Mr. Sheridan Unit 1 Ancient Cultures Honors Spring 2009 Test. Review for Final! LSHS
The Neolithic Age
The invention of writing
The establishment of civilizations
The appearance of Homo sapiens
Treat all citizens equally
Establish a social class system
Invoke the principles of mercy and compassion
Establish a uniform set of laws throughout the empire
Sargon
Hammurabi
Darius
Moses
Gold
Silver
Cloth
Dye
Sappers
Drivers
Buroughers
Grubbers
Funeral
Burial
Proper send off
Autopsy
Freed the Jews from slavery
Built the temple
Allowed the Jews to practice their religion freely
Allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem
Occupation
Skin color
Heredity
None of the above
Koran
Brahma
Arc of the Covenant
Upanishads
The caste system
Silk Road
Buddhist temples
The Untouchables
The teacher of all
The master teacher
The first teacher
The teacher of the way
Mountains and deserts
Farmland
Forest
Coastland
Shudras (workers)
Vaisayas (merchants, herders)
Kshatriya (warriors, rulers)
Brahmans (priests, scholars)
Differed little from other systems of inequality in the ancient world
Closely resembled the Persian-Assyrian class structures
Was extremely complex and stratified; a person would almost never change caste
Integrated non-Aryans into ruling castes as a way of political control
Buddhism denied the need for caste, rite, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana
Hinduism was monotheistic and Buddhism was polytheistic
Buddhism encouraged its followers to renounce the political world
Hinduism taught respect for all living things and prohibited killing
Hinduism showed its adaptability by emphasizing its mystical side, thus retaining the loyalties of many Indians
Buddhism was outlawed
Hinduism renounced the caste system
Buddhists were being persecuted
Were replaced by simpler social groups
Died out as Buddhism spread throughout India
Intensified and began to differ from region to region
Removed restrictions on gender
Were officially sanctioned doctrines of the Shang and Zhou emperors
Emphasized the needs of the individual over the state
Had little influence upon China and Chinese society until the Han empire in 200 BCE
Originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption
Their secular emphasis and lack of identifiable gods
They emphasized correct rituals and sacrifice
The concentrated on the need for god's saving grace
They supported a relative legal and social equality for women
The tax burden from the government kept them in a subservient position
The aristocracy controlled the land and dictated their treatment of the peasants, who were tenant farmers
The land that the peasants did own was of poor quality and not large enough to create a surplus
The established social class system in China was rigid and did not allow for easy upward mobility
Guptas
Varnas
Dravidians
Harappans
Alter
Arc of the Torah
Arc of the Prophets
Arc of the Covenant
Children of God
The chosen people
Israelites
Descendants of God
Trade with non-Persian empires outside of the Persian Empire
Trade with non-Persian peoples within the Persian Empire
The use of non-Persians as top government officials and even occasionally as kings
The division of Persia itself into 100 Satrapies or provinces that maintained autonomy from the central government