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2024 Classical Civs
Global
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ruled by the people -occured in Athens where every citizen was encouraged to participate in the government | Democracy |
| Perspective or opinion of an author | Point of View |
| Explains where a historical development is taking place and why it is taking place there | Geographic context |
| an officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from patricians | Tribunes |
| The name that was given to Octavian after he became the first emperor of Rome | Augustus |
| A period of peace, prosperity and progress | Golden Age |
| Leader of Athens during its golden age | Pericles |
| Han Dynasty, test to become a government official based on Confucianism | civil service exam |
| Network of trade routes that linked China with the Mediterranean world | Silk Road |
| Explains the rise and fall of ruling families in China. This pattern repeated throughout China's history. | Dynastic Cycle |
| Development of a number system 0-9: developed concept of pi and understood solar eclipses | Gupta Empire Achievements |
| Rome the lower class workers and farmers | Plebeians |
| Rome the wealthy upper class landowners | Patricians |
| Law code established in Rome | Twelve Tables |
| Invasion, Disease, tax burden on the poor, peasant rebellion, corrupt leadership | Fall of the Roman and Han Empires |
| Massive unemployment, no set way to appoint emperors, slave labor drove farmers out of business | Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Crop failures, conflict between advisors, family members and the Emperor created instable government | Fall of the Han Empires |