Important Figures
Israel: Who is Moses?
The most important Jewish prophet
Mesopotamia: Who ranked highest in society after the king?
Priests
Egypt & Mesopotamia: What is it called when people worship many gods?
Polytheism
Egypt: What river flows through ancient Egypt?
Nile
Israel: Who created the heavens and earth?
God
Egypt: Who is the god of the underworld?
Mesopotamia: Who is the goddess of love and war?
Osiris
Ishtar
Egypt & Israel: Who was at the top of the social structure in these civilizations?
Pharaohs/Kings
India & China: What religion spread to China through the Silk Road?
Buddhism
India: What type of landform is India?
Subcontinent
Egypt: Which god's tears hit the earth and created men?
Atum
China: What philosopher or philosophy believed people are like water and should let things flow in a natural way?
Lao Tzu or Daoism
Israel: The Hebrew Bible consists of 24 books in three sections: the ________, Prophets, and Writings
the Torah
China: Name two of the main rivers that flowed through ancient China.
Huang He (Yellow)
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Mesoamerica: Why did Tepeu & Gucumatz take away part of man's eye vision?
They didn't want humans to be able to see as well or better than them
India: Who are the 3 main Hindu gods & what are they the gods of?
Brahama = Creator god
Shiva = Destroyer god
Vishnu = Preserver god
India: Who is at the top of the caste system?
Brahmins
India: In order to have good karma, one must do his/her ________ with a positive attitude.
Dharma
Israel & Mesopotamia: What sea borders both of these civilizations?
The Mediterranean Sea
India: After nine months, who came out of the golden egg?
Mesopotamia: Why didn't the gods like the first round of humans they made?
Prajapati
They had too many problems to survive
Mesoamerica: Who is the Heart of the Sky?
The Father God
China: Why did so many philosophies & religions arise during the Zhou Warring States period?
People wanted to order
People wanted structure
There was chaos
China: For Buddhists, ending reincarnation and achieving enlightenment requires following the...
Eightfold Path
Mesoamerica: What is the name of the peninsula that is to the left side of Mesoamerica?
Yucatan
China: What did Nuwa make humans out of?
Clay