Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the Arabic word bedawi?
Desert Dweller
What modern country is one-fourth nomadic?
Mongolia
What bird did the Bedouins train and use for hunting?
Falcons
Why did a Beduoin leave their clothes on their graves?
So that a passerby in need could have them (they were hospitable even in death).
Explain the ultimate goal of Hinduism
To get off the caste system and become one with the Atman.
What is the name for the head of the Bedouin tribe?
Sheikh
What two metals are the components of bronze?
Tin and Copper
What foreign nation conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel?
Assyria
What is the title of the collection of the saying of the Buddha?
The Three Baskets of Wisdom
Explain the ultimate goal of Buddhism and why this is bankrupt
The rid oneself of all desires so that you will no longer suffer. This fails because it's self contradictory; you must first desire to stop desiring.
What was the foreign nation who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah?
Babylon
What region did Hammurabi rule?
Babylon
The section of ancient Egypt was known as the “White Kingdom”?
Upper Egypt
What are the three main gods of Hinduism?
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
How did the Buddha die?
He was visiting a family and ate spoiled food because he was too polite to turn it down.
What modern-day nation is where Mesopotamia is located today?
What are other names for Sumer?
Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent
What section of Ancient Egypt was known as the “Red Kingdom”?
Lower Egypt
what was the original meaning of the swastika?
An aryan symbol of good luck
Explain the Hindu Caste system.
The five classes of society that one is born into (priests, warriors, merchants, peasants, and outcasts). By obeying your cast, you can move up in the next life through reincarnation. The goal is to get out of the caste system and become one with the Atman.
What was the written language of ancient Sumer?
Cuneiform
What is the central reality of Egypt?
The Nile River
How many laws are in Hammurabi's Code?
282
What agricultural product was thought to have been first produced by the civilization along the Indus river?
Cotton