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12. What is Filial Piety?
13. What is Karma?
14. What are the Four Noble Truths?
15. What are the 10 Commandments?
16. What are 5 Pillars of Faith?
17. Monotheistic religion from India that believed to be enlightened you needed to meditate and fast and that suffering was due to your desires for material things?
18. Monotheistic religion from India that believed you could make your way to heaven through good deeds and being kind to others.
19. Monotheistic religion from China that was based on the idea that the people needed to be educated to have a moral society.
20. Polytheistic religion founded in India in which Brahma was the main God.
21. Who Invented Confucism?
22. Who invented Sikhism?
23. Who invented Buddhism?
24. Who invented Hinduism?
25. Where were Hinduism and Buddhism invented?
26. What is the House of Wisdom and why is it important to the Islamic religion?
27. Which RVC had a caste system?
28. What was Indian culture like during the Gupta Empire?
29. Ashoka was an Indian leader during the Mauryan Empire, which religion did he turn to?
30. This man was buried with a division of Terra Cotta warriors to protect him in the afterlife.
31. Who is the patriarch in the 3 religions from Babylon?
32. What belief do these 3 religions have in common?
33. Where is the holy city of Babylon?
34. What is the Holy Text of Judaism?
35. What is the Holy Text of Hinduism?
36. What is the Holy text of Sikhism?
37. What is the Holy Text of Confucisim?
38. What is the Holy Text of Islam?
39. What is the other term for the state of enlightenment?
40. What is the name of the road that let all of these civilizations share goods through trade?
41. Along this road, Rome, Greece, Persia, India, and China traded, please know where those places are on a map.
42. What is the Neolithic Revolution and how did longer growing seasons help them in this endeavor?
43. Why is Egypt called the “Gift of the Nile?
44. What is Pax Romana?
45. Who is Constantine and why is he so important in the history of Rome?
46. What did Constantine to greatly promote the growth of Christianity?
47. What did Rome contribute to the modern world?
48. What did Rome steal from the Greeks to build a better empire?
49. The Idea of innocent until proven guilty comes from Greece or Rome?
50. Which of these things is still used by our American government?
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12. Filial piety — respect, duty and care children owe their parents and elders (strongly emphasized in Confucianism).
13. Karma — the idea that a person’s actions (good or bad) determine their future experiences or rebirths.
14. The Four Noble Truths (Buddhism): (1) Life involves suffering (dukkha); (2) suffering is caused by desire/craving; (3) there is an end to suffering; (4) the Eightfold Path leads to the end of suffering.
15. The Ten Commandments — key moral laws given in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (examples: You shall have no other gods, do not murder, do not steal, honor your parents, do not bear false witness, etc.).
16. The Five Pillars of Islam: Shahada (faith), Salah (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm/Ramadan (fasting), Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).
17. Buddhism — originated in India; teaches meditation, moderation/fasting at times, and that suffering comes from desire. (Note: Buddhism is non-theistic, not monotheistic.)
18. Sikhism — originated in India; monotheistic, emphasizes good deeds, service and kindness to reach spiritual union with God.
19. Confucianism (Confucius) — a Chinese philosophy stressing education, moral cultivation and virtuous rulers/subjects for a stable society.
20. Hinduism — a polytheistic (broad, diverse) religion from India in which gods like Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are central (Brahma is one principal creator god).
21. Confucianism was founded by Confucius (Kong Fuzi), c. 551–479 BCE.
22. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak (15th–16th century CE).
23. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha).
24. Hinduism has no single founder — it developed gradually from Vedic and other traditions in ancient India.
25. Hinduism and Buddhism were founded in the Indian subcontinent (ancient India / South Asia).
26. The House of Wisdom (Bayt al‑Hikma) was a major learning center in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate where scholars translated, preserved and advanced knowledge (science, medicine, math, philosophy). It was crucial to the Islamic Golden Age and to Islamic civilization’s intellectual growth.
27. The Indian civilization (Vedic/ancient India following the Indus Valley period) had the caste system.
28. Gupta Empire culture (c. 320–550 CE): a classical “Golden Age” — flourishing Sanskrit literature, advances in math (concept of zero, decimal system), astronomy, medicine, sculpture, temple art, religious tolerance and stable trade and prosperity.
29. Ashoka converted to Buddhism and promoted it across his empire.
30. Qin Shi Huang (first emperor of unified China) — buried with the Terracotta Army.
31. The patriarch of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) is Abraham.
32. A shared belief: monotheism — belief in one God (and shared early traditions and prophets).
33. Babylon was in ancient Mesopotamia — in what is now central/southern Iraq (near modern Hillah, on the Euphrates, south of Baghdad).
34. Judaism’s holy text: the Torah (part of the Tanakh/Hebrew Bible).
35. Hinduism’s sacred texts: the Vedas (primary), plus Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures (no single canonical book).
36. Sikhism’s holy scripture: the Guru Granth Sahib.
37. Confucianism’s principal texts: the Analects (Lunyu) and the Five Classics (the Analects is the key collection of Confucius’s sayings).
38. Islam’s holy text: the Qur’an (Koran).
39. Other terms for the state of enlightenment: Nirvana (Buddhism) and Moksha (Hinduism).
40. The Silk Road — the network of trade routes linking East and West.
41. Locations along the Silk Road (basic map points):
- Rome: city in Italy, western end of Mediterranean.
- Greece: southeastern Europe, Aegean region.
- Persia: roughly modern Iran, central Near East.
- India: South Asia (Indian subcontinent).
- China: East Asia (eastern end of the Silk Road).
42. Neolithic Revolution — the transition from nomadic hunter‑gatherer life to settled agriculture and domestication of plants/animals. Longer growing seasons allowed more reliable crop harvests, surpluses, population growth and permanent settlements, enabling civilization development.
43. Egypt is called the “Gift of the Nile” because the Nile’s annual floods deposited fertile silt, provided irrigation and transport, and made agriculture (and Egyptian civilization) possible in an otherwise desert region.
44. Pax Romana — “Roman Peace,” a roughly 200‑year period (starting with Augustus, c. 27 BCE – 180 CE) of relative peace, stability and prosperity across the Roman Empire.
45. Constantine (Constantine I) was a Roman emperor (early 4th century CE) important for legalizing Christianity, converting to it, and founding Constantinople as a new imperial capital.
46. Constantine promoted Christianity by issuing the Edict of Milan (313 CE) granting religious toleration, supporting the Church, funding churches and elevating Christians to positions of power.
47. Rome’s contributions to the modern world: republican ideas and institutions (representative government, Senate), Roman law and legal concepts, engineering and architecture (roads, aqueducts, arches, concrete), Latin language (roots of Romance languages), and administrative/governmental systems.
48. Rome adopted and adapted Greek culture — Greek art, philosophy, literature, religion and architectural styles — building on them to strengthen Roman culture and institutions.
49. The idea “innocent until proven guilty” comes from Roman law (Roman legal tradition).
50. Which of these things is still used by the American government?
- Representative/republican government (elected officials, a Senate/legislature).
- Written laws and constitutions modeled on legal traditions.
- Legal principles from Rome (e.g., presumption of innocence, codified law).
- Elements inspired by Greek democracy (citizen participation) and Roman republican institutions (Senate concept, civic law).
If you want, I can make a one‑page study sheet summarizing the key facts for quick review.
13. Karma — the idea that a person’s actions (good or bad) determine their future experiences or rebirths.
14. The Four Noble Truths (Buddhism): (1) Life involves suffering (dukkha); (2) suffering is caused by desire/craving; (3) there is an end to suffering; (4) the Eightfold Path leads to the end of suffering.
15. The Ten Commandments — key moral laws given in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (examples: You shall have no other gods, do not murder, do not steal, honor your parents, do not bear false witness, etc.).
16. The Five Pillars of Islam: Shahada (faith), Salah (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm/Ramadan (fasting), Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).
17. Buddhism — originated in India; teaches meditation, moderation/fasting at times, and that suffering comes from desire. (Note: Buddhism is non-theistic, not monotheistic.)
18. Sikhism — originated in India; monotheistic, emphasizes good deeds, service and kindness to reach spiritual union with God.
19. Confucianism (Confucius) — a Chinese philosophy stressing education, moral cultivation and virtuous rulers/subjects for a stable society.
20. Hinduism — a polytheistic (broad, diverse) religion from India in which gods like Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are central (Brahma is one principal creator god).
21. Confucianism was founded by Confucius (Kong Fuzi), c. 551–479 BCE.
22. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak (15th–16th century CE).
23. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha).
24. Hinduism has no single founder — it developed gradually from Vedic and other traditions in ancient India.
25. Hinduism and Buddhism were founded in the Indian subcontinent (ancient India / South Asia).
26. The House of Wisdom (Bayt al‑Hikma) was a major learning center in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate where scholars translated, preserved and advanced knowledge (science, medicine, math, philosophy). It was crucial to the Islamic Golden Age and to Islamic civilization’s intellectual growth.
27. The Indian civilization (Vedic/ancient India following the Indus Valley period) had the caste system.
28. Gupta Empire culture (c. 320–550 CE): a classical “Golden Age” — flourishing Sanskrit literature, advances in math (concept of zero, decimal system), astronomy, medicine, sculpture, temple art, religious tolerance and stable trade and prosperity.
29. Ashoka converted to Buddhism and promoted it across his empire.
30. Qin Shi Huang (first emperor of unified China) — buried with the Terracotta Army.
31. The patriarch of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) is Abraham.
32. A shared belief: monotheism — belief in one God (and shared early traditions and prophets).
33. Babylon was in ancient Mesopotamia — in what is now central/southern Iraq (near modern Hillah, on the Euphrates, south of Baghdad).
34. Judaism’s holy text: the Torah (part of the Tanakh/Hebrew Bible).
35. Hinduism’s sacred texts: the Vedas (primary), plus Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures (no single canonical book).
36. Sikhism’s holy scripture: the Guru Granth Sahib.
37. Confucianism’s principal texts: the Analects (Lunyu) and the Five Classics (the Analects is the key collection of Confucius’s sayings).
38. Islam’s holy text: the Qur’an (Koran).
39. Other terms for the state of enlightenment: Nirvana (Buddhism) and Moksha (Hinduism).
40. The Silk Road — the network of trade routes linking East and West.
41. Locations along the Silk Road (basic map points):
- Rome: city in Italy, western end of Mediterranean.
- Greece: southeastern Europe, Aegean region.
- Persia: roughly modern Iran, central Near East.
- India: South Asia (Indian subcontinent).
- China: East Asia (eastern end of the Silk Road).
42. Neolithic Revolution — the transition from nomadic hunter‑gatherer life to settled agriculture and domestication of plants/animals. Longer growing seasons allowed more reliable crop harvests, surpluses, population growth and permanent settlements, enabling civilization development.
43. Egypt is called the “Gift of the Nile” because the Nile’s annual floods deposited fertile silt, provided irrigation and transport, and made agriculture (and Egyptian civilization) possible in an otherwise desert region.
44. Pax Romana — “Roman Peace,” a roughly 200‑year period (starting with Augustus, c. 27 BCE – 180 CE) of relative peace, stability and prosperity across the Roman Empire.
45. Constantine (Constantine I) was a Roman emperor (early 4th century CE) important for legalizing Christianity, converting to it, and founding Constantinople as a new imperial capital.
46. Constantine promoted Christianity by issuing the Edict of Milan (313 CE) granting religious toleration, supporting the Church, funding churches and elevating Christians to positions of power.
47. Rome’s contributions to the modern world: republican ideas and institutions (representative government, Senate), Roman law and legal concepts, engineering and architecture (roads, aqueducts, arches, concrete), Latin language (roots of Romance languages), and administrative/governmental systems.
48. Rome adopted and adapted Greek culture — Greek art, philosophy, literature, religion and architectural styles — building on them to strengthen Roman culture and institutions.
49. The idea “innocent until proven guilty” comes from Roman law (Roman legal tradition).
50. Which of these things is still used by the American government?
- Representative/republican government (elected officials, a Senate/legislature).
- Written laws and constitutions modeled on legal traditions.
- Legal principles from Rome (e.g., presumption of innocence, codified law).
- Elements inspired by Greek democracy (citizen participation) and Roman republican institutions (Senate concept, civic law).
If you want, I can make a one‑page study sheet summarizing the key facts for quick review.
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