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U2-4 Bench Review
SSWH 1, -5, 12 Early and Classical Civs, and Muslim World
Question | Answer |
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What was Hammurabi's Code? | a collection of laws for the Babylonian Empire |
What is the belief in one god? | monotheism |
What is a system of phonetic symbols? | alphabet |
What was the Sumerian system of writing? | cuneiform |
What was a common belief of Hinduism and Buddhism? | reincarnation |
What is a government based on religious rule? | theocracy |
What geographic features were barriers to the Indian subcontinent? | mountains and deserts |
Which Indian empire experienced a golden age with advances in math, science, literature and art? | Gupta Empire |
Whose philosophy emphasized right relationships and respect for elders? | Confucianism |
These trade routes provided other lands contact with China | Silk Roads |
In which form of government do citizens select their leaders? | republic |
On which continents did parts of Alexander the Great's empire exist? | Europe, Africa, Asia |
These tablets were used to publish Roman laws | Twelve Tables |
This collection preserved Roman law and was used to bring order to the Byzantine Empire | Justinian's Code |
Engineering, Law, Latin language, and Architecture | Achievements of the Roman Empire |
Why was Christianity popular during the Roman Empire? | Offered hope of eternal life, welcomed all, easily spread over Roman roads |
Preserved the cultural heritage of Greece and Rome | Byzantine empire |
Largest unified land empire in world history | Mongol empire |
Founder of Islam, considered by Muslims to be the last and greatest of the Prophets | Muhammad |
Extensive network around and across the Arabian Peninsula and onto three surrounding continents | Arab trade network |
Two opposing groups that formed over the issue of Muhammad's succesor | Sunnis and Shi'as |
Methods of cultural blending utilized within the Ottoman Empire | trade, migration, and conquest |
This Asian Muslim empire had the highest population | Mughal Empire |
Seen as a prophet, teacher or messiah | Differing views of the identity of Jesus among the monotheistic religions |
holy book of Islam | Qur'an |
One who submits to the will of Allah, a follower of the Islamic faith | Muslim |
a follower of the teachings of Jesus | Christian |
This Asian Muslim empire was centered in what was previously the Persian empire | Safavid Empire |
These Turks conquered Constantinoplre, renamed it Istanbul and established it as the capital of their Islamic empire | Ottomans |
Known as the Lawgiver in the West and the Magnificent in the East, he was a great sultan of the Ottoman Empire | Suleyman |
Muslim house of worship | mosque |