Ancient Rulers

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Ancient Rulers
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Architecture
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Vocabulary
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Indian Religion
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Fall of Roman Empire
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Aint I a Woman?
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Ancient Rulers
Architecture
Vocabulary
Indian Religion
Fall of the Roman Empire
Aint I a Woman?
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I was a king of the Babylonian Empire and created
the oldest-known legal code
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Who was Hammurabi?
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Starting in the Xia and Shang dynasties this is
the title given to a Chinese Emperor
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What was the Son of Heaven?
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I was a Mesopotamian king who searched for
eternal life
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Who was Gilgamesh?
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These ancient rulers were believed to be gods on
Earth
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Who were the Egyptian pharaohs?
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This society carved giant basalt heads of their
rulers
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Who were the Olmec?
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What is an Egyptian pyramid?
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What is a Sumerian ziggurat?
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What is the Parthenon?
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What is the Stupa at Sanchi?
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What is the Colosseum?
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Common to most early civilizations this is the
belief in more than one god
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What is polytheism?
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Common in Mesoamerica, the Indus Valley, and
Sumer these are urban areas with their own
government
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What are city-states?
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This is the nickname given to pastoral nomads due
to their violent tendencies
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What is courage culture?
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Used in Ancient Egypt this is the name of a
government ruled by God
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What is a theocracy?
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Used in the Zhou dynasty this is the name for a
type of government in which the central
government gives political and military autonomy
to the aristocracy in exchange for loyalty
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What is feudalism?
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The ultimate goal for a Buddhist
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What is nirvana?
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Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in this force
that is generated by a persons good and bad
actions
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What is karma?
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The ultimate goal of Hinduism
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What is moksha?
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These start with life is suffering and end with
following the Eightfold Path
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What are the Four Noble Truths?
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I am the most widely worshipped Hindu god
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Who is Krishna?
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This group finally destroyed the western Roman
Empire in 476 CE
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Who were the Germans?
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This city was made the capital of the eastern
half of the Roman Empire
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What is Constantinople?
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Daily Double!!
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The death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE marked the
end of this era
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What is Pax Romana?
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I divided the Roman Empire into two parts in 300
CE
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Who was Diocletian?
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I legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire in
313 CE
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Who was Constantine?
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I was the legendary last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic
dynasty in Egypt
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Who was Cleopatra?
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Women in this society were to worship their
husbands as gods
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What is India?
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I wrote Lessons for Women which encouraged women
to respect their husbands
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Who is Ban Zhou?
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Women in this ancient society could own their
property and divorce their husbands
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What was Egypt?
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It was common for women in this classical region
to be active in business
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What is the Mediterranean (Greece Rome)?
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Classical Rulers
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What Am I?
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Vocabulary
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Chinese Philosophy
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Oppress Me
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Early Inventions
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What am I?
Classical Rulers
Vocabulary
Chinese Philosophy
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I unified China in 221 BCE and started the Great
Wall of China
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Who was Qin Shi Huangdi?
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My reign began the period known as Pax Romana
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What was Augustus Caesar?
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I was tutored by Aristotle and conquered Persia
and Egypt
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Who was Alexander the Great?
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I started an imperial university and examination
system in China based upon Confucianism
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Who was Han Wudi?
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My conversion to Buddhism helped contribute to
the collapse of my empire
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Who was Ashoka?
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What is a Roman aqueduct?
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What are Egyptian hieroglyphics?
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What is the Terra Cotta Army of Qin Shi Huangdi?
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What is quipu?
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What is an Oracle Bone?
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Practiced by ancient Athens this is a form of
government where power is granted to the people
and is exercised by them directly or indirectly
through free elections
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What is democracy?
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A group of non-elected officials charged with
carrying out the basic duties of government
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What is bureaucracy?
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I pledge my allegiance to a type of government in
which power resides in representatives of the
people who govern according to the law
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What is a republic?
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Daily Double!!
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Practiced by the Jews this is tracing family
descent through the mother
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What is matrilineal?
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This is a type of government common to ancient
Greece where a small group of elites exercise
political control for their benefit
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What is an oligarchy?
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This term meaning respect for ancestors is
supported by many Chinese philosophies including
Confucianism
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What is filial piety?
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The idea that the Chinese dynasty is supported by
god to rule and the family will continue to rule
as long as they rule properly
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What is the Mandate of Heaven?
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According to Laozi humans should live according
to this spiritual force
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What is the Dao?
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This chaotic period brought about hundreds of new
Chinese philosophies including Confucianism,
Daoism, and Legalism
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What was the Warring States Period?
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The ultimate goal of Confucianism and Daoism
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What is societal harmony?
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This group the lowest caste in the Hindu caste
system
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Who are untouchables?
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This type of agriculture made Greece and Rome
dependent upon slaves
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What is commercial agriculture?
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This lowest level of Chinese society was
distinguished by green scarves
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Who were the mean people?
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Slaves in this region could be tutors as well as
domestic servants and general laborers
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What is the Mediterranean?
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This monotheistic religious group was enslaved by
the Egyptians
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Who were the Jews?
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This culture invented paper
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Who is China?
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This ancient civilization was the first to use
plumbing
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What is the Indus River Valley?
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This society invented the wheel, the sail, and
bronze
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Who were the Sumerians?
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This group were the first to use iron
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Who were the Hittites?
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This name is often used to explain the importance
of the human discovery of farming and herding
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What is the Neolithic Revolution?
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Double Jeopardy!!
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Human Migration
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Silk Roads
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Fall of Han China
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If you aint first
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Math, Science, etc.
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Monotheism
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Silk Roads
Human Migration
Fall of Han China
If you aint first
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This group migrated into India around 1750 BCE
and would influence early Hinduism
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Who were the Aryans?
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Polynesian migration to Madagascar brought this
fruit to Africa
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What is the banana?
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This group migrated from Central Asia and
influenced the fall of Rome, Han China, and Gupta
India
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Who were the huns?
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This group migrated from the Sahel region in
Africa to southern Africa bringing with them
language, farming, cattle, iron
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Who were the Bantu?
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This group colonized most of the Pacific and
started kingdoms on Easter Island Hawaii
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Who were the Polynesians?
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The primary source of silk in the classical period
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What was China?
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The name for this desert means he who enters
does not come out
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What is the Taklimakan desert?
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These two powerful empires were connected by the
Silk Roads
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Who were Han China the Roman Empire?
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This type of society often offered protection for
merchants but they also robbed them as well
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Who were pastoralists?
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The message of this religion was spread to
Central Asia China along the Silk Roads
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What is Buddhism?
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Took over the Han dynasty in 9 CE attempted
unsuccessful land reforms
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Who was Wang Mang?
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This group of nomads frequently pressured Chinas
northern border
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Who were the Xiongnu?
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This religion became very popular during and
after the fall of the Han dynasty
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What was Buddhism?
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This group of Daoists led a rebellion against the
Han dynasty in 180 CE
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Who were the Yellow Turbans?
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Some historians argue that nearly 50 of all
Chinese died of this in the first century CE
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What is the plague (disease)?
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Founding of Christianity Founding of
Buddhism Founding of Daoism
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What is the founding of Christianity?
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Start of Roman Empire Start of Gupta India Start
of Han Dynasty
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What is the start of Gupta India?
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Invention of bronze Invention of iron Invention
of paper
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What is the invention of paper?
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Invention of farming Invention of
herding Invention of writing
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What is the invention of writing?
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Start of Egypt Start of Olmec Start of Norte Chico
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What is the start of the Olmec?
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This culture invented 0-9, the decimal point,
negative numbers
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What is India?
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He is considered the father of modern geometry
his book would be used for over 2000 years
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Who is Euclid?
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This society created the first alphabet based
upon sounds rather than words or symbols
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Who were the Phoenicians?
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He is often considered the founder of Western
science despite the fact that most of his ideas
were later proven to be inaccurate
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Who is Aristotle?
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Daily Double!!
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This Hellenistic city built the first research
library
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What is Alexandria?
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The first monotheistic religion
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What is Judaism?
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Christian missionary and author of a large
portion of the New Testament
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Who is Paul of Tarsus (St. Paul)?
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I was emperor when Jesus was crucified
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Who was Augustus Caesar?
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I am considered the father of the Jews
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Who was Abraham?
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These rules are the beginning of the Jewish law
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What are the Ten Commandments?
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Final Jeopardy
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