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Livy

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Most of what we know of Ancient Rome is because of this historian

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Galen

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Roman who made great advancements in the medical science field

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Marcus Aurelius

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Emperor who lead Rome stoically by earnestly studying philosophy

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Romulus and Remus

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The twin brothers who were said to have founded the city of Rome

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Ptolemy

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Emperor who publicly persecuted Christans and may have caused the great fire in Rome

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Crassus

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The Money

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Caligula

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Emperor who may have gone insane due to illness, he tried to name his horse as a consul

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Julius Caesar

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The Roman General who led the conquering of Gaul

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Virgil

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Wrote Rome’s epic poem the Aeneid

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Nero

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Pompey

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Prehistory

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The long period of time before people invented writing

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Census

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Population count

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Nirvana

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In Buddhist belief, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth

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Patricians

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In Ancient Rome, member of land owning upper class

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Frescoes

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Colorful painting completed on wet plaster

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Caste

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Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society,distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and social status

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Vedas

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A collection of prayers,hymns, and other religious teachings developed in ancient India

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Latifundias

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Huge estate bought up by newly wealthy Roman citizens

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Roman Farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders were known as what?
A. Plebeians
B. Patricians
C. Tribunes
D. Consuls
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A. Plebeians

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In times of war, a dictator might be put in power for a period of?
A. one year
B. six months
C. Six years
D. one month
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B. Six months

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Members of the Roman land owning upper class were called what?
A. Consuls
B. Tyrants
C. Plebeians
D. Patricians
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D. Patricians

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A count of the population within a region is called what?
A. Consulate 
B. Census
C. Numeration
D. Poll
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B. Census

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The Roman Empire officially began under the rule of whom? 
A. Julius Caesar
B. Octavian
C. Hadrian
D. Gracchus
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B. Octavian

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What structures carried water from the hills to Roman cities?
A. Aqueducts
B. Roads
C. Wheelbarrows
D. Tunnels
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A. Aqueducts

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Which Roman general led the conquering of Gaul?
A. Pompey
B. Julius Caesar
C. Crassus
D. Commodus
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B. Julius Casear

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Darius I

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The emperor who accomplished the real unification of the Persian empire

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Hammurabi

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King of Babylon, brought much of Mesopotamia under the control of his empire

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Xerxes

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Son of Darius l who sent a much larger force to conquer Greece

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Ramses II

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became pharaoh of the New Kingdom

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What ruler implemented a unified system of laws in Babylon?
A, Nebucgadnezzar
B. Hammurabi
C. Ahmose I
D. Chief Keef
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B. Hammurabi

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When historians use other similar artifacts to get a general time frame of the age of an artifact it is called?
A. Guessing
B. Creative Aging
C. Relative Aging
D. Absolute Aging
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C. Relative Aging

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What is a wedge-shaped system of writing that was developed in Mesopotamia?
A. Demotic Script
B. Hieroglyphics
C. Cuneiform
D. Sumerian
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C. Cuneiform

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Which Ruler was in power for over 65 years and signed the world's first peace treaty?
A. Ramesses II
B. Thutmose III
C. Cleopatra
D. Akhenaten
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A. Ramesses II

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The Egyptian form of writing that was used for formal and religious purposes is what?
A. Hieroglyphics
B. Cuneiform
C. Demotic Script
D. Hieroform
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A. Hieroglyphics

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What does the term pre-history mean?
A. The time before writing/recording of events
B. The ice-age
C. The time before time
D. Previous history
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A. The time before writing/recording of events

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What was the Egyptian form of writing that was used for informal and everyday purpose?
A. Hieroglyphics
B. Cuneiform
C. Cuneiglyphics
D. Demotic Scripts
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B. Cuneiform

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Sumerians built temples that they dedicated to the gods and called them what?
A. Pyramids
B. Hyksos
C. Ziggurats
D. Zoarsters
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C. Ziggurats

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What is one of the main reasons that we study history?

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one of the main reasons we study history is to fix our mistakes from the past and make it better in the present and the future.

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Draw a flowchart of the process that a historian typically uses

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  1. Evaluated evidence
                                               Interpret Evidence
  2. Determine course and effect
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Ahmose I

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An Egyptian pharaoh who subdued the Hyskos and reunited Egypt

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Phoenicians

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Tyrian purple dye,alphabet,people who lived in Phonecia

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Assyrians

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people who lived on upper Tigris, and their central culture is on warfare

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Pericles

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because of his wise and skillful leadership, the economy thrived and the government became more dramatic

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Archimedes

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the most famous hellenestic scientist who applied principals of physics to make practical inventions

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Who were Romulus and Remus?
A. The two consuls who saved Rome from Carthage
B. The two brothers who led reforms in Rome and were assassinated
C. The Two generals who conquered Gaul for the Roman empire
D. The twin brothers who were said to have founded the city of Rome

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D. The twin brothers who were said to have founded the city of Rome

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What Egyptian pharaoh had a personal and political relationship with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony?
A. Hatshepsut
B. Cleopatra
C. Neferiti
D. Beyonce'
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B. Cleopatra

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Who was the skilled general who led his troops through the Alps into Rome during the 2nd Punic war?
A. Maxium
B. Hannibal
C. Attila the Hun
D. Alexander the Great
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B. Hannibal

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Who was assassinated on the Ides of March 44BC by a group of Senators? 
A. Octavian
B. Marc Anthony
C. Marcis Aurelius
D. Julius Caesar
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D. Julius Caesar

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Which of these people was NOT a member of the first Triumvirate of Rome?
A. Lepidus
B. Julius Caesar
C. Crassus
D. Pompey
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A. Lepidus

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Who wrote the poem Aeneid?
A. Homer
B. Socrates
C. Crassus
D. Virgil
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D. Virgil

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Wealthy Romans established huge estates called what?
A. Manors
B. Villas
C. Latifundias
D. Plantations
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C. Latifundias

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Without this discovery we would never have been able to decipher hieroglyphics?
A. King Tut's tomb
B. Cuneiform Tablets
C. Hammurabi's Code
D. The Rosetta Stone
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D. The Rosetta Stone

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What Egyptian Pharaoh subdued the Hyksos and reunited Egypt?
A. Hammurabi
B. Darius I
C. Hatshepsut
D. Ahmose I
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D. Ahmose I

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The term neolithic Revolution refers to what?
A. Movement of people into the Americas
B. The revolt of the Neolithic people against the Paleolithic empire
C. Egyptians taking their land back from Hyksos
D. Shift from a nomadic life to a settled farming life

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D. Shift from a nomadic life to a settled farming life

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The first hominids probably lived where?
A. The Fertile Crescent
B. Eastern and Southern Africa 
C. The River Valleys
D. Southern and Eastern Asia
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B. Eastern and Southern Africa

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Who was one of the most famous female pharaohs and is credited with increasing Egypt’s power through trade?

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Hateshput

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What city was established as Egypt’s first capital by Pharaoh Menes?

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Memphis

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The egyptian form of writing that was used for formal and religious purposes is what?

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hieroglyphics

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What was the egyptian writing that is used for informal and everyday purposes?

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Cuneifrom

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Cleopatra

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One of the famous female pharaoh’s who came to rule in her right

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Neolithic Revolution

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The period of time during which the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from nomadic to settles life.

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Rosetta Stone

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Stone monument that includes the same passage carved in hieroglyphics,demotic script and Greek and that was used to decipher the meanings of many hieroglyphics

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filial piety

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respect for parents

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acupuncture

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medical treatment, originated in ancient China

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mosaic

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picture made from chips of colored stone or glass

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frescoes

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colorful painting completed on wet plaster

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dynastic cycle

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rise/fall Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven

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caste

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in traditional Indian society, an unchangeable social group into which a person is born

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ahimsa

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In Hindu belief in Nonviolence and reverence for all life

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Vedas

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a collection of prayers/hymns/and other teachings developed in ancient India

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Karma

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In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person’s fate in the next life

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Who was the founder of Buddhism?
A. Siddhartha Gautama
B. Chandragupta
C. Brahman
D. Rama
A

A. Siddhartha Gautama

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Which Beliefs and practices do Hinduism and Buddhiam both share?
A. Meditation
B. Karma & Reincarnation
C. Nonviolence 
D. All of the Above
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D. All of the Above

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Hinduism and Buddhism are very similar. How are they different?
A. Hinduism had no single founder, but Buddhism was founded by Brahman
B. Hinduism believes in the caste system but Buddhism does not
C. Hinduism believes in meditation, Buddhism doesn’t
D. Hinduism believes in one God but Buddhism believes in many gods

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B. Hinduism believes in the caste system but Buddhism does not

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The collective spiritual energy gained from good deeds determines one's physical state in the next life is called what?
A. Yoga
B. Nirvana
C. Ahimsa
D. Karma
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D. Karma

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The Four Noble Truth teach that
A. Everyone suffers from the desire for material things, but overcoming these desires will bring suffering to an end
B. Special techniques can be used to harness spiritual energy and achieve nirvana in a single lifetime.
C. Harming animals in any way is morally wrong
D. All people must respect the elder members of their family and care for children with loving kindness.

A

A. Everyone suffers from the desire for material things, but overcoming these desires will bring suffering to an end

77
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Archaeologists have found two large, well-planned Indus Valley cities named what?
A. Memphis and Harappa
B. Gretna and Harahan
C. Brahmaputra and Mohenjo Daro
D. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
A

D. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

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The Buddha taught
A. Following your desires leads to enlightenment
B. Suffering is not part of human life
C. It is best to avoid meditation
D. Those that follow the Eightfold Path can achieve nirvana

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D. Those that follow the Eightfold Path can achieve nirvana

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The four sets of hymns and religious rituals that form the basis of ancient Indian religion are known as?

A

The Vedas

80
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Which of the following was not developed by Gupta mathematicians?

A

Geometery

81
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What was the goal of the missionaries dispatched by Asoka?

A

To spread Buddhism

82
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How are the winter and summer monsoons different in India?

A

The winter monsoons bring dry air and summer monsoons bring rain

83
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Hindus believe that those who do evil acquire bad karma , which causes them to

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Be reborn at a lower level of existence

84
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What prompted Siddhartha Gautama to leave his princely life?

A

He became aware of Human suffering

85
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How do Hindus believe they can achieve moksha?

A

By freeing themselves from selfish desires

86
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Which of the statements below is NOT one of the four noble truths of Buddha?

A

The way to overcome selfish desires is to fast

87
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Many Hindus have tried to follow the path of ahimsa or what?

A

nonviolence

88
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What is the final goal of Buddhists?

A

Nirvana

89
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Chinese medicine involved the placing needles under the skin to treat various illness, a process which was called what?

A

Acupuncture

90
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Who found Hinduism?

A

No single person

91
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Under the Zhou, China developed what kind of government organization?

A

Feudalism

92
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Confucius taught that society is best worked best when people

A

Accpted their given role in life

93
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The Confucian ideal of respect for ones parents is called?

A

filial piety

94
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Buddhists seek enlightenment

A

Meditation

95
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Why did Asoka convert to Buddhism?

A

He was horrifies at the slaughter caused by war

96
Q

What philosophy did Loazi found?

A

Daoism

97
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Which dynasty established the idea of the mandate of Heaven?

A

Zhou

98
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This dynasty was considered the first “official” dynasty of China

A

Shang

99
Q

When the Aryans began to believe in the notion of Brahman they believed what?

A

In a single spiritual force that resides all things

100
Q 
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Mohenjo- Daro
A. Cave Paintings
B. Sewers
C. Organized City 
D. Uniform measurements
A

Uniform measurements

101
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How could people change their caste according to Hindu beliefs?

A

They could never change their caste under any circumstances

102
Q

Confucius taught that harmony could be reached when people accepted and fulfilled their roles in the five key relationships. List the five key relationships.

A 
Ruler/Subject
Parent/Child
Husband/Wife
Elder Brother/Younger Brother 
Friend/Freind
103
Q 
Who built an advanced society on the island of Crete?
A.Myceneans
b.Aegeans
c.Minoans
d.Macedonians
A

Minoans

104
Q 
What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
A.learning about philosophy
b.preparing for battles
c.playing music
d.learning to be a politician
A

preparing for battles

105
Q

What was the relationship between Phillip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?

a. Phillip was Alexander’s father
b. Phillip was Alexander’s son
c. Phillip was Alexander’s uncle
d. Phillip was Alexander’s son

A

Phillip was Alexander’s father

106
Q

The parthenon is a famous example of greek?

a. religion
b. architecture
c. poetry
d. warfare

A

Architecture

107
Q

The Greek “Dark Ages” resulted from…

a. war with the Trojans
b. invasion by the Dorians
c. piracy by the Mycenaeans
d. war with Ionia

A

invasion by the dorians

108
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According to greek mythology, what was the home of the gods?

a. Marathon
b. Troy
c. Isle of Crete
d. Mount Olympus

A

Mount Olympus

109
Q

Where was the center of hellenestic world?

a. Athens
b. Sparta
c. Alexandria
d. Delphi

A

Alexandria

110
Q

Who conquered Greece and then a large portion of the known world?

a. Alexander the great
b. Pericles
c. Xerxes
d. Darius lll

A

Alexander the great

111
Q

This is a type of play, made popular by sophocles, woth themes about love, hate, war and betrayal?

a. comedy
b. tragedy
c. epic poem
d. romance

A

trragedy

112
Q

An army of 300 Spartans guarded this narrow pass against the Persians?

a. Marathon
b. Troy
c. Thermopylae
d. Salamis

A

Thermopylae

113
Q

What is the correct order of the following events?

A

Persian War,Athens Golden age, Peloponnesian war, Hellenistic Age

114
Q

Which of the following defines a polis?

A

A city-state

115
Q

What caused Darius l to become angry with the Greeks?

A

Athens gave aid to Ionia who rebelled against Persia

116
Q

Homer’s poem the Iliad tells the story of a war between whom?

a. Mycenaeans and Trojans
b. opposing groups of Greeks
c. Greeks and Dorians
d. Minoans and Persians

A

Mycennaeans and Trojans

117
Q

All that we know of Socrates’ philosophy comes from where?

a. the speeches of characters in his plays
b. the writings of his student plato
c. the vedas
d. the books that he wrote for the academy

A

The speeches of characters in his plays

118
Q

Athens formed an alliance with other city-states to protect themselves from further inavsions called…

a. The Delian league
b. The peloponnesian league
c. The iliad league
d. the minoan league

A

The Delian league

119
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What army was defeated by the athenians at the battle of the marathon?

a. Greeks
b. Macedonians
c. Persians
d. Romans

A

Persians

120
Q

Which city-state won the Peloponnesian War?

A

Sparta

121
Q

Citizens from Athens,Sparta, and other Greek city-states first worked together to defeat what invading people?

A

Persians

122
Q

The peloponnesian war was fought between whom?

A

Athens and Sparta

123
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Which of the following was NOT a class in Plato’s ideal society?

A

priests

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