APWH Pg.2

Question 1

Which key states arose in east Asia around the time of the classical era?

Answer 1

Qin and Han

Question 2

Which key states arose in the Mediterranean in the classical era?

Answer 2

-Phoenician city-states
-Greek city-states (hellenistic empire)
-Roman empire
-Persian empire

Question 3

which key states rose in south Asia during the classical era?

Answer 3

-Mauryan
-Gupta

Question 4

How did kings maintain rule in ancient civilizations?

Answer 4

-claim to divine connection
-support of religious elites (and military/aristocracy)
-record keeping
-legal codes

Question 5

what techniques of imperial administration were used during the classical era?

Answer 5

-use of religion
-legalism
-centralized government bureaucracies
-military power (defensive roads)
-economic stability through trade (roads)

Question 6

what role did imperial cities fill?

Answer 6

-centers of trade
-religious rituals
-political administration

Question 7

what naturally accompanies trade?

Answer 7

cultural diffusion
-transfer of goods, ideas, and disease

Question 8

what cause the decline of the classical empires (Rome, Gupta, Han, Persian, Mauryan)?

Answer 8

-decentralization
-internal problems (weak leaders/ financial crisis/ overextension)
-external problems (invaders)
-environmental damage (disease, deforestation, desertification, erosion)