This was a common punishment for women in Mesopotamia under the Code of Hammurabi.
What is being thrown in the river?
100
What led humans to develop specialized laborers.
What is a surplus of agriculture?
100
The belief in living multiple lives.
What is reincarnation?
100
The Buddha was once a prince named ______________.
What is Siddhartha Gautama?
200
Irrigation techniques such as the water wheel and canals used by Mesopotamians would fit into this SPICE theme.
What is Interaction with the Environment?
200
This elite social group was compiled of religious leaders who could perform rituals to satisfy the gods.
Who are priests?
200
How did humans live before the Neolithic Revolution?
What are hunters and gatherers?
200
The belief that your actions in this life affect future lives.
What is karma?
200
Siddhartha Gautama would have been raised in this religion.
What is Hinduism?
300
The Code of Hammurabi is an example of this theme.
What is political.
300
Mesopotamia translates to "the land between two rivers" in English and was also referred to as this due to its status as an agricultural center.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
Why did the New Guineans not develop advanced technology like some other civilizations?
What is geography? They did not have access to the crops and animals necessary for domestication and huge surpluses. Therefore everyone was needed to hunt and gather instead of developing technology.
300
The belief that you can free yourself from the cycle of reincarnation and unite your soul with Brahman.
What is moksha?
300
This guide to living a pure life warns against self-indulgence and extreme behaviors or emotions.
What is the Eightfold Path or the Middle Path?
400
Egypt's pyramid-like class structure would fit into this theme.
What is social?
400
This group established the first empire in history in Mesopotamia.
Who are the Akkadians?
400
This phenomenon was used to describe the ancient Chinese worship of deceased family members.
What is veneration of ancestors?
400
The Hindu god called "the destroyer."
Who is Shiva?
400
Buddhism is most popular today in these countries/regions.
What is China and Southeast Asia?
500
China's veneration of ancestors would be this theme.
What is cultural?
500
We know based on the Code of Hammurabi that Mesopotamians had a male-dominated society, also known as this.
What is a patriarchy?
500
This civilization was characterized by a predictable flooding of its primary water source and a firm belief in a pleasant afterlife.
What is the Nile River Valley civilization or the Egyptians?
500
In the Bhagavad Gita, what message does the god Krishna have for Arjuna on the battlefield?
What is "you should fight because you'll either die and be reincarnated/go to heaven or you'll win and be heaped with praise and honor."
500
The Four Noble Truths are...
What is 1. Suffering is universal. 2. Suffering is caused by desire. 3. Suffering can be ended by ending desire. 4. Ending desire can be achieved by following the Middle Path.