Social Studies 7-9

Question 1

Is the author of the epic poem the Odyssey

Answer 1

Homer

Question 2

Is the tallest mountain int he world which is located in the Himalayan Mountains

Answer 2

Mr. Everest

Question 3

Is a long poem about heroic deeds

Answer 3

Epic

Question 4

Was considered by many to be the greatest historian of the ancient world

Answer 4

Thucydides

Question 5

Was Alexander’s famous last words

Answer 5

“To the Strongest”

Question 6

Is what a person leaves behind when he or she dies

Answer 6

Legacy

Question 7

Became the king of Macedonia at the age of 20

Answer 7

Alexander the Great

Question 8

Was the Buddhas real name

Answer 8

Siddharta Gautama

Question 9

Is the term for an Indian prince or leader of a tribe

Answer 9

Raja

Question 10

Is a major river in western India

Answer 10

Indus River

Question 11

Is the universal spirit in Hinduism- creator

Answer 11

Brahman

Question 12

Is a body of land with water on three sides

Answer 12

Peninsula

Question 13

Was a priest or priestess who could tell the future

Answer 13

Oracle

Question 14

Means enlightened one

Answer 14

Buddha

Question 15

Was the lowest class in Indias caste system

Answer 15

Untouchables

Question 16

Means the “love of wisdom”

Answer 16

Philosopher

Question 17

Often taught upper caste boys in India

Answer 17

Guru

Question 18

Xerxes was the king of where?

Answer 18

Persian

Question 19

Was the highest mountain in Greece, home to the gods and goddesses

Answer 19

Mt. Olympus

Question 20

The worlds tallest mountains are found in this mountain chain

Answer 20

Himalayas

Question 21

Is the belief that people pass through many lives

Answer 21

Reincarnation

Question 22

Was the language developed in India

Answer 22

Sanskirt

Question 23

Was a time when Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek world

Answer 23

Hellenstic Era

Question 24

Was known as the “father of history”

Answer 24

Herodotus

Question 25

Is a short take that t aches a moral lesson

Answer 25

Fable