The Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.
What is LEGALISM?
100
Early Hindu temples were made out of wood.
FALSE - They were small STONE structures.
100
The Sumerians practiced this religion - the worship of many gods.
What is POLYTHEISM?
100
These were imaginary creatures with a human head and the body of a lion often shown on Egyptian statues.
What are SPHINXES?
100
These landmasses are usually separated from the rest of their continents by physical features.
What are SUBCONTINENTS?
200
The main religion of India; it teaches that everything is part of a universal spirit called Brahman.
What is HINDUISM?
200
The Gupta kings considered the caste system an important part of Indian society.
TRUE
200
The Egyptian belief in the afterlife stemmed from their idea of a person's life force, also known as this.
What is KA?
200
A pyramid-shaped temple is Sumer is known as this.
What is a ZIGGURAT?
200
Each year the Egyptians eagerly awaited the flooding of this river because the floods covered the land around the river with a rich silt ideal for farming.
What is the NILE RIVER?
300
Life after death, much of Egyptian religion focused on this.
What is AFTERLIFE?
300
Sanskrit was the most important language of ancient Egypt.
FALSE - Sanskrit was the most important language of ancient INDIA.
300
According to Hindu teachings, everyone has a soul inside them that holds the person's personality. This soul is also known as this.
What is ATMAN?
300
The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul is known as this.
What is KARMA?
300
This region's name means "between the rivers" in Greek.
What is MESOPOTAMIA?
400
A philosophy based on the ideas that focus on morality, family order, social harmony, and government.
What is CONFUCIANISM?
400
Mesopotamia had fertile soil which made farming easy.
FALSE - The region received little rain. When it rained, crops flooded and livestock died. When it didn't rain, crops dried up.
400
At the heart of the Buddha's teachings were guiding principles known as this.
What are the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS?
400
A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming is known as this.
What is SILT?
400
Rapids along a river, such as those along the Nile in Egypt are known as these.
What are CATARACTS?
500
The world's first system of writing; developed in Sumer.
What is CUNEIFORM?
500
The Sumerians were the first people in Mesopotamia to build large temples called ziggurats.
TRUE
500
The Sumerians worshiped many gods, including these three gods.
Who are ENLIIL - lord of the air
ENKI - god of wisdon
INANNA - goddess of love and war
500
A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons is known as this.
What is a MONSOON?
500
These are the physical features that separate the subcontinetn of India from the rest of the continent.
What are MOUNTAINS and DESERT?
- The HIMALAYAS and KUSH mountains
- The GREAT INDIAN DESERT