Unit 1A
The name for a government ruled by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divine
What is theocracy?
Bonus 20 points if you can name a civilization/empire/dynasty that practiced theocracy
Ancient people's explanation for the world's physical environment
What is god/supernatural forces?
The well-field system
What is a land redistribution system where peasants would work on a central public piece of land and get a private piece of land to work as well?
Ideology used to legitimize the rule of an emperor in Ancient China
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Bonus 20 points if you explain what the ideology is
Self-discipline or painful stimuli to replace sacrifice
What is asceticism?
Bonus 20 point if you can explain the purpose of this practice
Characteristics of Paleolithic people
What are stone tools, fire, and nomadic hunter-gatherers?
The creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization
Who are the Sumerians?
Bonus 30 pts if you can name their writing system
Set of laws that set behavior for individuals and social classes in Indian society
What is dharma?
Mauryan Emperor that converted to Buddhism
Who is Ashoka?
Bonus 40 points if you can provide TWO examples of actions he took after converting
What are the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han?
The three central aspects of Jewish religious belief
What is the law, the covenant, and the prophet?
Known reputation of the Assyrians
What is advanced and brutal military conquest?
The two different languages used by people in Ancient India
What are prakrit and sanskrit?
Bonus 20 points if you can explain the differences between the two
Definition of the bao-jia system
What is families put into large groups in order for control and surveillance
Bonus 20 points if you explain the rationale of this system
The earliest known Chinese writing system
What are oracle bones?
Bonus 20 points to explain what they were used for
Religion in Egyptian society
What is extremely relevant, to the point where the Egyptians had no name for it due to how enmeshed it was in society?
The benefit of the Nile's annual flooding
What is the depositing of fertile silt leading to successful agriculture?
The roles and responsibilities of women in Aryan Indian
What is child marriage, sati, work inside the home, etc.
Bonus 40 points if you can provide an example of how they were known to have influence in society
Principles of inaction, simplicity, and living in harmony with nature
What is Daoism?
Explanation of Legalist Ideology
What is the belief that human were evil by nature and would only behave under threat of strict laws and punishment
Bonus 30 points to explain why Legalists believed a strong ruler was necessary.
The characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution
What are permanent settlements, domestication of animals, agriculture, and patriarchy?
Bonus 40 points if you can explain how patriarchy was created during the Neolithic Revolution
The main social issues at hand in Hammurabi's code
Class inequality and gender inequality
Bonus 30 points if you can give an example
Chinese ideals related to family, personal behavior and responsibility
What is veneration of ancestors, filial piety, the five relationships, loyalty rather than state primacy
Bonus 20 points for a definition of filial piety or veneration of ancestors, and bonus 50 for listing the 5 relationships
Reasons for the collapse of the Han dynasty?
Explanation of Confucian ideology
What is a concern for human behavior - people acted in harmony with the universe's purpose, they would prosper?
Bonus 10 point to define Dao
Bonus 40 points to explain the two interpretations of Dao