APWH Review

1. APWH Review For the 2014 Donut Olympics

2. Round 1What civ do I belong to?Clue will be one aspect of a civ,Answers will be the names of civilizations

3. Name that civilization! #1 • I am a temple tower made of square or rectangular terraces, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel at the top.

4. Answer: MesopotamiaClue: Ziggurat • I am a temple tower constructed on square or rectangular terraces, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel at the top.

5. Name that civilization! #2 • I am the earliest known form of writing, derived from wedge shaped marks made by a stylus in soft clay.

6. Answer: SumeriaClue: Cuneiform • I am the earliest known form of writing, derived from wedge shaped marks made by a stylus in soft clay.

7. Name that civilization! #3 • I am text written on the bones and skeletons of turtles and other creatures.

8. Answer: ShangClue: Oracle Bones • I am text written on the bones and skeletons of turtles and other creatures.

9. Name that civilization! #4 • I am a large city is Mesoamerica, northeast of Mexico City. Sacrifices to the gods were made here!

10. Answer: AztecClue: Teotihuacan • I am a large city is Mesoamerica, northeast of Mexico City. Sacrifices to the gods were made here!

11. Name that civilization! #5 • I am the classic architectural display of this empire, and I also house Islamic mosques.

12. Answer: MaliClue: Mosque of Djenne • I am the classic architectural display of this empire, and I also house Islamic mosques.

13. Name that civilization! #6 • I am one of the first monotheistic religions and had a wide following. Later, other religions will copy my ideas.

14. Answer: PersiaClue: Zoroastrianism • I am one of the first monotheistic religions and had a wide following. Later, other religions will copy my ideas.

15. Name that civilization! #7 • I am a high plateau above the city with architectural wonders like the Parthenon.

16. Answer: Greece (Athens)Clue: Acropolis • I am a high plateau above the city with architectural wonders like the Parthenon.

17. Name that civilization! #8 • I had a peace that lasted for over 200 years, ending with the death of the man who embodied the philosophy of stoicism

18. Answer: RomeClue: PaxRomana • I had a peace that lasted for over 200 years, ending with the death of the man who embodied the philosophy of stoicism

19. Name that civilization! #9 • I am a school of philosophy that united my people. I am based on strict laws, absolute enforcement, and strong government control.

20. Answer: Qin DynastyClue: legalism • I am a school of philosophy that united my people. I am based on strict laws, absolute enforcement, and strong government control.

21. Name that civilization! #10 • I conspired against my superior to become the wife of Gaozong, and when he died, I led the country.

22. Answer: Tang DynastyClue: Empress Wu • I conspired against my superior to become the wife of Gaozong, and when he died, I led the country.

23. Name that civilization! #11 • I am a strict social system and hierarchy that places the untouchables at the bottom below the peasants and merchants.

24. Answer: India (classical)Clue: Caste system • I am a strict social system and hierarchy that places the untouchables at the bottom below the peasants and merchants.

25. Name that civilization! #12 • I am a stone statue created between 1500 BCE and 400 BCE!

26. Answer: OlmecClue: Olmec giant heads • I am a stone statue created between 1500 BCE and 400 BCE!

27. Name that civilization! #13 • I am a mammal used in times of war by the great Hannibal! I fell off a cliff and I died 

28. Answer: CarthageClue: War Elephants • I am a mammal used in times of war by the great Hannibal! I fell off a cliff and I died 

29. Name that civilization! #14 • I am the architectural representation of a great empire! I was built in the 500s CE.

30. Answer: Byzantine EmpireClue: Hagia Sophia • I am the architectural representation of a great empire! I was built in the 500s CE.

31. Name that civilization! #15 • We are the troops made up of conquered Christian boys. We challenged the social structure leading to a power struggle!

32. Answer: Ottoman EmpireClue: Janissaries • We are the troops made up of conquered Christian boys. We challenged the social structure leading to a power struggle!

33. Name that civilization! #16 • I am one of the few leaders in pre 20th C history that sought more rights for women, religious tolerance, patronized the arts, and other awesome things. (I am awesome.)

34. Answer: MughalClue: Akbar the Great • I am one of the few leaders in pre 20th C history that sought more rights for women, religious tolerance, patronized the arts, and other awesome things. (I am awesome.)

35. Name that civilization! #17 • I was an oceanic explorer that brought back exotic goods and animals to my country; my ships were much larger than my European counterparts’ ships!

36. Answer: Ming DynastyClue: Zheng He • I was an oceanic explorer that brought back exotic goods and animals to my country; my ships were much larger than my European counterparts’ ships!

37. Name that civilization! #18 • We were colonies that separated from our mother country because we were taxed heavily and not represented fairly. We later became a major super power in global politics.

38. Answer: United StatesClue: American Revolution • We were colonies that separated from our mother country because we were taxed heavily and not represented fairly. We later became a major super power in global politics.

39. Name that civilization! #19 • I am an efficient killing machine, designed to kill in 1/100th of a second with no pain. In a one year period, I killed over 40,000 people!

40. Answer: FranceClue: Guillotine • I am an efficient killing machine, designed to kill in 1/100th of a second with no pain. In a one year period, I killed over 40,000 people!

41. Name that civilization! #20 • Although our language was only spoken and not written, we did have an elaborate system of record keeping (too bad nobody can decipher it!)

42. Answer: IncaClue: Quipu • Although our language was only spoken and not written, we did have an elaborate system of record keeping (too bad nobody can decipher it!)

43. Name that civilization! #21 • I am the connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans- I have changed hands over the years, but now my home country owns me!

44. Answer: PanamaClue: Panama Canal • I am the connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans- I have changed hands over the years, but now my home country owns me!

45. Name that civilization! #22 • We are nomadic invaders that took over the large civilization to the South and ruled it for hundreds of years!

46. Answer: Yuan (Mongol) DynastyClue: Mongols • We are nomadic invaders that took over the large civilization to the South and ruled it for hundreds of years!

47. Name that civilization! #23 • We attacked our mainland neighbors and took over part of their land in 1931; we attacked again in 1937, fighting their nationalist party, but eventually lost in a larger global conflict.

48. Answer: JapanClue: Second Sino-Japanese War • We attacked our mainland neighbors and took over part of their land in 1931; we attacked again in 1937, fighting their nationalist party, but eventually lost in a larger global conflict.

49. Name that civilization! #24 • I led a massive revolution in 1917 on the basis of Karl Marx’s socialism; I died 7 years later, and my successor was a totalitarian ruler.

50. Answer: USSRClue: Vladimir Lenin • I led a massive revolution in 1917 on the basis of Karl Marx’s socialism; I died 7 years later, and my successor was a totalitarian ruler.