World History Test 2

English, Persian, Spanish and Hindu are all derived from languages spoken by ...

• Hittites

• Aryans

• Hindu-Kush

• Indo-European

Which country was founded as a Jewish state?

• Lebanon

• Syria

• Jordan

• Israel

What's an important difference between Hinduism and Buddhism?

• A cyclical view of history

• the belief of reincarnation

• the goal of spiritual understanding

• the rejection of the caste system

One of the reasons the Hyksos defeated the Egyptians

• they had more soldiers

• they had chariots

• they had slaves

• they had bows and arrows

Minoan culture had an enormous influence on who?

• China

• England

• Greece

• India

According to Buddha, there are how many Noble Truths and how many pathways to achieve nirvana?

• Three noble truths

  Six pathways

• Two noble truths

  Four pathways

• Four noble truths

  Eight pathways

• Eight noble truths

  Four pathways

Reincarnation, karma and moksha are all elements of what belief system?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Jainism

In order to help their military movements and trading networks, the Assyrians, Persians Empires and Qin Dynasty did what ...

• built thousands of miles of roads

• killed millions of people

• started new religions

• increased their shipping fleets

The Ten Commandments served as the basis for Jewish Law. The Torah has an additional 613 ....

• secret books

• sub-commandments

• holy men

• map directions

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a common root in the Hebrew idea of ...

• dharma

• ethical monotheism

• the covenant

• the Four Noble Truths