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What is the Mandate of Heaven.
Which dynasty invented the Mandate of Heaven?
Ancient World Civ Ch 4
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Which dynasty invented the Mandate of Heaven?
Shang
Han
Zhou
Qin
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What is the Mandate of Heaven.
King decides when he wants to leave the throne
belief gods should rule
A plan to overthrow the gods
King can only rule as long as the gods believe him worthy.
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The holy texts of the brahmans were the________.
Mahabharata
Vedas
Sanskrit
karma
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What is a Zoroastrianism???
A type of Christianity
A Persian religion based on the belief of one god
Breakfast
A type of prayer
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What is the religion of the Israelites?
Judiasm
Hinduism
Christianity
Atheism
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What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The name of a legendary dragon from Chinese mythology
What the Ancient Chinese called their king
A concept that said rulers were given authority to rule from the gods
A set of laws that were dictated from the gods
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What religion came from the Vedas
Athieism
Buddha
Hinduism
Christianity
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Founded the Persian Empire, uniting the Persian tribes.
Alexander the Great
Darius
Cyrus
Sennacherib
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The battle of the Marathon was fought...
To get gas from Marathon gas stations!
To give Sparta free money!
To defend Athens from Persia!
To select the best athletes for the Marathon!
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The Persians designed qanats (underground irrigation tunnels) because:
They needed the technology to defeat the Greeks.
Their homeland was naturally too arid for agriculture.
They needed a way to transport goods across their empire.
They wanted to share their abundant water.
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Which of the following were Zhou agricultural innovations?
crop rotation, reliance on monsoon rains, drought-resistant wheat
tenant farmers, use of Yellow River flooding to irrigate crops, sorghum
Bronze plows, plantation agriculture, slave labor
iron plows, field rotation, canals
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What metal made the conquests of the Neo-Assyrians possible?
Iron
Gold
Bronze
Copper
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The Vedas were written in what language?
English
Spanish
Hindu
Sanskrit
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What did the Zhou claim give them the power to rule?
The Silk Road
The Warring States Period
The Mandate of Heaven
Growing more food
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How did the Phoenicians (Purple People) get their name?
From the purple wine they drank
From the rare purple dyes they exported
From the purple boats they sailed
From the purple olives they exported
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King who built the Hanging Gardens, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world
Nebuchadnezzar
Sennacherib
Cyrus
Thutmose III
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How did Darius I of the Persian Empire control such a vast territory?
established a bureaucracy that allowed people to keep local traditions
all of the above
viewed all subjects of the Empire as equals, as long as they paid taxes.
Promoted trade with road-building and standard currency throughout empire
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Who Founded Judaism?
Abraham
Jesus
Moses
Abraham Lincoln
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Judaism contains the belief or beliefs that...
All of the above
Actions are far more important than beliefs
There is one eternal God who is creator and ruler
They are the chosen people
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What were the Vedas?
Laws that determined what caste system you belonged to
Catholic priest
Collection of poems, hymns, prayers, and rituals
A deity
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The most important invention of the Phoenicians was the...
silk road
Alphabet
Number System
Temples
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were did the Phoenicians live?
florida
the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
the Nile river
west coast
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Zoroastrianism was founded in what part of the world?
India
Egypt
Persia
China
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What were the qanats?
The Persian governors of smaller administrative districts
The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi
A system of Persian underground canals used for irrigation
The system of Hezekiah's underground tunnels in Palestine
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Which battle is nicknamed the "Battle of 300" due to the 300 Spartans that fought?
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Navaceus
Battle of Thermopylae
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Judaism and Zoroastrianism both:
are based on the idea of a covenant with many Gods
are monotheistic and stress each person has free will to do good or evil
stress the importance of judgment day and an afterlife.
were adopted by powerful empires in Mesopotamia.
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In India's social system who were the Brahmans?
Warriors/ Rulers
Common People
Priests
Untouchables
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The Phoenician alphabet helped...
make writing harder
make writing simpler, while increasing trade
destroyed language
nothing
29
Which of the following is NOT a reason why the camel was valued for use on Trans-Saharan Trade
It could travel short distances
It was well adapted to the desert environment
It required little food or water
It could carry heavy loads
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Where were the Israelites beliefs recorded?
Torah
Vedas
Bible
Koran
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True or False? Zoroastrianism and Judaism are monotheistic religions.
False
True
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How did the arrival of the camel and its saddle affects trade and communication within Africa?
With its adaptations allowed for efficient trade and commun
Its temperament discouraged long distance travels
It caused an economic crash due to its high demand
It was worshiped as a commerce god among the merchants
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What were the Phoenicians known for?
All of the above
Known for building ships and becoming sea traders.
Known for their alphabet using 22 different signs
Known for being the "purple people" from Canaan, exporting rare purple dye
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What would cause the Emperor to lose the "Mandate of Heaven?"
The people suffer
All of the above
Natural disasters such as plagues, flood disrupt the nation
Emperor is weak or corrupt
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The 300 Spartans fought against who?
Italians
Chinese
Persians
Americans
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Zoroastrianism believed that Earth was
flat
a battlefield between good and evil/good will eventually win
the third planet from the Sun
a dangerous place
