Vocabulary for Foundation Unit Quiz
12436937 | Neolithic | the last divison of the Stone Age | 0 | |
12436938 | Innovation | explanation that similar cultural traits, techniques, or objects found amoung different groups of people | 1 | |
12438266 | Diffusion | the spread of ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another | 2 | |
12438267 | Ziggurat | temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia | 3 | |
12438268 | Bas Relief | in sculpture, relif is a term in any work in which the forms stand out in from the background, weather a plane or a curved surface | 4 | |
12438269 | Pictogram | pictoral symbol or sign representing an object or concept | 5 | |
12438270 | Cuneiform | writing system in use in the ancient Near East from around the end of the fourth millennium to the first century | 6 | |
12438271 | Ideogram | character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of the thing is represented rather than its name | 7 | |
12438272 | Gilgamesh | legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories, city of the king-god-hero | 8 | |
12438273 | Code of Hammurabi | code of laws that covered many aspects of daily life and business | 9 | |
12438274 | Hieroglyphs | characters in a writing system based on the use of pictograms or ideograms | 10 | |
12438275 | Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler's title | 11 | |
12438276 | Pyramids | demonstrates an astonishing royal control over labor, finances, and architectural and building techniques | 12 | |
12438277 | Sumerians | people who settled in the lower part of the Fertile Crescent before and contributed to the social and intellectual progress | 13 | |
12438278 | Civilization | culture that developed systems of specialization, written language, arts, sciences, religion, and government | 14 | |
12438279 | Daoism | religio-philosophical system of ancient China | 15 | |
12438281 | Confucius | chinese philosphere and teacher; his belifs,known as confusoinism greatly influenced chinese life | 16 | |
12438285 | Han | in Japan, territory or feudal estate controlled by a daimyo under the Tokugawa shogunate | 17 | |
12438293 | Ideographic | character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than its name | 18 | |
12438296 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 19 | |
12438297 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 BC; conquerer of Greece and Persia | 20 | |
12438300 | Untouchables | members of the lowestcastes of traditional Indian society or those outside the caste system; engaged in "polluting" activites | 21 | |
12438325 | Muhammad | prophet & founder of Islam | 22 | |
12438326 | Quran (Koran) | Holy book of Islam | 23 | |
12438329 | Umma | community of belivers in Islam, which transcends ethnic and political boundries | 24 | |
12438347 | Pax Romana | the "Roman Peace", that is, the state of comparative concord prevailing within boundries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Agustus | 25 | |
12438351 | Legalism | school of Chinese philosophy that came into prominence | 26 | |
12438355 | Pentecost | Greek name for a Jewish festival that falls on the fiftieth day after passover | 27 | |
12438358 | Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 28 | |
12460562 | Zhou | dynasty in china founded in 1050 B.C. | 29 | |
12460563 | Qin | dynasy started in 221 B.C. | 30 | |
12460564 | Shi Huangdi | emperor of the Qin dynasty | 31 | |
12460565 | Great Wall | A wall built in China to keep out invaders | 32 | |
12460566 | Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia, first civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq | 33 | |
12460567 | City-State | area under one government | 34 | |
12460568 | Babylonians | people who defeated the south, Judah | 35 | |
12460569 | Kush | about 500 BC to 150 AD this empire controlled a large trade netowrk | 36 | |
12460570 | Mahenjo Daro | one of the largest Indus Valley civilizations with accomidations for about 40,000 people; also had a suburb | 37 | |
12460571 | Indus River | location of first river valley civilization of India | 38 | |
12460572 | Shang | China's first dynasty | 39 | |
12460573 | Phoenicians | sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast | 40 | |
12460575 | Vedas | sacred Hindu hymns or versescomposed in Sansrit | 41 | |
12460576 | Cyrus the Great | the leader who build the Persian empire | 42 | |
12460577 | Vishnu | Hindu god; preserver, a kindly god, who protects those who worship him, banishes bad luck, and restores good health | 43 | |
12460578 | Shiva | Hindu goddess; god of destruction | 44 | |
12460579 | Reincarnation | Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings | 45 | |
12460580 | Buddah | Siddhartha Gautama; One who obtains enlightenment | 46 | |
12460581 | Nirvana | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | 47 | |
12460582 | Stupas | buddhist shrine that is shaped like a domor mound | 48 | |
12460584 | Mecca | holy temple for Islam; who islamic people face when they pray | 49 | |
12460585 | Medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 | 50 | |
12460804 | Five Pillars of Islam | five rituals expressions that define orthodox Muslum religion belifs and practice | 51 | |
12461136 | Sunnis | Muslims that believe the caliph doesn't have to be related to Muhammad and should be chosen by the leaders of the Islamic community | 52 | |
12461137 | Shi'a | the party of allah | 53 | |
12462145 | Philip II of Macedon | king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC) | 54 | |
12462146 | Dharma | in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste | 55 | |
12462158 | Consuls | under the Roman Republic, one of the two magistates holding supreme civil and military authority | 56 | |
12462166 | Real Politik | German term meaning practice politics | 57 | |
12462167 | Hegemony | predominance of one unit over the others in a group | 58 | |
12462169 | Plebian | citizen of ancient Rome who was not a member of the privilged patrician class | 59 | |
12462171 | Assimilation | prosses by which different ethnic groups lose thier distinctive cultural identity through contact with the domaint culture of a society | 60 | |
12462172 | TaNaKh | Hebrew term for the books of the Bible | 61 | |
12462173 | Dar al-Islam | literal meaning of the Arabic word is "the abode of peace" | 62 |