Global 9 Final Exam

Read these sentences from the text.

In an effort to make the punishment fit the crime, Hammurabi’s Code often required the criminal to receive the same injury that he or she had inflicted on a victim. Such laws may seem harsh today, but they were intended to prevent society from descending into chaos and disorder.

Based on this evidence, what might King Hammurabi have wanted to promote in society?

• chaos and confusion

• justice and order

• anger and violence

• wealth and fortune

If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.  If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?

• Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
• All men are equal under the law.
• Violence must always be punished with violence.
• Fines are preferable to physical punishment.

What is the term for a person being reborn after a previous life?

• maya
• reincarnation
• recluse
• dharma

Where did Buddhism originate and where did it spread?

• China.  Leading faith in the Americas and Middle East.
• China.  Spread to the rest of Asia
• India.  Leading religion in the Americas and the Middle East
• India.  Leading faith in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan & Korea

Ruler of the Mauryan Empire who spread Buddhism to China and the rest of Asia.

• Asoka

• Abraham

• Moses

• Muhammad

Both Hinduism and Buddhism believe in...

Tanto el hinduismo como el budismo creen en...

• caste system

• reincarnation

• Vedas

• Four Noble Truths

Which was NOT a danger along the Silk Road?

• Sandstorms (in the central, arid part of the Silk Road)
• Bandits in places far from the controls of empires
• Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! (In the more forested western and eastern parts of the Silk Road)
• Buddhism, which helped people find inner peace

What general from Macedonia conquered most of the entire world and helped to start Hellenistic culture?

• Hannibal
• Themistocles
• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar

Which contribution did ancient Athenians make to the development of democratic-republican government?

• the first written bill of rights
• the first written set of laws
• the first democracy

The Pax Romana was

• A program to give land to the poor
• A period of Civil Unrest, riots, & wars
• Period of peace and prosperity
• The leader of the senate