Cycle 1 History

Question 1

Tell me about commandments 1-5

Answer 1

Thou shalt…
1. have no other gods before me.
2. not make unto thee any graven image.
3. not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain.
4. remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Question 2

Tell me about Commandments 6-10

Answer 2

Thou shalt…
6. not murder.
7. not commit adultery.
8. not steal.
9. not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
10. not covet.

Question 3

Tell me about the Greek & Roman gods

Answer 3

Greek gods Roman gods
Zeus
Jupiter
Hera
Juno
Ares
Mars
Aphrodite
Venus
Hermes
Mercury
Athena
Minverva
Poseidon
Neptune

Question 4

Tell me about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Answer 4

The 7 wonders of the Ancient WOrld are:
Pyramids of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria
Colossus of Rhodes

Question 5

Tell me about the Romans.

Answer 5

The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire when Augustus was crowned emperor in 27 BC. THis was followed by the Pax Romana. In AD 286, the empire divided into the western and eastern empires until Germanic barbarians defeated the western empire in AD 476.

Question 6

Tell me about some ancient Greeks.

Answer 6

Homer, a famous poet; Pythagoras, a famous mathmetician; Socrates, a famous philosopher; and Archimedes, a famous inventor, shaped Western ideas. Ancient Greek city-states were among the first democracies.

Question 7

Tell me about Hinduism and Buddhism in India.

Answer 7

Hinduism developed around 1500 BC and is known for karma, reincarnation, and teh caste system. Founded in the sixth century BC, Buddhism teaches self-denial as the path to enlightenment.

Question 8

Tell me about the Age of Imperialism.

Answer 8

During the Age of Imperialism, the British established rule over India in 1858, and Queen Victoria was declared the Empress of India in 1877. Before his assassination in 1948, Mohandas Gandhi led the passive resistance movement, which helped win India’s independence.

Question 9

Tell me about Lao-Tzu and Confucius in China.

Answer 9

Around the sixth century BC, Lao-Tzu founded Taoism, which emphasizes harmony with nature, and Confucius taught compassion and obedience.

Question 10

Tell me about Japan’s Heian Period.

Answer 10

Around 794, Japan’s emperors moved to Heian, present-day Kyoto. THe Heian period ended in the twelfth century when civil war gave control to military commanders called shoguns in a feudal system where knights called samurai protected wealthy landowners.

Question 11

Tell me about Emperor Constantine.

Answer 11

Emperor Constantine stopped the persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire. In AD 330, he moved the capital to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople. Emperor Justinian’s code became a model for legal systems. THe BYzantine Empire lasted until Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople in 1453.

Question 12

Tell me about the Muslim Empire.

Answer 12

In 622, Islam was founded in the Arabian Peninsula by Muhammed, who worshipped Allah. Mecca is the holy city of Islam. During the 1400s, the Ottoman Turks expanded the Muslim Empire.

Question 13

Tell me about the Kush.

Answer 13

The Kush mined gold along the Nile RIver from 2000 BC to AD 350. The Berbers traded gold, iron, and salt in the desert.

Question 14

Tell me about trade in Africa.

Answer 14

In 700, Ghana was known as “the land of gold.” The Mali nation took control of the gold trade in 1240 and established TImbuktu as a center of trade, culture, and learning. By the mid-1400s, the wealthy and powerful Songhai Empire controlled trade in western Africa.

Question 15

Tell me about Prince Henry of Portugal.

Answer 15

In the 1400s, Prince Henry of Portugal founded a school of navigation. His work advanced European exploration and trade, including the slave trade.

Question 16

Tell me about the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Answer 16

Three of the advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica from 1200 BC to AD 1500 were the Olmecs, the Mayans, and the Aztecs.

Question 17

Tell me about the Aztecs.

Answer 17

The Aztecs used pyramids in rituals of human sacrifice. Their civilization began to fall when Hernan Cortes of Spain defeated Montezuma II in 1519.

Question 18

Tell me about the Mound Builders.

Answer 18

Circa 1000 BC to AD 1450, three NOrth American mound-building civilizations were the Adena, the Hopewell, and the Mississippians.

Question 19

Tell me about the Anasazi.

Answer 19

The Anasazi of the southwestern United States built adobe villages in caves and on the sides of cliffs from 500 BC to AD 1200.

Question 20

Tell me about the Mexican Revolution.

Answer 20

Circa 1910, during the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata fought the federales for “Land and Liberty.”

Question 21

Tell me about the exploration of Canada.

Answer 21

John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain explored Canada and teh ST. Lawrence River. Creation of teh Hudson’s Bay Company, in 1670, eventually led to war between Britain and France. The maple leaf is the symbol of Canada.

Question 22

Tell me about the British North America Act of 1867.

Answer 22

In 1867, the British North America Act established the Dominion of Canada. The Canadians gained total independence from Britain in 1982. French is spoken in the province of Quebec.

Question 23

Tell me about the liberation of South America.

Answer 23

In the early 1800s, San Martin of Argentina, O’Higgins of Chile, and Bolivar of Venezuela fought to liberate South America from Spain.

Question 24

Tell me about the Portuguese Empire.

Answer 24

When Napoleon threatened the Portuguese Empire, King John VI fled to Brazil. His son, Dom Pedro I, declared Brazil independent in 1822.