India
This mountain range across Northern India acted as a natural barrier, isolating India from neighboring lands and settlements.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
Or
What is the Himalayan Mountain Range?
This network of trade routes over land and water connected the Mediterranean Sea with East Asia and the lands in between.
What is the Silk Road?
This geographic feature across Greece led to development of isolated and independent city-states.
What are mountains?
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What is mountainous geography?
The name of the golden age of the Roman Empire
What is the Pax Romana? (Roman Peace)
The belief in only one god, (ex. Judaism and Christianity).
What is Monotheism?
Or
What is Monotheistic?
Series of connected ocean trade routes that connected South Asia, Middle East, East Africa, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Complex?
This individual was the first emperor of China and unified China for the first time.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
Or
Who is Emperor Shi Huangdi?
This Greek City-State was focused on the military and strength, requiring every boy to begin military training at 7 years old.
What is Sparta?
This individual unified Rome after the fall of the Roman Republic and became the First Roman Emperor.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
This belief system has no singular founder and can be considered both monotheistic and polytheistic.
What is Hinduism?
This individual was a Buddhist Emperor of the Mauryan Empire and promoted non-violence and tolerance later in life.
Who is Emperor Ashoka?
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Who is Ashoka?
This Chinese philosophy supported a strong centralized government, with harsh laws and punishments.
What is Legalism?
The conquests of Alexander the Great led to the creation of this cultural blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures.
What is Hellenism?
Or
What is Hellenistic Culture?
The Roman Empire at its territorial height in 117 CE, expanded across these three continents.
What is Africa, Europe, and Asia?
This belief system and philosophy emphasized Filial piety, strong relationships, morality, and respect.
What is Confucianism?
This Empire had a golden age that created innovations in mathematics, science, and architecture.
What is the Gupta Empire?
The belief that the gods granted emperors the right to rule, but they could lose it if they governed poorly.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The city-state of Athens had this form of government, where every citizen voted on laws.
What is a democracy?
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What is a direct democracy?
This Roman innovation allowed faster movement of troops and goods across the Empire and connected cities.
What are Roman Roads?
This belief system focuses on ending human suffering by following the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path to reach Nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
This rigid hierarchical system had no social mobility, keeping people in the same social status they were born into.
What is the Caste System?
This Chinese Dynasty had a golden age, leading to advancements in paper making, medicine, and the expanded the use of Civil Service Exams
What is the Han Dynasty?
This conflict between Sparta and Athens led to the end of the Greek Golden Age.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
During the late Roman Republic, economic inequality grew between these two classes of Roman citizens.
What are Patricians and Plebeians.
This belief system promoted harmony with nature (Wu Wei), and balance between opposing forces (Ying and Yang).
What is Daoism?
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What is Taoism?