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JEOPARDY
The Decline of the Classical Age
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Who was the apostle Thomas?
He was the apostle of Jesus who supposedly
visited India.
Who was the Pope?
He was and is the Bishop of Rome and head of
the Catholic Church in the former western
Roman Empire.
What was the Twelve Tables ?
This was the legal code of the Roman
Empire.
Who was Augustine of Hippo or St. Augustine?
He was the Bishop of Alexandria who
wrote the book City of God and
affirmed early Christian theology.
Who was Paul or Saul of Tarsus?
He was one of the most important missionaries
of Christianity who wrote numerous books in
the New Testament and supported the creation
of Bishops in the church.
What was the Benedictine Code ?
These were the written guidelines for
monasteries in the western world.
What was Ghana?
This was the first empire that emerges in
western Africa.
Who were the Rajputs ?
These were the regional Indian princes who
ruled after the fall of the Guptas.
What was the Tang?
This Chinese dynasty succeeded the short lived
Sui dynasty in 618 BCE and was more stable
and lasted a longer period of time.
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Who were the Olmecs?
These were the first civilized people of
Central America and passed on many of their
features to successor civilizations.
Who was Justinian the Great?
He was the great Emperor of the Byzantine
Empire who built the Hagia Sophia and spread
his legal code around the Mediterranean world.
Who were Constantine and Diocletian ?
These were the two Roman emperors
who tried to stop the decline of the
Roman Empire.
What was Shintoism?
This was Japan’s prominent religion
and provided for the worship of
political leaders and the spirits of
nature.
Who were the Yellow Turbans?
They were a Daoist group
that promised a golden age after
their rebellion that would be
brought about by magic.
What was the Coptic Church?
This was the Christian church in Egypt which
still has followers today and supported Islamic
invasion due to their dislike of the Byzantines.
What were Bodhisattvas?
This was the name given to the
Buddhist holy men who built up
spiritual merits during their
lifetime?
What was Greek ?
This was the language of the
Byzantine Christian church in the
east.
What is anamism?
This is a religious outlook that sees gods in many
aspects of nature and propitiates them to help
control and explain nature.
What was the kingdom of Axum which
replaced the kingdom of Meroe?
The African Kingdom of Kush was defeated by
this kingdom an African Kingdom on the Red
Sea in 300 B.C.E.
Who was Devi?
She was the mother goddess
of Hinduism.
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What was the City of Rome?
This city is nicknamed the eternal
city and was sacked in 476 BC.
as well as 406 B.C. and 387 B.C.
and 1527 A.D.
What was the Incan Civilization?
This was the civilization that
flourished in the Andean
region of Chile and Peru and
domesticated the llama.
Who were the Polynesians?
These were the people who settled the island
civilizations of Fiji and Samoa around 1000
BCE.
What was the Empire of Kush?
This Empire flourished along the upper Nile
River and for a brief period of time conquered
the Egyptians around 1000 B.C.E.
What was the Sui Dynasty ?
This was dynasty in China that was the short
lived dynasty that succeeded the Han dynasty
and built the Grand Canal which connected
the Huang He with the Yangtze Rivers.
Who were the Vikings ( The Berserkers)?
These were the sailors, traders and warriors
of Scandinavia who traveled and pillaged
widely throughout Europe and eastern Asia.
What was Mahayana Buddhism?
This was the east Asian form of Buddhism and
sometimes called the "greater vehicle" and
increased the role of Buddha as the divine
savior.
What was the Indian Ocean Trade network?
This was the maritime area of southern Asia
that provided the most significant a network
of trade contacts during the Classical period
of History.
Who were the Mayas or Mayans?
This was the culture that developed on the
Yucatan Peninsula around 400 C.E. and built
pyramids, an elaborate calendar, a written
language, and a mathematical system.
What was the Silk Road or Route?
This was the famous overland route that
connected western China with
Mesopotamia and the Empire of Rome.