Second Wave Civilizations
What are the 5 second wave civilizations?
Persia, Rome, Greece, India, China
Artifact
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
What is the name of the trade route that religion spread on?
The Silk Road
What was built in China to help keep intruders out and ultimately used to connect the whole civilization?
The Great Wall of China
True or False: The Roman Republic was a system of government with elected officials and a Senate
True
Which civilization had the largest empire?
Rome
Religion
a set of beliefs intended to explain how the world works and how people should live their lives
Which of the following religions didn't believe in a god or goddess?
Buddhism
What form of technology was created to help ships navigate at night to keep from running ashore?
The lighthouse
Rome was the empire best known for what?
Fighting/Conquering other areas.
Which two civilizations were ruled by dynasties?
China and Rome
Tyranny
a person seizes power and holds absolute power
What are two beliefs of Hinduism?
There is a supreme power called Brahman. There are lots of different gods that represent Brahman.
Dharma is the law that gives people guidelines about truth, ethics, and religious duty so they know how to live their lives.
People have a soul, called atman, that never dies and lives in a cycle of rebirth called samsara
What was the catapult used for?
To shoot objects across a longer distance in war.
What 3 organizational institutions were part of Rome's government?
Assemblies, Consuls, and Senate.
Which civilization was made mostly of islands?
Greece
Oligarchy
rule by a few; a small group of people make decisions
What does monotheistic mean? What are the 3 monotheistic religions we discussed?
Believing in one God, Christianity, Judaism, Islam.
The highway system was created in which second wave civilization?
Persia
What is a Roman tetrarchy?
When one of Rome's emperors split the empire in half and had a big emperor and a small emperor.
What civilization didn't overlap with other civilizations?
China
Archaeology
the study of human history and prehistory through the analysis of physical remains
Name three ways that religion spread?
Word of mouth, trade, war, spreading cultures.
Surgery was created in what civilization?
India
What caused Rome to fall? (3 reasons)
The empire grew too big. Christianity contributed to the fall of Rome because it weakened the emperor’s power.