WorksheetsG10 Module 3 People + Ideas on the Move
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which river do Hindus consider to be the most sacred?
Euphrates
Ganges
Nile
Where do the majority of the five million Jains live?
India
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Egypt
According to the Hebrew Bible, which land did God instruct Abraham to move to?
Canaan
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Which of the following is a commandment given to Moses for the Israelites? Choose the two correct answers.
Create statues of Me in your temples.
You shall worship Me as the most powerful of the gods.
Thou shall not cheat.
Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.
Who are the Indo-Europeans?
group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places
European term used in describing social groups of India
poem that tells the story of a great war
What does migration mean?
movement of people from one place to another
group of Indo-European peoples who occupied Anatolia
European term used in describing social groups of India
poem that tells the story of a great war
Why do the English and Persian languages contain words that sound similar?
They developed from the written Chinese language.
They developed from the ancient Egyptian language.
They developed from a group of Indo-European languages.
Which metal did the Hittites forge that gave them an advantage in warfare?
iron
gold
silver
Who were the Aryans?
Indo-Europeans who settled in the Indian region
large peninsula in modern-day Turkey
sacred literature of the Aryans
What is part of Hindu belief? Click all that applies...
Karma
Reincarnation
Yoga
Praying
Pilgrimage
What did Buddha believe was the source of human suffering?
the inability to possess wealth and power
the selfish desire to possess the temporary pleasures of the world
the habit of disrespecting others and treating people poorly
Buddha taught that the world is filled with sorrow and suffering but that this pain could be overcome by finding the Middle Way between _____________ and self-denial.
selfish-desire
higher education
charitable giving
Who were the Minoans?
group of powerful seafaring people who lived in Crete
a group of traders by the Mediterranean sea
In which area did the Minoans dominate trade?
Egypt
Asia Minor
northern Greece
Which of the following is the most lasting contribution of the Phoenicians?
their trading networks
their system of writing
their technique of dyeing clothes
their wood and metal craftsmanship
their agricultural techniques
Solomon was considered to be a wise ruler, but financial troubles caused his empire to split into two kingdoms, ________and Israel, shortly following his death.
Phoenicia
Egypt
Philistia
Judah
The Babylonian Captivity
Then about 50 years after the fall of Judah, another change in fortune occurred: in 539 BC, the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon. The next year, Cyrus allowed some 40,000 exiles to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Many, however, stayed in Babylonia.
The Persian king __________ ended the Babylonian captivity when he allowed 40,000 Jewish exiles to return to Judea.
Solomon
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar
Ramses the Great
Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita
One of the most famous incidents in Indian literature occurs in the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna instructs the young warrior, Arjuna, on the proper way to live, fight, and die.
“He who thinks this Self [eternal spirit] to be a slayer, and he who thinks this Self to be slain, are both without discernment; the Soul slays not, neither is it slain. . . . But if you will not wage this lawful battle, then will you fail your own [caste] law and your honor, and incur sin. . . . The people will name you with dishonor; and to a man of fame dishonor is worse than death.”
—Krishna
speaking in the Bhagavad Gita
How might the words of Krishna provide a unifying spiritual or ethical theme for the developing civilization in the Indus Valley?
The World Soul (Brahman)
The Hindu sacred text the Upanishads discusses how the individual soul can be united with the world soul, Brahman. Here is how one teacher explains the unifying spirit of Brahman.
“Thou art woman, Thou art man, Thou art the lad and the maiden too. Thou art the old man tottering on his staff: Once born thou comest to be, thy face turned every way! A dark-blue moth art Thou, green [parrot] with red eyes. Pregnant with lightning—seasons, seas: Thyself beginningless, all things dost Thou pervade. From Thee all worlds were born.”
quoted in Svetasvatara Upanishad. IV. 3–4
How might the spirit of Brahman, conveyed in the quotation, provide a sense of order or well-being among Hindus?
The Middle Way
The Middle Way, or Eightfold Path, is a series of steps that Buddhists believe leads to enlightenment and salvation. Here is how the Buddha described it.
“What is the Middle Way? . . . It is the Noble Eightfold Path—Right Views, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. This is the Middle Way.”
—Buddha
quoted in Samyutta Nikaya
How do the teachings of the Middle Way provide a practical guide for living?
