Civilizations
This civilization expanded from a single Bronze Age city to an empire dominating the Mediterranean region, from the Iberian peninsula to West Asia to North Africa.
What is Rome?
The region of Oceania gets its name from this dominant physical feature.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The creation myth in this Mayan religious text explains that beings called makers created all of earth and its inhabitants, including humans. They tried making humans out of several different materials before making the final humans out of corn (or maize).
What is the Popol Vuh?
This Roman consul and successful general was granted emergency dictator powers during a time of war in Egypt. He later declared himself dictator for life, but was assassinated by a group of senators led by Brutus.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The first parts of this massive architectural achievement and defense system were created in China during the Qin dynasty.
What is The Great Wall (of China)?
This civilization began as a colony of the Phoenician people, then later developed into an empire covering most of North Africa, the Iberian peninsula, and many islands in the Mediterranean. They were defeated in a series of wars with Rome known as the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
The longest mountain chain in the world, the Andes Mountains, is found on this continent, which was home to the Inca, Nazca, and Moche civilizations.
What is South America?
This holiday celebrated across China, East Asia, and the world involves celebrating animals associated with different years. The animals come from a Chinese myth called “The Great Race.”
What is the Lunar New Year
or
What is the Spring Festival?
The first person to become emperor of China, after uniting the many warring states at the end of the Zhou dynasty. The name he gave himself literally means first emperor.
Who is Shi Huangdi (or Qin Shi Huangdi)?
This is an official document written by a United Nations committee that is not a law, but gives recommendations for action. It consists of a heading, preambulatory clause, and operative clause.
What is a resolution?
These people inhabited the area of what is now the country of Guatemala, and Yucatán in Mexico. The civilization largely fell apart (or collapsed) in the 9th century AD for reasons that historians are still not sure about. They had a complex religion, social structure, and calendar.
Who are the Maya/Mayans?
The branch of geography that deals with the boundaries and divisions of countries, and the organization and distribution of human beings on earth.
What is Political Geography?
The idea in Hinduism and Buddhism that the actions or intent of an individual will determine their future, and is the spiritual principle of cause and effect.
What is Karma?
This Aztec leader supposedly thought the Spanish conqueror (conquistador) Hernan Cortes was a god when they first met.
Who is Moctezuma (or Montezuma)?
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and Africa and the New World of the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
These people migrated across islands over centuries to settle the region we now call Oceania.
Who are Polynesians?
Fertile soil from these two rivers helped early humans in ancient China develop a surplus of food and form civilizations.
What is the Yellow (or Huang He) River?
or
What is the Yangtze (or Chang Jiang) River?
Chinese belief system that focused on balance between opposing forces, and living in harmony with nature.
What is Taoism (or Daoism)?
This leader led a surprise invasion of Rome during the Second Punic War with an army that included war elephants, and despite several victories, he was ultimately defeated.
Who is Hannibal?
The United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 at the end of this conflict, the most deadly war in human history.
What is World War II?
This empire ruled most of what is now India from approximately 319 to 467 CE. This period of time is often called the Golden Age of India.
What is the Gupta Empire?
A weather pattern caused by differing temperature trends over the land and ocean, which has a significant impact on the weather and daily life of people in South Asia.
What is a monsoon?
Chinese Belief system that centered on relationships, and respect for tradition, elders, and those above you.
What is Confucianism?
This Mauryan emperor famously became a non-violent Buddhist, and tried to spread Buddhism throughout India and across Asia, after having completely destroyed the city of an enemy in battle.
The hereditary caste system of social hierarchy in India is related to and enforced through this system of religious belief.
What is Hinduism?