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a soul's good and bad deeds
karma
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Indo-Europeans migrated to Europe, India, and Southwest Asia around
1500 BC
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Religion that will not harm any creature and practices religious tolerance.
Jainism
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What was the last remaining large tribe of Hebrews?
Judah
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Who drove the Philistines out of Canaan?
King Saul
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Who built a temple to house the Ark of the Covenant?
King Solomon
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Who destroyed Solomon's temple?
King Nebuchadnezzar
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What was the basis of Hebrew law?
the ten commandments
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What was the basis of Hebrew law?
The Aryans
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People thought to be so unclean they were placed outside of the caste system.
the untouchables
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Where was the Promise Land?
Palestine
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What was the Phoenicians greatest legacy?
Their alphabet
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Who united the Hebrew tribes and created the Kingdom of Israel?
King David
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When did Siddhartha Gautama become the Buddha?
when he reached enlightenment
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King Solomon was known for???
- -his wisdom
- -building a trading empire
- -constructing a great temple
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the belief that people are reborn into new lives
reincarnation
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The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
Torah
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What technologies in war helped the Hitties create an empire that dominated Southwest Asia for over 450 years?
Iron weapons and chariots
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What Hindu word is similar in meaning to the Buddhism idea of nirvana?
moksha
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What helped the spread of culture, ideas, and religion throught the ancient world?
trade
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What determines a person's place in the Caste System?
ancestors
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After the death of Solomon, into what 2 nations was his kingdom divided?
Judah and Israel
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Who did God make the 1st Covenant with?
Abraham
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The Indo-European language are ancestors to??
English, German, Spanish
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Who did God choose to be the father of the Hebrew people?
Abraham
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Migrations by Indo-Europeans lead to major changes in trade and languages as well as to the foundations of what three religions?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism
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According to the Four Noble Truths, how does one end all desires?
Follow the Middle Way
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Where did the Minoans control trade?
the Mediterranean Sea
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The emphasis on right conduct and the worship of one God is called
Ethical Monotheism
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How are the Aryans different from the people of India?
- -they were taller
- -light-skinned
- -spoke a diff. language
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What are some ways Buddhism and Hinduism share beliefs in?
- -reincarnation
- -enlightenment
- -clinical view of history
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why did the red-purple dye produced by Phoenicians become associated with royalty?
the color was expensive to produce
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Who did God command to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and slavery?
Moses
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