The Phoenicians established a _______ within the Mediterranean region.

The Egyptians studied the behavior of the Nile River to understand how flooding could be beneficial and dangerous to their civilization.  **What systems did the Mesopotamians develop to control the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers?**

What was similar about the Egyptian and Mesopotamian government structures in their relation to the religions each culture practiced?

Although the Ancient Hebrews (Jews of Today) developed their culture alongside the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations respectively, what kind of religion did the Hebrews develop and why?  (Refer to the lectures and your theology class lessons.)

The Persians were unique among the Mesopotamian civilizations in that they practiced a _______ religion called Zoroastrianism (a never-ending battle between good and evil — a contest between the religion's God, Ahura Mazda, and an evil spirit, Ahriman. Believers have the freedom to make good or bad choices; they were exhorted by Zoroaster to think good thoughts, say good words and do good deeds.).

What legacies did the Mesopotamian civilizations leave behind that are still in use today?

What was the legacy of Phoenicia?

Although the Persians practiced a monotheistic religion called Zoroastrianism, their approach to other faiths within their empire was that of _______.

Anthropologists, historians, and political scientists use the term ______ to describe a political unit that displays the characteristics of both a city and a state.

The ziggurat was a stepped temple that was attributed to which civilization?

Zoroastrianism was the world’s first _______.

Most ancient civilizations practiced _______, a religion in which multiple deities were revered.

In a(n) ______, ruling power is passed from one generation to the next.

The Mesopotamian civilization known for inventing cuneiform and the wheel was _____.

The Mesopotamian civilization known for its hanging gardens, towers built to “reach the gods,” and conquering modern-day Israel was ______.

This Mesopotamian civilization was the ancestor of modern-day Iran.  It nearly conquered the Greek city-states.  It eventually would fall to the young Macedonian king, Alexander.

The saying, an “eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” comes from which ancient law system?

West Africa, South Asia, Western Europe and the American Southwest all have seasonal storms known as _______.  These storms cause severe flooding and the amount of rainfall can change the topography of a region.

Filial piety or respect for one’s elders is a teaching from which Asian philosophy?

A social class from India’s Hindu religion in English is referred to as _________.

The language that can only be interpreted by the Brahmin caste in Hinduism is _______.

The religious architectural form that migrated from India, to China, to Korea, to Japan was the ______.

Which Chinese dynasty is credited with incorporating the teachings of Confucius into mainstream Chinese culture?

The term dynastic cycle refers to the movement of the ________ from one imperial family to another.

The land-based trade network that eventually connected the markets of Western Europe to China was named after the secretions produced by a species of caterpillar which was woven into a luxurious material for expensive clothing worn by Chinese royalty.  This trade network was called ______.

What is distinctive about Chinese script?

What is the PRINCIPAL LEGACY that WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS COPIED from ANCIENT CHINA to ensure that their societies continue functioning as meritocracies or awarding high paying jobs and business transactions to people who deserve them based on WHAT THEY KNOW as opposed to WHO THEY KNOW?