Time Designations
B.C stands for
Before Christ
What is the Mountain Range that lies on the northern border of India?
The Himalayas
Qin Shi Huangdi built this famous landmark.
He had a _______ _____ built to be placed in his tomb and protect him after death.
The Great Wall
Terracotta Army
The Greek landscape featured many m_____ and i_____ which caused isolation from another and led to the development of independent _____-_____ also known as a _______.
Mountains and islands; city-states; polis
Describe/Name the social structure of Rome
Upper class-
Lower class-
Slaves-
Patricians
Plebians
War Captives and Most Gladiators
B.C.E. stands for
Before Common Era
Brahmanism blended with the Harrapan people and formed this religion
Hinduism
The two main rivers in China.
How did one of the rivers get its name.
The Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers
From the yellow loess(silt)
______ was the Greek city next to the ________ ___ whose males focused on the arts and education while the women had no rights.
______ was the Greek city located on the ________ __________ whose males focused on being ______while the women had many rights.
Athen; Mediterranean Sea
Sparta; Peloponnesian Peninsula; Warriors
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A.D. stands for
Anno Domini
India is what type of geographic feature?
A Subcontinent
The belief that heaven/gods gave emperors the right to rule.
The philosophy based on the concept that people were bad and need strict laws and harsh punishments.
Mandate of Heaven; Legalism
A revolt in Greek colonies led to the ______ ____ which the ________ eventually won due to them uniting together. Afterwards the Athenians created the Delian League which eventually led to the Peloponnesian War between _______ and _______. _______ won but the war left Greece weak. They were eventually conquered by Philip of Macedonia, father of _______ __ _____.
Persian War; Greeks; Athens; Sparta; Spartans; Alexander the Great
_______ _______ named himself Dictator for Life and was ________ by Senate members who feared him because they thought he had too much power.
______ _____ was Emperor during the ___ _____ a time during which there was peace and prosperity and saw inventions such as _______ for water supply, _______ for architecture strength, and the________ for entertainment.
Julius Caesar; assassinated
Agustas Caesar; Pax Romana; Aqueducts; Arches; Coliseum
A ______ is a period of 100 years and a ______ is a period of 10 years.
Century; Decade
Siddhartha Gutama's teachings became known as what religion and what is the ultimate goal of this religion
Buddhism; Nirvana
________ developed a philosophy based on family loyalty, proper conduct, goodness, virtue, and social harmony called ______________. His writings were put in a book called The ______.
Confucious; Confucianism; Analects
Name the three main Philosophers of Greece.
The _______ is a famous Temple dedicated to Athena and sits atop the Acropolis looking over Athens.
_______ wrote the Iliad and the Odessey.
The Greeks religious beliefs were ______.
S.P.A - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Parthenon
Homer
Polytheistic
________ began with the teachings of _______ who people believed to be the son of God and the _______.
The Romans feared his influence and had him arrested and ________. Christians believe he was _________ three days later. His teachings continued to be spread by his _______ and was welcomed by the people. It is now the most practiced religion in the world.
Christianity; Jesus; Messiah
crucified; resurrected; disciples
_______ means an approximate date, around, or about
Circa
The social structure is known as the _______ _______. In Hinduism you had to fulfill your dharma so you would have good _______ and be _________ into a higher caste until you finally reach _________ and are released from cycle of reincarnation.
Caste System; Kharma; Reincarnated; Moksha
What is "cultural diffusion" and its relationship with the Silk Road?
The spreading of beliefs, ideas, knowledge, and practices within or between cultures or communities.
Aspects of culture spread along the Silk Road: Art, architecture, music, and religion (from India to China during the Han Dynasty)
Types of Government-
Ruled by one person
Ruled by a select few
Ruled by someone who took over by force
All citizens vote on everything
All citizens elect Someone to represent them
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
_______ rose to power and was the first Christian Emperor. Because of instability in the western empire from poor ______, invasions from ________ tribes, and economy failure he moved the capital from _____ to ________ in the eastern empire. After the western empire was conquered the eastern empire became known as the ________Empire.
Constantine; leadership; Germanic; Rome; Constantinople; Byzantine