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Question 1

compound bow

Answer 1

Neolithic revolution

Question 2

Farming system where animals (cattle, goats, camels) are taken to different locations in order to find fresh pastures.

Answer 2

nomadic pastoralism

Question 3

belief in more than one god

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polytheism

Question 4

A form of social organization in which males dominate over females in power

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patriarchy

Question 5

A government controlled by religious leaders

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theocracy

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a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

Answer 6

city state

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Africa, Europe, Asia (also known as the Old World)

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afro eurasia

Question 8

Religions involving animal and possible human sacrifice along with ritual practices because they thought it would keep the world at peace only through that

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vedic religion

Question 9

belief in only one god

Answer 9

monotheism

Question 10

First five books of the Bible. (Jewish religions sacred text)

Answer 10

torah

Question 11

the scattering of the Jewish people to many different places outside their homeland due to persecution

Answer 11

jewish dispora

Question 12

sacred Hindu poem, they base their beliefs in values on this text

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rig vedas

Question 13

A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything

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brahman

Question 14

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the belief that a soul/atka will be reborn after death

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reincarnation

Question 15

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person’s actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation/next life

Answer 15

karma

Question 16

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life

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caste system

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Founder of Buddhism, known as Buddah

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Siddhartha gautama

Question 18

The state of enlightenment/ connection with the eternal spirit for Buddhists.

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nirvana

Question 19

The Chinese philosopher known also as Kong Fuzi, who founded confucionaism

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confucius

Question 20

Confucian belief that respect should be shown to your elders (because they believed that their elders are wiser and know more than you.)

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filial piety

Question 21

religious practice of honoring the spirits of dead ancestors

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ancestor worship

Question 22

Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians

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constantine

Question 23

The practice of living the life of a Monk (A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith)

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monasticism

Question 24

a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith

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syncretism

Question 25

A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire

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pax romana

Question 26

Period in time that ancient China dealt with an enormous amount of disorder and political chaos.

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warring states period

Question 27

Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire

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shi Huangdi

Question 28

Chinese philosophy; taught that people are naturally disobedient and bad, therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws and rules to control them

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legalism

Question 29

A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.

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daoism

Question 30

in China, a dominant group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service

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scholar gentry

Question 31

a test given to select candidates for positions in the government (predominantly used in ancient China)

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civil service examination

Question 32

A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials. Its a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials.

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bureacracy

Question 33

triangular sail that made it possible to sail against the wind (used in the Indian Ocean trade)

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lateen sail

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seasonal wind in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain. (These carried ships on the Indian Ocean between India and Africa.)

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monsoon winds

Question 35

unpaid forced labor usually by lower classes, forced upon them by the government

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corvee labor

Question 36

A Germanic tribe that rebelled against Rome and invaded/conquered over the roman empire.

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visgoths

Question 37

large nomadic group from northern Asia who would invade territories extending from China to Eastern Europe.

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huns