1. UNIT 1 REVIEW
BINGO!
(Karma test)

2. Answers Nirvana Phoenicians Siddhartha Gautama The phonetic alphabet
The Great Wall
filial piety
Ganges and Indus
Shi Huangdi
Male
an afterlife
Buddhism
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia
Advanced agriculture
Bactria
it’s an important port city on Mediterranean
Nineveh
Gedrosia
Sardis
Concept of Satan and a belief angels

3. Answers Trade Parents/elders Untouchables (pariah)
The right to rule was determined by virtue
Fertile Crescent- between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf
Polytheism
Golden age
Hammurabi
Shi Huangdi
Israelite, Egyptian, Aryan and Shang/Zhou
Egyptian
god
Babylonian and Minoan
Sumerian
Babylonian
Zhou
Hammurabi
Mesopotamians and Egyptians
Egyptians thought Pharaohs were gods
Hieroglyphics

4. What are the two main rivers located in India?
Ganges and Indus

5. Untouchables (pariah)
What was the group of people whose members were so lowly that they existed outside the caste system?
Untouchables (pariah)

6. Who burned books and forced peasants to work on the Great Wall of China?
Shi Huangdi

7. What religion did the Indian leader Asoka promote in 301BCE?
Buddhism

8. What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire?
Hammurabi

9. A Patriarchal social organization is marked by the _______ being at the head of the family.
Male

10. Which emperor ended the fighting between Chinese states and united China under the Qin Dynasty?
Shi Huangdi

11. What time period in India is known for expansion of the empire, increased trade, religious thought, and scientific exploration?
Golden Age

12. Who were the most able seafarers of the early Mediterranean?
Phoenicians

13. What is the system of writing which uses wedge shaped symbols to stand for words?
Cuneiform

14. Which civilizations existed at the same time as the Phoenicians?
Israelite, Egyptian, Aryan, and Shang/Zhou

15. Which civilizations began around 2000 B.C.?
Babylonian and Minoan

16. Which civilization on the chart lasted the longest?
Egyptian

17. What civilization probably built on the ideas of the Sumerian civilization?
Babylonian

18. Which civilization lasted approximately 1,500 years?
Sumerian

19. What is Shi Huangdi famous for building?
The Great Wall

20. What is the Buddhist idea that in death, people achieve the release from selfishness and pain?
Nirvana

21. What is one Phoenician contribution that people still benefit from today?
the phonetic alphabet

22. The theocracy of ancient Egypt believed that the Pharaoh was also a __________.
god

23. What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism

24. The process of mummification and the use of pyramids were connected to the Egyptian belief in the _____________.
An afterlife

25. Filial piety is respect for one’s _______.
Parents and Elders

26. Which dynasty introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven?
Zhou

27. What is the main belief emphasized by Confucianism
What is the main belief emphasized by Confucianism? (hint: deals with respect)
Filial Piety

28. The concept of Satan and a belief in angels
Which belief of the prophet Zoroaster was similar to later concepts in Christianity and Islam.
The concept of Satan and a belief in angels

29. What did the Mandate of Heaven state?
The right to rule was determined by virtue (philosophical concept)

30. How did Buddhism spread across Asia?
Trade

31. Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama

32. Which province lay on the Arabian Sea?
Gedrosia

33. Because it was an important port city on the Mediterranean
Judging from this map, why would Persia have wanted to control Jerusalem?
Because it was an important port city on the Mediterranean

34. Which city did the Royal Road run through?
Nineveh

35. Which province had no harbor or seacoast?
Bactria

36. In what city did the Royal Road begin in the west?
Sardis

37. What is known as “the land between two rivers?”
Mesopotamia

38. Which is not one of the 5 characteristics of an advanced civilization?
advanced agriculture

39. What is another name for Mesopotamia and where is it located?
Fertile Crescent- between the Mediterranean and Persian gulf

40. Who is credited with creating the first written code of laws?
Hammurabi

41. Mesopotamians and Egyptians
Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are the writing systems of which two civilizations?
Mesopotamians and Egyptians

42. How was religion related to political authority in ancient Egypt?
Egyptians thought pharaohs were gods

43. What ancient form of writing used symbols such as animals?
Hieroglyphics