World History Test Unit 2

Front 1

india is a _____________

Back 1

subcontinent

Front 2

ancient indus city

Back 2

mohenjo-daro

Front 3

early language of india

Back 3

sanskrit

Front 4

earliest sanskrit literature

Back 4

vedas

Front 5

aristocrat who pitied the poor

Back 5

buddha

Front 6

successive lives

Back 6

reincarnation

Front 7

resembled greek epics

Back 7

Upanishads

Front 8

harmony with nature

Back 8

taoism

Front 9

the ganges and indus rivers are in _________

Back 9

india

Front 10

3 main caste systems of india

Back 10

brahmans, vaisyas, sudras

Front 11

what religion is reincarnation a part of?

Back 11

hinduism

Front 12

the calendar as we know it today was first developed by the ______ dynasty

Back 12

Han

Front 13

mencius was a follower of __________

Back 13

confucius

Front 14

modern theosophy is derived from hindu thought t/f

Back 14

true

Front 15

burma is one of the countries that borders india t/f

Back 15

true

Front 16

china is often called a subcontinent t/f

Back 16

false

Front 17

alex. the great crossed into india but withdrew because of poor weather and the hostile people there t/f

Back 17

false

Front 18

the caste system was one of the three pillars of indian society t/f

Back 18

true

Front 19

the ancient indus people of india had a writing system and a system of standards and weights t/f

Back 19

true

Front 20

belief that everything is God

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pantheism

Front 21

one who is outside the caste system

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untouchable

Front 22

chinese philosopher

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confucius

Front 23

200 years of peace

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pax sinica

Front 24

first chinese dynasty

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shang

Front 25

mountains isolating india

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himalayas

Front 26

_______ history has been divided by the ruling families, known as dynasties

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chinese

Front 27

greece is located at the _________

Back 27

aegean sea

Front 28

spartas greatest rival in ancient times

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athens

Front 29

humiliating persian defeat with only half number of men

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marathon

Front 30

who envisioned a utopian society

Back 30

plato

Front 31

first greek capital

Back 31

knossos

Front 32

described the trojan war

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homer

Front 33

spartan serfs

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helots

Front 34

spartan enemy

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athens

Front 35

established early democracy

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cleisthenes

Front 36

used for banishment

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ostrakon

Front 37

primary spartan value

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strict obedience

Front 38

athenian temple

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parthenon

Front 39

early name for istanbul

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byzantium

Front 40

people living on the site of rome 700 years before Christ

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latins

Front 41

the romans borrowed much of their country from the persians t/f

Back 41

true

Front 42

leader who arrived on scene after romes corruption 133bc

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tiberius gracchus

Front 43

issued edict of milan

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constantine

Front 44

ad 325

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council of nicaea

Front 45

ad 313

Back 45

edict of milan

Front 46

built defensive walls

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hadrian

Front 47

ad 14 death of:

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augustus

Front 48

tried to revive Christian persecution

Back 48

julian