This word means the man had the authority in the family.
What is patriarchal?
100
Buddhism believes in a cycle of reincarnation based off of deeds done in life, to break free one must achieve:
What is Nirvana?
100
In this religion, the 5 Pillars of Faith offer guidelines for followers' conduct.
What is Islam?
100
The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a coommon belief in ?????
What is Monotheism?
100
Hinduism believes in a cycle of ? based off the deeds done in past and present lives.
What is Reincarnation?
200
Confucianism is found mainly in which country?
What is China?
200
When a person has just one spouse it is called ????
What is monogamy?
200
What geographic feature of the Middle East affects where people live the most?
What is Scarcity of Water?
200
The first civilization in the Middle East was the ???
What is Sumerians?
200
What does OPEC stand for?
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
300
Israel was founded in order to ???
What is give Jews a homeland after WWII?
300
What is the dominant weather pattern that brings rain or dry weather in South Asia?
What is monsoons?
300
Which religion of South Asia combined elements of Islam and Hinduism, having only one God, belief in reincarnation, and considered cutting your hair a sin?
What is Sikhism?
300
A person's caste (place in society) was determined by?
What is birth?
300
What is the lowest caste in the Indian caste system?
What is untouchables?
400
Gandhi was famous for ????
What is Non-violent resistance against British rule?
400
At the time of the Indian Independence Act in 1948, how was India divided?
What is India, West Pakistan, and East Pakistan?
400
What is the ring of fire?
What is the area of volcanic activity and earthquakes in the Pacific that formed Japan and Taiwan?
400
What reason was China so isolated?
What is Geography, lots of rivers and mountains blocked access to China and the Chinese saw no need to expand their empire, very self-sufficient?
400
Both the Opium Wars and the boxer Rebellion attempted to rid China of ????
What is Foreign domination?
500
During the centuries of dynastic rule, the Chinese rejected other cultures as inferior to their own. ???? is the belief that your culture is superior to others?
What is Ethnocentrism?
500
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, who led the revolution?
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
In 1958, China's Great Leap Forward called for programs designed to ????
What is Increase industrial production and modernize China?
500
A major goal of the Cultural Revoluation in China during the 1960's was to ????
What is eliminate opposition to Mao Zedong and Communist Party
500
Pick two of the major religions studied in class and briefly explain at least 2 similaritites and 2 differences between their history and major beliefs???