Classical: Ch2-5 Study Guide
NAME: ____________________________
Classical Civilization (Ch. 2-5)
...is about exploring societies in China, India, and the Mediterranean that set the cultural, political, and
economic foundations for civilizations in the centuries to come.
The OVERARCHING IDEAS of this unit were:
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- Humans need to adapt to environments has necessitated technological innovation.
- Cultures spread through syncretism.
- Economic conditions and religion are key components in legitimizing or undermining government.
- Ever intensifying trade is a powerful force for social and political change.
- Social inequality is source of conflict yet ever-present in civilizations.
Objectives:
1. Identify the correct order of the emergence of classical empires.
2. Explain the diffusion and impacts of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. (impacts on
social structures, politics, etc)
3. Compare the processes that supported the formation of classical empires. (technologies,
methods of political control, etc)
4. Compare the processes that led to the decline of classical empires.
5. Compare the economic and social structures of Han China, India, and the Roman Empire.
6. Explain the causes and effects of networks of communication and exchange.
Key Concepts:
Explain the definition, role, and significance of…
Dynasty
Zhou
Qin
Shi Huangdi
Han
Dynastic cycle
Mandate of Heaven
Civil service exam system
Bureaucrats
Scholar-gentry
Legalism
Daoism
Laozi
Confucius
Analects
Five relationships
Filial piety
Monsoons
Aryans
Sanskrit
Vedas
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Karma
Caste system
Untouchables
Brahmins
Maurya
Ashoka
Gupta
Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Phoenicia
Persia
Zoroastrianism
City-state
Athens
Sparta
Direct democracy
Greco-Roman Philosophy
Rationalism
Socrates
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic period
Roman republic
Senate
Roman empire
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Silk Road
Trans-Saharan Trade network
Indian Ocean network
Mediterranean network
Judaism
Christianity
Jesus
Constantine
Monastic life
Maya
Bantu
Iron
China
Key Places:
Locate on the map…
Tibet
Gobi desert
Mongolia
Manchuria
Korea
Japan
Han Empire
Silk Road
Himalaya
Huang He River
Yangtze River
Takla Makan desert
Guided Timeline:
China
1500 – 1029
1000 BCE
1029 –
771
770 –
403
402 –
221
221 – 202
202 BCE –
9 CE
0
25 –
220
220 –
589
600CE
589 – 618
India
Key Places:
Locate on the map…
Himalaya
Hindu Kush
Khyber pass
Indus River
Ganges River
Maurya empire
Gupta empire
Wet monsoon winds
Indian Ocean trade routes
Guided Timeline:
China
Shang
1500 – 1029
India
1500 – 1000
1000 BCE
1000 – 600
Zhou
1029 –
258
563 – 483
327 – 325
322 – 232
Qin
221 – 202
0
Han
202 BCE –
220 CE
200 BCE –
220 CE
220 – 320
Disunity
220 – 589
320 – 535
600CE
Sui
589 – 618
Mediterranean
Key Places:
Locate on the map…
Mediterranean sea
Sahara
Persia
Athens
Sparta
Greece
Rome
Constantinople
Roman empire
Hellenistic empires
Near East
Iberian Peninsula
North Africa
Guided Timeline:
China
Shang
1500 – 1029
India
Vedic Age
1500 – 1000
Mediterranean
1000 BCE
Epic Age
1000 – 600
800 – 600
Zhou
1029 –
258
Buddha
563 – 483
509
470 – 430
327 – 325
Maurya
322 – 232
Qin
221 – 202
0
Han
202 BCE –
220 CE
338 – 100
Kushans
200 BCE –
220 CE
27 BCE –
180 CE
Disunuity
220 – 320
Disunity
220 – 589
600CE
Sui
589 – 618
180 – 476
Gupta
320 – 535
476 –
1453