India
the cycle of birth, life, death & rebirth; key belief within Hinduism
What is reincarnation?
This dynasty's punishments became so harsh that it caused some people to rebel against the government. Books were burned and scholars were killed. This dynasty was the first to unify China under one government.
What is the Qin dynasty?
The native inhabits of Australia
Who are the Aboriginal Australians?
The form of government in which the power is in the hands of the people
What is a democracy?
Who is Zeus?
Who are the Untouchables/ Dalits?
Important river in China where civilization began to form around. 2 answers can be accepted.
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
The native inhabitants of New Zealand
Who are the Maori?
Place where Athenian citizens could meet to make decisions about war, could propose laws, revise laws, and vote on laws. Group decisions were made by a majority vote.
What is the Assembly/Ecclesia?
Reason why Greek city-states formed independently of each other, had separate governments, and very little communication
The summer and winter winds bring rains to the Indian sub-continent.
What are monsoons?
Philosophy that emphasized 5 fundamental relationships. According to this philosophy, rulers (and parents/ teachers/ older siblings) need to be good examples for their people to follow.
What is Confucianism?
The groups of Aboriginal Australian children who were taken from their homes and forced to live with white families in an effort to assimilate them into European-Australian society.
Who are the Stolen Generation?
Group of men from each of the 10 Athenian tribes who met everyday and supervised government worker and set the agenda for the Assembly. They were chosen by lottery.
What is the Council of 500?
Reason why the city-state of Athens colonized other parts of Greece
What is lack of farmland?
An important river of ancient Indian civilization (2 options will be given, only 1 is needed)
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
Philosophy that emphasized living in harmony with nature and was founded by Lao Tzu. According to this philosophy, the government should not interfere in people's lives.
What is Daoism?
Where most people in Australia live (not the name of a city, part of Australia)
What is the Australian coast?
Greek name for the popular courts where jurors were selected from a pool of male citizens to hear cases and make decisions about guilt and innocence
What is the dikasteria?
Sparta's enslaved people who could not participate in the government. There were more of these than Spartan citizen
Who are the helots?
The grandson of Chandragupta, he became the greatest ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty, but rejected violence after the Battle of Kalinga
Who was Asoka?
What was found in Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
"Explorer" from Britain who led the first known Europeans to see the east coast of Australia. Many statues were built to honor them and are often vandalized to protest against Australia Day
Who is Captain Cook?
Philosopher and writer of the Athenian constitution
Who is Aristotle?
Spartan military fighting formation with overlapping spears and shields
What is a phalanx?