Early Civilizations

Question 1

What is the spread of ideas, beliefs, and customs from one culture to another?

Accepted Answer

cultural diffusion

Question 2

What are the two large cities found by archaeologist in India?

Accepted Answer

Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

Question 3

What were Babylonian laws called?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 4

The term that refers to escape from the cycle of rebirth in Hinduism _________

Accepted Answer

moksha

Question 5

What did the development of more complex tools than the Paleolithic Era give rise to?

Accepted Answer

Neolithic Era

Question 6

Egyptian pharaohs had strong armies to____

Accepted Answer

prevent foreign control of Egypt

Question 7

What are the sacred writings that contained details about Aryan society?

Accepted Answer

vedas

Question 8

What is the type of Buddhism that helps people help each other find enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Mahayana

Question 9

Scientist learn about prehistory by studying remains called ____

Accepted Answer

artifacts

Question 10

What was the most valuable product produced in Meroe?

Accepted Answer

iron

Question 11

The book that contained Confucian ideas

Accepted Answer

Analects

Question 12

Why are Jains vegetarians?

Accepted Answer

they are careful not to harm living creatures

Question 13

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written by Sumerians in what style of writing?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 14

The right attitude, the right speech and the right effort are all part of ____________

Accepted Answer

The Eight fold Path

Question 15

The idea introduced by the Zhou to explain their overthrow of the Shang ________

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 16

Medicine was Egypt's greatest scientific advancement because of ______

Accepted Answer

their great knowledge of anatomy

Question 17

Who were the first people to develop a civilization in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 18

What is the name given to the cycle of birth, death and reborn again in another body?

Accepted Answer

reincarnation

Question 19

Who were the people known for their alphabet, purple dyes and trade?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 20

What is the eternal being that created and preserved the world in Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Brahman

Question 21

When did Israel split into two kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

after Solomon's death

Question 22

China's first civilization developed ?

Accepted Answer

in the river valley

Question 23

Theravada, Mahayana, and Tibet are all main traditions from __________

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 24

What did Confucius teach people during the late Zhou period?

Accepted Answer

to love and respect one another through traditional manners

Question 25

The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf is called__________

Accepted Answer

Fertile Crest

Question 26

What are the world's tallest mountains that separate China from India?

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

Question 27

When the Middle Kingdom collapsed Kush expanded to rule all of

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 28

Where is the Bhagavada Gita found?

Accepted Answer

Mahabharata

Question 29

Monotheism was introduced by which pharaoh?

Accepted Answer

Akhenaten

Question 30

What is a set of spiritual duties and obligations in Hinduism

Accepted Answer

dharma

Question 31

How were plants and animals made more useful to humans?

Accepted Answer

domestication

Question 32

What philosophy teaches that all things in nature are connected?

Accepted Answer

Daoism

Question 33

How did Homo erectus differ from earlier hominids?

Accepted Answer

he had a larger brain

Question 34

What is the practice of physical and mental exercises practiced by Hindus?

Accepted Answer

yoga

Question 35

What was used by the Shang to ask their ancestors for advice?

Accepted Answer

oracle bones

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