Social Structure
Which of our civilizations has the most famous social Structure? Bonus points if you can name it
India -- Caste System
Which ancient religion valued non-violence
Daoism
How did Greece's geography impact their economy?
Forced international trade
Name 2 landforms in ancient Mesopotamia
Tigres Euphrates
Name one major engineering achievement in ancient china
Great Wall of China
What happens when you change jobs but maintain about the same place in the social ladder?
Horizontal Mobility
Which ancient religion would have encouraged snitching on your family?
Legalism
Name the 4 ancient Greek governments
Democracy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Monarchy
Name 2 land forms in Ancient China
Gobe Desert, Himalayan Mountains, Takilamakan desert
What political achievement is accredited to Ancient Greece?
The founding of democracy
What ancient religion characteristically blended religion with social Structure?
Hinduism
Name 2 rules in the 8 fold path
Right Action, Right Speech, etc
Name at least one person who was in charge of an ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Greek government
Cleopatra/Ramsis II, Alexander the Great, King Hammurabi
Name two land forms in ancient Egypt
Nile River, Red Sea
What world wonders are attributed to Egypt
Pyramids
Name one role commonly at the top in ancient social structures that does not have a lot of power today
Scribe or Priest
What is it called when people in power use religion to claim their legitamacy?
Divine Right of Kings/Mandate of Heavan
Name all four Mesopotamian empires
Akkadian, Assyrian, BAbbylon, Neo Babylon
How did Greece survive despite not having a river?
They colonized places with rivers
What political achievement is credited to Alexander the Great
Unifying Greece
What ancient civilization did not have a social Structure?
There was not one
Dharma is the foundational moral precept in Hinduism, what does that mean?
Dharma means it is important to follow one's role
What form of Greek oligarchy made the wisest rule as an oligarchy?
Aristocracy
List 4 ways we covered in class that rivers allowed ancient civilizations to flourish
Silt, Travel, Drinking Water, Irrigation/Farming
What two achievements are accredited to ancient Mesopotamia
Hammurabi's Code and Cuneiform