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| 93235362 | When did Emperor Diocletian come to power? | 284 | 0 | |
| 93235363 | Why did Diocletian divide the Empire into four parts? | So it would be easier to manage. | 1 | |
| 93235364 | When did Diocleatian die? | 306 | 2 | |
| 93235365 | Who came to power and re-consolidated the Empire? | Constaintine | 3 | |
| 93235366 | When did Constantine die? What happened to the Empire? | 337. It was re-spilt. | 4 | |
| 93235367 | What were the "halfs" of the Empire and what were their capitals? | The Western and Eastern half. The Western half had its capital, Rome & the Eastern half had its capital, Constantinople | 5 | |
| 93235368 | When was the Western Half overrun? | 5th century | 6 | |
| 93235369 | What was considered the "Middle Ages" or the "Dark Ages"? | The fall of Rome in 476 | 7 | |
| 93235370 | The Eastern Empire came to be known as what? | The Byzantine Empire | 8 | |
| 93235371 | The Byzantine Empire lasted until? | Until i was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 CE. | 9 | |
| 93856130 | What were reasons for the fall of Rome? | - Bad emporers and political turmoil - Declining infrastructure (roads, bridges, and canals) - Moral decay - Economic factors - disease and lead poisoning (from water pipes) - environmental factors | 10 | |
| 93856131 | When did Japan first appear in written history? When was it mentioned? | In 57 CE, in Chinese history. | 11 | |
| 93856132 | Japan is reffered to as "Wa". What does "Wa" mean? | The land of short people. | 12 | |
| 93856133 | When did the Japanese start writing their own history? | 600. | 13 | |
| 93856134 | Japan has how many islands? | 3,000 | 14 | |
| 93856135 | How many of Japan's islands are inhabited? | 600 | 15 | |
| 93856136 | What are the two main islands of Japan? | Hokkaldo and Honshu. | 16 | |
| 93856137 | What are two OTHER main islands of Japan besides Hakkaldo and Honshu? | Shikoku and Kyushu. | 17 | |
| 93856138 | About how many people live in Japan today? | 130,000,000 | 18 | |
| 93856139 | What are the islands of Japan like? | Mountainous. | 19 | |
| 93856140 | What is the climate like in the islands of Japan? | Mild | 20 | |
| 93856141 | What are the islands of Japan prone to? | natural disasters. | 21 | |
| 97964020 | When did the earliest people arrive in Japan? | Thousands of years ago when the islands were stil connected to the mainland (and to each other) by a land bridge | 22 | |
| 97964021 | When were the earliest signs of culture from Japan? | From about 10,000 BCE (stone fragments and pieces of pottery have been dated back to that point) | 23 | |
| 97964022 | What does Joman mean? | cord people | 24 | |
| 97964023 | What were newcomers of the Joman called? | The Yayoi | 25 | |
| 97964024 | What did the Yayoi bring to Japan? | The Yayoi brought bronze, iron, writing and new religious beliefs | 26 | |
| 97964025 | What were the earliest states that Japanese organized themselves in called? | Uji | 27 | |
| 97964026 | The largest uji was centered around? | The Yamato plain, on Honshu, near modern day Osaka | 28 | |
| 97964027 | What was the start of Japanese government? | In the 600s when two uji formed | 29 | |
| 97964028 | Who was the founding force behind the unified government? | Prince Shotoku | 30 | |
| 97964029 | In 604? | Prince Shotoku helped to write a Chinese style constitution, the so caled 17 Article Constitution | 31 | |
| 97964030 | What was the 17 Article Constitution followed by? | The Taika Reforms in 645 | 32 | |
| 97964031 | When was the capital city of Japan moved? And to where? | In 710 in Nara. | 33 | |
| 97964032 | What were signicant things about Nara? | -The city of Nara was modeled after Changan -There was a great deal of conflict during this period | 34 | |
| 97964033 | What were qualities of Nara Emporers? | Nara Emporers were devout Buddhists and Buddhism spread quickly and widely | 35 | |
| 97964034 | What is the world wide community of Muslims called? | Ummah | 36 | |
| 97964035 | What does Ummah mean? | nation or community | 37 | |
| 97964036 | Muslims live by what? | The Five Pillars of Islam | 38 | |
| 97964037 | What are the 5 Pillars of Islam? | 1.Affirmation ("There is no God...") 2.Prayer (5 x a day facing Kaaba) 3.Charity 4.Ramadan 5.Haji | 39 | |
| 97964038 | What are hadiths? | WritingsM that help to determine the proper behavior | 40 | |
| 97964039 | What type of calendar do the Muslims use? | Muslini calendar | 41 | |
| 98463059 | Muslims believe... | Muslims believe that Islam is the "pimordial religion" and the "last religion". Muslim prophets like Adam, Noah, Abroham, Moses and Jesus kept the monotheistic strain going through the ages. | 42 | |
| 98463060 | More about Mohammed... | Mohammed was born in 570. He married Khadijah, who was 50 years her senior. He recieved his first visions in 611 and admist the great opposition he fled to Medina in 622 (the Hegira) and returned to Mecca in 630. He died in 632. | 43 | |
| 98463061 | When did Mohammed travel to Medina? | 622 | 44 | |
| 98463062 | When did Mohammed travel to Mecca? | 630 | 45 | |
| 98463063 | When did Mohammed die? | 632 | 46 | |
| 98463064 | What was Mohammed's Message? | "There is no God, but God & Mohammed is the prophet" | 47 | |
| 98463065 | What led to the Sunni/Shia split? | Who would succeed Mohammed | 48 | |
| 98463066 | What disagreement did the Sunni/Shia have? | About the role of the caliph | 49 | |
| 98463067 | What is the purpose of the caliph? | To head up the Muslim community (much like a Pope and Catholics). | 50 | |
| 98463068 | What does caliph mean? | "substitute" or "successor". It refers not only to Mohammed's successor, but also to Allah's representative on earth. | 51 | |
| 98463069 | When was the title of caliph abolished? | in the early 1900s, but many Muslims believe it should be brought back | 52 | |
| 98463070 | How was Islam spread? | under the direction of the Umayyad Dynasty | 53 | |
| 98463071 | The Umayyad's were once... | Muhammed's opponets | 54 | |
| 98463072 | Things about the Umayyad Caliphate... | The Umayyad Caliphate was replaced by the Abbasid Caliphate in 750. | 55 | |
| 98463073 | The Abbasids... | The Abasids were overthrown by the MOngols is 1258 and dissolved completely in the early 1500s. | 56 | |
| 98463074 | What happened as Islam spread? | It picked up knowledge from around the world and became a "repository" for knowledge during the European Dark Ages | 57 |
