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Chapter 1-4
TEST
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a city that controlled the surrounding land acting as an independent country was called a ________. | city state |
| known for his code of laws of the Babylonian Empire _______. | Hammurabi |
| Ruling passed down from one generation to the other was known as _______. | Dynasty |
| Egyptian kings that were worshipped as gods were called ________. | Pharohs |
| The ________ left a legacy known as the honetic alphabet. | Phoenicans |
| Believe that the founder of this religion is abraham, call god Yahweh, sacred literature is called the Torah, and it is monotheistic. What is the religion called? | Judaism |
| ________ is the 5th largest world religion. | Sikhism |
| Two of the most important core principals of Sikhism are that Sikhs believe there is one _____ for everyone, and that everyone is considered _________. | God, equal |
| Sikhs who are initiated must wear all 5 ______________ at all times. | 5 K's/articles of faith |
| Which Persian King allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem? | Cyrus |
| What is one thing that King Cyrus and King Darius had in common? | Military genius |
| The philosophy of ____________ believed that eduaction and trained civil service was essential for good government. | confucianism |
| The philosophy of ___________ believed that understanding nature is key to order and harmony. | daoism |
| ________ believed that government should control ideas and use law ans punishment to restore harmony. | legalists |
| Why did the Assyarian Empire collapse? | Overextened themselves and made enemies |
| The first civilzation arose in Sumer which is located in present day _________. | iraq |
| The first form of writing was ___________. | cuniform |
| Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called the __________. | fertile cresent |
| Early stable communities were based on ______________. | agriculture |
| In the ___________ they worshipped gods adn goddesses who they believed had power over wind, rain, and other forces of nature. | theolithic period/age |
| Of the five characteristics of civilization which is false? | stone tools |
| Which Indo-European group was known to have a social class system called the caste system? | aryons |
| __________ see religion as a way of liberating the soul from illusions, disappoointments, and mistakes of everyday existence. | Hinduism |
| __________ has the four noble truths, eightfold path, adn the three jewels. | buddahism |
| The civilzation that has a powerful influence on Greece and dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean until its decline was called the ________. | minoans |