World scholars topic 6

What is the Library of Alexandria

• It isn't a real thing

• one of the least expansive collections of texts in classical civilization

• one of the most expansive collections of texts in classical civilization

• one of the most expansive collections of games in classical civilization

Answer explanation

was burned to the ground (possibly)

How was Abbasid Caliphate's House of Wisdom destroyed?

• was created when the Mongols swept by on their way to Hungary and back again

• was destroyed when the Africans swept by on their way to Hungary and back again

• was destroyed when the Mongols swept by on their way to Hungary and back again

Answer explanation

The House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, refers to either a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to the Abbasid caliphs during the Islamic Golden Age.

How does destroying a society's history impact it?

• By destroying societies history, their would be a loss in culture and many traditions.

• By destroying societies history, their would be a gain in culture and many traditions.

• By creating societies history, their would be a loss in culture and many traditions.

Answer explanation

Desecrating the remains of the past is also a socio-political tool for reaffirming possession of a territory by destroying the tangible elements of its history. It's a way of destroying people's roots.

What would happen in our own world if information-tracking resources like Wikipedia and TikTok suddenly vanished?

• Lots of information would be lost and many important facts and information would be lost. Also, people would no longer have access to these platforms making it harder for them to learn because you loose a form of instant communication

• Lots of information would be gained and many important facts and information would be lost. Also, people would no longer have access to these platforms making it harder for them to learn because you loose a form of instant communication

• Nothing at all

What is the Tripitaka Koreana?

• It isn't a real thing

• The most exhaustively-catalogued collection of Christian scriptures in the world

• The least exhaustively-catalogued collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world

• The most exhaustively-catalogued collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world

Answer explanation

In the 11th century, Korean monks took 80 years to carve their entire canon into wooden tablets—and then the Mongols (hello again!) destroyed them all. Unfazed, the monks tried again, creating over 80,000 woodblocks.

How did the monks disaster-proof those tablets?

• The blocks were soaked in sea water for three years, then cut and then boiled in salt water.

• The blocks were soaked in seawater for 30 years, then cut and then boiled in salt water.

• The blocks were soaked in fresh water for three years, then eaten and then cooled in salt water.

Answer explanation

Their effort was worth it; the new tablets have survived for almost a millennium.

What was the first time capsule called?

• Century safe in 1876

• Century safe in 1877

• Decade safe

• There is no such thing.

Who made the first time capsule

• New York magazine publisher Anna Deihm at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

• New York magazine publisher Melvin tayebwa at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

• New York magazine publisher Micheal Deihm at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

• It was made by aliens.

When was the term Time capsule created?

• 1990 in the World's Fair

• 1939 in the World's Fair

• 1876 in the World's Fair

• Time capsule isn't a real word.

Answer explanation

The term was first officially coined by George E Pendray.

What is in the Polish polar time capsule?

• Fragment of a meteorite, fossils, plant seeds, human DNA, tardigrades, coins, photos of the Earth, silicon crystals

• Fragment of a human, games, burgers, human DNA, tardigrades, coins, photos of the Earth, silicon crystals

• Fragment of a meteorite, fossils, plant seeds, human DNA, tardigrades, coins, photos of Mars, gold crystals

• There is no such thing.

Answer explanation

In Spitsbergen. The container is designed to appear on the surface of the Earth in about 500 thousand years.