Question 1

What are the Analects?

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A series about Confucianism written by Confucius’ students.

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A religion/philosophy that shunned rigid rites and social hierarchies in favor of doing nothing and accepting the world as it is.

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A period of artistic, technological, scientific, and intellectual advancement.

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A series of easily understood Roman laws.

Question 2

What is an Assembly?

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A ruling group of common people in Ancient Rome.

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A meeting held in the gym as school.

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An interconnected overland trade network that stretched from China to theRoman empire.

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In ancient Greece, rule by free adult male citizens. (The suffix cracy = rule; demos = people. Democracy = the people rule.)

Question 3

What is Confucianism

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A philosophy created by Confusicus that emphasized ethical action and relationships that promoted ethical action.

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Rule by a small group of elites. (The suffix archcy = rule; oligoi = few. Oligarchy =a few (select) people rule.)

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A religion/philosophy that shunned rigid rites and social hierarchies in favor of doing nothing and accepting the world as it is.

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Absolute rule by an individual.

Question 4

What are consuls?

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Two individuals chosen annually by the Assembly and Senate who led Rome during its republican period.

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A ruling group of aristocrats in ancient Rome.

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A Greek city-state.

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A ruling group of common people in Ancient Rome.

Question 5

What is crucifixion?

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A Roman Empire-era death penalty where the accused is sentenced to die by being nailed to a wooden cross. A person executed in this manner was crucified.

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A sea-bound trade network that stretchedfrom China to Africa and the Middle East.

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Absolute rule by an individual.

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An early method of preventing major harm from disease by giving the patienta weaker (dead) strand of the disease before they are exposed to the active disease. Inancient India, they would give a person crushed smallpox scabs so that they wouldn’tcatch smallpox and die.

Question 6

What is Daoism?

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A religion/philosophy that shunned rigid rites and social hierarchies in favor of doing nothing and accepting the world as it is.

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The study of knowledge. (Phil- = love; soph- = wisdom; so philosophy is literally "the love of wisdom".)

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A philosophy created by Confucius that emphasized ethical action and relationships that promoted ethical action.

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A philosophy that states people naturally tended towards evil and needed astrict, authoritarian leader to control their behavior.

Question 7

What is Democracy?

Accepted Answer

In ancient Greece, rule by free adult male citizens.

The suffix cracy = rule; demos = people. Democracy = the people rule.

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Rule by a small group of elites. (The suffix archcy = rule; oligoi = few. Oligarchy =a few (select) people rule.)

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How the plushies govern their existence, one for all and all for one.

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A philosophy that states people naturally tended towards evil and needed a strict, authoritarian leader to control their behavior.

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