Test 2 Review (Ideas on the move)

Good and bad deeds from the previous life that determined caste placings

The Hittites where the first to do what?

Considered a luxury item, this was one of the secrets to phonetician wealth

The Phoenicians are most known for creating the first modern what?

What is not a characteristic of Minoan Society?

Buddha is a god in Buddhism

Indo-Europeans were especially known for using what kind of warfare/conquest weaponry?

What is the oldest religion in India?

Early Aryan religious text in the Indus that established early Hinduism

Perfect understanding of all things and final stage of the soul in Hinduism

Who is the man who led Israelites out of slavery from Egypt?

Jewish Holy City

Jewish Holy Book

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all believe in the Torah

After exodus out of Egypt the Jewish people created what Kingdom?

First advanced civilization in Europe

Who was the top of the early Hindu caste system?

The Powerful merchants/traders from various city states who set up elaborate colonies

Prophet Abraham supposedly made a mutual promise with god known as a what?

Nomadic horse riding people that came from the Steppes to conquer India and Anatolia (Turkey)

According to legend, King Minos supposedly held a what in a labyrinth?

Cosmic order as presented in the teachings of Buddha is known as what?

Land god chose for the jews according the Old Testament/Bible/Torah is called what?

In early Hindu belief they were considered the worst of the worst and unclean

In Judaism/Hebrew, what is the name of god?

Right perception, knowledge, and conduct are emphasized in Jainism this is known as what?

What are steppes?

Who was considered father of the Hebrew people?

Cultural crossroads of ancient world - connected two great empires: Africa & Asia (holy land)

Especially true of early Hinduism, this is a set status based on birth

Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism all share this characteristic in their faith

Basis for religious and civil law in Judaism is called what? (also used in Christianity)

Of the following faiths, what one is monotheistic?

Separating from Hinduism this faith disregarded castes, emphasized good deeds and Reincarnation

In Buddhism, to reach nirvana people must follow what ?

Buddhism emphasized enlightenment through understanding what?

What made the phoneticians so successful?

Release from pain and suffering after achieving enlightenment in Buddhism

In Hinduism and Buddhism, this is the soul being reborn again and again until a goal is reached

State of perfect wisdom and truths of the universe in Buddhism

strong military empire that ruled for 450 years in the Anatolian Peninsula

A mass withdrawl out of a country is called what? (most associated with the Jews)

Indo-Europeans are most remembered/important because they are the earliest ancestors to what?

Aryans in early Hinduism placed people in casts according to _____________/Varna