World HIstory Final exam

Question 1

Are Hindus monotheistic or Polythesitic?

Answer 1

Monotheistic

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is the process of rebirth of the soul called?

Answer 3

Reincarnation

Question 4

Why do Hindus burn their bodies?

Answer 4

Because they beleive they’re not important.

Question 5

What is the Caste System?

Answer 5

The social structure of Ancient India

Question 6

What is the highest social class of ancient India?

Answer 6

Brahmins

Question 7

What is the lowest social class of ancient India?

Answer 7

The untouchables.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

The Mauryan and Gupta empires.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

The Gupta empire

Question 10

What was the “Golden age”?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The Hindu prince Siddhartha Guatma.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Emperor Ashoka.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

true

Question 14

What was an important thing that Laozi did?

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

What was an important thing Confucius did?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What were some important things that Han Fei Zi did?

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Which Chinese border was the Great Wall of China on?

Answer 17

The Northern Border.

Question 18

What were the reasons The Great Wall of China built?

Answer 18

The wall was partically worked to protect China from invaders.

Question 19

What is the Sophits?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What are the Socrates?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What is the Socratic Method?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is Plato?

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

What did Plato teach?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is Aristotle?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

What is the Golden Mean?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What is Heroditus?

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

What is Thales?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is Astronomy?

Answer 28

Astronomy is the study of stars.

Question 29

What is Pythagoras?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What is Hippocrates?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

The cities of Athens and Sparta.

Question 33

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

Answer 33

True.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Did Athens or Sparta have a democracy?

Answer 35

Athens.

Question 36

What is a Democracy?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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

Answer 37

True.

Question 38

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

Answer 38

False. Both cities denied non-citizens.

Question 39

Was the area of Italian Peninsula good for farming?

Answer 39

yes.

Question 40

What are some geographic advantages of Rome?

Answer 40

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

Question 41

In the Sabines, were women respected?

Answer 41

Yes. The Sabines respected women.

Question 42

Where did the Etruscans live?

Answer 42

The Etruscans lived north of Rome.

Question 43

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

Answer 43

True.

Question 44

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

Answer 44

True.

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Macedonia was very poor and undeveloped.

Question 46

When did the end of the roman republic begin?

Answer 46

The Roman Republic began in 107 BCE.

Question 47

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

Answer 47

In 60 BCE.

Question 48

what is the First Triumverate?

Answer 48

A ruiling council of three powerful men.