The Monarchy
Inventions and Inventors
Religion
Gunpowder
Cultures
100

The name of royal families in China.

Dynasties

100

This inventor created a more efficient steam engine, and had a unit of measurement named after him.

James Watt.

100

This person is the first prophet according to Judea-Christian beliefs.

Abraham (or Abram)

100

This nation is credited with the invention of gunpowder.

China.

100

This edible plant is extremely popular in Asian cultures, although it has spread around the world for its versatility.

Rice

200

This British monarch pushed for the arts during the Renaissance.

Queen Elizabeth I (also accepting just Queen Elizabeth)

200

This simple invention allowed for the automation of many stationary production machines.

Water wheel

200

This religion involves prayer five times a day.

Islam
200

This famous capital was defeated by a new empire empowered by using gunpowder weapons.

Constantinople. (or Istanbul)

200

This country has a history of rebellion, starting around the late 1700's. 

France

300

This monarch was famously the first to unite all of China.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang(or just Qin Shi Huang, or Shihuangdi)

300

This complex invention allowed for the automation of several moving machines.

Steam engine

300

This monarch made Christianity legal, and later adopted it himself.

Constantine I (or just Constantine)

300

This was the task given to the alchemists who discovered gunpowder. (Hint: a very common request amongst powerful people)

To make an elixir of immortality. (or similar answers)

300

This ancient nation's oral language is still spoken by ~10 million people today. (Note: the answer is the nation, not the language)

Inca

400

This monarch of France was overthrown during the French Revolution.

King Louis XVI (or just King Louis XVI)

400

This invention allowed for food to remain edible much longer in city centers.

The refrigerator

400

This religion is the more spiritual basis for Confucianism.

Daoism/Taoism

400

This was used to supply gunpowder into the barrel of muskets before it was moved onto the backs of bullets towards the end of the Industrial Revolution. (Hint: also a fairly common item of clothing)

Musket caps (or just caps)

400

This island is similar to the U.S. in common language, size, and history with the British and the indigenous population.

Australia

500

The current "monarch" of Britain.

King Charles III (or just Charles III)

500

This inventor created the cotton gin, and is also credited as having created mass production.

Eli Whitney

500

This deity is known as the preserver/protector within Hinduism.

Vishnu

500

This, when mixed with charcoal and sulfur, creates gunpowder. (Hint: Salt and a name)

Saltpeter/Potassium Nitrate

500

This island is still partially colonized by Britain, although part of it is in the European Union. Notably, the part still controlled by Britain is farther from Britain than the free part.

Ireland