South and Central Asia
The name of the mountain range that includes Mount Everest.
What is the Himalayas?
This is the Hindu belief that a person's actions affect their future lives.
What is karma?
This belief system, praticed in Korea, involved spiritual leaders who communicate with spirits to heal, guide, or protect people.
What is shamanism?
Other than goods, this was traded along the Silk Road.
What are ideas, religions and cultures?
This is the form of government developed in ancient Athens where citizens participated in decision-making?
What is democracy?
The major river considered sacred by many Hindus.
What is the Ganges?
He is the founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This dynasty (or emperor) was known for building much of the Great Wall and creating China's first unified empire.
Who is the Qin Dynasty? (Qin Shi Huangdi)
These were three types of goods that were commonly traded along the Silk Road.
What are silk, spices, and other luxury goods?
This is the type of government that Rome had before becoming an empire, where elected leaders called senators shared power.
What is a republic?
One way the Himalayan Mountains affect life in South Asia.
What are influence climate, provide fresh water from melting snow and act as a natural barrier between regions?
In Confucianism, this term means showing respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elders?
What is filial piety?
This examination system was used by Chinese emperors to select government officials based on knowledge and ability.
What is the Civil Service Examination?
This region of Asia was especially important as a crossroads for Silk trade.
What is Central Asia?
This famous Roman leader became the first emperor after the fall of the Republic.
Who is Octavian (Augustus)?
This ancient civilization developed along the Indus River and built well-planned cities such as Mohenjo-Daro.
What is the Harrapan Civilization?
According to Legalism, this is how a ruler should maintain order in society.
What are strict laws and punishments?
This is the name of Japan's indigenous belief system that emphasizes respect for nature and ancestral spirits.
What is Shinto?
This Chinese invention helped increase Silk Road trade by improving transportation and navigation?
This structure in ancient Rome was used for public entertainment like gladiator fights and could hold thousands of spectators.
What is the Colosseum?
One modern-day country located in Central Asia.
What are Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, or Tajikistan?
According to Daoism, people should live in harmony with this.
What is nature?
This kingdom unified most of the Korean Peninsula in the late 600s CE.
What is the Silla Kingdom?
These were some dangers that traders faced while traveling along the Silk Road.
What are harsh climates, long distances, and threats from bandits?
This was the name of the epic wars between Athens and Sparta that weakened both city-states in ancient Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian War?