Unit 0 Review

Match the letters on the map with the appropriate region.

• A

• East Africa

• M

• West Africa

• Q

• Middle East

• D

• Western Europe

• L

• South Asia

Match the letters on the map with the appropriate region.

• O

• North Africa

• U

• Eastern Europe & Russia

• J

• Central Asia

• H

• East Asia

• E

• Southeast Asia

Match the regions on the map with the most prevalent religion in that region.

• Buddhism & Confucianism

• Middle East & North Africa

• Hinduism

• East Asia

• Christianity (Eastern Orthodox)

• South Asia

• Islam

• Eastern Europe & Russia

• Christianity

  (Roman Catholic)

• Western Europe

Place the descriptions with the correct belief system

Groups:

(a) Hinduism

,

(b) Judaism

,

(c) Animism

• Nature Spirits

• Karma

• Israel (Ancestral Homeland)

• Torah (Old Testament)

• Reincarnation

• Monotheistic

• Not an organized belief system

• Hunter-Gatherers

• Polytheistic

Place the descriptions with the correct belief system

Groups:

(a) Buddhism

,

(b) Christianity

,

(c) Both

• Branched off from Judaism

• Prayer

• Meditation

• Monastic religion

• Relieve suffering, achieve Nirvana

• Branched off from Hinduism

• Seek redemption, forgive sins

• Humans suffer due to desires and imperfections (sin)

Place the descriptions with the correct belief system

Groups:

(a) Islam

,

(b) Confucianism

,

(c) Both

• Mandate of Heaven

• Filial Piety

• Foot Binding

• Some patriarchal practices

• Five pillars

• Headscarf, veil, burka

• Sharia law

• Jizya tax

For many thousands of years, human lived as (a)   hunter-gatherers. These early humans often worshipped nature spirits and practiced ​ (b)   . They were even able to cross from Asia to North America due to the ​ (c)   age. However, after the ​ (d)   Revolution, humans settled down and began farming. This led to the founding of the first cities, states, and finally ​ (e)   .

• nomadic
• agricultural
• animism
• empires
• ice
• industrial
• sedentary
• paleolithic
• Hinduism

From South Asia originated the religion of (a)   which was ​ (b)   and included a ​ (c)   system. This system ​ (d)   allow people to improve their position in the socioeconomic hierarchy, but it ​ (e)   keep society very stable over many centuries.

• Hinduism
• polytheistic
• caste
• did not
• did
• Judaism
• monotheistic
• monastic
• diaspora

From the Middle East originated the religion of (a)   which was ​ (b)   and included a ​ (c)   between God and the chosen people. The ancestral homeland of these people is ​ (d)   . The destruction of their holy temple led the Jewish people to focus on literacy so they could read their holy book. Eventually the Roman Empire expelled them from Israel and they became a ​ (e)   .

• Judaism
• polytheistic
• covenant
• Buddhism
• monotheistic
• monastic
• diaspora
• Israel
• Europe

The belief system of (a)   originated in east Asia and emphasized obedience to and reverence for one's parents, elders, and ancestors. This obedience is known as ​ (b)   . This belief system also suggests that the emperor has a divine right to rule which is known as the ​ (c)   of Heaven. Finally, the ​ (d)   exam ​ (e)   people to climb the socioeconomic ladder even if they were born poor.

• Confucianism
• filial piety
• Mandate
• civil service
• allowed
• Islam
• caste system
• Blessing
• Guidance
• did not allow