Ancient China
Ancient India
Belief Systems
Greece and Rome
Geography
100
What two Dynasties did we study in Unit 2?
the Qin and Han Dynasties
100
Where was the first civilization in Ancient India located?
The Indus River Valley
100
Which is older, Christianity or Judaism?
Judaism
100
Which is older, Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome?
Ancient Greece
100
What continent is this?
North America
200
Which Dynasty did Shi Huangdi lead?
Qin Dynasty
200
What was the geographic feature that protected Indian civilizations from land invasion?
the Himalayan mountain range
200
Which two belief systems involve the cycle of Reincarnation?
Hinduism and Buddhism
200
Which civilization was Alexander the Great ruler over?
Ancient Greece
200
Name the 5 oceans.
Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern
300
Name at least two innovations of the Han and Qin Dynasties.
Civil Service Exams, paper, silk, compass, gunpowder, standardized systems (weights and measures, currency, road building, writing system)
300
What was the Mauryan Empire's greatest accomplishment?
Unification of much of India
300
What is the difference between Atheism, Monotheism, and Polytheism? Name at least one of each type of religion we've studied so far.
Atheistic religions worship no god at all, while Monotheistic religions worship one god, and Polytheistic religions worship many. Monotheistic: Judaism, Christianity. Polytheistic: Hinduism. Atheistic: Buddhism, Daoism.
300
What is the Roman Golden Age called?
Pax Romana
300
The land referred to as the 'Fertile Crescent' is between which two rivers? This is where Mesopotamia was located.
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
400
What are the three belief systems mixed in modern Chinese culture?
Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
400
What were the two sophisticated cities in the earliest Indian civlizations, and why were they sophisticated?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were sophisticated because of grid layouts and advanced water systems
400
Why would lower-class Hindus have wanted to convert to Buddhism?
Buddhism has no social hierarchy, and anyone may escape the Reincarnation cycle and achieve Enlightenment
400
Why did the Ancient Greek city-states often war amongst themselves?
the mountainous terrain wasn't conducive to farming and access to resources was scarce, so to conquer others and keep their resources they needed to fight
400
Which Empire is this?
Ancient Rome
500
Name the Five Relationships of Confucianism.
Parent and Child, Husband and Wife, State and Subject, Older Brother and Younger Brother, Friend and Friend
500
Name at least two policies established by Ashoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts.
Religious tolerance, respect for elders, establishment of hospitals for people and animals, planting of fruit and shade trees along roads, digging of wells along roads
500
Name the Holy Text of at least three of the religions we studied so far this year.
Hinduism: the Vedas (the Upanishads and the Mahabharata). Buddhism: the Tripitaka. Daoism: Dao de Jing. Judaism: the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, includes the Torah). Christianity: the Bible.
500
Name at least three reasons why the Roman Empire fell.
Diocletian splitting the Empire in two because it was too big to rule, high taxes and unfair laws causing unrest, attacks from outside tribes like the Huns and the Goths, weaker armies, the repeated sacking of the city of Rome, political instability due to quick turnover of leadership, etc.
500
What is the highlighted region (modern country or Ancient Civilizations) called?
China