(egypt To Japan )

Question 0

What were ziggurats

Answer 0

Ancient layered temples

Question 1

Ancient Sumer lies between what two rivers

Answer 1

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 2

Who was the most famous Babylonian king and what was his code

Answer 2

Hammurabi and an eye for an eye

Question 3

What where the two most famous Babylonian creations

Answer 3

The Tower of Babel and the hanging Gardens

Question 4

What was the Assyrian capital

Answer 4

Nineveh

Question 5

This Persian leader was famous for being Merciful and his compromising attitude was a big reason why the Empire grew so big who is it

Answer 5

Cyrus

Question 6

What were the Phoenicians famous for

Answer 6

Creating the alphabet

Question 7

Where where is the Maya located

Answer 7

Yucatán peninsula in Mexico

Question 8

What was the Maya form of writing called

Answer 8

Glyphs

Question 9

What was the Aztec capital

Answer 9

Tenochtitlan in central Mexico

Question 10

Who was Cortez

Answer 10

A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

Question 11

Where were the incas located

Answer 11

Along the west coast of south America

Question 12

Who conquered the incas

Answer 12

Pizarro

Question 13

The incas where numbered in what and lived in what

Answer 13

Millions and the Andes mountains

Question 14

What is Ebola

Answer 14

A Contagious disease that started in west and central Africa

Question 15

Who is Michael brown

Answer 15

An 18-year old African American killed by a police officer in ferguson Missouri

Question 16

Who is Eric garner

Answer 16

An Africa American choked to death by police officers in New York

Question 17

What does Isis stand for

Answer 17

Islamic state of Iraq and Syria

Question 18

What is Shinto

Answer 18

The way of the gods

Question 19

Zen Buddhism combined with Shinto to shape Japanese what

Answer 19

Life , philosophy, literature

Question 20

Another name for Japan is

Answer 20

The land of wa

Question 21

What is the oldest novel in the world

Answer 21

The tale of genji it tells of life and love

Question 22

Who were the bushi

Answer 22

Samurai warriors

Question 23

Who were the shogun

Answer 23

The most dominant military leader often the one with the most power

Question 24

What are the 3 ancient self defense techniques

Answer 24

Jujitsu judo and aikido

Question 25

What river dominated Egyptian life and culture

Answer 25

The Nile

Question 26

Ancient Egypt is nearly how old

Answer 26

5000

Question 27

Who were the God like rulers to the Egyptians

Answer 27

Pharaohs

Question 28

What was their form of writing (Egyptian)

Answer 28

Hieroglyphics

Question 29

Who were mummified and buried in pyramids like the great pyramid of Giza the last standing ancient wonder if the world

Answer 29

Pharaohs

Question 30

Egyptian history is divided into 3 kingdoms what are they

Answer 30

Old middle new

Question 31

Why was the kingdom of Ghana so wealthy

Answer 31

They sat on top of a gold mine

Question 32

What 2 rivers did the kingdom of Ghana sit In between

Answer 32

Niger and Senegal

Question 33

The famous ruler of Mali was

Answer 33

Mansa musa

Question 34

Name 2 famous cities of Mali

Answer 34

Timbuktu and gao

Question 35

Who was the famous ruler of the Benin kingdom

Answer 35

Eware

Question 36

Zimbabwe means what

Answer 36

House of stone/ rock

Question 37

The famous building of the Zimbabwe kingdom was

Answer 37

The great enclosure

Question 38

Who was yu

Answer 38

The first mythical emperor of the xia dynasty

Question 39

What was the Mandate of Heaven

Answer 39

The permission to ruler by the gods

Question 40

What was built during the Han dynasty

Answer 40

The Great Wall of china

Question 41

Chinese wrote on what

Answer 41

Oracle bone / animal bones

Question 42

What were the 2 ancient Chinese religions

Answer 42

Taoism and confusionism

Question 43

The people of the Indus Valley were also called

Answer 43

Harappans

Question 44

Their caste system consisted of (Indus)

Answer 44

Priest/rulers , warriors, merchant ,laberors

Question 45

The last class was who and what did ghandi call them

Answer 45

The untouchables and Harijans

Question 46

What is dharma and karma

Answer 46

Your purpose in life and the way you choose to fulfill that purpose

Question 47

What is samsara and moksha

Answer 47

The cycle of life and the release from that cycle

Question 48

What is the main hindu philosophy (Indus)

Answer 48

The truth is one but different sages call it by different names