Abeka World History Test #2

What helped archeologists better understand Egyptian writing?

Babar established the Mogul Empire in India.

What is Africa's largest lake?

Who was the Egyptian female pharaoh who ruled jointly with her nephew?

Chung-kuo is the ancient name of what country?

Who wrote the oldest surviving hymn?

What is Africa's longest lake?

What Egyptian pharaoh has the largest pyramid?

Asoka built the Maurya Empire.

What does the Egyptian pyramid best symbolize?

Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior?

Simon of Cyrene carried the cross of Jesus.

Mizraim is an ancient name of what country?

What beautiful building did a Mogul ruler build for his wife?

Who was the ruler of Egypt after Alexander the Great died?

What highway linked China to the Roman world?

What is the longest river in the world?

What was the pagan religion of Chinese philosopher Lao-tse?

What is the Indian religion of reincarnation?

What is Japan's most famous mountain?

Who is the teenage Pharaoh whose tomb was discovered with great riches?

Edesius and Frumentius were explorers and traders.

Champollion helped decipher the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Who ended the Old Kingdom of Egypt?

What African city became and Egyptian center for life and one of the great cities of the Arab world?

What is Herodotus known as the father of?

Who started the longest continental empire in history?

What religion tries to reach a state of "nirvana"

What is the world's oldest living civilization?

What Empire did Mansa Musa rule?

Who were the warriors, or knights, of feudal Japan?

Prince Shotoku is considered the founder of what civilization?

What is Africa's highest mountain?

What river is NOT in Asia?

What is the oldest surviving religion in Japan?

What important African trading center became a famous center or learning and culture?

What book is important in the history of Ancient Egypt?

Pakistan and Bangladesh seceded from China to become independent countries.

What country first made paper?

Mikado is a famous emperor of what country?

What was China's longest ruling dynasty?

Who discovered King Tutankhamen's tomb?

The Mauryans inaugurated India's Golden Age.

Which is NOT a Southeast Asian country that gives some measure of freedom to its people?

What if Africa's largest desert?

Shih Huang Ti was the first emperor of the untied China.

Marco Polo spent 20 years in the service of Kublai Khan.

What is the largest rift in the earth's surface?

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation?

What is the strict social structure of India?

In what realm did India make its greatest contribution to the world?