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Wrld Hstry Ch4,5,6,7
Prentice Hall World History Connections to Today
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Buddha taught that a person could achieve enlightenment through | meditation |
| Both Hindu and Buddhists believe that the goal of life is to | become one with the all-powerful spiritual force |
| In the joint family, the oldest male | was the head of the household |
| By the late Gupta times, upper-class women | were increasingly restricted to their homes |
| Before he was the emperor, Liu Bang (founder of the Hand dynasty) was | a peasant |
| Some of Buddha's followers collected his teachings into a sacred text called | the Tripitaka |
| What duty did Confucius believe people should put above all other duties? | respect for parents |
| Daoists believe that the best government | governed the least |
| Who does property belong to in an Indian family? | the whole family |
| According to Legalism, a good ruler was one who | used strict laws and harsh punishments |
| Confucius believed that the best ruler was | a virtuous and educated man who led by example |
| The Han changed life in China by | developing a civil service system |
| What event caused Emperor Asoka to convert to Buddhism? | the war in the Deccan region of Kalinga |
| According to the law of karma, a person who is good obeys caste rules | may be born into a higher caste in his or her next life |
| How did the Minoans (who built the first Greek civilization around 1750 BC) learn new ideas? | by trading with Egypt and Mesopotamia |
| What do the epic poems of Homer tell us about? | the lives of ancient Greeks at the time of the Trojan War |
| What happened as a result of Alexander's conquests? | Greek culture spread to many parts of the world |
| Hellenistic civilization is a blend of | Greek, Persian, Egyptian and Indian culture |
| Greeks believed that the most powerful Olympian was | Zeus |
| Euclid wrote a textbook called The Elements that was the basis for modern | geometry |
| By 500 B.C., Greek government was ruled by | oligarchs |
| Alexander the Great shared his father's ambitions to conquer the | Persian empire |
| What group is credited with expanding the Phoenician alphabet? | Greeks |
| What prevented the Greeks from building a large empire like Egypt or Mesopotamia? | Greece is made up of isolated valleys and small islands |
| Geographically, Italy was easy to unite because it is a | penninsula with low mountains and plains |
| The Edict of Milan | granted freedom of worship to all citizens of the Roman empire |
| The fall of the Roman Empire | was a long, gradual process |
| In the Roman republic, the most powerful authority was the | senate |
| What Roman god ruled over the sky and other gods? | Jupiter |
| Which people revolted against the Romans in A.D. 66 and were driven out of their homeland? | Jews |
| Some of the practical achievements of the Romans included the | building of roads, bridges, and aqueducts |
| Who was Jesus's chief apostle? | Peter |
| The expansion of Roman control over the Mediterranean had resulted in | poverty and joblessness for many people. |
| The Romans were able to build a large empire because they | had a strong, well-disciplined army and treated conquered peoples well. |
| Roman architecture | stood as a symbol of Roman power and dignity. |
| The Romans put science to practical use by | using medical knowledge to improve public health |
| Several years after Jesus began to preach his new beliefs, | he was arrested, tried, and crucified by the Romans |
| Why did the Anasazi build their houses in high cliffs? | The cliffs offered protection from invaders |
| The Aztec society was ruled by | an emperor |
| Scientists believe that the temple mounds left by the peoples of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys represent | the influence of Middle American civilization |
| Gold, the "sweat of the sun," was the symbol for | the Sapa Inca |
| Under the system of government developed by the Incas, the emperor | had absolute power over everyone and everything |
| The Aztecs built a powerful and wealthy empire by | becoming fierce warriors and making alliances |
| During the last ice age, Paleolithic hunters and gatherers migrated across a land bridge from | Asia to North America |
| As the population grew, how were the Aztecs able to acquire more farmland? | they build artificial islands |
| Which froup developed the best metalworkers in America? | the Incas |
| Why did the Anasazi abandon their cliff dwellings in the 1200s? | there was a long drought |
| What was one way that the Incan emperors tried to unite their empires? | they made all of their people learn to speak Quechua |
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