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Authority to rule from god
Mandate of Heaven
Phoenician Alphabet
Examination System
Israel
2
Where was the Aztec civilization located?
middle of Mexico
Along the Nile River
Hudson valley
Europe
3
supreme monarch of an empire
dynasty
Buddhism
Golden Age
emperor
4
Hinduism is monotheistic
False
True
5
Which Mesoamerican civilization created a calendar based upon astronomy?
Aztec
Olmec
Maya
Inca
6
Which Mesoamerican civilization committed human sacrifice at a crazy scale?
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Inca
7
Chinese religion/philosophy based upon order and ethics
Hinduism
Confucianism
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
8
What does BC mean?
before computers
before crumping (dancing)
before Christ
9
Egypt is an African country
False
True
10
Where was the Inca civilization located?
Hudson valley
middle of Mexico
southern tip of Africa
Andes Mountain area
11
Ancient Chinese practice allowing anyone to work in government if they passed certain tests
Dynasty
Hammurabi's Code
Examination System
Cuneiform
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Belief in one god
Henotheism
Monotheism
Nonotheism
Polytheism
13
System of writing using pictograms
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
English
Phoenician alphabet
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How do Hindus finally reach Brahman status
following 4 truths & 8 fold path
following rules and code of conduct
karma and reincarnation
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writing using symbols based on sounds; modern ABCs based on
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
English
Phoenician alphabet
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Writing developed over time form pictograms to symbols representing sounds
False
True
17
Hammurabi's Code treated everyone fairly
False
True
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Why is Hammurabi's Code important?
1st dress code
1st written law code
1st pirate code
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What is the source of happiness according to Buddhists?
eating meat all the time
making their religion #1
getting new believers
reaching nirvana through 4 truths/8 fold path
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system of beliefs, usually in a divine or higher power
emperor
Golden Age
religion
dynasty
21
Gandhi helped free China from British rule
True
False
22
a period of learning in the arts and sciences in India
Golden Age
Dynasty
Examination System
Religion
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Siddhartha lived both a life of wealth and poverty
False
True
24
Series of rulers from one family to another
dynasty
emperor
cuneiform
monotheism
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Which Mesoamerican civilization was conquered by Hernan Cortez?
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Olmec
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Phoenicians were a seafaring, trading civilzation
True
False
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Modern homeland of the Jewish people
Persia
Judah
Syria
Israel
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What does AD mean?
after death
anno domino
after delivering pizza
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What does BCE mean?
before calling everyone
before common error
before common era
30
What does CE mean?
Common era
Common error
Call everyone
31
Writing where wedges stood for objects, ideas, and sounds
cuneiform
English
hieroglyphics
Phoenician alphabet
32
Which Mesoamerican civilization disappeared and historians aren't sure why?
Olmec
Inca
Aztec
33
Which Mesoamerican civilization was conquered by Francisco Pizarro?
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Inca
34
Mesoamerican civilizations were mainly
polytheistic
monotheistic
henotheistic
nonotheistic
35
the oldest living religion, evolved in India from many beliefs
Buddhism
Confucianism
Christianity
Hinduism
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religion which stresses the 4 Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path
Christianity
Hinduism
Confucianism
Buddhism
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First written set of laws
Hammurabi's Code
Martial Law
Meyer's Code
10 Commandments
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what is the lowest branch of the caste system (all 5 levels)
Khsatriyas
Untouchables
Brahmins
Sudras
