Ancient Mesopotamia/Egypt
What is the Nile River?
This geographic feature borders both China and India and is known as the tallest in the world.
What are the Himalayan Mts?
This trade route extends from Europe to Asia, making it one of the largest trade networks of the medieval world.
What are the Silk Roads?
What a way to rule! Democracy, monarchy, tyranny, and oligarchy are all examples of this feature of society
What is government?
This Roman gods name shares similar characteristics to Hades, the God of the Underworld. It also shares it's name with a forgotten "planet".
What is Pluto?
This is the religion of Egyptian enslaved persons during the period of Moses
What is Judaism?
This was the first religion of Ancient India, which includes tenets of karma, dharma, and samsara (or better known as reincarnation).
What is Hinduism?
This period of chaos and unrest led to Qin Shi Huangdi to adopt Legalism in China
What are the Warring States period?
This Greek city-state prepared its young men for battle, ensured that women were trained as well as men, and had its patron god as Ares.
What is Sparta?
Alliteration is the name of the game. This form of government takes its influence from democracy, but has officials represent their people. Most popular in Rome before its empire.
What is a republic (Roman Republic)?
This is the form of writing used to convey meaning in Ancient Egypt. Uses pictures for sounds/numbers.
What are hieroglyphics
This person became popular by sitting underneath the bodhi tree until he was able to find the truths of the world for pain and suffering.
Who is the Buddha? (Siddhartha Gautama)
This religion was introduced to Ancient China by ways of spreading through the Silk Roads
What is Buddhism?
This Greek city-state offered an emphasis on democracy and philosophy, although their rights only extended to 18-year-old men and up, while women and enslaved didn't have many rights at all. Named after the goddess Athena.
What is Athens?
This religion started in Jerusalem, and their followers were almost killed in Rome because they only believed in one god. Jesus Christ!
What is Christianity?
What is Hammurabi's Law Code
This system of behavior, shaped like a steering wheel, shows Buddhists how to live their lives by the Four Noble Truths.
What is the Eightfold Path?
What is the Han Dynasty?
This leader from Macedonia took over the Greek city-states after his father was killed, and amassed a GREAT empire.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Double Jeopardy: Et tu Brute? The expression "beware the Ides of March" stems from this Roman "dictator for life", who was assassinated by his best friend and the Senate on March 15th.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This style of writing from Ancient Mesopotamia is the first style of writing ever created.
What is cuneiform?
These groups of individuals' dynasty used local governments to help maintain power across India during their rule.
What is the Gupta Empire?
The philosophy of Daoism was introduced as a philosophy that emphasizes balance with nature. It is also a part of a group of philosophies that was meant to try to figure out how to best deal with the Warring States period.
What are the Hundred Schools of Thought?
This concept allowed for the spread of Greek ideas and concepts through Alexander the Great's empire. Not so good on toast.
What is hellenism?
This time period was considered the golden age for Ancient Rome, as Caesar Augustus brought about 100 years of Roman peace.
What is Pax Romana?