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A modified version of Buddhism that transformed Buddhism into a popular religion
Mahayana
Pure Land
Theravada
Lotus
2
The founder of the Achaemenid Empire and the most famous ruler of Persia.
Darius II
Rostum
Alexander the Great
Cyrus the Great
3
How did the Chinese view merchants?
As noble because they had a lot of money
Very suspicious; people thought that they raised prices
As people who were good b/c they help Emperor with the state
As dogs because they were sleazy
4
In order to learn the will of the gods, the Greeks
built temples
made use of oracles
developed religious doctrines
developed festivals
5
The founder of Buddhism was the Indian prince
Chandra Gupta
Siddharta Gautama
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
6
Ashoka was known for erecting what?
Pillars
Jainism
Monasteries
The dead
7
A term used to describe the many varieties of Indian religion
Buddhism
Syncrenism
Hinduism
Jainism
8
Though very different Christianity, Hindusim and Buddhism all support the concept of
a strong priesthood
disapproval of other beliefs
clear church hierarchy
life after death
9
Han and Gupta empire both
were more successful than the Persian empire at expanding
were more successful defending themselves from invasion
fell in part becausewealth was concentrated with a few
fell because their milirary was in cities
10
Emperor who allowed Christians to "legalize" their faith for the first time in the Roman empire
St. Augustine
Theodius
Diocletian
Constantine
11
If a culture lives in imitation of the Greek culture it is called...
Atheniasm
Ελλάδα
Hellenism
Greekism
12
This was made by who??? And used for what???
Teotihuacan; for worship
Mayas; for rituals
Incas; for rituals
Aliens; for teleporters
13
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Athens
Corinth
Persepolis
Sparta
14
The Vedic religions
were practiced mostly in the Roman empire
considered reincarnation incompatiable with a focus on work
featured monotheism as did Judaism
contributed to the development of the caste system
15
How was Rome different that the Han dynasty?
They built walls
They were a relatively small state before becoming an empire
They traded
They were never unified after their fall
16
What is a polis?
A new kind of city in the Achaemenid Empire.
Special temples for the worship of Zoroaster.
When Greeks came together in city-states.
Small farming communities in rural Anatolia.
17
Although he died at age 32, he conquered Persia, controlled Greece, and reached Punjab.
Alexander the Great
Darius II
Phillip II
Cyrus the Great
18
During the Gupta Empire of India, women's rights deteriorated and
all of the above
young girls were married to guarantee purity
lost the right to own or inherit property
could not participate in sacred rituals or study religion
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Philosopher whose method was to constantly question the assumptions and logic of others
Socrates
Aristotle
St. Augustine
Plato
20
All of the following were characteristics of both the Qin and Han dynasties except
a reliance on Confucianism
strong central government
extreme brutality
an expansion of chinese territory
21
Octavian was also known as ________.
Constantine
Augustus
Xerxes
August
22
Belief that the ruler of China holds divinely granted authority as long as he rules well
Divine Kingship
The Gift of the Gods
The Mandate of Heaven
Legalism
23
What are the 3 dynasties who took over the land of Alexander the Great?
Seleucid, Ptolemies, Antigonid
Parthian, Greco-Roman, Seleucid
Egypt, Parthians, Greeks
Antigonid, Selcuded, Ptolics
24
Who fought against whom in the Persian War?
The Delian league and Greece
Athens and Sparta
Persia and Athens
Greece and Persia
25
The long period of political chaos in China
Zhao Dynasty
Age of Disharmony
Age of Warring States
Spring and Summer Period
26
City, famous for its library, designed by Alexander the Great, in Egypt, on the Mediterranean.
Athens
Memphis
Persepolis
Alexandria
27
What is a satrap?
A high class in the Roman Empire
The governor of a province in the Persian Empire
The thing you put your feet in on a horse
A high class in the Greek society
28
Lao Tzu argued that
obligations of filial piety included extended family
ambition and activism lead to chaos
all life is suffering
order was achievable through strong, centralized government
29
What do Confucianism, Hinduism and Judaism have in common?
Each is polytheistic
Each was well developed in the Indus Valley
Each demanded that the cultures spread the religion
Each created guidelines and moral authority for cultures
30
Very important family in Persia. Created an empire. Most famous member was Cyrus.
Persians
Assyrians
Cyrissains
Achaemenids
31
0. The concept of zero, an essential mathematical development, was in which two civilizations?
Chinese and Egyptian
Chinese and Indian
Indian and Mayan
Mayan and Chinese
32
One of the greatest differences between Hinduism and Buddhism is the former's emphasis on
reincarnation
one central being
personal development
the caste system
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Someone who seizes power and holds it in violation of the traditions of the community.
Tyrant
King
Dictator
Jerk
