Ancient Near East
Amorite who conquered Sumerian Babylon and wrote a Code of laws.
What is Hammurabi?
Groups of rocky rapids which made trade up the Nile (from Kush to Egypt) difficult
What are Cataracts?
The Brewers' Captain who got drafted when Miss Seitz was in 7th grade
Who is Christian Yelich?
A collection of hundreds to thousands of sacred hymns. Foundational hymns and poems for Hinduism.
What are Vedas?
The right to rule which could be lost if a dynasty failed to act properly
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A writing system invented by Sumerian priests that uses hundreds of triangular-shaped symbols for words, ideas, or sounds.
What is Cuneiform?
One of the few women to rule Egypt, she grew Egypt's wealth through trade
Who was Hatshepsut?
This franchise has an alien character whose name sounds like that of a Indian Emperor
What is Star Wars?
A man who established peace and built infrastructure across the empire
Who is Asoka?
The belief that a strong leader and a strong legal system are needed to create social order
What is Legalism?
People who created a purple cloth dye which became associated with royalty.
What are Phoenicians?
This man built more monuments than any other pharaoh and spent many years of his long rule battling the Hittites
Besides Social Studies, Miss Seitz has a degree in this Catholic liberal art
What is Theology?
First emperor who overthrew the Magadha king, pushed the Greeks out, and united most of India
Who is Chandragupta?
He believed that the cause of disorder was because the Chinese had turned away from right relationships and traditional roles and values
Who is Confucius?
Persian emperor who conquered Babylon and ended the Israelite Babylonian Exile.
What is Cyrus the Great?
The sun god who died in the west and was reborn in the east. The most important Egyptian god.
Amon-Re (Amon-Ra; Ra)
A Catholic thought that God's law is written on our hearts and therefore elements of Truth can be found in all cultures. The belief that we have a sense of right and wrong and can understand it through reason.
What is Natural Law?
The effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives (Hinduism)
What is Karma?
The fifth Han Emperor who expanded China's territory and is remembered as one of the country's greatest emperors
Who is Wudi?
The water-demoness from the Enuma Elish whose name Jewish writers used to refer to the chaos waters in Genesis.
The Kushite alphabet which scholars can read but not understand
What is Meroitic Script?
Meaning "God wills it!" in Latin, this two-word phrase was a popular war cry among Crusaders
What is Deus Vult?
A state of blissful peace without desire or suffering which signals the end of the cycle of rebirth (Buddhism)
What is Nirvana?
Means "the way" or "the path." A term which is impossible to define. Often, evidence of this is found in nature
What is the Dao (Tao)?