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What were three of the challenges created because of the geography of Greece?
difficult to travel and trade, difficult to be one unified country, different cultures created political tentions.
Choose one word to describe the land in Greece?
Mountainous
What were the two important city-states in Ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Which city state was more democratic? Who was allowed to participate?
Athens. Men who owned land and whose parents were both from Athens.
Which city state was more militaristic? At what age did they stop serving the military?
Sparta. 60
What is the significance of Mount Olympus?
Home of the 12 Gods and Goddesses
What is a tyrant?
a leader who has seized power by force
What was the Silk Road? Why was it important?
a route, thousands of miles long, along which a series of different merchants traded. It spread culture and ideas.
What are the three major rivers in China?
Yangtze, Huang He, Xi
What was the main reason for the creation of the Great Wall?
keep out enemies and invaders
What was the main reason for China’s isolationism in early Ancient China?
It was surrounded by desert, mountains, and ocean
What is Mandate of Heaven?
the people believed that the emperor of China was given the right to rule by the gods
In which dynasty did the first written records appear?
The Shang
What is Loess? In which Chinese river can it be found in?
A yellow silt that can be found in the Huang He (Yellow River)
What is terracotta?
hardened clay
Why were the terracotta soldiers created?
Qin Shihuangdi was creating an army to protect him in the afterlife.
