WH Final
Across
- 3. a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
- 5. Founder of Judaism
- 7. to declare a person no longer belongs to the Church or is cut off from God
- 8. The holy book of Islam
- 9. the consequences of how a person lives that may affect their next life
- 12. The written and spoken language of ancient Israel
- 16. A census created by William the Conqueror to count people, animals, and property
- 17. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
- 20. The writing system of the ancient Sumerians
- 22. No one is above the law
- 24. Diffusion of Greek culture into the world after conquests of Alexander the Great. Known also as "All Things Greek"
- 25. A skilled craftsperson like a carpenter or a plumber
- 27. evidence of man
- 28. A rigid social class system created by the Aryans of ancient India
- 34. A Greek poet or storyteller
- 38. A Latin phrase meaning "in the year of Our Lord" is used in reference to events that took place after the birth of Jesus Christ. Also known in short as A.D.
- 39. narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
- 40. The study of God and/or religion
- 43. The prince who is said to have founded Buddhism.
- 47. Belief in one God
- 49. Hebrew Bible
- 52. 100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the Roman Republic's dictator in 45 B.C.
- 54. perform religious ceremonies and please the gods.
- 58. a Greek mathematician may have developed the Archimedean screw, pi, and other machines
- 60. 200 year period of peace in Rome
- 61. A Persian monotheistic religion
- 62. a major polytheistic religion of ancient India created by the Aryans
Down
- 1. a person who has died for their beliefs
- 2. Jewish dietary laws
- 4. A religion in India that believes in doing no harm to any living thing
- 6. Muslim house of worship
- 10. The wealthy ruling class of China
- 11. A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
- 12. Founder of Legalism
- 13. A religion in India that believes that human life is full of suffering caused by human desire
- 14. Many lands under the rule of one person
- 15. The written language of ancient India
- 18. Founder of Islam
- 19. a social group made up of families or clans
- 21. belief in more than one god
- 23. a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature
- 26. The first dictator of Rome. He served for 16 days, then returned to his farm
- 29. Statement of belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage
- 30. calendar we use today
- 31. religious images of saints and holy people
- 32. regular church members
- 33. Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
- 35. Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.
- 36. First five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 37. Founder of Daoism
- 41. a person willing to die for their beliefs
- 42. A traditional Greek story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
- 44. A series of rulers from the same family because power is passed from father to son to grandson.
- 45. A government ruled by a small group of people
- 46. In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class who could hold public office
- 48. The writing system of ancient Egypt
- 50. Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
- 51. An abbreviation of the term "Before Christ" used to represent all events on the calendar that occurred before the birth of Jesus the Christ
- 53. A government controlled by religious leaders
- 55. The language of the Romans
- 56. A rich fertile fan-shaped area at the mouth of the Nile River. Most Egyptian farmers lived here.
- 57. Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid
- 59. A seasonal winds of India