mona What were the advantages that India had in the creation of business systems? Location, location, location, Mathematics, location, and collectivist beliefs Advanced shipbuilding and cartography Use of western currency and ideas
What made Judaism unique in the ancient world? The Hebrews believed they were special The building of temples The belief in only one all-powerful God (monotheism) The Ten Commandments
What caused the rise of the first religions? As a way to explain events an uncertain world A method was needed to control people Because beliefs in god are central to civilization There needed to be a social rank between farmers and nobles
How did Judaism demonstrate a Western individualism in its belief? Because it made everyone accountable to their king It believed in a savior or “messiah” It believed that God has a personal relationship with each person It created a strong society where each person had a distinct role
What was the Chinese concept of the “Mandate of Heaven”? A politico-religious belief demonstrating that a person held rule because of the consent of heaven The belief that China held a special place in heaven over any other peoples of the Earth. The idea that the will of the people was written in heaven by … Read more
What were the Caliphs? How did they determine the split in Muslim beliefs?
What were “the Four Vedas”? A set of four beliefs that were critical to Hinduism A set of four oral traditions, eventually written down, that form the Hindu religious texts The primary four cities of the Indus Valley The collective name of the four river based civilizations
What was the Buddhist and Hindu concept of “Karma”? The thought that “what goes around, comes around” The never-ending cycle of birth and rebirth That all actions must be reconciled until all was in balance The concept of civil justice
Why was the movement of Greek art from idealism to realism important to Western individualism? It depicted people and events as unique It made art more believable The Athenians made it law through democratic voting It was influenced by outside cultures
What were the two largest effects of the Neolithic Revolution on early societies? Religion and Warfare Cities and Trade Population Growth and New Social Roles Philosophy and Roads