Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Info-Europeans might have migrated>

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Unpredictable flooding ravaged their lands

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Pasture land dried up and could not support their animals

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Population grew too large to feed

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They were threatened by invaders

Question 2

This is the name of the specific group of people that settled in what is now India

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Aryans

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Indo-Europeans

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Slavics

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Hittites

Question 3

What statement is true about the Hittites?

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They made a formal peace treaty with Egypt

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They migrated to and settled in India

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Their language influenced many current world languages

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They had a well-defined caste system

Question 4

The language of this group influenced the languages of half of the world's current population

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Indo-Europeans

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Celtics

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Hittites

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Aryans

Question 5

What are the Vedas?

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The sacred literature of the Aryan people and Collections of prayers and instructions

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A description of a great battle between two groups of cousin

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An example of bookkeeping  among the Hittites

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A collection of 106,000 verses, the longest poem in history

Question 6

This region was home to the Hittite civilization;  It is also called Asia Minor

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Anatolia

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India

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Mesopotamia

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Caucasus

Question 7

The highest social class in Aryan society; also the name of Hindu priests

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Brahmins

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Shudras

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Vaishyas

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Kshatriyas

Question 8

What are the steppes?

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The dry grasslands north of the Caucasus

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The dry grasslands located in Anatolia

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The dry grasslands south of the Caspian Sea

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The dry grasslands located south of the Black Sea

Question 9

This story of a battle between two groups of cousins is over 100,000 verses long

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Mahabharata

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Sasas

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Vedas

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Varna

Question 10

Who are the untouchables in Aryan society?

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Those that are so low they are outside of the caste system

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The rulers and warriors in the caste system

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The priests in the caste system

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The non-Aryan laborers in the caste system

Question 11

These are written dialogues between teachers and students in the Hindu religion

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Upanishads

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Vedics

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Four Noble Truths

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Jatakas

Question 12

__________________ is a collection of religious beliefs that developed slowly; it is polytheistic

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Hinduism

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Buddhism

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Christianity

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Jainism

Question 13

Hindus believe that _________ is the good and bad deeds that a person engages in in their lifetie

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karma

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nirvana

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moksha

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reincarnation

Question 14

Hindus believe that good and bad deeds follow a soul from one life to the next.  What is this

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reincarnation

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nirvana

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moksha

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enlightenment

Question 15

In Indian society, your position in life is mostly determined by what?

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the caste that you belong to

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your belief in reincarnation

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Your knowledge of moksha

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Your karma over your lifetime

Question 16

After 49 days of meditation, Siddhartha reached enlightenment: he was then called ____________

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Buddha

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Brahman

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Shiva

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Vishnu

Question 17

The heightened state of understanding, usually gained through meditation is called what

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enlightenment

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nirvana

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illumination

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moksha

Question 18

The state of release from selfishness and pain, caused by following the Eightfold Path is

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nirvana

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karma

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reincarnation

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enlightenment

Question 19

Legen claimed that a powerful monster lived below main palace of the _________ civilization

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Minoans

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greeks

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assyrian

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Phoenicians

Question 20

Why is the city of Knossos significant?

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It is the capital of the Minoans

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It was the largest Phoenician trading colony

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the capital of the Phoenicians

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It was the wealthiest trading city of the Phoenicians

Question 21

This civilization was named after a legendary king who allegedly owned a monster, the Minotaur

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minoans

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Phoenicians

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Assyrians

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Greeks

Question 22

The Minoan civilization was located at the southern edge of what body of water?

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Aegean Sea

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Red Sea

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Mediterranean Sea

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Strait of Gibraltar

Question 23

When the Minoan civilization collapsed, it opened up a trade vacuum in what region

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Mediterranean Sea

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South East  Asia

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Crete

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Aegean Sea

Question 24

The civilization of the __________ were later conquered by Babylonians and the Persians

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Phoenicians

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Assyrians

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Greeks

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Minoans

Question 25

The first covenant between God and the Hebrew people involved an agreement that

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God would bless Abraham and his descendants

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the twelve tribes of Israel would unify into a kingdom

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the Hebrew people would obey the Ten Commandments

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God would protect the Hebrews during their escape from Egypt

Question 26

Monotheism describes the belief -- unusual for the time period -- that their God was

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the one and only God

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a forgiving and protective God

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associated with a specific group of people

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a spiritual, non-physical presence

Question 27

The man who led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt and receive the Ten Commandments was

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Joses

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Abraham

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Saul

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David

Question 28

The man responsible for building a great temple in Jerusalem, which was later destroyed was

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Solomon

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Cyrus

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David

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Moses

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