SOL Review Quiz # 2

This is a ziggurat.  It was created by the _____  and used for _____ purposes.

• Sumerians, religious
  
• Egyptians, security
  
• Maya, sacrificial
  
• Aztecs, economic
  

Which type of government was used in  the Persian Empire?

• Religious oligarchy
  
• Republic
  
• Imperial bureaucracy
  
• Democracy
  

• Chinese characters
  
• Phoenician alphabet
  
• Egyptian hieroglyphics
  
• Sumerian cuneiform
  

Which text is a central document of Judaism?

• Analects
  
• Koran (Qur'an)
  
• Torah
  
• Upanishads

The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions  is the idea that-

• there is an eternal struggle between good and evil
• beings undergo many cycles of rebirth
• past actions control the destiny of each person
  
• there are many gods and goddesses in existence
  

Persian religion that teaches that there is good vs. evil and heaven and hell

• Judaism
  
• Zoroastrianism
  
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
  

• Hammurabi
  
• Alexander
  
• Xerxes
  
• Menes
  

• Chinese characters
• Phoenician alphabet
  
• Egyptian hieroglyphics
• Sumerian cuneiform
  

• Mesopotamia
  
• Persia
• Greece
  
• Rome

• Exodus
• Captivity
• Exile
• Diaspora