UNIT 1 REVIEW BINGO!

(Karma test)

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

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

What are the two main rivers located in India?

Ganges and Indus

What was the group of people whose members were so lowly that they existed outside the

caste system?

Untouchables (pariah)

Who burned books and forced peasants to work on

the Great Wall of China?

Shi Huangdi

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

Buddhism

What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws

that unified his empire?

Hammurabi

A Patriarchal social organization is marked by the _______ being at the head of

the family.

Male

Which emperor ended the fighting between Chinese states and united China under the Qin Dynasty?

Shi Huangdi

What time period in India is known for expansion of the empire, increased trade,

religious thought, and scientific exploration?

Golden Age

Who were the most able seafarers of the early

Mediterranean?

Phoenicians

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

Cuneiform

Which civilizations existed at the same time as the Phoenicians?

Israelite, Egyptian, Aryan, and Shang/Zhou

Which civilizations began around 2000 B.C.?

Babylonian and Minoan

Which civilization on the chart lasted the longest?

Egyptian

What civilization probably built on the ideas of the Sumerian civilization?

Babylonian

Which civilization lasted approximately 1,500 years?

Sumerian

What is Shi Huangdi famous for building?

The Great Wall

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

Nirvana

What is one Phoenician contribution that people still

benefit from today?

the phonetic alphabet

The theocracy of ancient Egypt believed that the Pharaoh was

also a __________.

god

What is the belief in many gods?

Polytheism

The process of mummification and the use of pyramids were

connected to the Egyptian belief in the _____________.

An afterlife

Filial piety is respect for one’s _______.

Parents and Elders

Which dynasty introduced the concept of the

Mandate of Heaven?

Zhou

What is the main belief emphasized by Confucianism?

(hint: deals with respect)

Filial Piety

Which belief of the prophet Zoroaster was similar to later concepts in Christianity and

Islam.

The concept of Satan and a belief in angels

What did the Mandate of Heaven state?

The right to rule was determined by virtue

(philosophical concept)

How did Buddhism spread across Asia?

Trade

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Siddhartha Gautama

Which province lay on the Arabian Sea?

Gedrosia

Judging from this map, why would Persia have wanted to control Jerusalem?

Because it was an important port city on the Mediterranean

Which city did the Royal Road run through?

Nineveh

Which province had no harbor or seacoast?

Bactria

In what city did the Royal Road begin in the west?

Sardis

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

Mesopotamia

Which is not one of the 5 characteristics of an

advanced civilization?

advanced agriculture

What is another name for Mesopotamia and where is it

located?Fertile Crescent- between the

Mediterranean and Persian gulf

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

Hammurabi

Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are the writing systems of

which two civilizations?

Mesopotamians and Egyptians

How was religion related to political authority in

ancient Egypt?Egyptians thought pharaohs

were gods

What ancient form of writing used symbols such

as animals?

Hieroglyphics