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What was Abraham and where did he live?
Definition
A sheperd in Ur (Mesopotamia)
Term
Why did the hebrews go to Egypt?
Definition
A draught.threat of famine
Term
Where did Moses go to pray?
Definition
Mt. Sinai (I actually don't think this is true. Actually, I am almost sure this is not true. But for someone like Ameruoso who wants to simply Judaism into a five min lecture, it's close enough to true. -Leora)
Term
When the hebrews arrived in Canaan, how many tribes where they in?
Definition
12
Term
Who was an important (female) judge?
Definition
Deborah
Term
Messangers of god
Definition
Prophets
Term
What three kings did the Hebrew unite under?
Definition
Saul, David, and Solomon
Term
The world soul containting all atman
Definition
Brahman
Term
The individual soul of a living being
Definition
Atman
Term
When the importance of braman faded, what became more important?
Definition
Mother goddesses
Term
In the same period as the upanishads what other religions were going on?
Definition
Janism and Buddhism
Term
What are the four noble truthes which the Buddha spoke about?
Definition
1) Everything in life is suffering and sorrow.
2) All suffering is caused by selfish desires.
3) The way to end suffering is to end desires.
4) the way to overcome these desires and attain englightenment is to follow the 8 fold path.
Term
What was the eightfold path like?
Definition
A staircase
Term
Release from selfishness and pain
Definition
Nirvana
Term
Sacred mounds
Definition
Stupas
Term
What is the name of the writen dialogue which explains: what is the nature of reality
Definition
Upanishads
Term
What do people say to recognize the importance of the three Jewels of Buddhism?
Definition
I take refuge in the buddha.
I take refuge in the law.
I take refuge in the community.
Term
Previous reincarnations
Definition
Jatakas
Term
What did buddha become known as in Hinduism?
Definition
One of the 10 Incarnations
Term
the emphasis on right conduct and worship of one god is called:
Definition
Ethical monotheism
Term
Peace money paid by a weaker power to a stronger one.
Definition
Tribute
Term
God called him to the the first Hebrew or "father" and told him to go in search of the promised land.
Definition
Abraham (Oh! Simplified Judaism! My favorite! -Leora)
Term
What process was occuring through trade?
Definition
Cultural diffusion
Term
What was Phoneia's greatest colony?
Definition
Carthage
Term
Phonecia's two most important city-states were:
Definition
Tyre and Sidon.
Term
Give three reasons why the Minoan culture ended.
Definition
Natural disaster, overpopulation, invasion
Term
Crete is a large island on the southern edge of what sea?
Definition
The Aegean
Term
What in Knossos told historians much info about it?
Definition
Its painted walls
Term
Who is the hero in the mahabarata?
Definition
Kirsha
Term
What major kingdom emerged from the power struggle?
Definition
Magadra
Term
Buddhist religious order
Definition
Sangha
Term
What is the minoan capital city?
Definition
Knossos
Term
Buddhist
Definition
law
Term
What was Israel's capital?
Definition
Jerusalem (Last I checked, it is still Israel's capital. -Leora)
Term
What was the new kingdom called?
Definition
Israel
Term
Where did the hebrews settle? Between what two bodies of water?
Definition
Canaan
Between the Jordan River and the Meditereanean Sea
Term
How did Solomen's kingdom divide?
Definition
North-Israel
South-Judah
Term
What 3 cultures mixed to create what new culture?
Definition
Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman

Greco-Roman culture
Term
Who was a witty Roman poet? What is one of his works?
Definition
Ovid, Amores
Term
Brought water into cities and towns
Definition
Aqueducts
Term
Who was a notable Roman historian? What did he accomplish? What were two of his books?
Definition
Tacitus

He presented acurate facts

"Annals" and "Histories"
Term
Where were many Roman paintings found? Why were they preserved?
Definition
Pompeii

Because the ash from the volcanic erruption preserved the art.
Term
What poet worked on a work of literature for ten years? What work?
Definition
Virgil, The Aeneid
Term
Established about 50 collonies on the coast of southern Italy. Taught Romans to grow grapes and olives.
Definition
The Greeks.
Term
What Roman general devised a plan in the 3rd Punic war?
Definition
Scipio
Term
What were the two groups in the early republic who struggled?
Definition
Patricians: aristocratic landowners who held most of the power. Claimed their ancestry gave them the right to make Roman law.

Plebians: Common farmers, artisans, and merchants. Were the majority of the population. Not allowed important government positions.
Term
What were the plebeians elected representatives called? What did they do?
Definition
Tribunes

They protected the plebeians rights from unfair acts of patrician officials.
Term
Form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders
Definition
Republic
Term
Who were the first three peoples to inhabit Rome?
Definition
Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans
Term
Who were the Etruscans
Definition
Native to northern Italy
Were skilled metalworkers
Strongly influenced Roman civilization
Romans adoped their alphabet
(Influenced architecture)
Term
Who was the last king of Rome? What was he? Who overthrew him?
Definition
Tarquin the Proud, a harsh tyrant, overthrown by Roman aristocrats
Term
What does res publica mean?
Definition
Public affairs
Term
What assembly were all citizen-soldiers a part of?
Definition
The centuriate assembly
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