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Two major regions directly connected by the Silk Road
Asia and Europe
Classical civilization home to the Qin and Han dynasties
What is China?
Geographical feature in Greece that prevented unity among the political areas
What are mountains?
The practice of the Eightfold Path is associated with this religion
What is Buddhism?
Positive way that the monsoon winds in India impacted people
Two purposes for the building of the Great Wall of China
What are protection and trade along the Silk Road?
Religion/belief system that used the Caste System
What is Hinduism?
The main difference between Roman religion and Christianity
What is Christianity is monotheistic and the Romans believed in many gods?
The first empire in Classical India
What is the Mauryan Empire?
Political divisions of Classical Greece that can govern themselves
What is a city-state?
Form of government developed in Athens, Greece, and adopted in the United States
What is a democracy?
Policy promoted by Ashoka's pillar edicts
What is nonviolence?
Religious leader who rejected the Caste System
Who is Buddha?
The three major Greek philosophers
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Religion with an emphasis on nature
What is Daoism?
Region where Christianity emerged
What is the Middle East?
Julius Caesar's death and Augustus Caesar's gain in political power shows a shift from a ___________ to a(n) __________
What is republic to empire?
Mathematical principles developed by the Gupta Empire in Classical India
What are zero and the decimal system?
Follower of Jesus who made the greatest contribution to the spread of Christianity
Who is Paul?
Individuals elected as representatives of the people in Ancient Greece
What are consuls?
200-year period of peace in Rome led by Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
Culture spread by Alexander the Great; when Greek culture is mixed with other cultures
What is Hellenistic culture?
First dynasty to unite China and begin early versions of the Great Wall of China
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Period of time when the arts and sciences are growing
What is a Golden Age?
The 5 Key Relationships are most closely associated with this religion
What is Confucianism?