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Are Hindus monotheistic or Polythesitic?

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Monotheistic

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Hindus belive the human soul can be re-born many times True or false?

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True

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What is the process of rebirth of the soul called?

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Reincarnation

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Why do Hindus burn their bodies?

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Because they beleive they’re not important.

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What is the Caste System?

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The social structure of Ancient India

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What is the highest social class of ancient India?

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Brahmins

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What is the lowest social class of ancient India?

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The untouchables.

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What are two empires that were important conquered large areas of India through military conquest.

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The Mauryan and Gupta empires.

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Did the Mauryan or Gupta empires have a “golden age”?

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The Gupta empire

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What was the “Golden age”?

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The golden age was the time of artistic and scientific achievement and economic prosperity.

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Which Hindu Prince was forced with pain and doubted Hindu religous belifs?

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The Hindu prince Siddhartha Guatma.

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Which Indian emperor gave up his violence to follow Budfdhism instead?

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Emperor Ashoka.

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Ashoka was very concerned about being a “good” ruler and had laws established to protect people and animals from abuse. True or False?

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true

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What was an important thing that Laozi did?

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Loazi developed the philosophy of Daoism which taught the nature was a force and that by working with nature not against it, people could obtain happiness.

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What was an important thing Confucius did?

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Confucius was considered the most important Chinese teacher and philosopher. He stressed the importance of rituals, worship of ancestors respect towards family/parents.

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What were some important things that Han Fei Zi did?

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Han Fei Zi created the philosophy of legalism which said that society was the best served it had strong rulers who ruled fairly but harshly in order to maintain order and control society.

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17
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Which Chinese border was the Great Wall of China on?

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The Northern Border.

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What were the reasons The Great Wall of China built?

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The wall was partically worked to protect China from invaders.

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What is the Sophits?

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The Sophits were wandering teachers who taught rhetoric (the art of speech and debate)

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What are the Socrates?

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The Socrates are residents of Athens, he taught that by obeying the law was important to a society. HE taught using the Socratic Method.

21
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What is the Socratic Method?

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The Socratic Method is a method of asking multiple questions and teaching through questioning instead of lecturing.

22
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What is Plato?

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Plato is a student of Socrates Plato created a school of philosophy in Athens called The Academy. His book The Republic is and early study of politics and government.

23
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What did Plato teach?

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He taught that ideal society must have a just and reasonable government and that women should have basic political rights.

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What is Aristotle?

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Aristotle is the student of Plato he wrote on a wide variety of subjects such as political science, government, science and philosophy. He also came up with the idea of Golden Mean.

25
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What is the Golden Mean?

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Golden Mean means that people should be moderate in all things.

26
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What is Heroditus?

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Heroditus is know as the “first historian”. Heroditus tried to explain history using facts and evidence rather than making history a myth or story not based on the truth.

27
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What is Thales?

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Thales was the first real “scientist” , he tried to understand the world by observing nature and conducting experiments. He studied astronomy.

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What is Astronomy?

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Astronomy is the study of stars.

29
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What is Pythagoras?

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Pythagoras is a Greek mathematician. He developed many ideas about mathematics that make modern math possible. Especially Pythagorean Therom in geometry.

30
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What is Hippocrates?

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Hippocrates is the “father of medicine”. he tried to study the reasons why people became ill.

31
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The Greeks did not stress beauty or education on modern day society. True or False?

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False. The Greeks were especially stressed on beauty and education in their culture.

32
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Even though Greece was made up of many polis, what were the two major powers of Greece? The cities of……

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The cities of Athens and Sparta.

33
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In Athens (polis of Greece) Beauty was appreciated and the arts and culture were important. True or False?

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True.

34
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In Sparta there were no military which ideal warrior class was non-excistent. True or False?

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False. Sparta was made up o military which ideals of the warrior class were imposed on others.

35
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Did Athens or Sparta have a democracy?

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Athens.

36
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What is a Democracy?

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A democracy is which all of the place was directly voted on how laws we be carried out.

37
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All citizens (free men only) were required to perform military and government service. True or False?

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True.

38
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Both Athens and Sparta accepted non-citizens (outsiders, women, slaves)
True or False?

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False. Both cities denied non-citizens.

39
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Was the area of Italian Peninsula good for farming?

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yes.

40
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What are some geographic advantages of Rome?

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-Central, -Good for farming, -easily defended.

41
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In the Sabines, were women respected?

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Yes. The Sabines respected women.

42
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Where did the Etruscans live?

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The Etruscans lived north of Rome.

43
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Latin language was an influence on many other languages including Spanish, and even French. True or False?

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True.

44
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The Peloponnesian War was a war between the Greek city-states following the Persian wars. True or False?

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True.

45
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Was Macedonia Very rich and well-developed or very poor and undeveloped?

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Macedonia was very poor and undeveloped.

46
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When did the end of the roman republic begin?

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The Roman Republic began in 107 BCE.

47
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In what year did the first Triumverat, led by the General Julius Ceaser?

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In 60 BCE.

48
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what is the First Triumverate?

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A ruiling council of three powerful men.

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