100
Which religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire? a. Buddhism b. Hinduism c. Jainism d. Judaism
What is Buddhism?
100
At age 18, boys in Athens were expected to a. join the army. b. take an active role in public affairs. c. attend the university. d. get married and start a family.
What is take an active role in public affairs?
100
Sources with bias a. contain several points of view. b. cannot always be trusted. c. are used to confirm historical facts. d. are reliable and aid in drawing conclusions.
What is cannot always be trusted?
200
Something that passes to the children when the parent dies, such as power from a king, is a. hereditary. b. reactionary. c. secondary. d. tertiary.
What is hereditary?
200
According to the Hebrew Bible, whom did Samuel anoint as the first king of Israel? a. Alexander b. Ezra c. Nebuchadnezzar d. Saul
Who is Saul?
200
At what temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius the same? A. 0 B. 92 C. 50 D. -40
What is -40?
200
According to a traditional legend, who founded the city of Rome? a. Aristotle and Plato b. Helen of Troy c. Julius Caesar d. Romulus and Remus
Who are Romulus and Remus?
300
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a a. cadaver. b. corpse. c. morgue. d. mummy.
What is a mummy?
300
Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia? a. Gilgamesh b. Hammurabi c. Paul d. Sargon
Who is Sargon?
300
How did Confucius believe China should gain peace and harmony? a. by society following a strict system of laws and rules b. by believing in the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth c. by giving up one’s worldly desires in favor of nature d. by placing the needs of family and community above one’s own
What is by placing the needs of family and community above?
300
According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites out of Egypt? a. Jacob b. Moses c. Nebuchadnezzar d. the Maccabees
Who is Moses?
300
Chaldean astronomers mapped a. the phases of the moon. b. the path from Earth to Mars. c. the distance between constellations. d. the locations of asteroids in the Milky Way.
What are the phases of the moon?
400
Philip II defeated the Greeks at the Battle of a. Troy. b. Alexandria. c. Chaeronea. d. Greece.
What is Chaeronea?
400
In 139 B.C. the emperor sent Zhang Qian to explore areas west of China in search of allies, but instead he returned with stories of a. dragons. b. horses. c. silk. d. spices.
What are horses?
400
Which was a major catastrophe faced by both the Anasazi and the Hohokam? a. disease b. drought c. floods d. war
What is a drought?
400
By which name were the archbishops from Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem known? a. apostles b. clergy c. patriarchs d. popes
What are patriarchs?
400
31. The Han dynasty differed from the Qin dynasty because under Han, government workers were chosen based on their a. ability according to tests. b. wealth and relationship to the censor. c. loyalty to the emperor. d. relationship to the emperor.
What is ability according to tests?
500
What geographic barriers both protected and isolated early China? a. walls around the villages b. farms and valleys c. mountains, deserts, and oceans d. the Huang He and Chang Jiang
What are mountains, deserts, and oceans?
500
Images of what were scarce in cave paintings? a. boars b. horses c. humans d. oxen
What are humans?
500
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. How many did it have at the end of the twentieth century? A. 0 B. 11 C. 4 D. 13
What is 0?
500
What are the odds of being killed by space debris? A. 1 in 1 trillion B. 1 in 5 million C. 1 in 5 billion D. 1 in 10 billion
What is 1 in 5 million?
500
If you copy an idea or a written text word for word, that is called a. investigation. b. fact-checking. c. investigation. d. plagiarism.
What is plagiarism?