WH - Chapter 3 - People and Ideas on the Move

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

• traders

• herders

• hunters

• farmers

Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of?

• trade

• conquest

• missionary efforts

• pilgrimages by the faithful

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?

• Hittites

• Aryans

• Hindus

• India's first residents

The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first five 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 all 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 cheat for storing religious documents

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

• bronze smithing

• ironworking

• superior horsemanship

• poisoned arrows