The time period that begins around 10,000 B.C. is known as

Many ancient cultures believed in more than one god. These cultures practiced

What type of scientist studies the origins and development of people and their societies?

Prior to the agricultural revolution, most humans hunted for food and moved frequently. What were they called?

Homo Erectus is theorized to be the first humans to

The Sumer civilization developed along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in an area known as

Who was the Babylonian ruler that codified the laws?

Known as the “carriers of civilization,” these people were the first to develop an alphabet.

Who was the most powerful of all Egyptian gods?

The first written form of language, developed by the Sumerians, was called

Who was the Israelite that led his people out of Egypt?

Zoroaster was the first to worship one god. This practice is known as

What were the leaders of Egypt called that were buried in the pyramids?

What is the name of the Jewish holy day (Saturday)?

Sitting atop his throne on Mt. Olympus, he is the leader of all Greek gods.

Who is the Greek ruler of the sea?

Who controls the underworld in Greek mythology?

Alexander the Great stretched his empire and Greek culture as far as east as

Who was the Greek leader that established a limited democracy with the Council of 500?

Direct democracy was brought to Athens by

Athens and Thebes were never a unified country, rather examples of

Who was Athens number one rival?

What war does Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey chronicle?

Sparta, Athens, Thebes and others organized this League to protect them against the Persians.

Ptolemy’s idea that the sun and everything else revolves around the earth is called

What is the Greek ideal of rule by the people called?

The Greeks defeated the Persians on land here, 26.2 miles from Athens.

What is a Greek temple called?

What Greek soldier held off the Persians at the Thermopylae Pass?

Who was the leader of the first triumvirate?

Who is the leader of all the gods in Roman mythology?

In 27 B.C. he became the first emperor of the Rome.

Which emperor divided the empire into eastern and western pieces?

This Roman emperor moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium, renaming the city in his honor.

Who were the two people appointed by the Roman senate to oversee the government and army?

These members of the senate could block laws harmful to plebeians.

The wealthy landowners in the senate were known as

The commoners of the senate (farmers, merchants, etc.) were known as

Rome defeated Carthage in three wars and gained control of the

What were the wars with Carthage called?

Why did the Roman Empire fall?

The Romans built grand __________________ to move water from the hills to cities.

The Romans aided their construction of arches and domes with this new substance.

What did the emperors of Rome supply the citizens with to distract them from problems?

What is the 200 year period of Roman peace called?

Which of the following was a Germanic tribe that invaded the Roman Empire?

What did the Eastern Roman Empire become known as after the fall of the west?

What city did Vesuvius bury when it erupted in 79 A.D.?

The Romans performed population counts called

Who is the founder of Daoism?

Who is the founder of Islam?

Who is the founder of Christianity?

Known as the “universal ruler,” he was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire.

What Song Dynasty invention was used as fireworks by the Chinese?

What well-known Italian merchant spent 17 years in China?

The Hindu idea that says good deeds lead to good outcomes is called

What is the Hindu belief in rebirth after death called?

What is the holy text of Islam called?

The Hindu faith categorizes humans in what system?

This city is at the center of the Islamic faith

What do Buddhist call heaven?

What is the name for a classic Japanese warrior?

What is another name for the Dalits in the Caste System?

The Qin built this fortification to stop invasions from the north.

What do Islamic people call a pilgrimage to Mecca?

The Inca kept records on these colorful, knotted strings.

What was the first civilization in Central America?

What is the ritual calendar of the Maya?

What crop did the Maya and Aztec grow that is a staple of food production today?

What were the floating fields in Aztec culture called?

The Incan Empire united their empire by

How did the first inhabitants of North America arrive?

To Arabs, the word Ghana means

The Nazca left large drawings on the desert floor called

What are houses called that are made of mud and plant fibers?

What valley in Africa allowed the early inhabitants to migrate easily?

What commodity, as valuable as gold, was transported by camels across the Sahara?

What does the term Swahili mean?

The Aztec civilization was located in

An entire area or country removed from the church is

The term for one person being removed from the Catholic church

What term refers to the code of conduct for a knight?

This early Frankish king, known as the hammer, defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours.

What did knights wear as protection before plate armor?

Charlemagne’s two main goals were to unite the Germanic people and

What was a person called that was tied to the land and owned by the lord?

Free people that worked on a manor were

What was the piece of land a vassal granted called?

King John II signed this document defining the rights of nobles.

After the Reconquista, this was the Spanish persecution of Muslims and Jews.

What was initially responsible for transmitting the Black Death from rodents to humans?

What percentage of Europeans is generally represented as dying from the Black Death?

The Byzantine emperor Alexius I asked this pope for help, leading to the first crusade.

Churches like Notre Dame, with flying buttresses and vaulted ceilings, are what kind of architecture?