Belief System's
What is Legalism?
Founder: Shang Yang
Assumed all people were evil, so strict laws and harsh punishments were needed to maintain order
What is a republic?
form of government rests with the citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders
Where was the Pax Sinica?
China
Where is the Huang He river valley civilization?
China
What is a Golden Age?
Time of peace and prosperity
What are the three monotheistic belief systems?
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
What was the Secessio Plebis?
A strike of the plebeians because there are no rights in the senate, intermarriage, and no written laws.
What was one achievement during the Pax Sinicia?
Paper
Silk
Civil Service Exam
Compass
What are the rivers in Mesopotamia?
What does Historical Circumstance mean?
Why at this time
or
Causes
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama: the Buddha
What was the Pax Romana? and what was one achievement?
Golden Age of Rome
Appian way-roads
Aqueducts-sewers
Colosseum-entertainment
Forum-expressing ideas
What was an achievement of the Tang/Song Golden Age?
Woodblock and movable printing
Gunpowder
Magnetic Compass
Did the Nile River have predictable or unpredictable flooding?
Predictable
What's the definition of an Enduring Issue?
Is a challenge or problem that has been debated or discussed across time
What is Daoism?
Daoism ● Founded by Lao Tse ● Believed in harmony with nature
What was the name of the people who spread Christianity in Rome?
Missionaries (Spread the religion)
Where was the Gupta Golden Age and what was one Mathematics achievement?
Mathematics- Advances in trigonometry
The use of negative numbers
The use of decimal points
Did Mesopotamia, Indus, and Huang He have predictable or unpredictable flooding?
Unpredictable
What is the caste system and what religion uses this system?
a class structure that is determined by birth
social hierarchy
Hinduism
What are the 4 noble truths?
(1) Life is suffering, (2) Suffering comes from desire, and (3) to eliminate suffering is to eliminate desire. To eliminate desire, (4) follow the 8 Fold Path
Buddhism
Why did the Roman Empire fall?
Plague
mercenaries (paid soldiers)
Lack of strong leaders
Germanic tribes
Which river valley civilization had monsoons and what are monsoons?
Indus
a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia