India
China
Greece
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Bonus Questions
100

This religion includes belief in the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.

Buddhism

100

These are important features of a Chinese emperor's burial site and were made from clay.

Terracotta Warriors

100

This Greek city was known for democracy, philosophy, and art.

Athens

100

This was used to host gladiator contests and other public events.

Colosseum

100

This civilization used the caste system.

India

200

This is similar to heaven and is a state of total enlightenment according to Buddhist religion. Buddhists try to achieve this.

Nirvana

CHALLENGE FOR BONUS QUESTION: Pick one person from your group and one person from another group. You will have a dice-roll contest. The winner gets a bonus question for their group.

200

This was built to seal off the empire from foreign invasion. Peasants, slaves, and criminals did the hard labor to build it.

Great Wall of China

200

This was used in Greece, but it was originally invented by the Phoenicians.

The Alphabet

200

DAILY DOUBLE! (400 points)

This Roman legacy helped to bring fresh water from mountain springs to their cities.

Aqueduct

200

This civilization benefited from the building of roads, bridges, and aqueducts that led to more trading.

Rome

300

This empire declined due to outside invaders and inside fighting

Gupta Empire

CHALLENGE FOR BONUS QUESTION: Pick one person from your group and one person from another group. You will have a rock-paper-scissors contest. The winner gets a bonus question for their group.

300

This dynasty declined due to invasions, horrible rulers and uprisings, and natural calamities.

Han Dynasty

300

This was built on the acropolis to honor Athena.

Parthenon

CHALLENGE FOR BONUS QUESTION: Pick one person from your group and one person from another group. You will have a rock-paper-scissors contest. The winner gets a bonus question for their group.

300

Rome was located on a ________, which resulted in the Romans being able to grow wealthy through trade, Roman ships were able to reach other lands more easily, and Romans were able to go out and conquer many new territories.

Peninsula

300

This civilization had city-states and active roles for its citizens in government decision-making.

Greece

400

This was the ancient Indian temple built with a pyramid-shaped roof

Vishnu Temple
400

This philosophy taught strict obedience to laws and authority.

Legalism

CHALLENGE FOR BONUS QUESTION: Pick one person from your group and one person from another group. You will have a staring contest. The winner gets a bonus question for their group.

400

This philosopher was Plato’s brightest student, spent three years tutoring Alexander the Great, invented a method of debating that followed rules of logic, & opened his own school in Athens called the Lyceum.

Aristotle

CHALLENGE FOR BONUS QUESTION: Pick one person from your group and one person from another group. You will have a staring contest. The winner gets a bonus question for their group.

400

Diocletian chose to rule the ________ Roman Empire after splitting it into two because he considered the _________ regions wealthier and more prosperous.

Eastern

400

This man was known for creating a stronger democracy, improving the beauty of Athens and increasing the growth of the empire.

Pericles

500

Name two mathematical inventions from Ancient India:

  • the decimal system

  • the numeral system

  • symbol for zero

500

This philosophy taught filial piety, strong family values and following society's rules, and peace and harmony.

Confucianism

500

This was an epic poem written by Homer telling the story of the Trojan War.

The Iliad

500

This epic poem was written by Virgil in Ancient Rome and detailed the story of a great Trojan hero named Aeneas who would help found the city of Rome.

The Aeneid

500

This civilization practiced assimilating (to take in) other cultures which resulted in loyalty to the empire.

Rome