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- What term means “rebirth of the soul”?
- The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used _______ of characters
- Under fuedalism local lords excercised
- A scientist who studies homonid bones and other fossils is a(n)
- Laozi’s rejected formal
- The Parthenon at Athens is an example of a Greek innovation in
- India enjoyed a golden age during the Gupta dynasty because the government promoted
- The invention of hieroglyphs came about because of the need to
- Egyptians learned about human anatomy by
- _________ is important to history it shows us the connections between people, places, and events.
- The Nile River was most important to ancient Egypt as a source of
- What was a key feature of early civilizations?
- The Aryan social system relates to the Hindu belief in reincarnation and karma that says one who lives a good life would probably be born into a
- The __________ is the idea behind the Dynastic Cycle
- In an Indian household, the head of the family was the
- Which of the following geographic characteristics of Greece provided a link to the outside world?
- A line of rulers from one family is a
- A chief of an Aryan tribe was called a
- One remarkable achievement of the ancient Egyptians was their ________ Knowledge
- The reign of _______ marked the beginning of the first Egyptian dynasty.
- A Greek city and the surrounding villages and fields was called a
- Because they knew the secret religious rituals, the _____________ replaced the Kshatriyas as the leading Varna in the Aryan social system.
- During the Vedic age, the Aryans changed from
- According to Aristotle, the best government was one that was ruled by a strong and ________ leader.
- What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?
- Laozi’s teachings are known as
- Hindus believed that caste could be changed by the law of
- Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in
- Confucius’ ideas were strongly opposed by
- The prince who found Buddhism was
- In Egypt’s polytheistic religion, a person’s fate after death was determined by
- The job of a historian is to study _____ evidence about the past
- Moved from central Asia to the Balkan Peninsula
- Archaeologists find out about early peoples by digging to find
- Who established an empire that extended from Greece to Egypt and India?
- The _________ explains why China changes power from dynasty to dynasty
- An ideal related to Daoism is the concept of
- Daoism emphasized ________ with nature
- Alexander’s most lasting achievement was the spread of
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- Eventually, people in the Indian social system were further classified into subgroups, or jati, determined by
- Government by the people
- What most likely contributed to the decline of civilization in the Indus Valley
- Title used by the ruler of the Qin, meaning “First Emperor” is
- Doing one’s duty was important for ________ in Indian society.
- Which philosophy taught that government should pass strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments?
- Unlike the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks believed that their deities had totally _______ forms
- The emperor who ruled the Han dynasty at its peak was
- Greek theater evolved out of
- From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be
- The golden age of India took place during the rule of the
- How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?
- Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the
- Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- The geography of Greece helped create many small
- Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire that combined ______ cultures
- The Delian League was an alliance of city-states headed by
- The writing with picture symbols used by early Egyptians is called
- Han rulers based their policies on the teachings of
- Lived on the island of Crete, southeast of the Greek mainland
- The Greek people never United under one government because ______ made travel and communication difficult
- Land features in China caused it to be _______ from the world
- The Huang He was nicknamed the ____________ bacause It often flooded and destroyed crops.
- the first cities emerge in
- The principle by which Chinese rulers governed is called
- The trade route that linked China with the west became known as the
- The establishment of an empire and, hence, the greatest period of cultural diffusion in Egypt occurred in the
- The type of government in which the king ruled as a high priest is called a
- The political center of a typical city-state was the
- One period of unity among the Greek city-states took place during the
- Sparta can best be described as a _______ society
- A form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the business class is called a(n)
- Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of
- Confucius taught the Chinese people that their most important duty was respect for
- What aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
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