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Holy Moley!

Question: What religion says you can reach nirvana by following the 8 Noble Truths?
Answer: Buddhism

Question: What religion, the oldest still practiced today, featured a caste system?
Answer: Hinduism

Question: Abraham is to Judaism as who is to Buddhism?
Answer: Siddharta Gautama

Question: The Hebrews were the first known group to adopt what religious belief?
Answer: Monotheism

Question: What were temples built in Mesopotamia called?
Answer: ziggurats

What time is it?

Question: What is another term for A.D.?
Answer: C.E.

Question: A period of ten years, such as the 60's, is called a what?
Answer: decade

Question: Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809, which means he was born in what century?
Answer: 19th

Question: The year 915 is how many centuries ago?
Answer: 11

Question:  A man born in 15 B.C. who died in 10 A.D was how old when he died?
Answer: 25

Let's Get Civilized

Question: Element of civilization: centers of trade which were home to large populations
Answer: cities

Question: Element of civilization: labor divided into different tasks, rather than everyone engaged in providing basic needs
Answer: specialization

Question: Element of civilization: people are divided into different ranks based on power, prestige, and/or money
Answer: social classes

Question: The first known form of writing developed in Mesopotamia, and was called what?
Answer: cuneiform

Question: The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding is called what?
Answer: Neolithic Revolution

Empire Rules!

Question: Which Mesopotamian leader is credited with building the world's first empire?
Answer: Sargon

Question: Which Mesopotamian empire was known for its military ability, but also for its cruelty?
Answer: Assyrian

Question: Which empire, headed by Cyrus the Great, built the largest empire the world had yet seen?
Answer: Persian

Question: Which empire had these features: a beautiful capital city; first known written code of laws?
Answer: Babylonian

Question: Which empire was divided into satrapies?
Answer: Persian

It's Greece-y!

Question: Which city-state was ruled by a democracy?
Answer: Athens

Question: What were the civil wars that ultimately led to Greece's downfall?
Answer: Peloponnesian Wars

Question: By what term did Sparta call its slaves?
Answer: helots

Question: Who led Athens during its Golden Age?
Answer: Pericles

Question: What famous battle, which featured the heroics of 300 brave Spartans, was actually a defeat for the Greeks?
Answer: Thermopylae