INDIA
The highest mountains in the world which are located to the north of the Indian sub-continent.
What are the Himalayas?
First Emperor of Ancient China.
Who is Shi Huang Di?
Open meeting place where the people go to market.
What is Agora?
The cycle of birth, life, death & rebirth.
What is Reincarnation?
The lowest social class in the Caste System.
Who are the Untouchables?
The most important river of ancient Indian civilization.
What is the Ganges river?
The time period when there wasn't one dynasty ruling a large part of China, but many.
What is the Warring States Period.
According to legend Hera and Poseidon fought over this city.
What is Argos?
This practice involved the reading of animal bones to predict the future.
What are oracle bones?
This belief system's teachings are seen in present day China in the high value on family and on education.
What is Confucianism?
The collection of epic poems, hymns, prayers and songs of the Hindu faith.
What are the Vedas?
The dynasty that overthrew the Qin.
What is the Han dynasty?
Type of government in which people rule themselves.
What is democracy?
The word "Buddha" means this.
What is the "Enlightened One?"
Government in which only a few people have power.
What is an oligarchy?
These people introduced the Caste system into the Indian sub-continent.
Who are the Aryans?
List the 5 dynasties in order.
What are the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han dyansties?
A fortress on top of a hill in the center of the city-state.
What is Acropolis?
The highest spiritual level a Hindu can attain when one's soul joins with the universal spirit or "force."
What is Brahman?
National divinity of the Greeks. Son of Zeus known as god of truth, prophecy, logic, and reason.
Who is Appolo?
All Hindus must engage in proper behavior which will result in positive energy.
What are dahrma and karma?
Three natural barriers that isolated Ancient China
What are the Himalayas, Gobi Desert, and the Pacific ocean.
Largest and most powerful of the city-states; cradle of democracy.
What is Athens?
The highest level of the Buddhist religion an individual can attain.
What is Nirvana?
This river is known as China's Sorrow due to its destructive floods.
What is the Huang He or Yellow River?