classical empire quiz

Disease and the Yellow Turban Uprising lead to the fall of which empire?

Han Dynasty In China

Diseases, bad leaders who keep getting assassinated, weak military, and invasion by the Goths lead to the fall of which empire?

Roman Empire in 476 CE

In what place were women given the greatest amount of responsibility and power in this time period?

Sparta (City-State in Ancient Greece)

What is the main religion/philosophy in China during the Han Dynasty?

Confucianism

What is the name of a Mayan city where a ceremonial center is located, and human sacrifice took place?

Tikal, Chichén Itzá

What products come from Ancient Greece and where are they traded?

olives, wine, pottery; Mediterranean sea lanes

Where does cotton, aromatics, black pepper, pearls, and gems come from?

India

Where does democracy come from?

Ancient Greece (Athens)

Where does paper, silk, the horse collar, and ship rudders come from?

China

Where does plastic surgery, astronomy, numerals with zero, algebra, and the math place system come from?

Gupta Empire in India

Where does the Iliad, the Odyssey, drama, and the Olympics come from?

Ancient Greece

Where was the qanat system used, and which theme in world history does it go with?

Persia; interaction with environment/technology

Which empire built aqueduct, stone roads, and stadiums for entertainment?

Roman Empire

Which empire had a leader that was religiously tolerant towards Jews, and who was the leader?

Persian Empire; Cyrus the Great and Darius

Which empire practices the monotheistic religion Zoroastrianism?

Persian Empire

Which empire started out as a republic based on rule of the people?

Rome

Which empire uses laws like the Twelve Tables in the maritime trade to control and unified the empire?

Roman Empire used laws like Twelve Tables

Which empires are decentralized?

Gupta, Mayan city – states

Which empires build roads to support trade?

Persia, Roman Empire, Qin & Han China, Mauryan Empire

Which empires used slaves as a labor system?

Rome, Persia, Mauryan, Han China, Maya

Which empires used spies to monitor local/regional governments to ensure that laws are being carried out?

Persia, Mauryan Empire

Which empires used standard coins for trade?

Persian Empire, Roman Empire, Mauryan, Qin/Han

Which imperial leader allowed his people to practice Christianity, and build a new capital in the eastern side of the empire?

Constantine of Roman Empire

Which imperial leader practices, non-violence and writes his laws on rock/stones around his empire?

Asoka of Mauryan Empire

Which imperial leader recruited, educated individuals to run the government bureaucracies?

Han Wudi of Han dynasty in China

Which Indian leader establishes centralized rule with bureaucracies?

Chandragupta Maurya of Mauryan Empire in India

Which nomadic group does Han China interact with, and what is their relationship?

Xiongnu (north of China); raid cities, pay/receive tribute from Han leaders, some become sinicized

Who are some of the Greek rationalism thinkers who promote empiricism?

Socrates, Aristotle, Plato

Who invades the Gupta Empire, which results in its fall?

White Huns

Where is the Parthenon?

Athens in Ancient Greece

(Temple dedicated to Athena)

Where is the Pantheon?

Rome