| A | B |
|---|
| Sacred Hindu writings | The Bhagavad Gita |
| Muslim's major religious duties | The Five Pillars of Islam |
| Christianity permitted to Roman citizens | The Edict of Milan |
| Laws that gave equal protection to all Roman citizens | The Twelve Tables |
| First five books of the Hebrew Bible | The Torah |
| Four different accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus | The Gospels |
| Heroic tale of the Trojan War | The Iliad |
| First given to Moses as the basis for Judaism | The Ten Commandments |
| Plato’s book about an ideal government ruled by wise philosopher-kings | The Republic |
| Its kings ruled as living gods | Egypt |
| Where most major early civilizations developed | Along rivers or other bodies of water |
| Body of water dominated by Rome's navy | Mediterranean Sea |
| Where the Mesopotamian civilizations developed | Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Where ancient India developed | Indus River Valley |
| Mountainous region of independent city-states | Greece |
| Birthplace of democracy | Athens |
| Its priests and kings ruled as representatives of the gods | Mesopotamia |
| Source of silk for European traders | China |
| Its art glorified both the gods and the dead | Egypt |
| Founded by Aeneas, Romulus, and Remus according to legend | Rome |
| Highly valued military service and personal strength | Sparta |
| Continent that is the source of all human life | Africa |
| Basis for Hindu culture's four rigid social classes | Caste system |
| Government leaders elected by citizens | Representative democracy |
| Buddhist belief about the cause of human unhappiness | The Four Noble Truths |
| Central idea shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | Monotheism |
| Major religion demanding moral behavior based on following God’s law | Judaism |
| Religion stressing polytheism, reincarnation, and an individual path to God | Hinduism |
| Balance between luxury and self-denial in Buddhist teaching | The Middle Way |
| Greek culture merging with Asian and Egyptian cultures | Hellenism |
| Stresses living in harmony with nature and acceptance of things as they are | Taoism |
| All citizens participated in government | Direct democracy |
| His death started the Roman civil war | Julius Caesar |
| Developed geometry | Euclid |
| Spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire through his writings and teachings | St. Paul the Apostle |
| Used a questioning technique to teach his students | Socrates |
