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Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India
Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India
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1
What did you need to follow to end suffering according to Buddhism?
The Right Path
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Honorable Sevenfold Way
The Way
2
What emperor, that led by Buddhist non-violent teachings, brought an end to the Maurya Empire?
Ashoka
Maharana
Shivaji
Gupta
3
What was the most important contribution by the Phoenician people?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Pictograms
The Alphabet
4
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
Said all kings and rulers should obey the 10 Commandments
Told religious leaders how to spread religion
None of the Above
Order that royal authority came from Heaven
5
What discovery allowed us to read hieroglyphics?
King Tut's Tomb
King Solomon's Temple
The Rosetta Stone
Cuneiform Tablets
6
Who created the first recorded system of law in human history?
Hammurabi
Cyrus
King Tut
Sargon
7
Sumerians, Phoenicians, and Egyptians worshiped many gods. This is referred to as...
Polytheism
Monotheism
Hinduism
Judism
8
Which of the following was exchanged along the Silk Road trading route?
Religious Ideas
Technology
Disease
All of the Above
9
Why did civilizations begin to develop in the Fertile Crescent?
Farming
Hunting
Smarter People
Trade
10
What was the significance of the Ziggurat?
Buildings constructed for government purposes
Temples built for the gods
An area for trade in the center of the city
Home for the most wealthy
11
Which of the following was the first female Pharaoh of Egypt?
Akhenaton
Tutankhamun
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
12
What does the word "Bantu" mean?
The founders
The civilization
The greatest
The people
13
What was the first major empire to be established in the Indus River Valley?
None of the Above
Maurya
Gupta
Sunni
14
Which is not an Egyptian god?
Osiris
Isis
Agamemnon
Anubis
15
Which "way of life" has 5 codes of relationships between people and people and the government?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
16
Most of the Mesopotamian inventions were centered around improving...?
Hammurabi's Code
Farm Production
Trade with Great Britain
Trade
17
The pyramids were built during which Egyptian period?
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Roman Kingdom
New Kingdom
18
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths?
Life is suffering
Selfish desire is the cause of suffering
Suffering leads to death
Suffering can end
19
Ancient Egypt was located on what major river?
Euphrates
Amazon
Nile
Tigris
20
The first civilization that developed in Mesopotamia was...
Sumer
Uruk
Babylon
Ur
21
Which Chinese dynasty was known for building the Great Wall?
Qin
Zhou
Xia
Ming
22
What religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama as he searched to end suffering in life?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Islam
Hinduism
23
The Egyptians were the first to develop...
writing system
plows
365 day calendar
irrigation canals
24
Which is not a period of Egyptian history?
Babylonian Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
25
What Mesoamerican culture was known for these statues?
Sumerians
Egyptians
Aztecs
Olmecs
26
Which of the following rivers are part of Mesopotamia?
Tigris
Rhine
Nile
Amazon
27
Which monotheistic culture developed in the Middle East and has the 10 Commandments as law?
Judaism
Islam
Sumerian
Hinduism
28
In the Buddhist religion, what is it called when you reach a place of no more suffering?
Nirvana
Heaven
Death
Purgatory
29
Which Chinese dynasty was known for establishing a feudalistic society?
Zhou
Qin
Xia
Ming