Heritage Studies Midterm Chapters 4 - 7

A scientific instrument used to predict earthquakes.

God's promise to restore Israel and Judah and to send the Holy Spirit.

The first step in the Eightfold Path.

Powerful weapon used by Chandragupta to scare the enemy and break their lines.

Israel was the special name given to:

Valuable thread made from the thread of worms' cocoons.

Using the government to restrict access to information.

The Persian Written Record that established human rights was the:

It is believed that this discovery was intended to protect the emperor in the next world.

The official philosophy of the Chinese government under the Han.

The main trade route of the Han.

A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine.

Having received knowledge or understanding.

The main religion of the Persian Empire was:

This queen asks King Xerxes to allow her people to defend themselves.

God promises land, descendants, and blessings.

This name was a lasting monument left by the Qin.

This Mauryan leader promoted Buddhism by sending out Buddhist missionaries.

The Hebrew name of the one true God.

The conditional covenant that God made with Israel at Mount Sinai that promised blessings for obedience to the Law

Who founded the main religion of ancient Persia?

The Four Noble Truths deal primarily with this.

A plant fiber used to make paper, basket, rope, and thick fabrics.

Chinese inventor of the device used to detect earthquakes.

Chandragupta chose this city as his capital.

Jews remember when God rescued them from death of the first born during the holiday of:

The name Siddhartha Gautama took for himself after he left Hinduism.

The Hebrew prophet called by God to deliver the Israelites from slavery.

This fortification is over fourteen hundred miles long and built across northern China.

Once Cyrus defeated the Medes, he began this period of Persia:

Chinese emperor who began the Qin dynasty and whose name means "first emperor."

The managing of government through bureaus, or departments, with appointed officials.

Warrior prince who became dissatisfied with Hindu beliefs and became the founder of Buddhism.

Han medical advances included healing herbs and this procedure used to prevent or treat pain and sickness.

The Israelite place of worship in the desert.

Chinese emperor in the Han dynasty who greatly expanded China.

The founder of the Mauryan Empire, he established a network of spies to control his people.

The god of the Persian religion is known as:

The Persian capital under Cyrus was the city of:

The Eightfold Path was Buddha's list of what?

As a great conqueror, how did Asoka feel about warfare?

The first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

A state of complete enlightenment where a person has peace and freedom from desire.

This was Asoka's most well-known structure.