Tough World History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Beijing-man, homo erectus, was the earliest remains found in China. In what cave were the remains unearthed, in 1930? Yangshaoian Zhoukoudian Chengiyizian Longhshanian

2. Which Egyptian king (2738-2644 B.C.) ruled for the longest period? Zoser Pepi II Hathsepsut Amenhotep II

3. Who lived ca. 551-479 B.C. and authored the 'Lunyu'? Buddha Lao tzu Confucius Mencius

4. What did the Kahun and Ebers papyrus, circa 1850 B.C., deal with? law medicine sacrifices gods

5. What civilization is considered the oldest in the world? Atlantis Sumerian Mohenjo-daro Chinese

6. What is the oldest work on philosophy, which was completed some time between 2880 - 2300 B.C.? Upanishads Instructions from Ptahotep Code of Hammurabi Annalects

7. Who was the Babylonian king that unified the northern border of Sumer and established the capital at Akkad around 2371 B.C.? Sennacherib Nebuchadnezzar Cyrus Sargon

8. During India's Heroic Age, ca. 1000-500 B.C., what class of people were on the highest caste? priests warriors farmers poets

9. Whose death signified the beginning of the middle ages for India, until her unification by Babur? Yuan Chang Harsha Vardhana Raja put Ashoka

10. What is the name for the civilization that existed from 1200 - 300 B.C. and occupied the area later dominated by the Incas? Toltec Chavin Olmec Moche

11. Babylon, 'Gate of God', was founded, according to myth, by the god Marduk who received a book on philosophy from a half-fish creature. What was the name of this creature? Amon Oannes Thoth Anu

12. What was the name of the set of Babylonian codes written on black diorite with 282 articles of conduct, ca. 1751 B.C.? Answer: (A proper name...or the name of the code.)

13. What principality laid down the administration of China, and helped coalesce the broken country into one nation ca. 200 B.C.? Shan Xian Qin Wu

14. The I-Ching, Book of Changes, was written by a prisoner in jail. He took the 8 trigrams invented by Fu Hsi, and expanded it to 64. He was also the founder of the Zhou Dynasty. Who was he? Wim Wenders Wen Teng Shih Lao Tzu

15. What is the name of the neolithic village on Orkney island that was unearthed by a great storm in 1850? Emain Macha Skara Brae Avesbury Scone

16. Which ancient people under King Mursilis I sacked Babylon in 1595 B.C.? Egyptians Sumerians Hittites Phoenicians

17. Which Egyptian king was Tutankhamen's father? Amenhotep II Mentuhotep Archles Akhenaton

18. Where did the first European state emerge ca. 2000 B.C.? Tuscany Crete Scotland Corsica

19. The Urnfield culture emerged within the boundaries of what modern country ca. 1350 B.C.? Denmark Hungary England Spain

20. Tyre, Sidon and Byblos were all ancient cities of what civilization? Etruscan Hittite Canaanite Phoenicia

21. Which civilization used what we now call 'Linear A' script? Mycenaean Japanese Babylonian Minoan

22. What was the latest period of the Japanese Jomon culture called? Banki Fujiwara Heian Edo

23. Which biblical king captured Jerusalem and made it his capital? David Saul Solomon Manassah

24. The world's oldest pottery culture existed in what is now which modern country? China Egypt Iraq Japan

25. What was the oldest and largest city of ancient Sumeria? Ur Tutub Uruk Nippur