Period 2- 600 B.C.E to 600 C.E

Question 1

Mauryan Empire

Answer 1

Founded by Chandragupta Maurya

Wealthy due to Indian merchants trading silk, cotton, and elephants to Mesopotamia & the eastern Roman Empire

Question 2

Ashoka Maurya

Answer 2

Brought the empire to its height
Most famous for rock and pillar edicts
Were spread throughout Empire to remind people to live virtuous lives (Buddhism) and kept Empire unified

Question 3

The Gupta dynasty

Answer 3

Discovered by Chandra Gupta II
Gold Age
Developed pi, zero, and decimal system
Religion was Hinduism and reinforced the caste system
Social structure was very rigid
Very patriarchal women were able to own property or participate in rituals
Collapsed from pressure of White Huns

Question 4

Qin dynasty

Answer 4

Created Great Wall of China
First emperor was Qin Shi Huang
Political philosophy was legalism
Fell after emperors death due to resentment from peasants

Question 5

Qin Shi Hunag

Answer 5

Re-centralized feudal kingdoms that split apart after Zhou dynasty
Standardized all laws,currencies, weights measures, and systems of writing
Anything that was against him was hurt anyone that was against him was killed

Question 6

Han dynasty

Answer 6

Liu bang was the first emperor
Established civil service system based on Confucian values
In order to get a position in the government you needed to passed civil service exam
Made important navigation inventions like the rudder and compass

Question 7

Han Wudi

Answer 7

Greatest emperor of Han dynasty
Strengthened centralized rule
Ended Xiongnu threats by establishing colonies in central Asian stepped

Question 8

Xiongnu

Answer 8

Nomadic herders

Invaded regions from China to Eastern Europe

Question 9

Strapies

Answer 9

Provinces

Question 10

Satrap

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Governor

Question 11

Persians

Answer 11

Built the Great Royal Road to improve transportation and communicatio

Question 12

Lydians

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Came up with the concept of using coined money for trade

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Phoenicians

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Established powerful naval city-states

Question 14

Greece

Answer 14

Coastal position aided trade & cultural diffusion by boat
Government monarchy - aristocracy - democracy

Question 15

Polis

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City-state

2 main polis were Athens & Sparta

Question 16

Polis government

Answer 16

Practice of engaging in debate led to first democracy in Athens
Only free adult males could participate in democracy

Question 17

Athens

Answer 17

Political, commercial, and cultural center

Question 18

Sparta

Answer 18

Agricultural and highly militaristic

Question 19

Pericles

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Greece Golden Age

He established democracy, rebuilt Athens, and established Delian League

Question 20

Delian league

Answer 20

An alliance against aggression from common enemies

Question 21

Peloponnesian League

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Greek city-state

Athen & Sparta started becoming fearful of their increased power

Question 22

Peloponnesian War

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Trade dispute involving city of Corinth forced Athens & Sparta into was

Question 23

Alexander the Great

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King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia

Question 24

Hellenism

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Culture, ideals, and pattern of life of classical Greece

Question 25

Rome

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Alps provided protection from invasion Sea limited possibility of naval attacks Representative Republic

Question 26

Patricians

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Landowning noblemen

Question 27

Plebeians

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All other free men

Question 28

Ronan government

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Made up of two group the senate and the assembly Developed civil laws known as twelve tables of Rome Political leaders started fighting among themselves and Senate weakened and power and power was transferred to first triumvirate

Question 29

Roman social structure

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Centered on later familias | Patricians - plebeians - slaves

Question 30

Punic Wars

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Carthage became Rome's first enemy to | Conflict resulted in Punic wars

Question 31

Mayan civilization

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Dominated Mexico Believed gods maintained agricultural cycles for honors, sacrifices, and bloodletting rituals Developed complex calendar system

Question 32

collapse of Han Empire

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Interrupted by reign of Wong Mong and he established the Xin dynasty Used Mandate of Heaven to gain power

Question 33

Division of Roman Empire

Answer 33

Diocletian tried to deal with problems by dividing Empire into 2 regions run by co emperors Invaders: Sassanids from Persian empire and Germanic tribes