History Exam 2 Practice Test Responsible for chapters 5 9 pages 102 227 Key terms Chapter in review cards Review Questions Sima Qian was a famous Chinese historian Shinto is the ancient animistic Japanese Religion The Koguryo State expanded to become a small Korean empire Daoism is a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes adaptation to nature The Qin dynasty was characterized by centralized control anti intellectualism and repression Ban Zhao was a commentator on Confucian ideals of woman hood The Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty both reunited China after centuries of turmoil and division Han innovations included paper and mathematical advances The Gathas compare Angra Mainyu the Liar to Ahura Mazda the righteous At its peak the Achaemenid Empire stretched from Libya in the west to the indus river in the east According to the textbook Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic religion founded by Zoroastrar The historical Xerxes Darius I standardized laws in babylonia and Egypt and Built Persepolis and the first suez canal Rule by a small group of wealthy leaders is oligarchy Skepticism and the belief that there is no ultimate truth defines the Greek Sophists One result of the Peloponnesian War was that The Macedonians were able to conquer Greece Stoicism was a philosophy that emphasized accepting nature and equality Hellenism was marked by rigorous scientific inquiry and philosophies Vedanta is a hindu school of thought that offered mystical experience The Kushans were indo European people who conquered northern india One should associate nonviolence most closely with Mahavira The Buddhas first sermon says that sorrow arises from craving sensual pleasure and life Ashoka was the greatest king of the Mauryan Empire Zhenla and Champa indianized states in southeast Asia Balancing dharma artha kama to achieve moksha was a goal is classical popular Hinduism Theravada and Mahayana the two main branches of Buddhism Austronesians covered many places including Polynesia and Madagascar Aryabhata and Kalidasa were among the greatest intellectuals of the Gupta era Before the establishment of the Republic Rome was ruled by Etruscan kings of the Tarquin family Carthage was a maritime trading power on the north coast Marius Sulla and Julius Caesar were military men who used the army to consolidate their power The Centuriate Assembly the consuls and the tribunes were parts of the republican government of rome Boudica the Warrior Queen was a celtic queen who rebelled against the something of Europe The policies of Septimius Severus and his successors can best be described as imperial incompetency brought on by the something of the army The Council of Nicaea 325 CE established the official doctrine of the early Christian Church Manichaeism was a synthetic faith that blended the elements of Zoroastrianism Buddhism and Christianity Justinian Theodora and Belisarius were a byzantine emporer his wife and his best general Augustine of Hippo wrote the City of God which defended Christianity The cursive script developed by the Kushites was meroitic A literate urban state that appeared in North Ethiopia was Aksum Kush was influenced by Egypt but also has its own rich culture and laws The Mande Peoples spoke related language and dominated west Africa The Zapotecs and Monte Alban flourished in southern Mexico Moche was a powerful prosperous state in N Peru The Hohokam Anasazi and Mogollon were desert farmers In Aboriginal Australian mythology dreamtime was the distant past when ancestors gave order and form to the universe Micronesian and Polynesian cultures developed as a result of Austronesian seafaring and development STUFF I NEED TO KNOW Korea Age of Three Kingdoms 37 668 CE Japan Yayoi Culture Taishi Shotuku Shinto Chandragupta Maurya Founded Maurya Dynasty Claimed northern india Ahoka Maurya 268 232 BCE Violent warrior Had a spiritual awakening and became a Buddhist activist Dravidian Revival in the Far South and Sri Lanka Last of indus river valley cilivization Post Mauryan religion The Gupta empire No majority religion Chandra Gupta and Catelia were the founders Pueblo societies Koguryo State KOREAN kingdom