Ancient Egypt
What is the name of the main river that Ancient Egypt is built on?
The Nile
Who leads the Israelites to freedom from slavery by the Egyptians?
Moses
Which philosophy follows The Way?
Daoism / Taoism
What do you call the warriors from Ancient Japan sworn to protect their Daimyo?
Samurai
What was the most important crop in Mesoamerica?
Maize/corn
What is the concept that the gods designed the world to be orderly, structured, and just called?
Ma'at
What is the Hebrew name for the Bible?
The Tanakh
Who wrote the Art of War?
Sun Tzu / Sunzi
Who is the goddess of the sun?
Amaterasu
What was the capital of the Aztec called?
Tenochtitlan
What do you call the process of removing the organs including the brain, leaving the heart in the body, and treating it with chemicals to preserve it? (Not mummification)
Embalming
What are the three Abrahamic Religions?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Which dynasty was ruled by Kublai Khan?
What do you call the rigid social structure, based rank on ancestry that determined social and political status in Ancient Korea?
Bone Rank System
Who defeats the Inca?
Francisco Pizzaro
What did Amenhotep IV change his name to?
Akhenaten
What are the two kingdoms that the Israelites split into?
Israel and Judah
Who wrote Il Milione?
Marco Polo
When did the Japanese first interact with Europeans, when Portuguese sailors ran aground in Japan?
1543 AD
Who carved large stone heads in Mesoamerica?
Olmecs
Which god presided over the weighing of hearts?
Osiris
Which king leads the Babylonians in defeating the Israelites and taking them into captivity?
King Nebuchadnezzar
What do you call the idea of human-heartedness in Confucianism?
Ren
Who is the Shinto god of war?
Hachiman
What did the Maya call the underworld?
Xibalba