Unit 1A
Unit 1B
Unit 2A
Unit 2B
Unit 2C
100

The name for a government ruled by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divine

What is theocracy? 


Bonus 20 points if you can name a civilization/empire/dynasty that practiced theocracy

100

Ancient people's explanation for the world's physical environment

What is god/supernatural forces? 

100

The well-field system

What is a land redistribution system where peasants would work on a central public piece of land and get a private piece of land to work as well? 

100

Ideology used to legitimize the rule of an emperor in Ancient China

What is the Mandate of Heaven? 

Bonus 20 points if you explain what the ideology is 

100

Self-discipline or painful stimuli to replace sacrifice

What is asceticism?

Bonus 20 point if you can explain the purpose of this practice


200

Characteristics of Paleolithic people

What are stone tools, fire, and nomadic hunter-gatherers?

200

The creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization

Who are the Sumerians? 


Bonus 30 pts if you can name their writing system

200

Set of laws that set behavior for individuals and social classes in Indian society

What is dharma? 

200

Mauryan Emperor that converted to Buddhism

Who is Ashoka?

Bonus 40 points if you can provide TWO examples of actions he took after converting

200
Order of Chinese dynasties in order after the Xia, before a period of unrest

What are the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han? 

300

The three central aspects of Jewish religious belief

What is the law, the covenant, and the prophet?



300

Known reputation of the Assyrians

What is advanced and brutal military conquest? 

300

The two different languages used by people in Ancient India

What are prakrit and sanskrit?


Bonus 20 points if you can explain the differences between the two

300

Definition of the bao-jia system

What is families put into large groups in order for control and surveillance 

Bonus 20 points if you explain the rationale of this system

300

The earliest known Chinese writing system

What are oracle bones? 

Bonus 20 points to explain what they were used for

400

Religion in Egyptian society

What is extremely relevant, to the point where the Egyptians had no name for it due to how enmeshed it was in society? 

400

The benefit of the Nile's annual flooding

What is the depositing of fertile silt leading to successful agriculture?

400

The roles and responsibilities of women in Aryan Indian

What is child marriage, sati, work inside the home, etc. 

Bonus 40 points if you can provide an example of how they were known to have influence in society

400

Principles of inaction, simplicity, and living in harmony with nature

What is Daoism? 

400

Explanation of Legalist Ideology

What is the belief that human were evil by nature and would only behave under threat of strict laws and punishment

Bonus 30 points to explain why Legalists believed a strong ruler was necessary. 

500

The characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution

What are permanent settlements, domestication of animals, agriculture, and patriarchy?


Bonus 40 points if you can explain how patriarchy was created during the Neolithic Revolution

500

The main social issues at hand in Hammurabi's code

Class inequality and gender inequality 


Bonus 30 points if you can give an example

500

Chinese ideals related to family, personal behavior and responsibility

What is veneration of ancestors, filial piety, the five relationships, loyalty rather than state primacy

Bonus 20 points for a definition of filial piety or veneration of ancestors, and bonus 50 for listing the 5 relationships

500

Reasons for the collapse of the Han dynasty? 

What are noble families gaining influence/power, corruption, tension with nomadic peoples, and population decline?
500

Explanation of Confucian ideology

What is a concern for human behavior - people acted in harmony with the universe's purpose, they would prosper? 

Bonus 10 point to define Dao

Bonus 40 points to explain the two interpretations of Dao

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