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Religions
Ancient Civilizations
Greece and Rome
Mesoamerica
100
Early people developed the first civilizations near what geographical feature?
What is Rivers
100
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity believe in one god. What is another term for belief in one god?
What is monotheism
100
What early civilization developed on the Nile River?
What is Egypt
100
Boys were trained as soldiers at a very young age in which Greek city-state
What is Sparta
100
What was the first major ancient mesoamerican civilization
What is the Olmecs
200
Florida, Italy, Spain, and India are similar in that each is considered
What is a peninsula
200
What religion is polytheistic, and includes a caste system?
What is Hinduism
200
This civilization was the first to arise in Mesopotamia
What is Sumerian Civilization
200
What is the term for the Roman Law Code
What is Laws of the Twelve Tables
200
This mesoamerican civilization settled mainly on the Yucatan Peninsula
What is the Mayans
300
Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
300
The terms Four Nobel Truths, Eightfold Path, and Nirvana are associated with what religion/philosophy
What is Buddhism
300
The transition from hunting and gathering to an agricultural based society is known as what revolution?
What is Neolithic Revolution
300
What were the names for the two major classes of people in the Roman Republic
What is Patricians and Plebeians
300
The Aztec's built floating gardens known as what?
What is Chinampas
400
This sea was considered the "Roman Lake"
What is the Mediterranean Sea
400
Filial piety and the five relationships are most often associated with which religion/philosophy?
What is Confucianism
400
The law code that is based on "an eye for an eye" is associated with what civilization and person
What is Babylon and Hammurabi
400
Identify 3 famous Greek philosophers
What is Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
400
What was the name of the city and lake the Aztec's built their capital city on?
What is Tenochtitlan and lake Texcoco
500
This geographical factor played a major factor in the development of the Gupta Empire in India
What is Monsoons
500
This religion taught people to live in harmony with nature, and was founded by Laozi
What is Daoism
500
The concept of Zero, expansion of the caste system, and decimal system is associated with what empire?
What is Gupta Empire
500
The Ancient Athenians are credited with establishing what kind of government, and how was this government similar and different from the current United States government.
What is Direct Democracy. The government was similar in the way that it allowed people to participate in governmental affairs; however, direct democracy is different from the current United States government because the U.S. government is a representative democracy, which means that instead of everyone voting on issues they vote for people to represent them
500
This civilization was the only literate civilization in the early Americas and developed what kind of writing system?
What is the Mayans, and the writing system was hieroglyphics