Throughout history do rulers like to volunteer to give up their power and authority?

No, they never liked to retire!

Who (or what) was Saladin?

A Muslim General during the Crusades

Why was the capital of the Roman Empire NOT moved from Rome to Constantinople?

Germanic Barbarians were good friends of the Romans

Was Pax Romana during the Roman Empire or the Republic?

Affirmative! It was during the Empire

Someone who travels and does business

What was the Fertile Crescent?

An area near Mesopotamia and the Middle East that had very good soil

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1
Which sea was the most important for Rome and Greece
Caspian Sea
The Red Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Black Sea
2
Who was the Russian that kicked the Mongols out of Russia?
Brezhnev the Bashful
Alexander the Great
Justinian the Great
Vladimir the Great
3
What was the name of the good times of the Roman Republic?
Mardi Gras
Pax Romana
Ramadan
Pax Greco
4
Which one of these was not a legendary Greek story or fable in mythology
Pandora's Box
The Greedy Grinner
The Trojan Horse
Flight of Icarus
5
What Reniassance Idea came supports the idea of studying the human and individual (inspired from the Greeks and Romans)
Humanism
Democracy
Oligarchy
Hopelessness
6
What is this Mario enemy called?
Galoomba
Goomba
Strollin' Stu
Toad
7
Which one of these people was not a Greek philiosopher?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Playdoh
8
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Glasses
An X-Ray machine
There isn't any!
A window
9
Throughout history do rulers like to volunteer to give up their power and authority?
No, they never liked to retire!
Yes, they did it all the time!
10
Who won the Pelopenesian War?
Sparta
Byzantine
Athens
Persia
11
What did the Greek poet Homer write?
The Odessey
Opedius Rex
The Fault in our Stars
Antigone
12
What was the set of rules in the Roman Republic where Plebians had to be respected and treated properly?
10 Commandments
Hammurabi's Code
5 Pillars
12 Tables
13
What was the offical main religion of Japan? (It was founded there)
Buddhism
Shintoism
Hinduism
Islam
14
In United States history, who was known "the Banana Man" who was the Kingpin of the banana trade?
Sam Zemurray
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Nikolai Bukharin
15
What architectural building is this?
The Kabba
The Humongus Mothership
Dome of the Rock
The Burj Khalifa mosque
16
What was the name of the earliest human ancestor (Earliest known hominid)?
Suzy
Otzi
Lucy
Fergie
17
Who was the first emperor of India?
Ashoka
Chimichanga
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta
18
Which group within ancient Greek had no possibility of political freedoms or rights
Women
Poor Citizens
Slaves
Tax Paying Foreigners
19
Who (or what) was Saladin?
A general of the Roman Legionaries
A Christian Warrior during the Crusades
A Muslim General during the Crusades
A refereshing salad
20
Who was the famous leader of Athens during its golden age?
Darius
Phillip the Great
Pericles
Cyrus
21
What was one of the most famous Neolithic Sites and it was built in England
The Pyramids
Chernobyl
Stonehenge
Mount Rushmore
22
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Justinian I
Agustus Caesar
23
Who's that pokemon?
Snocone
Vanillite
Soft Serve
Frozone
24
Which government type was never tried in ancient Athens?
Monarchy
Democracy
Aristocracy
Communism
25
What has four wheels and flies?
A sports car
A helicopter
A garbage truck
An airplane
26
Phillip II conquered and united all of ____ before he died?
Byzantine
Britain
Greece
Rome
27
Why was the capital of the Roman Empire NOT moved from Rome to Constantinople?
It was a good economic and defensive location
Rome was starting to fall apart and people were losing faith in the city
Germanic Barbarians were good friends of the Romans
The Empire was too large to govern directly from Rome
28
Who was the Roman Emperor who split the empire into the East and West?
Julius Caesar
Diocletian
Glutus Maximus
Justinian I
29
What determined if you could work for the ancient Chinese government?
The selective service test
The Civil Service Exam
The Mandate of Heaven
The Standard of Learning Test
30
What was not related to Hinduism?
Avesta
Unpanishad
Vedas
Karma
31
Was Pax Romana during the Roman Empire or the Republic?
Affirmative! It was during the Empire
With out a doubt, the Republic!
What's Pax Romana?
32
What is a merchant?
A scholarly monk
Someone who travels and does business
A fearsome warrior
Someone who is great at constructing epic buildings
33
What is the name for a group of people that are always on the move to find food?
Squaters
Groupies
Nomads
Cave Dwellers
34
What was the Fertile Crescent?
An area near Mesopotamia and the Middle East that had very good soil
An area of the Roman Empire with dry soil
An area of China that allowed for large populations and cities
An area of Mesoamerica that had very good soil for growing crops
35
Due to the lack of arable (farmable) land the Greeks refused to develop trade and shipping
LOL!
So very true!
Not true at all!
Is it going to rain this weekend?
36
Who was the Greek goddess of wisedom?
Artemis
Diana
Athena
Hades
37
What religion is Christianity most similar too?
Judaism
Hinduism
Polytheism
Zoroastranism
38
Where were the gladiator fights held?
Pain and Suffering Mountain
The Punishment Zone
The Colosseum
The Pantheon
39
Who founded Judaism
Moses
The Dude
Saladin
Abraham
40
Who was the 'father of history'
Sophocles
Herodotus
Virgil
Eculid
41
What war briefly united Athens and Sparta against a bigger enemy?
The Great War
The Persian War
The Punic Wars
The Iraq War
42
Throughout history where do people keep written records (Think Greeks, Romans, Byzatine, and the Islamic world).
Vaults
Libraries
Palaces
Stores
43
Which one of these is not a monotheistic religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Zoroastranism
44
Who is this Star Wars character?
Jar Jar Binks
Max Rebo
Salacious B. Crumb
Bossk
45
Who won the naval battle of Salamis?
Athens
Sparta
The Carnivores
Persia
46
Who was the founder of Christianity?
Moses
Jesus
The Prophet Muhammed
Abraham
47
What was the Greek famous for making statues and sculptures?
Michalenglo
Leonardo Da Venci
Phidias
Ferb
48
What was the name of the Roman plantations that used slavery in the Roman Republic?
Hotels
Duplex
Mannors
Latfundias
49
Epic Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
A pencil
Your leg
An egg
A candle
50
Which of the following was not a part of Pax Romana?
Widespread peace
The strenghtening of Roman currency
Civil War over political power
Economic prosperity
51
Who was the famous warrior who won the battle of Tours (France) in 732 between the Christians and Muslims?
Joan of Arc
Charles Martinet
Saladin
Charles Martel
52
During Pre-history how did people try to keep records?
They didn't
They used smoke signals
They created Discord Servers
They painted on Cave walls
53
Which of the following civilizations did not build impressive Pyramids
Maya
Byzantine
Aztecs
Egypt
54
What was not a reason why Athens and Sparta developed differently?
They were surrounded by flatlands
The jagged coastline made it hard to communicate across the peninsula
They were separated by mountains
They had a lot of rocky soil and couldn't develop a large unified empire
55
Who converted the Roman Empire to Christianity?
Emperor Pious
Emperor Palpatine
Emperor Darius
Emperor Constantine
56
Who helped establish that the Solar System revolves around the Earth?
Plato
Hannibal
Ptolemy
Socrates
57
_____ was something even the simplest of 'cave people' could make?
Written language
Permanent settlements
Stone tools
Fire
58
What was the first written language?
Arabic
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Scribble
59
What were the Phonicians famous for?
Inventing Cuneiform
Holding secret and forbidden knowledge from Atlantis
Land Warfare and pillaging
Sailing and selling purple snail dye.
60
Epic Riddle #2: What month of the year has 28 days?
Februrary
September
January
All of them
61
What was the split between the (West) Catholic Church and the (East) Orthodox Church called?
The October Revolution
The Whoa nelly
The Great Schism
Bloody Sunday
62
What civilization was famous for the idea of fillal piety (ancestor respect and worship?)
Greece
Byzantine
China
America
63
How does the rest of the rhyme go: One, Two, buckle my shoe....
Three, Four, finish your chores
Three, Four, open the door
Three, Four, arrive at the store
Three, Four, sail ashore
64
What type of government did Sparta have?
Olive Garden
Anarchy
A Republic
Oligarchy
65
Who was the Greek Goddes of Childbirth and Marriage
Zeus
Venus
Athena
Hera
66
Who was the apostle that spread Christianity all over the Roman Empire?
Paul
Judas
Balthizer
Abraham
67
What was the name of the advanced planned cities in ancient India?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Leningrad and Stalingrad
New Delhi and Mumbai
New Orleans and New York
68
Who were part of the upper level of the Roman Republics government (Senate)?
Vandals
Plebians
Patricians
Women
69
What was not a government policy during Pax Romana?
Increased emphasis on the family
Selling your youngest child to the Colesseum to pay your debts
Safe and protected roads
Uniform system of money throughout the empire
70
What is this Mario Character Called?
Cloudy Jones
Lakitu
Kloudy Kyle
Shy Guy
71
What did the first emperpor of China (Shi Haungdi) build the great wall for?
To protect China from the Mongols
To protect China from the Soviets
To protect China from Vietnamese Pirates
To protect China from Japanese invaders
72
What was it called when Moses helped the Jewish people flee Egypt
The Great Scavenger Hunt
The Refreshing Vacation
The Great Migration
The Exodus and Diaspora
73
What was the first written Code of Laws
Hammurabi's Code
The 10 Commandments
The Code of Justinian
The Rick Roll
74
According to the National Hotdog and Sausage Council, what is not an acceptable topping or condiment?
Ketchup
Chili
Onions
Mustard
75
What mountains protected India from invasion?
Mt. Fuji and Mt. Suribachi
Hindu Khush and Himalayas
The Appalachian and Rocky Mountains
Mt. Saint Helen and the Khyber Pass
76
What was not a part of the Gupta Dynasty in India?
War and famine
New ideas in medical sciences
New knowledge of astronomy
New understanding of Mathmatics
77
What country has a Czar as their ruler?
Persia
Byzantium
Greece
Russia
78
Which country was most inspired by the Orthodox religion and the Byzantine Empire?
Russia
China
Rome
Greece
79
The Geocentric theory of the solar system states that the everything revolves around the sun?
False
True
80
What is the study of culture and ideas from different people and parts of the world?
Pseudoscience
Palentology
Anthropology
Archaeology
81
Where is the Holy Roman Empire?
E
C
F
G

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