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Question 1

what was the geography of athens?

Answer 1

mountainous, little arable land, peninsula

Question 2

what two city states arose in the golden age of athens?

Answer 2

athens and sparta

Question 3

what did athens focus on?

Answer 3

education and navy

Question 4

what did sparta focus on?

Answer 4

war and military

Question 5

what came from the golden age of athens?

Answer 5

columns, philosophers, plays, sculpture/art/realism

Question 6

where did alexander the great travel to and take over?

Answer 6

greece, persia, india

Question 7

what did alexander the great bring about?

Answer 7

hellinistic culture

Question 8

what was rome’s geography like?

Answer 8

italian peninsula, mediterranean sea

Question 9

what type of government did the roman republic have?

Answer 9

democracy

Question 10

what was the set of laws of the roman republic called?

Answer 10

12 tables

Question 11

who was the emperor of the roman empire?

Answer 11

augustus caesar

Question 12

where did augustus caesar conquer and expand to?

Answer 12

asia, africa, europe

Question 13

what was the golden age of rome called?

Answer 13

pax romana

Question 14

what were achievements of the roman golden age?

Answer 14

domes, arches, colosseum, aqueducts, roads, self repairing concrete, mosaics, medicine advancements

Question 15

what were the causes of the fall of rome?

Answer 15

disease along the silk road, germanic invasions, weak leaders

Question 16

what happened due to the fall of the roman empire?

Answer 16

1.) moved capital to constantinople
2.) christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire

Question 17

what dynasty came after the period of warring states?

Answer 17

qin

Question 18

how did the qin dynasty come about?

Answer 18

the unification by shi huangdi using legalism

Question 19

what was the government of the qin dynasty?

Answer 19

centralized bureaucracy

Question 20

what were the achievements of the qin dynasty?

Answer 20

great wall, tomb/terracotta warriors, land redistribution, standardized weights/measures, single currency, single script, irrigation, canals

Question 21

who was the ruler of the han dynasty?

Answer 21

liu bang

Question 22

who was the ruler of the han golden age?

Answer 22

han wudi

Question 23

what was the government of han dynasty?

Answer 23

centralized bureaucracy

Question 24

how were han dynasty bureaucrats chosen?

Answer 24

merit not inheritance

Question 25

what did the han golden age bring with education?

Answer 25

est. universities, civil service exam

Question 26

what were achievements of the han golden age?

Answer 26

manufacturing shipyards, iron metallurgy, wheelbarrow, silk/textiles, paper, rudder, water mills

Question 27

what caused the fall of the han dynasty?

Answer 27

peasants rebellion and weak leaders

Question 28

what was the large empire that covered most of india?

Answer 28

maurya

Question 29

who takes over the mauryan empire after chandragupta?

Answer 29

his grandson ashoka

Question 30

what was the mauryan empire government?

Answer 30

centralized bureaucracy

Question 31

what caused the fall of the mauryan empire?

Answer 31

economic crisis, invasions

Question 32

what was the smaller empire of india?

Answer 32

gupta

Question 33

what was the government of the gupta empire?

Answer 33

decentralized bureaucracy

Question 34

what did chandra gupta bring with the gupta golden age?

Answer 34

hinduism

Question 35

what were achievements of the gupta golden age?

Answer 35

shrines/ajanta caves, kalidase, decimal system, pi, hindu arabic numerals, zero, metallurgy, negative #’s