Ancient Egypt
What are the 3 eras of ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom --> Middle Kingdom --> New Kingdom
What language did the Israelites speak?
Hebrew
What type of government did Greece develop?
Democracy
Which mountains form a northern border of India?
Himalaya
What were Oracle Bones?
Bones that Shang leaders scratched questions into and then interpreted cracks after heating it with a hot metal rod.
1) What plant was used to make paper in ancient Egypt?
2) The writing of the ancient Egyptians is called what?
1) Papyrus
2) Hieroglyphics
1) What is the religion of the ancient Israelites?
2) Israelites believe they are descended from which 3 men?
1) Judaism
2) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
What organization did Athens found after the Greco-Persian wars?
Delian League
What is a monsoon?
What were the three philosophies of ancient China?
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
1) Which desert surrounds Egypt?
2) Which body of water borders Egypt to the north?
3) Which body of water borders Egypt to the east?
4) What is the name of the river that flows through Egypt?
1) Sahara Desert
2) Mediterranean Sea
3) Red Sea
4) Nile River
Nebuchadnezzar
1) Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
2) Who was Alexander the Great's father?
1) Homer
2) Philip II
1) What is the top varna in the Indian caste system?
2) What is the varna that most ancient Indians belonged to?
3) What caste was considered so low that it didn't count as a varna?
2) Sudra
3) Untouchables/Pariahs
The father of Chinese history
1) What was the name of the Egyptian religious writing that many studied to prepare for the afterlife?
2) What was the name of the Egyptian god of embalming?
3) Which Pharaoh set up monotheism in ancient Egypt?
1) Book of the Dead
2) Anubis
3) Amenhotep IV aka Akhenaton
1) What is the difference between the Tanakh and the Torah?
2) What is the name of the special meal Jewish people have to celebrate Passover?
1) The Tanakh is the entire Jewish holy book while the Torah is just the first 5 books of the Jewish holy book.
2) Seder meal
1) Which Greek is considered the father of history?
2) Which Greek historian came after the "father of history" and improved historiography?
1) Herodotus
2) Thucydides
What is the Buddha's actual name?
Siddhartha Gautama
1) Who was Zheng He?
2) Who was Temujin?
1) Famous Chinese sea voyager
2) Leader of the Mongols also known as Genghis Khan
1) What is King Tut's full name?
2) Why is King Tut more famous today than many other pharaohs?
3) The discover of what object made deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics possible?
4) What is the name given to the area where Pharaohs were buried down river into the sides of giant cliffs?
2) Because his tomb was still filled with riches
3) Rosetta Stone
4) Valley of the Kings
1) What is the name of the Greek translation of the Tanakh?
2) What was the name of the Israelite fighting force that fought against the Greek ruler Antiochus?
1) Septuagint
2) Maccabees
1) What is a hoplite?
2) What is a helot?
3) What is a trireme?
4) What is an agora?
5) What is a polis?
1) Greek citizen-soldier
2) Greek slave
3) Greek battleship
4) Greek marketplace
5) Greek city-state
1) What two rivers did the ancient Indians live near?
2) How many Noble Truths are in Buddhism?
3) What is the cause of suffering according to Buddhism?
4) What is the goal of the soul in the Hindu religion?
1) Ganges and Indus rivers
2) 4
3) Desires
4) To reunite with the Universal Spirit (Brahman)
1) Today China is bordered by how many nations?
2) What is the name of the Chinese medical procedure where needles are placed into skin?
1) 14
2) Acupuncture