Preclassical Civilizations Review

Question 1

What is the name given to the rigid class system of the Aryans in India?

Accepted Answer

caste system

Question 2

In order to help them trade, the Phoenicians developed the first...

Accepted Answer

alphabet

Question 3

True or False: The Indo-European language is an ancestor of English.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which group forced the Hebrews into exile?

Accepted Answer

Babylonians

Question 5

The culture of the Aryans led to the development of which religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 6

What is the Eightfold Path?

Accepted Answer

A guide to behavior

Question 7

The ______ and the Upanishads were written by the Aryans in India.

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 8

What body of water did the Minoans use to trade with others?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 9

True or False: Hinduism has one, single founder.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What term means the mutual promise between God and Abraham?

Accepted Answer

Covenant

Question 11

In Judaism, who climbed Mount Sinai and found The Ten Commandments?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 12

Who is considered the founder of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 13

In Hinduism, leaving the cycle of reincarnation is called...

Accepted Answer

moksha

Question 14

Which king built a temple to God in Jerusalem?

Accepted Answer

Solomon

Question 15

In its early history, what was Buddhism's competing religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 16

Buddhism has how many gods?

Accepted Answer

none

Question 17

What kind of lifestyle did the Indo-European people have?

Accepted Answer

nomadic

Question 18

What do we call the dry grasslands that the Indo-Europeans came from?

Accepted Answer

steppes

Question 19

In what part of the world did Buddhism originate?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 20

What body of water did the Phoenicians use to trade with others?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Questions 20