Geography
How does geography impact the Indian subcontinent?
What are monsoons and the natural barriers of the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean?
What are the Vedas?
What are ancient sacred texts of Hinduism containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual?
What different forms of governments evolved in ancient Greece?
What are monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy?
What is a system of government in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives, with an elected or nominated leader rather than a monarch?
How did the Caste System affect India?
What is the division of society into hierarchical groups that determined occupation and social status?
What are the basic geographic features in China?
What are the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and the Himalayas?
What are the major beliefs of Hinduism?
What are karma, dharma, and the cycle of reincarnation?
Who were the consuls?
What are the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic?
Why do archaeologists think organized governments planned Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
What are the grid-like street patterns and advanced plumbing systems?
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
What is the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties based on the Mandate of Heaven?
How did geography influence Greece?
What are the mountainous terrain leading to the development of independent city-states?
What are the major beliefs of Buddhism?
What are the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, Narvana?
What was the most powerful governing body of the republic?
What is the Senate?
What achievements did the early Chinese make?
What are the development of writing, bronze casting, and silk production?
In what ways did Athens and Sparta differ?
What are Athens' focus on democracy and culture versus Sparta's focus on military and discipline?
How did geography impact the development & expansion of Rome?
What are the fertile plains of the Tiber River and the strategic location in the Mediterranean?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
Who is Buddha?
What is a system of government where citizens directly participate in decision-making, typically through voting on laws and policies?
What is direct democracy?
What is the ancient set of laws which formed the foundation of Roman law and were publicly displayed in the Roman Forum?
What are the Twelve Tables?
What forces united Greek city-states?
What are shared language, religion, and participation in the Olympic Games?
What areas of the globe did Alexander the Great conquer?
What is Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, and India
How does Buddhism differ from Hinduism?
What are the rejection of the caste system and the focus on personal enlightenment?
What's the difference between the Republic & the Empire?
What are the Republic's elected officials and Senate versus the Empire's centralized imperial rule?
How did Greek ideas influence the development of the American government?
What are concepts of democracy, republicanism, and civic participation that inspired the structure of the U.S. government, including the use of democratic principles and legislative bodies similar to the Greek Assembly and Council?
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How did Alexander the Great’s conquests help create a new Hellenistic culture?
What is the spread of Greek ideas, art, and customs across the conquered lands?