Period 2 Curriculum Framework

Greco-Roman philosophy

What Period 1 religious and cultural traditions DID NOT persist through Period 2?

Han China and Persia were similar in that they

Which imperial city does NOT match the empire?

Which of the following did the Vedas NOT do?

Merchants were the lowest social class in

Which of the following is NOT a way in which imperial govt's promoted trade and military power?

What Hebrew traditions were codified which led to the foundation of Judaism?

The caste system in India is applied to

Which of the following is NOT true about Christianity?

They fell bc of falling tax revenue an in-fighting bw the eunuchs & the military and scholars.

Which wasn't a source of interregional trade, communication, & exchange in Afro-Eurasia?

Social Harmony * Rituals * Social Relationships * All of China

In ____, the gov't is indirectly altered when there is a balance between humans and nature.

Corvee labor

What two classical belief systems transformed as they spread?

Which of the following did NOT facilitate long-distance communication and exchange?

What holy text, written in Sanskrit, formed the basis for Hinduism?

Which term refers to the ruling class?

All are true of Buddhism EXCEPT?

The Persians used the ____ system to provide water for irrigation and drinking.

Which is not an accurate pairing?

They collapsed because of the invasion of the White Huns.

Which region and empire does not match?

After conquest, Jewish _____ communities were found around the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Which of the following empires did not conquer a Jewish state at some point in history?

Both early Buddhism and Christianity

Which of the following was NOT a challenge faced by classical states and empires?

The two classical empires whose urban population declined because of disease pathogens were

Which of the following is NOT a belief system to come out of South Asia?

What continued to shape gender and family relations in imperial societies?

They fell bc of Germanic invasions, long borders, weak gov't, disease & unequal wealth.

What are two crops that spread from South Asia to the Middle East?

Religions and belief systems of the classical period DID NOT

While Afro-Eurasia engaged in extensive networks of communication and exchange, the Americas

They fell because old animosities drove Alexander the Great to seek revenge.

Imperial cities did NOT serve as