Global Education

Question 1

Which of the following came first?

Accepted Answer

Rennaisance

Question 2

During this revolution, humans began to cultivate crops.

Accepted Answer

Neolithic

Question 3

Why did Europeans Crusade against the Middle East in the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Reclaim the Holy Land

Question 4

Which African country had an apartheid?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 5

Ancient civilizations tend to develop around what geographic feature?

Accepted Answer

Rivers

Question 6

In Karl Marx's theories, who are the proletariat?

Accepted Answer

The Working Class

Question 7

Civilizations have (pick 3):

Accepted Answer

Writing & art, Religion & social stuctures, Cities & governments

Question 8

According to the ancient legal code of Hammurabi, a person caught stealing would:

Accepted Answer

Have their arm cut off

Question 9

Who had 95 Theses?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 10

Which country withdrew from WW1 due to revolution?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 11

Rome gave us which form of government?

Accepted Answer

Repuglic

Question 12

Which religion has five pillars?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 13

Which social construct is most important in Chinese society?

Accepted Answer

Family

Question 14

Greece gave us which form of government?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 15

How many of these countries no longer exist?

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia, Siam, Yugoslavia, Zaire

Question 16

What rights were women afford in early Islamic society?

Accepted Answer

Right to Charge Husband with Adultery, Right to Divorce, Right to refuse marriage

Question 17

Where did civilization, often called the "cradle of civilization" start?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 18

What is globalization?

Accepted Answer

Interaction & trade among people from different countries

Question 19

Which writer is credited with providing the foundation for Western Literature?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 20

Which Chinese dynasty was the Great Wall built under?

Accepted Answer

Qin

Question 21

The Magna Carta was signed by what English King?

Accepted Answer

John

Question 22

Which Latin country, until recently, was under an embargo by the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 23

In what year did WW1 begin?

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 24

What was the famous killing machine in the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Guillotine

Question 25

What was the most powerful social construct during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

The Church

Question 26

Definition: the way of life a people follows

Accepted Answer

Culture

Question 27

The first war to use the draft was?

Accepted Answer

WW1

Question 28

What is the oldest religion in the world?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 29

A wergild is: 

Accepted Answer

compensation paid by a person committing an offense

Question 30

Which ancient conquering people were most tolerable to other's religions?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 31

These two countries with the main players in the Cold War

Accepted Answer

U.S.S.R. & U.S.

Question 32

What form of exercise started as a spiritual practice in India?

Accepted Answer

Yoga

Question 33

What epidemic was a major problem in the 1980s and 1990s?

Accepted Answer

HIV/AIDs

Question 34

Which century could be labeled as the "Century of Genocide?"

Accepted Answer

20th

Question 35

Shia and Sunni Muslims split into two factions over what argument:

Accepted Answer

A question of succession in the Islamic church

Question 36

Who was the first European king to convert to Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Clovis

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Global Education

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