The Stone Ages
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Islamic World
Middle Ages & Renaissance
100
The time before there was writing
What is PREHISTORY
100
Who were the Olympic games held to honor?
What is ZEUS
100
What geographic feature best describes Italy?
What is PENINSULA
100
What is the Arabic word for God?
What is ALLAH
100
Which explorer is credited with circumnavigating the world?
What is Ferdinand Magellan
200
Another word for farming
What is AGRICULTURE
200
What types of buildings in the U.S. have architecture that is similar to that of the ancient Greeks?
What is U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
200
What word means to reject or prohibit actions or laws of government officials?
What is VETO
200
The Holy book of Islam
What is the Qu'ran
200
Who is credited with starting the Reformation AND what branch of Christianity did he start?
What is Martin Luther and Protestantism
300
Where the earliest humans were found
What is AFRICA
300
Name one famous Greek poet
Who is HOMER
300
What is the difference between PLEBEIANS and PATRICIANS?
What is plebeians are ordinary citizens and patricians were nobility
300
Muhammad made a pilgrimage between what 2 Holy Cities?
What is MECCA and MEDINA
300
What were the holy wars of the Middle Ages called?
What is THE CRUSADES
400
The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans
What is DOMESTICATION
400
What city-state fought in all 4 battles of the Persian Wars?
What is ATHENS
400
Name 2 of the 3 parts of Roman government
What is MAGISTRATES, SENATE, and ASSEMBLIES/TRIBUNES
400
What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims?
What is Shiite Muslims believe that Islam's leader should be a direct descendant of Muhammad and Sunni Muslims believe any truly religious Muslim can lead the Islamic World.
400
Name the 4 most important artists of the Renaissance
What is Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Rafael
500
The three eras of the Stone Ages in order from oldest to most recent
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
500
Name the 4 city-states that competed in the RMS Greek Olympics
What is ATHENS, SPARTA, MEGARA, CORINTH
500
Who fought in the Punic Wars?
Who is ROME and CARTHAGE
500
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
What is FAITH, PRAYER, SHARING, FASTING, and the HAJJ
500
List the levels of the feudal pyramid from TOP to BOTTOM
What is KINGS, LORDS/NOBLES, KNIGHTS/VASSALS, and PEASANTS & SERFS