Era 3 Fast and Curious Part 1

Over time, some states grew very large, and became ___—several groups of different communities ruled by one government, often with some inequality between the communities.

Religions emerged that were ​ (a)   —they were not tied to one place—and ​ (b)   —meaning they brought groups of people together. Many of the world’s major portable, congregational religions appeared during this time. Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Hinduism, Daoism, ​ (c)   , and Christianity all appeared, as networks of ​ (d)   and cultural exchange in ​ (e)   were appearing for the first time. 

• portable
• congregational
• Buddhism
• commerce
• Afro-eurasia
• Islam
• China
• war
• holy
• polytheistic

Match the following religions to the group most responsible for spreading them during Era 3

• Israelites

• Judaism

• Islamic Empires (Era 4)

• Islam

• Roman Empire

• Buddhism

• Mauryan and Gupta Empires

• Christianity

• Aryans

• Hinduism

Place the following events in chronological order

• Athens and Sparta go to war (Peloponnesian Wars).

• Hindus write down world's oldest scriptures.

• Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire.

• Construction starts on the Great Wall of China.

• Rome becomes a republic.

Both Greece and Rome were developed surrounding the ____ Sea.

Match the following government types

• Oligarchy - run by Council of Elders

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• empire

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• Democracy

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• dynasties - influenced by Confucius

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• republic - voted for senators

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Reorder the following Chinese dynasties

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Like other people of ​ ​ (a)   , the Greeks believed in many different ​ (b)   . In Greek ​ (c)   , the gods have great powers, but also have human personalities and faults. They marry and have children. Greeks believe that their 12 most important gods and goddesses lived on ​ (d)   , Greece's highest mountain. Each ​ (e)   , or city-state, was represented and often named after a deity like Athens and Athena.

• antiquity
• deities
• mythology
• Mount Olympus
• polis
• Sparta
• the old days
• kings
• acropolis
• agora