China is surrounded by different geographic features that isolate it from other civilizations. Name one geographic feature that is a barrier for China.
What is mountains, desert, jungle
100
The Silk Road allowed traders to come into contact with other civilizations. This allowed for the exchange of goods and ideas, called________.
What is cultural diffusion
100
Aqueducts, engineered roads, and concrete are associated with what civilization?
Who are the Romans (Roman Empire)
100
Roman general who seized power and was declared dictator for life by the senate.
Who is Julius Caesar
200
What mountain chain prevented the expansion of Indian empires (the Maurya and the Gupta) to the north?
What is the Himalayas
200
Two word term for allowing people to practice their own religion. Early Indian rulers permitted this.
What is religious toleration
200
This architectural achievement was particularly helpful in supporting the marble ceilings in Greek temples.
What is columns
200
Macedonian King who conquered the largest empire the world had seen up to that time.
Who is Alexander the Great
300
The mountainous terrain of the Balkan peninsula discouraged the formation of large centralized states but encouraged the formation of small, independent
___________ .
What is city-states (polis, poleis)
300
The philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death.
What is reincarnation
300
Rediscovered in 1819, this massive complex of Buddhist temples cut from solid rock and adorned with fine sculptures and paintings, is one of the last grand monuments from India's golden age.
What is the Ajanta caves
300
The first emperor of China, who abolished feudalism, unified China, and set a pattern for later governements by establishing a bureaucratic centralized government
Who is Shi Huangdi
400
The Gangetic Plain, south of the Himalayas, is a fertile plain fed by the Brahmaputra and these other 2 rivers
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers
400
A government ruled by a hereditary landholding elite
What is an aristocracy
400
Many workers died building this 25 feet high, mountainous defense that snaked for thousands of miles across northern China.
What is the Great Wall
400
This diplomat was sent my Emperor Wudi on various journies to establish contact with peoples outside the Han empire. The information he brought back led to the founding of the Silk Road trade network.
Who is Chang Ch'ien [Zhang Qian]
500
These two bodies of water were central to the development of greek civilization
What are the Mediterranean and Aegean seas
500
Foreign soldiers serving in the Roman army for pay
Who are mercenaries (patricians)
500
During the golden age of Greek Drama almost every Greek city had an open-air theater in which these 2 forms of drama were performed