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Muslim religious practice is based on the
a) Three Goals to Salvation.
b) Eightfold Path.
c) Four Noble Truths.
d) Five Pillars.

Islam means
a) surrender to the will of God.
b) the one true religion.
c) the true belief.
d) the Chosen People.

Muhammad’s teachings built upon the beliefs of
a) Judaism and Hinduism.
b) Judaism and Christianity.
c) Judaism and Zoroastrianism.
d) Judaism and Manichaeism.

Muslim means
a) first followers.
b) holy people.
c) one who makes submission.
d) chosen for purity.

What group of people did the Romans borrow heavily from to create their religion?
a) Etruscans
b) Phoenicians
c) Egyptians
d) Greeks

The Roman _______________ is the period from 507 to 31 BCE, during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate.
a) Empire
b) City-state
c) Democracy
d) Republic

What was the purpose of “The Games”?
a) To weed out weak slaves
b) To distract the “mob” or people of Rome
c) To provide a place to kill Christians
d) To generate revenue for the government and lower taxes

What relationship held the society together?
a) Primogeniture
b) jus primae noctis
c) Paterfamilias
d) Patron/client

What early peoples influenced Rome?
a) Etruscans
b) Phoenicians
c) Egyptians
d) All of the above

The subsequent split of supporters to different caliphs, or successors, divided the ummah into
a) Shi’ites and Sunnis.
b) Sunnis and Sufis.
c) Mobad and Quran.
d) Hadj and Sunni.

The foundation of Islamic civilization is the Shari’a, or
a) taxes
b) community
c) literature
d) law

The foundations for Indian civilization were laid in which age?
a) Vedic
b) Brahman
c) Gaupta
d) Maurian

The Varna system developed in order to create
a) a uniform legal code in India.
b) social order between groups.
c) standardized religious beliefs.
d) a trained army of citizen soldiers.

Siddhartha Gautama articulated the “Four Noble Truths”; which taught that
a) life is suffering, and suffering is caused by desire.
b) life is mystical and ephemeral.
c) humanity is sinful by nature.
d) the worship of God is the highest calling of man.

The ultimate spiritual reward in Buddhism is
a) material wealth.
b) nirvana.
c) everlasting life in heaven.
d) union with the gods.

Why is the Gupta Empire described as a “theater-state”?
a) It used actors as administrative officials
b) It shared the wealth of the empire with all equally
c) The splendor and ceremonies of court advertised the benefits of empire
d) They sacrificed their enemies in an open theater

Most of Southeast Asia’s early commerce was conducted with
a) India and China.
b) the Sassanid Empire.
c) Armenia.
d) the Scythians.

The first major Southeast Asian center, Funan, dominated what key location for trade?
a) Hong Kong
b) Bo Hai
c) The Isthmus of Kra
d) Indonesia

The battle fought at Tours.
a) Prevented Alexius Comnenus from becoming the pope
b) Guaranteed the split between the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire.
c) Was provoked by French merchants who were opposed to new taxes
d) Ensured that the Muslims would not encroach further into Europe.

Kievan Russia became firmly oriented toward the Byzantine world and turned away from the Muslim world once
a) It viewed the Muslims as a threat following the Battle at Manzikert
b) The Crusades began
c) Vladimir I converted to Christianity and adopted the Orthodox Church as the state
d) The Holy Roman Empire was founded.

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