Early River Valley
Hinduism & Buddhism
Definitions
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
100
Area where Mesopotamia was located, meaning the moon shaped land where farming is easier.
What is the Fertile Cresent
100
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
100
The Arabic god.
Who is Allah?
100
War between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
100
Government of Ancient Rome.
What is a republic?
200
The first written set of laws.
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
200
Rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
200
The worshiping of just one god.
What is Monotheism?
200
An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding lands.
What is a city-state?
200
The lower class of Ancient Rome.
What are plebeians?
300
The two rivers in which Mesopotamia lied.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
The belief system that believes in many gods.
What is Hinduism? or What is polytheism?
300
The spreading of ideas through contact such as trade or war.
What is cultural diffusion?
300
Also known as Greek culture; blended Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture.
What is Hellenistic Culture?
300
What the golden age of Ancient Rome was known as.
What is the Pax Romana?
400
What the Egyptian kings were seen as.
What are gods?
400
The belief system that didn't include the caste system.
What is Buddhism?
400
Also referred to as the Old Stone Age.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
400
Man killed because he encouraged citizens to question their government.
Who is Socrates?
400
The bands of tribes who invaded and sacked Rome.
Who are the (barbarians/Vikings/Norsemen/Visigoths)?
500
Form of government in which a religious leader is the head of the government.
What is a theocracy?
500
The lowest level under the caste system, not even considered to be an official part of the social pyramid.
Who are the Untouchables?
500
The study of the past by examining the artifacts and objects that human beings left behind.
What is archaeology?
500
The Hellenistic leader who conquered an empire stretching from the Greek mainland all the way to the Indus River Valley.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
Became the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?