Unit 1 review

This person believed that desire was the source of all suffering in life; he founded Buddhism

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Hammurabi

• Confucius

• Siddhartha Gautama

Check ALL that apply to Qin Shi Huangdi

• First Emperor of China

• Started the construction of the Great Wall

• Practiced Legalism

• Had Confucian scholars as advisors

The Code of Hammurabi was a major contribution to the development of civilization because it

• Treated citizens and slaves equally

• Ended all physical punishment

• Recorded existing laws for all to see

• Rejected the principle of filial piety

Which emperor was most influential in spreading Buddhism and peace in India and throughout SE Asia?

• Aristotle

• Ashoka

• Siddhartha

• Alexander the Great

What form of government is when a leader holds religious and political power?

A succession of people from the same family that become the ruler of a country is known as a?

Which group of northern people invaded into India and brought with them a lot of the culture still practiced in India today?

• Assyrians

• Huns

• Aryans

• Hindis

In terms of religion, Egyptians were

Who developed the first system of writing, and what was it called?

• Egyptians, hieroglyphics

• Mesopotamians, cuneiform

• Chinese, oracle bones

• Indians, Sanskrit

The differences in religious beliefs about the afterlife in Mesopotamia and Egypt can be attributed to

• Different types of government

• opposing viewpoints on gender roles

• Variety of natural resources being traded

• yearly flooding patterns of local rivers.