World Studies - Ch 3 People and Ideas on the Move Review

The caste system is the the social system of the Aryans, and later the Hindus.

a seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete

a payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power to obtain an assurance of peace and prosperity

the first five books of the Hebrew bible

Why did Jain monks cover their faces?

the man who led the Israelites out of slavery

in Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding

in Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment

What modern day country exists in the territory, Anatolia, that the Hittites occupied?

The Minoans were known for all of the following EXCEPT

Why was the covenant so important to the Hebrews?

What new technology did the Hittites discover that made them so proficient at warfare?

What is the belief shared between Hinduism and Buddhism?

The followers of Hinduism and Buddhism have the same beliefs about the caste system.

What type of writing did the Phoenicians use?

a kingdom of the united Israelite's, later the northern most of the two Israelite Kingdoms

How was Buddhism spread across Asia?

the southern Israelite kingdom in Canaan, established around 922 B.C.

What is ethical monotheism?

"father" of the Jewish people

Who was King Solomon and what did he do for the Jews and Israel?

seafaring people of southwest Asia, traded and established colonies around the Mediterranean

Indo-Europeans were what type of society?

eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, ancient home of the Israelites

What have historians learned about the Minoans from their artwork?

Why did the Hittites benefit so much from the new technology that they discovered?

The Ten Commandments were the framework for what in Judaism?