Mesopotamia
China
Rome
Greece
India
100
This was the first known farming community in the world. An early city in Anatolia.
What is Catal Huyuk
100
How did government officials get their job during the Han Dynasty?
Passed a series of Civil Service Examinations.
100
A government with elected officials is also called what?
A republic.
100
What did Greece lack that many other civilizations had to form around?
What is a major river.
100
The act of women throwing themselves on their husband's funeral pyre.
What is sati.
200
Name one of the two ways early people tried to control rivers.
What is Irrigation and Drainage Canals
200
The philosopher who came up with the Five Constant Relationships for ordering society.
Who was Confucius.
200
Name one of Octavian's titles once he became emperor of Rome.
What is Augustus, Imperator, or Caesar
200
The battles of Thermopylae and Salamis were fought between the Greeks and the _________?
What was the Persian Empire
200
Name Hinduism's three most important deities.
Who are Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma.
300
What philosophy of life did Gilgamesh learn from the alewife?
What is Eat Drink and Be Merry.
300
The Chinese belief that a ruler has divine permission to rule as long as he is a just and moral ruler.
What is the Mandate of Heaven.
300
The emperor who split Rome into four sections to make it easier to rule.
Who was Diocletian.
300
Sparta and Athens fought against each other during which war?
What is the Peloponnesian War
300
The Hindu concept of the individual soul.
What is Atman
400
God promised to protect Jewish people and Jewish people promised to only follow God. What was this agreement called?
What is a Covenant.
400
The first emperor of China.
Who was Qin Shi Huangdi.
400
The political organization with the most power during the Roman Republic.
What was the Senate.
400
Spartan males served in the army until what age?
60 years old.
400
Why does Prince Rama ultimately reject Sita after he rescues her?
Because she had lived in another man's house. The social rules for proper behavior for men and women were strictly followed.
500
Name one early civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, or Assyrian.
500
Name the three main goods traded out of China during the Han Dynasty.
What are silk, tea and spices.
500
Why were "bread and circuses" important to the Roman emperors and leaders?
The kept the poor fed and entertained, so they wouldn't revolt.
500
Why were the Greeks such active traders and sailors?
They could not grow enough food (staple grains) in their soil.
500
Name one way that Hinduism reinforces the caste system.
It gives hope for a better future life.
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