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- 3. is the belief in a single, all-powerful deity or god.
- 5. basic tenets or rules of Judaism can be found in the ___.
- 6. pharaohs were viewed as living ___ sent to earth.
- 9. to Egyptian pyramids, the Mesopotamians built religious temples known as ___.
- 10. early civilizations like the Egyptians and Mesopotamians developed along reliable water sources or ___.
- 12. ancient China, events like earthquakes, civil war, floods and over taxation can be interpreted as a sign that the ruling dynasty has ___ the Mandate of Heaven.
- 13. ___, food shortages, and overtaxation of the lower classes all caused the people of China to resent the rule of the Han dynasty at the end of the 2nd century.
- 14. to the ___, rulers should be virtuous or moral,
- 16. to the Mandate of Heaven, dynasties lose the right to ___ if they don’t behave properly.
- 25. addition of bananas to their diet as well as the use of iron tools and weapons allowed the Bantu to migrate southward and change from ___ and gathering to sedentary agriculture.
- 26. Code of ___ established punishments for crimes and limited arbitrary justice for the Ancient Babylonians.
- 27. Ancient Egyptians built pyramids to serve as tombs for their ___.
- 28. area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as ___. It is one of the earliest known civilizations.
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- 1. to the Torah, ___ is the father of the Hebrew people and one of the first to promote the worship of one god or a single creator.
- 2. ___ was the first Chinese dynasty to use the Mandate of Heaven to assert its power and justify their rule.
- 4. Chinese Civil Service exam was based on the Confucian belief that a person’s ___ was more important that his or her social status.
- 7. Mesopotamia, farmers used the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers for agriculture by digging canals and channels to ___ their fields.
- 8. networks like the Silk Road allowed participating civilizations to gain access to resources not available in their environments.
- 11. social structure of ancient Egypt was based on ___ with the Pharaoh and Priests at the top and Farmers and Slaves at the bottom.
- 15. to the Mandate of Heaven, if a ruler is just, there will be ___ between Heaven and Earth.
- 17. Mesopotamians developed a system of writing known as ___ where marks were made on clay tablets.
- 18. patience, compassion, and yin and yang were all teachings of Laozi, the founder of ___.
- 19. the 1st century, the Silk Road was heavily used as a trade route between the ___ Empire and China.
- 20. Zhou dynasty used the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rebellion and overthrow of the ___dynasty.
- 21. to Buddhism’s Four Noble Truth, we suffer or experience pain because of our ___ desires.
- 22. Indian civilizations settled near the ___ River because it provided access to food and water.
- 23. Silk Road increased cultural diffusion between Asia, ___ and the Middle East.
- 24. ___ is a family or line of hereditary rulers of a country. For example, the Zhou, Han or Qin of China.