World History 101

Front 1

____ was the Greek historian that many consider to be the father of history in the western tradition.

Back 1

Heroditus

Hint 1

"He's the HERO of history"

Front 2

Coming from the Latin term meaning "wedge-shaped", ____ was the written language of Sumer.

Back 2

Cuneiform

Hint 2

"CONE-formed"

Front 3

____ is the form of history that attempts to view events and life from the perspective of the common people rather than the powerful, famous and wealthy.

Back 3

Social history

Hint 3

"History gathered just by people SOCIALIZING"

Front 4

The Ancient Egyptians wrote on ____, which were strips of a plant presses together.

Back 4

Papyrus

Hint 4

"Egyptian PAPER"

Front 5

____ is the type of writing in which an image represents the entire concept.

Back 5

Ideographic

Hint 5

"Draw a picture to get the whole IDEA"

Front 6

____ is the worship of multiple gods that are specialized, localized and humanized.

Back 6

Polytheism

Hint 6

"poly - meaning multiple"

Front 7

____ ____ are sources contemporary with events occurring or being studied.

Back 7

Primary sources

Front 8

____ ____ are the results and reconstructions created to determine the past.

Back 8

Secondary sources

Front 9

____ ____ are composed of both primary and secondary sources and have been edited.

Back 9

Tertiary sources

Front 10

____ ____ is the British Egyptologist that has constructed a New Chronology for the Ancient world based on different connections between Egyptian and biblical history.

Back 10

David Rohl

Hint 10

"He ROLLED back and forth from chronologies"

Front 11

Discovered during Napoleon's 1799 campaign in Egypt, ____ was the parallel text that enabled Champollion to decipher heiroglyphics.

Back 11

Cuneiform

Front 12

____ is the worship of one God, all powerful, omnipresent and holy.

Back 12

Monotheism

Hint 12

"mono - meaning one, singular"

Front 13

The best example of monumental architecture in Mesopotamia, ____ were constructed somewhat like a wedding cake with a temple on top.

Back 13

Ziggurats

Hint 13

"Zig-Zag the rats, don't drop the cake!"

Front 14

____ ____ hosted a video entitled "Pharoahs and Kings: A Biblical Quest" in which the purpose was to challenge the conventional chronology of Egypt.

Back 14

David Rohl

Hint 14

"He made the film ROLL"

Front 15

____ was the military formation used by the Greeks that helped pave the way for the concept of citizenship.

Back 15

Hoplite phalanx

Hint 15

"They formed military LINKS"

Front 16

One of the most important of all Greek poets, ____ was the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Back 16

Homer

Hint 16

"He must've been one great baseball player"

Front 17

Known for the idea that one can not step into the same river twice, ____ was the pre-Socratic philosopher that argued that the nature of matter was constant change.

Back 17

Heracleitus

Front 18

Opposed by Socrates, ____ were paid teachers of rhetoric who seemed to care more about making the better argument than truth.

Back 18

Sophists

Hint 18

"These guys weren't very SOFT"

Front 19

____ ____ is the monotheistic Deity of Zoroastrianism.

Back 19

Ahura Mazda

Hint 19

"I wonder what Zoro would've looked like in an RX-8"

Front 20

Important for the preservation for the learning of Ancient Mesopotamia, ____ was the last great Assyrian king, whose royal library had over 20,000 clay tablets.

Back 20

Ashurbanipal II

Hint 20

"With 20,000 tablets, I'm sure he would even BAN A PAL from going in there!"

Front 21

____ was the reformer that divided Athens into "demes", which were political districts for representation.

Back 21

Cleisthenes

Front 22

The father of natural philosophy, ____ theorized that all matter was composed of the single element of water.

Back 22

Thales of Miletus

Hint 22

"Water is somethin I could TELLS ya about for MILES"

Front 23

____ was the Athenian commander and statesman that defected to the Spartans, which helped bring about the end of Athenian naval supremacy.

Back 23

Alcibiades

Hint 23

"He was BIASED in his alliance"

Front 24

Writing in dialogue form, ____ was a student of Socrates and author of The Republic.

Back 24

Plato

Hint 24

"He must've invented Play-Doh"

Front 25

Founder of the Akkadian Empire, ____ is often identified with the biblical character, Nimrod.

Back 25

Sargon

Hint 25

"Is Nimrod there? SORRY he's GONE."

Front 26

____ was a Greek philosopher more concerned with ethics and justice; was a critique of the religious-scheme yet valued his citizenship, and later became a martar for questioning the world around him.

Back 26

Socrates

Hint 26

"He was a martar, SO they put him in CRATES and buried him"

Front 27

____ was a Greek philosopher who established the classification of biology and many other works, and established his own school called the Lyceum.

Back 27

Aristotle

Hint 27

"Studied biology since he was a wee-little TOT"

Front 28

The writer of more New Testament books than any other writer, ____ was largely responsible for spreading Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

Back 28

Paul

Front 29

Abu Bakr was the first ____, which is the military and political successor to Muhammad.

Back 29

Caliph

Hint 29

"Abu, from Aladdin, moved to CALI"

Front 30

In 622, Muhammad left Mecca for Medina, which is an event known as the ____.

Back 30

Hijra

Hint 30

"Muhammad's comin, lemme HIDE YA"

Front 31

____ ____ arrived upon moderation and established the "Four Truths".

Back 31

Gautama Buddha

Hint 31

"He arrived in moderation but he was one big BUD, HA!"

Front 32

____ is the law of moral consequence.

Back 32

Karma

Hint 32

"What goes around comes back around"

Front 33

____ is the path of duty and moral responsibility for each cast.

Back 33

Dharma

Front 34

____ is a deeper, more personal sense of religion.

Back 34

Moksha

Hint 34

"Don't MOCK someones religion"

Front 35

____ was the Roman Emperor that made Christianity a legal Roman religion in the 4th Century.

Back 35

Constantine

Hint 35

"He CONSTANTLY tried to make Christianity legal"

Front 36

____ was the Roman Emperor that made Christianity THE State religion.

Back 36

Theodosius

Hint 36

"He made Christianity THE State Religion? Well, that's SupercalifragilisticexpialiDOCIOUS!

Front 37

Demonstrated by Bayezid I on the battlefield of Kossovo in 1389, ____ was the traditional right of an incoming Ottoman sultan to execute his brothers for the sake of political stability.

Back 37

The Principle of Imperial Fratricide

Hint 37

"The Emperor killed all his brothers, even FRAT brothers."

Front 38

The last great installment of Hindu scripture, the ____ ____ is the epic poem that details the divine conversation between Arjuna and Krishna, who was the avatar of Vishnu.

Back 38

Bhagavad Gita

Front 39

____ was later known as the game of "chess".

Back 39

Chaturanga

Hint 39

"Stop CHATTING, play the game"

Front 40

The Mongol leader Temujin was given the title ____ ____ meaning "ruler of the universe" in 1206 by an assembly of Mongol chieftains.

Back 40

Ghengis Khan

Hint 40

"I won at JENGAS! I rule the universe! Yes I CAN!"

Front 41

The author of The Treatise of Financial Gain, ____ defined government as "the science of punishment."

Back 41

Kautilya

Hint 41

"He was one mean mamba-jamba, lemme TELL YA"

Front 42

A series of traditional titles, ____ was the system that made Octavian the Roman Emperor.

Back 42

The Principate System

Hint 42

"Octavian became the PRINCIPAL of Rome"

Front 43

Name the 5 Pillars of Islam:

Back 43

1. Confession
2. Prayer (usually 5 times a day, always facing Mecca [known as a Qiblah], and ritualistic)
3. Fasting at Ramadan
4. Zikat (known as tithing or giving alms to the poor)
5. The Hadj (a mandatory journey taken to Mecca at least once in a lifetime)

Hint 43

"Sorry, you're on your own LOL! =)"

Front 44

Gautama Buddha established "The Four Truths". Name them.

Back 44

1. Life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by suffering
3. Destroy passion and you'll be free of suffering
4. "The 8-Fold Path"

Hint 44

"Sorry, you're on your own LOL =)"

Front 45

Founded by Zeno, the ____ felt that wisdom was to understand the difference between good, evil and the morally neutral.

Back 45

Stoics