Ancient Israelites
Phoenicians & Lydians
Persian Empire
Aryans Bring Changes to India
The Maurya & Gupta Empires
100
What is a covenant?
A special agreement?
100
Phoenicia became a center for commerce between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.. Where region (area on a map) was it located?
Where is Southwestern Asia
100
Which leader built the Persian Empire by conquering land stretching from Asia Minor to what is now northern Pakistan?
Cyrus the Great
100
In India, people were born into a social group and remained in it their entire lives. What was that system called?
Caste system
100
Buddah found the dying, the sick and the poor, they started his journey but what exactly was he trying to figure out?
He wanted to find out why there was suffering in the world and how to end it.
200
In the Bible there is a story about Moses getting the Ten Commandments. During what period of history did Moses receive them?
What is Exodus
200
This alphabet has 22 letters, and lead to our current alphabet what is it called?
The Phoenician Alphabet
200
Who divided the Persian Empire into 20 provinces called satrapies?
Darius
200
Which two religions spread rapidly throughout India in the 500s B.C. and 400s B.C.?
Buddhism and Jainism
200
Who used lions to help spread the message of nonviolence?
Ashoka
300
What is the name of the overland trade route that linked China with Europe?
Silk Road
300
What land was located at the western end of the peninsula that became known as Asia Minor?
Lydia
300
Whom was the Greek historian Herodotus describing when he said that “Neither snow, rain, heat, nor darkness” stops them?
Persian Couriers
300
The bible says that God made a _______ with Abraham
Covenant
300
Which idealism teaches the key to long life and happiness is to accept life as it is?
Daoism
400
What is the Greek word that means “to scatter”?
Dispora
400
Confucius idea of treating the King as you would your parents is called what?
filial piety
400
The Zend-Avesta is a book that tells about the teachings of who?
Zarathustra
400
Which Dynasty was China’s longest-ruling?
Zhou
400
What does a Seismograph measure?
Earthquakes
500
What are the three classes the Zhou rulers set up in their social structure?
King/Royal Family, Noble families, and peasants
500
Name two structures built during the Qin dynasty.
Great Wall of China, 4,000 miles of roads, new canals, Terracotta Soldiers
500
What great leader did Queen Tomyris defeat?
Cyrus the Great
500
Who did the Babylonians send into exile?
Judeans
500
Which culture invented paper in 105 B.C.?
China- during the Han Dynasty
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