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| 4801155496 | How did Persian and Greek civilizations differ in their political organization and values? | The Persians had a large, very centralized government, run by a single monarch, whereas the Greeks had a looser, more democratic, people based political structure. | 0 | |
| 4801166501 | Why did semi democratic governments emerge in some of the Greek city-states? | The people wanted equality. They wanted a voice and the government listened. | 1 | |
| 4801171497 | What were the consequences for both sides of the encounter between the Persians and the Greeks? | The battle led to a civil war in Greece and the Persians were defeated and lost hundreds of men to the Greeks. | 2 | |
| 4801181792 | What changes did Alexander's conquests bring in their wake? | The Greek culture was spread throughout the middle east, including language. | 3 | |
| 4801192402 | How did Rome grow from a single city to the center of a huge empire? | The people overthrew their monarch and began a hierarchy of wealth, the richest people made up the upper, dominating class. | 4 | |
| 4801198983 | How and why did the making of the Chinese empire differ from that of the Roman Empire? | The Chinese empire came from different beginnings because they already had an empire that they were simply restoring, whereas Rome was starting from scratch. | 5 | |
| 4801206494 | In comparing the Roman and Chinese empires, which do you find more striking - their similarities or their differences? | They had mostly noticeable similarities, including their common ideas about religion. They both believed in the supernatural. They also shared public works ideas, with roads and bridges and such. | 6 | |
| 4801213836 | How did the collapse of empire play out differently in the Roman world and in China? | In China, the entire empire collapsed, while only half of the Roman Empire collapsed. Also, the nomads completely banished the dynasty system in China, but did not in Rome. | 7 | |
| 4801218409 | Why were centralized empires so much less prominent in India than in China? | There were common invasions from Asia that made it difficult to contain a centralized form of government. | 8 | |
| 4801220593 | Persian Empire | One of the largest empires in its' day (500 BCE). It was notable for its large, centralized government and its almighty rulers. | 9 | |
| 4801221554 | Athenian Democracy | An early form of democracy that took place in Ancient Greece. It was very people orientated and it gave the citizens of Athens a voice. | 10 | |
| 4801222799 | Greco Persian Wars | A conflict between the divided Greek city-states and the large, powerful Persian empire. It arose as a territorial dispute, but the war eventually united the Greek city-states against one common enemy. | 11 | |
| 4801223490 | Alexander the Great | Leader of the most powerful conquest around 300 BCE. He conquered most of Southern Asia and was only in his 20s at the time. | 12 | |
| 4801223500 | Hellenistic Era | refers to a rise in culture and the arts after Alexanders death. It mostly involved the spread of Greek culture. | 13 | |
| 4801224907 | Caesar Augustus | The first leader of the Roman Empire. He began a tradition of the divine ruler, the emperor of Rome. | 14 | |
| 4801226132 | Pax Romana | Refers to the time of Rome's greatest jurisdiction over its' area as well as a time of peace and prosperity. | 15 | |
| 4801231194 | Qin Shihuangdi | A Chinese ruler that successfully reunited the various, competing Chinese states. | 16 | |
| 4801231197 | Han Dynasty | A Chinese dynasty that held the power from 206 BCE to 220 CE. Known for creating a functioning state. | 17 | |
| 4801233471 | Mauryan Empire | A prominent Indian empire from around 322 BCE to185 BCE. | 18 | |
| 4801233472 | Ashoka | A famous leader of the Mauryan empire who left a series of inscriptions around India.` | 19 |
