A type of government where all of the rulers come from the same family and inherit the right to rule from each other.
What is dynasty
100
This class in the Feudal System of Ancient China gave protection to the peasants and paid taxes and provided armies to the emperor/king in return for land.
What is the noble class
100
The type of government in Ancient Egypt where the pharaoh was viewed as the God on earth.
What is a theocracy
100
The three main classes of Ancient Rome from highest to lowest
What is the Patrician class, the Plebian class, and the slaves
100
This ruler of ____________ was a member of the first Triumvirate or alliance of three rulers; originally elected as a consul, he was later named dictator for life.
Who is Julius Caesar
200
A government where the ruler is a king or a queen and has all of the control and makes all of the decisions.
What is an Absolute Monarchy
200
These are the five castes of ancient India in order from top to bottom.
What is Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisyas, Shudras, Dalits
200
These were the three main roles in government in Ancient Mesopotamia
Kings, officials, and priests
200
In this order: the group of men in Ancient Greek democracy who met to propose laws and the group of all citizens who were able to share their opinions and vote on the proposed laws.
What is the Council and the Assembly
200
This king of Ancient Mesopotamia was responsible for the first major empire in the Fertile Crescent. He was responsible for expanding his empire and strengthening it.
Who is King Sargon
300
A ruler who comes from the middle class, often a member of the military, who's purpose is to represent the views of the middle class. This type of ruler is now though of in a negative way now as someone who takes advantage of the people.
What is a tyrant
300
This is the principle by which leaders in Ancient China received the right to rule from the Gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven
300
This was the one social class in Ancient Egypt where young men could gain status and possibly become part of a higher social class.
What is the soldiers
300
These are the three main principles of a democratic society
What is a representative government/participation of all people, a code of laws, and an opportunity for citizenship
300
Which ancient Chinese ruler embraced the principle of legalism?
Who is Shi Huangdi?
400
Also known as "rule by a few" this type of government overthrew the monarchies and ruled the people as a group of people from the upper class.
What is an oligarchy
400
The key similarity between the class system of Chinese feudalism and the Caste system of Ancient India (think about how people were assigned to their caste or class)
What is they were born into the class or caste based on the quality of their life.
400
What is the primary difference between kings of Ancient Mesopotamia and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt?
What is the kings of Mesopotamia got their powers from the Gods and the Pharaohs were seen as THE god
400
How did the Plebian class gain a voice in the government in Ancient Rome?
What is they threatened to leave the city and create their own government
400
How did Queen Hatshepsut primarily advance Egyptian Society when she ruled as pharaoh?
What is she changed the view of female rulers and she advanced the society through trade and building projects
500
This type of government, in general, is where all citizens are able to participate either by directly being involved or electing leaders to represent their views in the government.
What is a representative government
500
What is the primary positive reason that the feudal system and the Caste system led to a more efficient system of government?
What is everyone had a specific role and job in society
500
Why did Ancient Egypt rely on the role of the scribe class to help their government be more efficient?
What is they needed people trained to write the complicated language of hieroglyphics in order to maintain a government with a written law.
500
The main difference between the Roman Republic and Greek Democracy.
What is not all people in the republic participated in government; it was a representative democracy instead of a direct democracy
500
Why was it controversial that Julius Caesar was named dictator for life?
What is the other senators thought that it might lead to fewer rights for the people and a return to the oppression of absolute monarchies.