Geography
Ancient Civilizations
Greece vs Rome
World Belief Systems
100

The Inca civilization was located in this South American country.

What is Peru?

100

This ancient Sumerian text is the oldest piece of literature that still exists.

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?

100

This athletic competition, still held today, began in ancient Greece.

What are the Olympic Games? 

100

This Chinese belief system is named directly for the man who established it. 

What is Confucianism?

200

The name of an island country off the coast of mainland Africa.

What is Madagascar?

200

The ancient Egyptians used this complex system of writing.

What is hieroglyphics?

200

Famous Greek author known for writing for the Iliad and Odyssey.

Who is Homer?

200

This man is known for founding and spreading the religion of Islam.

Who is Muhammad? 

300

The country highlighted here.

What is India?

300

The ancient Sumerians used this system of writing, one of the oldest known forms.

What is cuneiform?

300

Form of government established by the Romans.

What is a republic?

300

Buddhism and Hinduism share this belief; that a person can be born into another form in their "next life."

What is reincarnation?

400

Located in the Fertile Crescent, "Mesopotamia,"means land between these two rivers.  

What is Tigris and Euphrates?

400

This ancient Babylonian king established a legal codes that included the principle "an eye for an eye."

Who is Hammurabi?

400

This Athenian Greek established democracy in Athens.

Who is Pericles?

400

Early Hinduism implemented the caste system which includes these four varnas (classes) above the "untouchables."

What are 

Brahmins (priests)
Kshatryia (warriors)
Vaishya (merchants)
Sudra (peasants)

500

The Crusade Wars began as an effort by the Muslim and Christian armies to take control of this "holy" city in the middle east. 

What is Jerusalem?

500

Many ancient societies were this; meaning dominated by men. 

What is patriarchy? 

500

This Roman general was part of the first triumvirate, had a controversial relationship with Cleopatra and was later murdered by a group of senators. 

Who is Julius Caesar? 

500

This ancient Chinese dynasty implemented legalism; a political philosophy built around strict laws and harsh punishments. 

What is the Qin (dynasty)?