WHI Ch 3 & 4 People and Ideas on the Move; First Age of Empi

Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of

• trade

• conquest

• missionary efforts

• pilgrimages by the faithful

The Indo-European peoples that migrated from the steppes were mainly

• traders

• hunters

• herders

• farmers

In Buddhism, the release from selfishness and pain is known as

• sangha

• dharma

• moksha

• nirvana

The social class system that came to be known as the caste system was established in India by

• Hittites

• Aryans

• Hindus

• India's first residents

The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first books of the Hebrew Bible, known as the

• Torah

• Old Testament

• Ten Commandments

• Ark of the Covenant

The most able seafarers of the early Mediterranean were the

• Hittites

• Assyrians

• Phoenicians

• Babylonians

Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in

• many gods

• reincarnation

• the caste system

• the sacredness of life

The Phoenicians contributed greatly to written communication by introducing the first use of

• vowels

• papyrus

• pictographs

• phonetic symbols

In the Hebrew tradition, a covenant is

• prophecy about the future

• a law handed down by God to humanity

• a mutual promise between God and humanity

• an ornamental chest for storing religious documents

The Hittites were able to excel at war because of their knowledge of

• bronze smithing

• ironworking

• superior horsemanship

• poisoned arrows