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100

Name that civilization...

What is India

100

Name that religious figure...

Who is The Buddha

OR

Who is Siddhartha Gautama 

100

What are the overland trade routes that spanned from China to Rome?

What is the Silk Road

100

How did the Indo- Gangetic Plain affect Indian civilizations?

What is it was extremely fertile and Indian civilizations were able to grow lots of food to support large populations. 

100

Why does China have less women than men? (Two part answer)

What is the one child policy and a cultural preference for boys?

200

Which civilization was furthest East?

What is Ancient China

200

In Buddhism you have to follow the __#__ Fold Path and the __#__ Noble Truths. 

What are 8 & 4

200

What are the overseas trade routes called that spanned from China to Rome?

What are Indian Ocean trade routes. 

200

Which Dynasty treated their peasants better? (The Qin or the Han)

What is The Han dynasty treated their peasants much better. 

200

TRUE or FALSE: Spices were grown nearly everywhere, making them a common trade good on the Silk Road/Indian Ocean trade routes. 

FALSE - Spices were only grown on specific islands in the Philippines and Indonesia

300

What is the name of the Mountains in Northern India?

What are the Himalayans 

300

What two religions believe in reincarnation?

What are Buddhism and Hinduism

300

What were the winds called that assisted the oversea trade routes near India? AND What was special about these winds? 

What are Monsoons, which changes seasonally make travel easier and highly predicable. 

300

What two things did Shi Huangdi build while he was emperor of China?

What are the Terra Cotta Army and the Great Wall. 

300

What sports game did we read about that gave girls in India an opportunity for a better life?

What is cricket?

400

D & F are in the place where Athens and Sparta should be, which one is which?

AND 

What were they know for?

What is D is Athens & F is Sparta. What is Athens was known for intelligence (arts) and Sparta for strength (military). 

400

What is it called when a Hindu OR a Buddhist escapes the cycle of reincarnation?

What is Moksha or Nirvana 

400

How were enslaved people acquired in classical era trade routes?

What are they were captured during war and traded with other civilizations. 

400

Why did Greece fall as a major power?

What is wars and plagues eventually weakened the Greek city-states so much they would be eventually taken over by other new powers.

400

Which Roman leader ended the Republic period?

Who is Julius Caesar. 

500

What are three geographic features that were important Ancient Rome? (Use specific names)

- Tiber River

- Alp or Apennine Mountains

-Mediterranean Sea

- Seven Hills 

500

How did Buddhism spread into China? What religion was it compared to?

What is it was brought by Buddhist monks and compared to Taoism to explain and convert people in China. 

500

Name three items what were traded on the Silk Road and where they were sourced from. 

500

What were the three governing periods of Rome? (What governments did they have?) IN ORDER.

What is...

1. Kingdom

2. Republic

3. Empire

500

Which camel is Bactrian and Which is a Dromedary? 

What is the Bactrian has two humps and the Dromedary has one.

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