Ancient China
The name of the influential trading route that brought Buddhism into China was what?
What is the Silk Road?
When someone is reborn as another living thing, this concept is known as?
What is reincarnation?
What geographical barrier limited contact between the subcontinent of India and the rest of Asia?
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
This group of individuals won the Trojan War using a wooden horse as a diversion.
Who are the Greeks?
The famous "great" Greek leader who never lost battles and allowed conquered people to keep their culture was who?
Who is Alexander the Great?
The center of life for the Chinese people was one’s ____________________________.
What is family?
The type of government that emphasizes equal treatment for citizens within their government and was adopted by Athens, Greece is known as?
What is democracy?
The strict social structure of India that based its social classes on birth, reincarnation, and karma was known as?
What is the caste system?
This Chinese Dynasty saw the first and only female emperor in history.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
Most early religions practiced what type of religious belief system?
What is polytheism?
The great philosopher that taught the Chinese people about their duties in society was known as?
Who is Confucius?
The belief that rulers were chosen by the gods and could be "dethroned" if they were not doing their jobs is known as?
What is Mandate of Heaven?
These two religions began their journey in India and spread out of India through trade along the Silk Road. They were what two religions?
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
The continuous rise and fall of Chinese dynasties due to corruption is known as?
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
Which Chinese dynasty placed a lot of emphasis on a stable government, learning for all, and public works jobs (such as the building of the Great Wall of China)?
What is the Han Dynasty?
The belief of the Chinese that they were the center of the world (due to isolation) led to China being known as what?
What is the Middle Kingdom?
One of the greatest achievements of people in the Indus Valley was their earliest city that had sewer systems, which was named?
What is Mohenjo Daro?
India’s first civilization grew around the valley of what river?
What is the Indus River (Indus Valley Civilization)?
Which was not an invention by the ancient Chinese?
- silk
- porcelain
- leather shoes
- paper making
What is leather shoes?
When larger, more powerful nations took power over less powerful regions in order to gain access to their resources, this process is called?
What is colonialism?
Which was not an important achievement of the Indus Valley people?
- their sewers
- their granary storage
- their irrigation systems
-their lunar calendar
What is their lunar calendar?
In Ancient Greece, mythology served two purposes-
teach a lesson and?
What is explain naturally occurring events?