Religious tolerance of conquered peoples and the construction of road system were all part of this early empire?
What is Persia?
100
Hieroglyphics is to Egypt as ________________ is to Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
100
The religious beliefs of the people of the river valley civilizations could be described as... (Hint: Belief in many Gods)
What is polytheistic?
100
Sacred texts of Hinduism
What are the Vedas and Upanishads?
200
A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about early man
What is an archaeologist?
200
This group settled along the Mediterranean Sea and became known for creating the first alphabet, trading purple dye and textiles, and becoming expert sailors.
Who are the Phoenicians?
200
Man became able to settle down in permanent communities thanks to the discovery of ...
What is agriculture or domesticated plants?
200
The belief in one god
What is monotheism?
200
Who is considered to be the founder of Judaism?
Who is Abraham?
300
A method used by scientists to determine the age of once living things
What is carbon dating?
300
The Persians believed in this religion which taught of two opposing forces in the universe.
What is Zoroastrianism?
300
People in Mesopotamia lived in this type of place which meant the city and the land surrounding it... (city-state, empire or kingdom?)
What is a city-state?
300
The 10 Commandments serve as the moral code and the Torah is the sacred text of this religion.
What is Judaism?
300
Japanese state and ethnic religon
What is Shinto?
400
Catalhoyuk, Aleppo, and Jericho were these
(Which one is on Anatolia? Which 2 are in Fertile Crescent?)
What is early Neolithic cities?
Aleppo/Jericho are in the Fertile Crescent.
Catalhoyuk is in Anatolia (Asia Minor)
400
The Persians created this road in order to improve communication throughout their enormous empire.
What is the Royal Road?
400
Name the 4 rivers and their river valleys.
What is the Nile River in Egypt, the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia, the Indus River in India, and the Huang He River in China
400
The founder of this religion was Siddhartha Gautama
What is Buddhism?
400
_______________________ is to Christianity as Siddhartha Gautama is to Buddhism.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
500
An archaeological site in England that was
begun during the Neolithic Age and
completed during the Bronze Age.
What is Stonehenge
500
What did the Persians use to organize their government throughout the empire?
What is an imperial bureaucracy?
500
This Babylonian/Sumerian/Mesopotamian set of laws was the first written law code and was very harsh.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
500
In Hinduism, the knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences is called
What is karma?
500
Asoka's missionaries spread this religion from India into China, Korea, Japan and rest of Asia.