Geography and Maps
This dry climate zone receives very little rain year round, and is typically hot and dry.
What is an arid climate or desert?
Practiced in ancient Athens, this form of government requires all citizens to come together to vote on laws and decisions.
What is a democracy?
This is the project you completed about G.R.A.P.E.S., where you selected and researched an ancient civilization.
What is the G.R.A.P.E.S. lapbook?
This strong, luxurious fiber is gathered from cocoons spun by worms and was so intensely sought after by western empires that it gave the trade route its name.
What is silk?
This medieval social, political, and economic system was independently practiced in both Europe and Japan, relying on land exchange for loyalty and military protection.
What is feudalism?
This is the world's smallest continent, the only one natively home to marsupials like koalas, and home to the Aboriginal people.
What is Australia?
Derived from a Greek word meaning "rule by a few," this term describes a government where a small, selective group of people holds all the power.
What is an oligarchy?
This is what the G in G.R.A.P.E.S stands for.
What is geography?
The silk road ran from China in the east to this empire in the west.
What is Rome?
Under the Indian Caste system, this religious concept is the belief that a person's actions and fulfillment of duty in this life determine their status in the next life.
What is Karma?
This continent is the largest in the world and served as the ancient home to the Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Indus Valley civilizations.
What is Asia?
What is a monarchy?
In G.R.A.P.E.S., this is the way a civilization handles laws and government.
What is politics?
In addition to making luxury clothing, paintings, and fishing lines, silk was uniquely used as this economic tool during certain ancient Chinese dynasties.
What is money (or currency)?
In ancient China, any male who successfully passed the rigorous Civil Service Exams earned this prestigious title and advanced in the social hierarchy.
What is a Scholar-Official?
This essential map element is placed on a map to indicate the primary directional points: North, South, East, and West.
What is a Compass Rose?
This type of government recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority, utilizing religious laws to settle disputes and govern citizens.
What is a theocracy?
In the G.R.A.P.E.S. acronym, the letter "S" stands for this element, which includes caste systems and social hierarchies?
What is Social Structure?
Along with Ibn Battuta and Zheng He, this famous Italian traveler is studied for leaving a massive footprint on the history of the Silk Road.
Who is Marco Polo?
When the Mongols conquered and ruled China, they organized society by ethnicity into a strict system known by this name.
What is the Yuan Dynasty "Four-Class" System?
According to map rules, this specific type of scale map is used to show a very large geographic area but with less close-up detail.
What is a small-scale map?
This ancient collection of 282 written laws established the core principle that criminal fines and physical punishments vary based on a person's social class.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
In G.R.A.P.E.S., historical elements like a civilization's unique inventions, architecture, engineering feats, and written language fall under this letter.
What is (A) Achievements?
The Silk Road originally began around 100 B.C.E. after this Chinese general traveled west and returned with news of massive empires eager to trade for Chinese goods.
Who is General Zhang Qian?
Unlike Europe's military feudalism, this ancient Chinese philosophical structure strictly ordered society based on roles, elder respect, and ethical duty.
What is the Confucian Hierarchy?