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"The basis of" this type of government, which began in ancient Greece, "is liberty"
What is democracy?
100
To arrange laws or rules into an organized system
What is codify?
100
An acknowledgement of suffering is the first of this basic quartet of Buddhist beliefs
What are the 4 Noble Truths?
100
Our alphabet goes back 3,000 years to the phonetic one used in the Iron Age by these great sailors who founded Carthage
Who are the Phoenicians?
100
Babylonian society had 3 classes: free citizens, partially free dependents & these people who could buy their freedom
Who are slaves?
200
This -ocracy is rule by God or by his priests
What is theocracy? from Jeopardy
200
Much of what is known about Babylonian society comes from this 18th century B.C. king's code
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The main religion of India, & tells me all about karma & reincarnation
What is Hinduism?
200
a system that rewards the talented
What is the merit system?
200
Get an "A" knowing it's the hereditary nobility
What is the aristocracy?
300
It means government by a small group, not government by men named Ollie
What is oligarchy? Jeopardy #1014, aired 1989-01-19
300
A familiar phrase meaning retaliation in kind.
What is "eye for an eye"?
300
The name of this universal law of cause & effect is Sanskrit for "deed"
What is karma?
300
Most of Tripura, India gets more than 79 inches of rain during this June to September season
What is monsoon?
300
Members of Rome's oldest & richest families were called patricians; the rest of Rome's citizens were called this
What are plebeians?
400
Absolute rule by an individual, like Hitler
What is dictatorship?
400
he ninth of these Jewish laws says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"
What are the 10 Commandments?
400
When a Buddhist achieves this, no more reincarnations
What is nirvana?
400
Begun in the 2nd century B.C., this "road" of trade stretched 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean
What is Silk?
400
The Brahmins are at the top of this hierarchical "system" the Aryans brought to India
What is the caste system?
500
Ur, Tyre & Athens were examples of this political unit centered on an urban community
What is a city-state?
500
About a third of Nigeria's states, in this heavily Muslim North, follow this Islamic law system
What is shar'ia law?
500
Li or proper social conduct is a central virtue of this Chinese religion
What is Confucianism?
500
In anthropology, it's the spread of cultural features like tools or rituals from one group to another
What is diffusion (cultural diffusion)?
500
also known as respect of children for their parents
What is filial piety?