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1. The Hittites established an empire throughout what geographic areas:

Judaism and Islam both have a founder and a sacred text.

Mohamed was given the revelations that became the Qur'an by the angel Gabriel

What was the first criminal code ever developed?

Hindus are to make a pilgrimage to bathe in the Ganges at some point in their life.

Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in reincarnation.

Heiroglyphics and Chinese writing began as pictographs

Abraham was from Mesopotamia.

The Qin dynasty unified China under one dynasty

Which Chinese philosophy encourages education?

Homo Sapiens migrated to North America by

Wu Wei means effortless action or non-action in Daoism.

Hindus and Muslims believe in karma.

A person who studies human artifacts is known as a

The Nile river flows north

The Assyrians could be considered the world's first terrorists

Hindus believe one may be reincarnated as an animal such as a cow

Homo Sapiens first arose where?

Christianity post-dates Judaism

6. Which of the following religions is nontheistic (does not believe in a god):

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world.

Which is the holy book of Hindus?

The Persians permitted conquered people to practice their own

India is a predominately Islamic country.

Why did early humans migrate

Which of the following is not one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

5. Which of the following religions is polytheistic:

Which Chinese philosophy or philosophies does our own system of government most resemble?

What was the political unit of ancient Sumeria?

By following the eightfold path a Hindu may achieve Moksha.

Islam considers the following people to be prophets

What form of writing was developed in Sumeria?

Which Egyptian Pharoah clashed with the Hittites at Kadesh?

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into the Red Sea

Muslims are to make a pilgrimage to what city at least once in their lives?

Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

The pilgrimage to be done by Muslims once in their lives is called the Haj

What terrorist group is Israel fighting in the Lebanon?

The Chinese philosophy of Legalism was incorporated by which dynasty?

What development permitted humans to cease migration and remain in one location

The Indus and Ganges rivers originate in the Himilayas

The Great Wall of China was built to keep Persian invaders out of China

King Darius's only defeat was by the:

Monsoons provide rainfall to Egypt

The Yangtse and Yellow River empty into the Indian Ocean.

Egyptian pyramids were built as

Which Persian King freed the Jews in Bablyon to return to Jerusalem?

Nebuchandnezzer was an Assyrian king

2. The Hittites excelled at warfare because of:

What terrorist group is Israel fighting in the Gaza Strip?

Which civilization invented the alphabet which is a precedent of ours:

Who was the first female Pharoah

What were significant developments of the Persians?

Muslims and Jews consider Jesus to be a Messiah

Which civilization established trading outposts throughout the Meditteranean?

The Buddha achieved enlightenment after sitting under a fig tree in Nepal.

Daoists believe in the "rule of law" and strict enforcement of laws

The Persian Empire was larger than which of the following

4. The creator of Hinduism is:

Which Pharoah established a broad Egyptian empire?

7. Who founded Buddhism

Mecca is in modern day Saudi Arabia

The two main rivers in Mesopotamia were