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200
This term for a period of Roman prosperity was first used by a Roman historian partway through but is most popular among later historians.

What is the pax romana?

200

This river's movements have been politically devastating to various Chinese governments over the millenia.

What is the Yellow River?

200

This was the event where early Christian leaders decided to move away from many Jewish laws.

What is the Council of Jerusalem?

200

Name two of the three major barbarian threats to the Roman and Chinese governments.

Who were the Huns, the Germanic tribes, and the Xiongnu?

200
These are the two types of empire we have discussed in class.

What are territorial and governmental empires?

400

This Hellenic leader became the captive of Rome in his youth.

Who was Antiochus IV?

400

This dynasty first popularized the use of the term "Mandate of Heaven" to support their rule.

Who were the Zhou?

400

This school of Buddhism, while not the oldest form, is the largest today.

What is Mahayana Buddhism?

400

This historian left some of our best records of China's interactions with 'barbarians.'

Who was Sima Qian?

400

This is where Mr. Roberts is from.

Where is San Francisco?

600

This famous ruler was the 2nd of 12 in his line.

Who was Augustus (of the 12 Caesars)

600

This woman wrote about how other woman should behave and be treated in return.

Who is Ban Zhao?

600

This term can refer to someone who has attained enlightenment but forsaken it to help others on the journey.

What is bodhisattva?

600

What were the two major ways that the Chinese government paid off their 'barbarian' rivals?

What were marriage contracts and trade goods?
600

This modern-day country was the site of important Roman history and a real struggle for us to remember.

What is Serbia?

800

This goddess is condemned by Augustine as weak in City of God.

Who is Juno?

800

This was the leader of the first major uprising against the Qin dynasty.

Who was Chen She/Chen Sheng?

800

These were the two major factions within Judaism around the time of Christianity's emergence.

What were the Pharisees and Sadducees?

800

According to Tacitus, the tribes to the north of Rome worshipped this Roman god in the first century CE.

Who is Mercury?
800
The Western Roman empire fell, but the East survived for centuries longer and was called this.

What is the Byzantine empire?

1000

Name one of the buildings or areas that Tacitus claimed Nero opened to shelter refugees from the Great Fire.

What are the Campus Martius, the buildings of Agrippa, or his own gardens?

1000

This category's title refers to a debate over the use of this economic power of government, used in China long before the rest of the world.

What is buying surplus crops & material/price controls?

1000

Name every religion AND/OR philosophy that could be on the exam.

What are Daoism, Confucianism, Mahayana Buddhism, Legalism, Christianity, and Judaism?

1000

This is the emperor that Ammianus Marcellinus accused of causing Roman defeat in his time.

Who was Valens?

1000

How many sons did the rich man in the Parable of the Burning House have?

What is 10, 20, perhaps 30?