Geography & Agriculture
Farming communities led to this social outcome, allowing some people to specialize and creating unequal wealth.
What is social stratification?
This Spanish conquistador is credited with destroying the Incan Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The Qin Dynasty is famous for building this massive defensive structure.
What is the Great Wall?
Core Buddhist beliefs include the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and this concept of rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
Before becoming an empire, Rome had this form of government with elected officials and assemblies.
What is a republic?
The mountainous geography of this region isolated communities, limited large-scale irrigation, and supported crops like grapes and olives.
What is Greece?
Mayan political organization was made up of these independent regions, each ruled by local kings.
What are city-states?
The Han Dynasty centralized power, used the Mandate of Heaven, and implemented this system to select government officials.
What is the civil service exam system?
This is the oldest codified religion, originating in India.
What is Hinduism?
This Greek city-state is often called the “Birthplace of democracy.”
What is Athens?
The staple food of the Maya civilization, forming the foundation of their diet.
What is corn?
The Maya civilization likely ended due to this environmental factor, though the exact cause remains unknown.
What is droughts?
After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, this religion became widely adopted in China.
What is Buddhism?
The Zoroastrian deity known as the “Wise Lord” is called this.
Who is Ahura Mazda?
Greek city-states were independent regions called this, functioning like a state.
What is a city-state or polis?
Persia unified its empire by establishing a single language and this.
What is a system of laws?
The Maya were more vulnerable to diseases than Afro-Eurasian civilizations for this reason.
What is a lack of exposure to domestic animals?
This philosophy held that people were naturally bad and required strict laws to maintain order.
What is Legalism?
Buddhism teaches that the goal of life is to reach this state of liberation.
What is Nirvana?
The Greco-Persian Wars were significant because they preserved this for Greek city-states.
What is independence?
One major geography based difference between Greece and Persia:
Persia- Single unified empire
Greece- Polis
This Indian empire spread Buddhism and had a centralized government.
What is the Maurya Empire?
This philosophy emphasizes relationships, respect, and social harmony.
What is Confucianism?
According to Confucianism, women are generally considered this relative to men.
What is subordinate?
The Delian League was originally formed to protect Greek city-states from invasions by this empire.
What is Persia?