WH Unit 1B Vocabulary Review

A blend of Greek, Indian, Persian, and Egyptian culture. This culture is largely due to the expansion of Alexander the Great’s empire...

• Hellenistic

• Indo-European

• Greco-Roman

• Confucian

Government is controlled by its citizens...

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Rule by a few, generally the elite of that society...

• Democracy

• Oligopoly

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Rule through representatives who govern according to law...

• Confucian

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

Land and ocean trade routes that connected Asia and Europe from the time of the Roman Empire onwards...

• Silk Road

• Trans-Saharan Trade

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Royal Road

A religion based on the the idea of self-denial taught by Siddhartha Gautama. Believers of the faith follow the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path...

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Sikhism

• Daoism

Information created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event...

• Secondary Source

• Tertiary Source

• Primary Source

• Quaternary Source

Information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event...

• Primary Source

• Tertiary Source

• Quaternary Source

• Secondary Source

The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of laws...

• Twelve Tables

• Ten Commandments

• Hammurabi's Code

• Common Law

Religion based on the teachings of Jesus, who preached forgiveness, mercy and sympathy for the poor. A central belief is that Jesus was the son of God who sacrificed himself to save mankind...

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam