Pre Unit 1 APWH

What religion has origins that go back 3,500 years and is sometimes categorized as polytheistic and sometimes as montheistic because over time people came to regrad all deities as expressions of one supreme deity?

• Zorastrianism

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

Which religion believes they are the chosen people of Yahweh and is based on the teachings of Abraham 4,000 years ago?

• Zoroastrianism

• Judaism

• Islam

• Christianity

What is the name of the trade route in Eurasia that East Asia with the Mdeiterranean Sea area?

• Silk Roads

• Damascus trade route

• Asian/European trade route

• Mauryan Route

What belief system summarized in the Four Noble Truths believes that all the suffering in the world is caused by desire and to eliminate desire you must follow the Eightfold Path

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Hinduism

The idea that some universal force provided the justification for an emperor and his family to rule China.

• Confucius

• Universal sufferage

• Divine Right of Kings

• Mandate of Heaven

What belief system that began in China during the Warring States period and started at about the same time as Buddhism in India described how people should behave in everyday life?

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

What religion became Rome's most enduring legacy? It taught that people could have a better life after death if they believed in the founder of the religion.

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Polytheism

• Zoroastrainism

What is the modern name of the city of Constantinople?

• Byzantium

• Istanbul

• Constantine

• Rome

The Roman Emperor Constantine move the capital eastward toward Byzantium. When the western Roman empire collasped, the eastern empire is known as

• Byzantine Empire

• Roman Empire

• Alexanderian Empire

• Mesopotamian Empire

What does entrepôt mean?

• person that invests money to start a business

• a law requiring people to pay their taxes

• a division into two distrint districts of a city

• coastal trading center where goods are brought for import and export