| Empire | Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byzantine Empire | Capital | Constantinople | 95%
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| Roman Empire | Capital | Rome | 92%
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| Roman Empire | What languages did the Romans speak? | Latin | 86%
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| Roman Empire | Who was the first Roman emperor? | Augustus | 84%
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| Byzantine Empire | What empire conquered Byzantium in 1453? | Ottoman Empire | 84%
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| Umayyad Caliphate | What religion did the Umayyads spread through jihad? | Islam | 76%
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| Han Dynasty | What major trade route began during the Han Dynasty? | Silk Road | 73%
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| Byzantine Empire | Which famous emperor created a famous law code named after him? | Justinian | 70%
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| Han Dynasty | What major invention is credited to the Han Dynasty that helped navigation? | Compass | 68%
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| Mongol Empire | Who founded the Mongol Empire? | Genghis Khan | 59%
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| Byzantine Empire | Who was the influential wife of the above? | Theodora | 54%
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| Aztec Empire | What crop was most important to the Aztecs? | Maize | 51%
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| Umayyad Caliphate | Capital | Damascus | 49%
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| Gupta Empire | Which river region was the Gupta heartland? | Ganges | 49%
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| Byzantine Empire | What church became central to the Byzantine Empire? | Hagia Sofia | 49%
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| Mongol Empire | Which grandson of the founder of the Mongol Empire ruled China? | Kublai Khan | 49%
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| Aztec Empire | Capital | Tenochtitlán | 49%
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| Han Dynasty | What philosophy was promoted during the Han Dynasty? | Confucianism | 46%
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| Umayyad Caliphate | What country was the furthest north the empire got in Europe? | France | 46%
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| Achaemenid Empire | What religion was associated with the Persians? | Zoroastrianism | 46%
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| Umayyad Caliphate | Which centuries did the Umayyads rule? | 7th|8th | 43%
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| Mongol Empire | What weapons were the Mongols famous for using? | Bow and Arrow | 43%
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| Achaemenid Empire | Who was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire? | Cyrus the Great | 43%
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| Umayyad Caliphate | What dynasty overthrew the Umayyads? | Abbasid Caliphate | 41%
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| Inca Empire | What mountain range did they rule in? | Andes | 41%
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| Roman Empire | Which major road connected the empire? | Appian Way | 41%
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| Achaemenid Empire | Which ruler was famous for expanding the Achaemenid Empire to its greatest territorial extent? | Darius the Great | 41%
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| Aztec Empire | What Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortés | 41%
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| Achaemenid Empire | What empire conquered the Achaemenids? | Macedonian | 41%
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| Gupta Empire | What language flourished under the Gupta Empire? | Sanskrit | 41%
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| Achaemenid Empire | Capital | Persepolis | 38%
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| Roman Empire | What Roman structure carried water to the cities? | Aqueducts | 35%
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| Tang Dynasty | What religion flourished in the Tang Dynasty? | Buddhism | 32%
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| Gupta Empire | Who was the famous Gupta ruler? | Chandragupta | 32%
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| Han Dynasty | Capital | Chang'an|Luoyang | 32%
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| Han Dynasty | Which Chinese philosophy discouraged government? | Daoism | 27%
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| Inca Empire | Capital | Cusco | 24%
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| Inca Empire | What Spanish conquistador defeated the Inca? | Francisco Pizzaro | 22%
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| Inca Empire | What language did the Inca speak? | Quechua | 19%
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| Gupta Empire | Capital | Pataliputra | 16%
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| Tang Dynasty | Which canal system expanded under the Tang, connecting Beijing and Hangzhou? | Grand Canal | 14%
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| Mongol Empire | Capital | Karakorum | 14%
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| Tang Dynasty | What famous female ruler ruled during the Tang Dynasty? | Wu Zetian | 14%
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| Tang Dynasty | Capital | Chang'an | 11%
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| Inca Empire | What system did the Inca use for recordkeeping? | Quipu | 5%
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| Aztec Empire | What writing system did the Aztecs use? | Pictographs | 3%
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| Mongol Empire | What was the Mongol postal system called? | Yam | 3%
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| Aztec Empire | What was the Aztec writing system called? | Codex | 0%
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| Tang Dynasty | What influential Chinese poet lived from 701-762 and wrote at least a thousand poems including "Quiet Night Thought"? | Li Bai | 0%
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| Gupta Empire | What was a major literary work? | Mahabharata | 0%
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