Which of the two rivers in China is located in the north?
Yellow River
ships
The major river in Ancient Rome is the...
Tiber River
Name the two monotheistic religions we studied in this course.
Judaism & Christianity
Why are rivers so important?
WATER SOURCE
Ancient China was isolated because of which THREE geographic features?
Pacific Ocean, Himalayan Mountains, and Gobi Desert
What are the two main city states in Ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
The working class in Rome was known as ________. The wealthy class was known as ________.
Plebeians & Patricians
The sacred text of Buddhism is the _________.
Tripitaka
Mountain ranges almost always offer civilizations.....
protection
Legalism believed the human beings were fundamentally _______. It began during the _____ Dynasty
evil & Qin
belonging to a political community. It comes with rights and responsibilities.
Diocletian, Rome had become too large to govern
Dharma and Karma are both concepts of balance in which relgion?
Hinduism
What sea do a majority of ancient civilizations develop around?
the Mediterranean
The three main values of Confucianism are....
Kinship, order, and hierarchy
Name two differences between Athens and Sparta?
geography, education, status of women, status of enslaved people, military...
What are aqueducts?
System of channels and tunnels used to transport water from the country side to the cities
Why was the Christian teaching of eternal life so appealing to Romans who practiced their polytheistic religion?
their religion said only the gods could live in heaven and everyone else went to the underworld
What chunk of land is to the EAST of Greece?
Asia Minor
Which ruler unified the states of China and ended the Warring States Period?
Qin Shihuangdi
The Battles of Marathon and Thermopylae were a part of the _______ Wars.
Persian
For what politcal reason was the historical figure of Jesus arrested and killed?
He was teaching that "the last shall be first" which threatened Roman authority & power
What was the name of the Buddha before he became the Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
The city state of Sparta is located on the ________ _________.
Peloponnesian Peninsula