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The Enlightenment and Human Rights
100
Buddhism and Hinduism both originated here.
India
100
In this empire’s political system, two consuls ruled with the ability to veto each other.
Rome
100
A good that is exchangeable for other goods or services
Commodity
100
This star located near 0° north can be used to travel on a straight line
Polaris or the North Star
100
John Locke argued that all people are born with these three rights
Life, liberty, and property
200
Midrash is the name of the body of commentary that forms part of the Talmud in this religion
Judaism
200
This Persian leader was credited with freeing the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity
Cyrus the Great
200
The name for a good that is too special to be exchangeable—It’s priceless
Singular
200
The name for the line that determines coordinates north or south of the equator
Latitude
200
He wrote The Leviathan in 1651
Thomas Hobbes
300
Meno, written by Plato, concerns a conversation about the nature of virtue and knowledge between Meno and this teacher of Plato
Socrates
300
This Chinese dynasty is famous for producing camels such as these, along with other grave goods.
Tang Dynasty
300
The name for something that produces goods or services that people want
Asset
300
Identify this navigation instrument.
Quadrant
300
Rights that you are born with can be termed this
Natural rights
400
DAILY DOUBLE
In Daoism, Dao means this
The way
400
This Indian leader converted to Buddhism and took a strict vow of pacifism
Ashoka
400
An economy where individuals gather or make everything they need without trade is called this
Subsistence economy
400
Identify this navigation instrument.
Astrolabe
400
Thomas Hobbes believed that the best form of government is one ruled by this
An absolute sovereign
500
Meaning “Party” this sect of Islam believes that the leadership of the Muslim community (the ummah) should be descended from Muhammad’s cousin, ‘Ali
Shi’a or Shi’ism
500
This Islamic dynasty succeeded the Umayyads after a rebellion
The “Abbasids
500
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the three functions of money
Unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value
500
Identify this instrument
Kamal
500
This protagonist in a Voltaire novel had the optimistic belief that we live in the best of all possible worlds
Candide