China
What natural feature prevented China from expanding to the south?
The Himalayas
Emperor Ashoka promoted Buddhism within what empire?
The Maurya Empire
What were the two largest and most powerful city-states of classical Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Julius Caesar helped to develop a more accurate calendar for Rome and the month of ___ is named in his honor
July
At the astronomical observatory of caracol, the Maya especially tracked the motion of which planet?
Venus
Which dynasty was founded by Liu Bang?
The Han Dynasty
Which continents were connected by the Indian Ocean Complex?
Asia and Africa (also Europe but not directly)
Alexander the Great was from ______, a region north of Greece
Macedon (or Macedonia)
The spread of this religion may have contributed to the fall of Rome
Christianity
The Maya lived in city-states ruled by...
kings/monarchs
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The idea that the Chinese emperor was granted power by the gods
How did Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka Maurya expand the Mauryan Empire?
Through violent conquest/military supremacy
What is one geographic reason that Greece formed city-states and Rome a unified empire?
Greece was more mountainous than Rome, making it harder to unify
What made the governments of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire different?
The Roman Republic was semi-democratic and ruled by the senate and consuls. The Roman Empire was ruled by emperors.
Maya glyphs represent either syllables or ___
entire words
Shi Huangdi started to build the Great Wall of China to protect China from northern raiders called...
The Xiongnu
Chandragupta Maurya and Shi Huangdi both _______, which helped to encourage and simplify trade
standardized the currency of their empires
What were the three main branches of Athenian democracy?
Tribunal (Judicial/Enforced Law), Boule (Legislature/Proposed Laws), Ecclesia (Executive/Passed Laws)
Istanbul, Turkey
Name one important Maya city-state
Tikal, Chichen Itza, Calakmul, and Palenque are a few possible answers
Which desert was north of China: the Taklamakan or the Gobi?
The Gobi
Ashoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts said that people should respect their elders, families, and also this social group
The poor (or servants)
The Parthenon, a temple with 46 marble columns, was built in Greece to honor whom?
The goddess Athena
Which part of the Roman Republican government represented the plebeians?
The Tribunes
What is the name of the easily-eroded ground rock that prevented the formation of rivers in Maya territory?
Karst