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Athenian General whose leadership is credited with beginning the Golden Age.
Pericles
Themistocles
Cleon
Alcibiades
Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Rex.
Sophocles
Euripides
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Sculptor who sculpted the Statue of Athena at the Parthenon.
Phidias
Praxiteles
Myron
Polykleitos
Greek tragedian who wrote the Oresteia.
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Aristophanes
Father of history who wrote the history of the Persian Wars.
Herodotus
Thucydides
Plato
Aristotle
Greek historian who wrote a history of the Peloponnesian wars.
Thucydides
Herodotus
Plato
Aristotle
Father of medicine who developed a code of conduct for doctors called the 'hippocratic oath.' ________
Hippocrates
Galen
Aristotle
Socrates
Greek mathematician who developed the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) for right triangles.
Euclid
Socrates
Aeneid
Famous Greek philosopher who developed a famous teaching method and was eventually executed for corrupting the young.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Student of Socrates, wrote 'The Republic,' a famous political book.
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Socrates
Greek philosopher, student of Plato, established the Lyceum and tutored Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
Socrates
Pythagoras
Epicurus
Wrote 'Principles of Geometry' and is considered the father of modern geometry.
Euclid
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Descartes
Famous tyrant in Athens who established the first public lawcode.
Draco
Solon
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Famous tyrant in Athens who worked for the good of the people by freeing those enslaved by debt and allowing more people to be citizens.
Solon
Draco
Peisistratus
Cleisthenes
The highest-ranking bishop and the head of an Orthodox Church
Patriarchs
Deacons
Cardinals
Monks
Byzantine empire's greatest leader is _______.
Justinian
Augustus
Charlemagne
Constantine
Famous Christian missionary who spread Orthodox Christianity to the Slavs by creating a new alphabet (cyrillic) is _______.
St. Cyril
St. Augustine
St. Patrick
St. Benedict
The alphabet created by Cyril to teach Christianity to the Slavs is called _______.
Cyrillic
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
The group who conquered Constantinople in 1400s AD, changing the city to a center for Islam, is _______.
The Ottoman Turks
The Mongols
The Byzantine Greeks
The Roman Empire
The Arabic word for god is _______.
Allah
Ishvara
Buddha
Yahweh
The founder of Islam, considered by Muslims to be Allah's most important prophet, is _______.
Muhammed
Jesus
Moses
Abraham
The title Egyptian leaders took for themselves, meaning 'Great house of the King' and was believed to be part God, is _______.
Pharaoh
Sultan
Emperor
Caesar
An early group that dominated the Indus River valley, established dominance, and are credited with creating the Vedas and contributing to the establishment of the caste system, are the _______.
Aryans
Dravidians
Persians
Greeks
The founder of Buddhism, who was the Buddha or the 'enlightened' one, is _______.
Siddhartha Guatama
Ashoka
Confucius
Laozi
The leader in India who sent out missionaries to try and spread Buddhism to other parts of Asia is _______.
Asoka
Akbar
Chandragupta Maurya
Harsha
The civilization of sea-traders on the Mediterranean Coast is called the _______. They also created an alphabet.
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Persians
The man who is credited with founding Judaism is _______.
Abraham
Moses
David
Solomon
The group who founded the first monotheistic religion is _______.
The Hebrews
The Greeks
The Romans
The Egyptians
The king of the Franks who expanded France into a large kingdom and later became Holy Roman Emperor is _______.
Charlemagne
Louis XIV
Napoleon Bonaparte
Philip II
Who is the migratory group from Scandinavia who would eventually settle Russia?
Vikings
Huns
Mongols
Celts
Who is the migratory group from Asia that settled in Hungary?
Magyars
Huns
Slavs
Vikings
Who is the migratory group from continental Europe that settled the British Isles?
Angles and Saxons
Romans
Vikings
Celts
Who were the lowest class of people in the Feudal system who worked Nobles' land in exchange for protection?
serfs
knights
lords
vassals
Who was the man who conquered England and united and expanded it into a large kingdom?
William the Conquerer
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
Richard the Lionheart
Who was the king responsible for creating the jury system and common law in England?
Henry II
King John
Edward I
William the Conqueror
Which English King signed the Magna Carta?
John I
Henry VIII
Richard III
Edward II
Who was the French king who expanded his kingdom out of Paris and saw his dynasty expand over all of France?
Hugh Capet
Louis XIV
Charlemagne
Francis I
Who was the French patriot who led France to victories in the 100 years war and inspired a sense of French nationalism?
Joan of Arc
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XIV
Which Asian group conquered China, India, Russia, and Arab Lands and built the largest empire ever?
The Mongols
The Ottomans
The Persians
The Japanese
Who was the famous Mongol Leader?
Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the Russian leader who defeated the Mongols and took the title of Tsar?
Cyril
Justinian
Yaroslav
Who were the Spanish King and Queen whose marriage united Spain, defeated the Moors, and started the Spanish Inquisition?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Charles and Catherine
Philip and Joanna
Henry and Eleanor
Who was the Spanish leader who expanded Spain's power and built the Spanish Armada?
Phillip II
Charles V
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernán Cortés
Who was the man whose famous speech helped spark the Crusades?
Pope Urban II
Charlemagne
Saladin
Richard the Lionheart
Who was the Turkish leader who reopened Jerusalem to Christians after the 3rd crusade?
Saladin
Genghis Khan
Richard the Lionheart
Suleiman the Magnificent
Who was one of the major apostles who played a major role in making Christianity an independent religion separate from Judaism?
Paul
Peter
James
John
Who was recognized as the spiritual leader of the Western Church in the Roman Empire?
Pope
Emperor
Patriarch of Constantinople
Bishop of Alexandria
Who was the first Christian emperor who made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire and moved the capital of the empire to Constantinople?
Constantine
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Nero
Who was the famous Egyptian Astronomer who made great advancements in Astronomy and planetary motion during the Pax Romana?
Ptolemy
Aristarchus
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
What groups from Northern and Eastern Europe invaded Rome's empire repeatedly, weakening the empire?
Germanic Tribes
Roman Senators
Egyptian Pharaohs
Greek Philosophers
Who was the head of the executive branch in Rome, elected for 1 year terms?
Consuls
Senators
Praetors
Tribunes
What was the highest social class in Rome, consisting of wealthy nobility?
Patricians
Plebeians
Freedmen
Slaves
Who were the common people in Rome?
Plebeians
Patricians
Senators
Equites
Who was the Carthaginian general from the 2nd Punic War?
Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Who was the talented general and effective leader who became dictator for life after winning a major civil war against Pompey?
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Mark Antony
Cicero
Who was the nephew of Julius Caesar who became Rome's first Emperor and effective ruler who increased Rome's power?
Octavian "Augustus" Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Nero
Julius Caesar
Who was the lieutenant of Julius Caesar who was defeated by Octavian in a civil war following Caesar's death?
Marc Antony
Brutus
Cicero
Pompey
Who was the Roman author of 'The Aeneid'?
Virgil
Cicero
Ovid
Seneca
Who was the Muslim Caliph whose death led to a split in the followers of Islam into Sunni-Shia?
Ali
Umar
Uthman
Abu Bakr
Which French group in Europe built a large Kingdom after the fall of Rome?
Franks
Vikings
Visigoths
Huns
Who was the Spanish King who expanded Spain's control into the Western Hemisphere?
Charles V
Philip II
Ferdinand II
Alfonso XIII
Who were the priests in the Middle Ages who served the daily religious needs of the people?
Parish Priests
Monks
Bishops
Abbots
Who was the Renaissance writer who wrote the Prince as a guide for how rulers should rule?
Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Leonardo da Vinci
Petrarch
Who was the Renaissance painter of The Mona Lisa and Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Who was the Renaissance artist who sculpted the David and painted the Sistine Chapel Frescoes?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
Who was the Renaissance poet who created Sonnets?
Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
Who was the Northern Renaissance writer of 'The Praise of Folly' critical of the Catholic Church?
Erasmus
Thomas More
Martin Luther
Niccolò Machiavelli
Who was the English writer who wrote 'Utopia' describing a perfect society?
Sir Thomas More
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Milton
Who was the inventor of the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Isaac Newton
Who was the Hebrew leader who brought the 10 commandments to his people?
Moses
Abraham
David
Solomon
Who was the Babylonian emperor who contributed the 'eye for an eye' law code?
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Who was the Chinese leader who built the great wall?
Qin Shi Huang Di
Sun Yat-sen
Mao Zedong
Confucius
Who led the Greek conquest of the Persian Empire?
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Darius the Great
Leonidas
Who was the Macedonian King who led the conquest of Greece and was the father of Alexander?
Phillip II
Darius III
Pericles
Leonidas
Which empire united India and made great achievements in math and science?
Mauryans
Guptas
Mughals
British
Which civilization was centered in the rainforest in Mexico and was known for accurate calendars and Chichen Itza?
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
Olmecs
Which civilization was centered in central Mexico and was known for the city of Tenochtitilan and human sacrifice?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
