Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What religions were influenced by Zoastrianism

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Islam, Christianity, Judaism

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2
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What was Legalism

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A harsh system of punishments and rewards

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3
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What was Greek rationalism renowned for

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Belief in the supremacy of human reasoning

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4
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What is the holy text of Hinduism

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The Bhagavad Gita

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5
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How was society in ancient India organized

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By a caste system supported by religious teachings

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6
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In what way did Buddhism reject the Hindu caste system

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Rejection of the caste system and the authority of the Brahmins

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7
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In what way was Christianity changed after its emergence as a religion

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It went from small egalitarian churches to large male dominated churches

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8
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What experience did Jesus and the Buddha share

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Both were transformed into divine figures by the followers

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9
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What form of Buddhism was formed in China and Korea

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Mahayana Buddhism

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10
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What state did Meroe have a cultural exchange with

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Egypt

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11
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What languages were spoken by southern African settlers

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Bantu

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12
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What culture had a complex and expressive written language

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Mayan

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13
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What variant of Christianity was practiced in Axum

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Coptic Christianity

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14
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What purpose did Teotihuacan serve in ancient Mesoamerica

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It was a city of religious significance with many alters to the gods

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15
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What did Confucianism place importance on

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Tradition

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16
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What is the underlying principle of the universe according to Lao-Tzu

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Tao

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17
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What was unique about the cultures of Bantu Africa and North America

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They didn’t develop empires

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18
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Where was the hunter—gatherer lifestyle the norm

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Bantu, American Eastern Woodland, Pueblo

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19
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What was the relationship between the Andean and Mesoamerican empires

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They had little to no contact with each other

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20
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What concept is central to Hindu religion and society

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Samsara

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21
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Where did Christianity and Buddhism make inroads into

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Eastern Persia, Central Asia, Southern India

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22
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What transportation infrastructure did Christianity spread along

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Roman Empire

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23
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What was the eastern-most extent of early Buddhism penetration

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Korean Peninsula

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24
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What was one of the tenets of Buddhist society

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Each social class owes respect to it’s superior

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25
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Who were the lowest people in Confucian society

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Laborers and farmers

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26
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What would Han dynasty hierarchy illustrate about Confucianism

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It’s emphasis on structured society

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27
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What was the painting by Wang Shugu meant to portray

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Confucius presenting a baby Buddha to Lao Tzu

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28
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Who were the most important parts of Legalistic society

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Soldiers and farmers

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29
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Who was Confucius

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A learned and ambitious philosopher

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30
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What is Confucianism based off of

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A book of teachings compiled by Confucius’ students and notes from later philosophers

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31
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What books do Confucians abide by

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The analects

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32
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What reforms did Confucius propose for society

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Rulers should be benevolent so subjects will be obedient, rulers should be educated and ritualistic so that their subjects will seek to better themselves

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33
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Who wrote ”Lessons for Women”

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Ban Zhao

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34
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What was the order of relationships in Qing and Confucian society

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Ruler to ruled, father do son, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend

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35
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What did Ban Zhao advocate for

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Education for women so they better serve their husbands

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36
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What to principles were Confucian men supposed to abide by

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Wen and wu

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37
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What is wen

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Rationality, scholarship, and literary and artistic ability

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38
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What is wu

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Physical and martial achievements

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39
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Where did Confucianism believe answers could be found

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The past

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40
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Who was Laozi

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A sixth-century b.c.e. archivist who founded Daoism

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41
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What did Daoism encourage

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Natural behavior

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42
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What did Daoism focus on

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Nature and relationships

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43
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What is the dao

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The natural way of nature which is central to Daoism

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44
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What is the main difference between Daoism and Confucianism

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Daoism seeks to live in nature, Confucianism seeks to tame nature

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45
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What were Chinese landscape paintings influenced by

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The Daoism search for harmony with nature

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46
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How might an official balance Daoism with Confucianism

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Confucianism in public, Daoism in private

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47
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What did Indian elite embrace

A

The divine and spiritual

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48
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What characterizes Hinduism

A

It was very diverse, but linked by a single concept of samsara

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49
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What are the holy texts of the Hindus

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The vedas

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50
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What were the vedas

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A collection of hymns, poems, prayers, and rituals

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51
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Who made more money: Brahmins or kings

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Brahmins

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52
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What books went into more depth about what was written in the vedas

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The Upanishads

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53
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What is Brahman

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The Hindu concept of the world soul and ultimate reality which went beyond material things and the gods

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54
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What is the atman

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The human soul

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55
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What is Moksha

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Transcendence of the illusion of human life and the primary goal of all Hindus

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56
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What is Samsara

A

The wheel of reincarnation

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57
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What is karma

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Good and bad deeds that are carried over into the next life

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58
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Who were Hindu women supposed to devote themselves to

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Their fathers, followed by their husbands, followed by their sons

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59
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How did Hinduism empower women

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It made sexual pleasure a goal for both sexes

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60
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In what century was an Indian manuscript made which depicted three men meditating after achieving the final stage of samsara

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13-century

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61
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What are ways to achieve moksha

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Knowledge of study, detached action in the world, passionate devotion to a deity, extended periods of meditation

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62
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At what age did Siddhartha Gautama start his religious journey

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29

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63
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How long did Siddhartha Gautama practice religious experimentation

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6 years

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64
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How long did Siddhartha Gautama meditate under a bodhi tree

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49 days

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65
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What represents the Buddha’s enlightenment

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The dot in the center of his forehead, his right hand touching the ground

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66
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What was the key to ending suffering according to Buddhism

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Relinquishing individualism

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67
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What was the difference between Buddhism and Hinduism

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Buddhism ridiculed rituals, gods, the caste system, and gender roles

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68
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What was the difference between the Buddhist monks and the Buddhist nuns

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The Buddhist nuns were subordinate to the Buddhist monks

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69
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What helped Buddhist development

A

It’s translation to Pali

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70
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What were Bodhisattvas

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People who had attained enlightenment who were trying to assist humanity

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71
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What was one of the major innovations of Buddhism

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Acts of piety could be spread all over so that multiple people “cross the river” into enlightenment

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72
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Why did Buddhism decline in India

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The invention of Islam and a hybrid between Hinduism and Buddhism

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73
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Who is Vishnu

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The protector and preserver of creation

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74
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Who is Shiva

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The divine destroyer

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75
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When was Zarathustra born

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The sixth or seventh century b.c.e.

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76
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In what year was a cylinder depicting King Darius of Persia being protected by Ahura Mazda created

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500 b.c.e.

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77
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Who was Ahura Mazda’s enemy

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Angry Mainyu

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78
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Why did Zoastrianism die off

A

It didn’t become a missionary religion

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79
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What aspects of Christianity and Judaism is Zoastrianism responsible for

A

One god and a Messiah

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80
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When was Israel conquered by Assyria

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722 b.c.e.

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81
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When was Judah conquered by Babylon

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586 b.c.e.

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82
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What happened when Israel and Judah were conquered

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The Hebrews were sent to live in different lands, therefore spreading their religion

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83
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What were exiled Hebrews called

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Jews

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84
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What was the name of the Jewish god

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Yahweh

85
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What was the personality of Yahweh

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Selfish and accessible

86
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What made Yahweh appeal to the poor

A

A prophet named Isaiah said that Yahweh wouldn’t except empty rituals

87
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What did Jewish scripture tell us

A

The world is real and positively valued by God

88
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What were the two differing views on Yahweh

A

God of compassion, god of war

89
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Who was the main exemplar of Greek rationalism

A

Socrates

90
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When did Socrates live

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496-399 b.c.e.

91
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Why was Socrates disliked by the public

A

He criticized Athenian democracy and praised the Spartans

92
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Who said that the moon simply reflects the sun’s light

A

Thales

93
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Who said the world is composed of triangles

A

Demcritus

94
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Who argued that the world is composed of unchanging mathematical equations

A

Pythagoras

95
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In what century was a mosaic depicting Plato talking to students and philosophers made

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First-century b.c.e.

96
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What is the mosaic of Plato meant to illustrate

A

The importance of Greek philosophy and the setting in which Plato taught

97
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What did Plato think the perfect society was composed of

A

Educated warriors and philosopher kings

98
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Who was Aristotle

A

A philosopher who wrote about politics and science and believed virtue could be learned

99
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What was the ideal form of government according to Aristotle

A

A hybridization between monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy

100
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What represented Roman respect for Greek rationalism

A

Roman officials sent their children to an academy founded by Plato

101
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How did Greeks inspire western civilization

A

Formulating an updated Christian theology, fostering Europe’s Scientific Revolution, and creating a starting point for European philosophy

102
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Who was Karl Jaspers

A

A German philosopher

103
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What was the Axial Age

A

A term coined by Karl Jaspers which refers to a period characterized by great creativity that gave rise to new cultural traditions all across Eurasia

104
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In what time period did the Axial Age occur

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800-200 b.c.e.

105
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What are some factors scientists blame for the Axial Age

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Iron Age technology, prosperity in urban centers, increased trade and use of money, and political break-down

106
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What is an example of politics break-down during the Axial Age

A

The warring states period in China

107
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In what time did the warring states period occur

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475-221 b.c.e.

108
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What did all Axial Age civilizations have in common

A

They seemed an alternative to polytheism that was higher than the sphere of human life

109
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What was different about traditions of the Axial Age

A

They weren’t about clarity or godly favor, but rather transforming one’s self with a higher order

110
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What was the main goal of Axial Age traditions

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Living morally, controlling desire, taking the ego, and developing compassion

111
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What are the similarities between Jesus and Siddhartha Gautama

A

They both claimed to have been enlightened, urged the renunciation of wealth, determined love compassion to be the basis of a normal life, made divine by their followers

112
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What are the differences between Jesus and Siddhartha Gautama

A

Jesus was concerned with the supernatural while Siddhartha was concerned with the worldly, Jesus was crucified while the Buddha died of natural causes,

113
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Who is Saint Paul

A

A Roman concert to Christianity

114
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What did Saint Paul do for Christianity

A

He said Christian concerts didn’t need circumcision or the strict diet of Jews

115
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What is the similarity between Christianity and Buddhism

A

They don’t condone women as much

116
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Who is Perpetua

A

An upper-class woman from Carthage who, at age 22, turned to Christianity and refused to renounce her faith

117
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Who made a small Christian school in China

A

Alopen

118
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Who were the first people to adopt Christianity as a state religion

A

Armenians

119
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When did Christianity become the state religion of Axum

A

350 c.e.

120
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Where did Christianity spread

A

Spain, Northeast Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India

121
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In which direction did Christianity spread the furthest

A

West

122
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Who revoked women’s privileges to become priests

A

Pope Gleason’s

123
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What is the difference between Christianity and Buddhism

A

Christianity went to war over difference while Buddhism did not

124
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What did Hinduism change to following Buddhist assimilation

A

Ritual and sacrifice to devotion and worship

125
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What is a representation that we must acknowledge what we don’t understand

A

Buddha’s enlightenment and Jesus’ forty days in the desert

126
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What represents Roman influence on Buddhism

A

The face of Apollo, Roman toga, and curly hair

127
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Who seduces the Buddha

A

The daughters of Mara

128
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What were the five venerable qualities seen by Sakuludayin in the Buddha

A

Eats little, content with any kind of robe, content with any kind of resting place, secluded and commends seclusion

129
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Who was Sunita the outcast

A

A lowly peasant who payed homage to others and was shunned in return

130
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How did Sunita eventually gain homage

A

The Buddha made him a monk, he went into the woods, he meditates in the woods, the gods Indra and Brahma paid homage to him

131
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How did the Buddha say one was a Brahmin

A

Austerity, celibacy, restraint, self-control

132
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Who was the laughing Buddha modeled after

A

Budai

133
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What did John Strong omit to make the Buddha more down to earth

A

His enlightenment

134
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What does Armstrong highlight about the Buddha

A

His teachings and his enlightenment

135
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What do Strong and Armstrong’s accounts of the Buddha have in common

A

They don’t detail his rise to enlightenment or the concept of the supernatural

136
Q

What is Pali

A

An Indian language

137
Q

Who most flocked to Buddhism

A

Upper-class women

138
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What are the three variations of Buddhism

A

Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism

139
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What is Mahayana Buddhism

A

A branch of Buddhism that believed in a divine Buddha

140
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What is Theravada Buddhism

A

A branch of Buddhism that believes in a worldly Buddha

141
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What is Tibetan Buddhism

A

A branch of Buddhism that believes in the Dali lama

142
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What do Buddhism and Hinduism agree on

A

Life is an illusion, karma and rebirth are real, one must overcome selfish desires

143
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What do Buddhism and Hinduism disagree on

A

Buddhism rejects the caste system, Buddhism didn’t believe in gods, Buddhism believed enlightenment could be achieved in a single lifetime

144
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What is Zoastrianism

A

The first monotheistic religion

145
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What was unique about Zoroastrianism

A

It was polytheistic and you could choose between good and evil

146
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What is the difference between Aristotle and Plato

A

Aristotle didn’t believe in the realm of forms

147
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Who spread Greek rationalism

A

Alexander the Great

148
Q

Who replaced the Roman Empire

A

The Islamic Empire

149
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Where is the Maya Temple of the Great Jaguar locates

A

Guatemala

150
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Where did second-wave civilizations develop in Africa

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Upper-Nile Valley, northern Ethiopia, Niger River Valley

151
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What was Meroe

A

The central city of Nubian civilization

152
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What was unique about Merle’s queens

A

They dressed in women’s clothing

153
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What was the common the common Axummite language

A

Ge’ez

154
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Who adopted Christianity in Axum

A

King Ezuna

155
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In what time period was Axum’s imperial expansion

A

4th and 6th centuries

156
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In what year did Axum conquer Mecca

A

571 b.c.e.

157
Q

What brought people into the middle Niger

A

A prolonged dry period

158
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What are the similarities between the Americas and Africa

A

Their populations arrived during the Great Migration, hunter-gatherer societies

159
Q

What is the Agricultural Revolution

A

Abundance of food

160
Q

What was Meroe

A

An African civilization

161
Q

Who were the Mayans

A

A Mesoamerican civilization

162
Q

Who were the Inca

A

A Mesoamerican civilization

163
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What are the differences between American and African civilization

A

Africa had mountable animals

164
Q

What was the first civilization to develop in Africa

A

Egypt

165
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What was the Nubian agricultural system based off of

A

Rainfall

166
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Why did Meroe decline

A

Deforestation, conquered by Axum

167
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What was the Niger Valley Civilization social structure similar to

A

Panem social structure

168
Q

What did the Niger floodplain have

A

Agriculture and clay

169
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What were the two major centers of American civilization

A

Mesoamerica and the Andes

170
Q

What is vertical integration

A

An effort to control a variety of ecological zones where a number of different crops and animals could flourish

171
Q

What did the terra cotta statue in the Niger Valley represent

A

Resistance to Islam

172
Q

When did the Mayan civilization begin

A

2000 b.c.e.

173
Q

What were El Niño episodes

A

Dramatic changes in weather patterns caused by warming of the Pacific Ocean

174
Q

Where was Axum

A

Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia

175
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What did the townspeople of Axum speak

A

Ge’ez

176
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What language did the upper-class of Axum speak

A

Aja

177
Q

When did urbanization in the Niger River occur

A

30 b.c.e.-900 c.e.

178
Q

Who did Jenna-keno worship

A

Blacksmiths

179
Q

Who started civilization in Mesoamerica

A

The Olmecs

180
Q

What was a similarity between the Mayan and Greek civilizations

A

They both possessed warring city-states

181
Q

When was Teotihuacana founded

A

150 b.c.e.

182
Q

How much territory did Teotihuacana control

A

10,000 miles^2

183
Q

When did Teotihuacana collapse

A

650 c.e.

184
Q

What did the Aztecs call Teotihuacana

A

The city of the gods

185
Q

What did the Chavin de Huantar use to communicate

A

Knots

186
Q

What did the Wari use for agriculture

A

Snow melt

187
Q

What did the Tiwanaku use for agriculture

A

Elevated planting areas separated by canals

188
Q

What is Bantu migration

A

When individual families relocate and spread the Bantu culture, similar to Greeks

189
Q

What were the roles of men and women according to the Bantu

A

Bantu women were concerned with village life, Bantu men were concerned with forest life

190
Q

What is a kiva

A

A structure built partially underground

191
Q

What was the Chaco phenomenon

A

When multiple pueblos were being built in Chaco Canyon

192
Q

What is a Pueblo

A

A North American Indian settlement

193
Q

Who were mound-builders

A

Members of Mesoamerican hunter-gatherer societies

194
Q

When does the earliest mound date back to

A

4000 b.c.e.

195
Q

What is the Hopewell culture

A

An extremely advanced civilization of mound-builders

196
Q

When did people in New Zealand arrive

A

1200 c.e.

197
Q

What is mana

A

Spiritual energy or power obtained through remarkable actions and great success

198
Q

When was the height of the Moche Empire

A

100-800 c.e.

199
Q

What was the key to Moche success

A

Irrigation and diverse Moche diet of fish and agriculture

200
Q

What sabotages civilization the most

A

Ecological disturbance

201
Q

Where did the Wari live

A

The Eastern mountains

202
Q

Where did the Tiwanaku live

A

The western plains

203
Q

What was the Bates cultures

A

Evil equals evil

204
Q

What was unique about Bantu women

A

They got more rights

205
Q

What was unique about Bantu religion

A

Multiple revelations are possible

206
Q

When did the Cahokia culture develop

A

900-1250 c.e.

207
Q

What were Cahokia leaders called

A

Great sons

208
Q

What was unique about Cahokia upper-class

A

They were required to marry commoners