World History, Grades 9-12

62 Chapter 3 An Unexplained MigrationNo one knows why these people left their homelands in the steppes. Whatever the reason, Ind ...

Chariots and Iron TechnologyThe Hittites excelled in the technology of war. They con- quered an empire against Egyptian opposi- ...

64 Chapter 3 were laborers who did work that Aryans did not want to do. Varna, or skin color, was a distinguishing feature of th ...

One of the most famous incidents in Indian literature occurs when Krishna instructs the young warrior on the proper way to live, ...

Comparing and ContrastingUse a Venn diagram to compare the beliefs and practices of Buddhism and Hinduism. TAKING NOTES Hinduism ...

PRIMARY SOURCE Thou art woman, Thou art man, Thou art the lad and the maiden too. Thou art the old man tottering on his staff: O ...

harmed. Jain monks carry the doctrine of nonviolence to its logical conclusion. They sweep ants off their path and wear gauze ma ...

The Eightfold Path, a guide to behavior, was like a staircase. For the Buddha, those who were seeking enlightenment had to maste ...

70 Chapter 3 The Religious CommunityThe five disciples who heard the Buddha’s first ser- mon were the first monks admitted to th ...

Hinduism simply absorbed Buddhism. The two religions constantly influenced each other. Over time, the Buddha came to be identifi ...

ComparingIdentify accomplishments that were Minoan and those that were Phoenician in the following chart. TAKING NOTES Minoan ...

The Minoans sacrificed bulls and other animals to their gods. In at least one case, a young man was sacrificed. Excavation of a ...

The Phoenicians were remarkable shipbuilders and seafarers. They were the first Mediterranean people to venture beyond the Strai ...

Merchant Ships Phoenician sailors developed the round boat, a ship that was very wide and had a rounded bottom. This shape creat ...

76 Chapter 3 TERMS & NAMES1.For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance. Minoans •Aegean Sea •Knoss ...

Following Chronological Order Use a time line to show major Hebrew leaders and one fact about each. TAKING NOTES 2000 B.C. Abrah ...

The God of AbrahamThe Bible tells how Abraham and his family roamed for many years from Mesopotamia to Canaan to Egypt and back ...

People and Ideas on the Move 79 festival of Passover. The Torah says that the man who led the Hebrews out of slav- ery was named ...

When the Hebrews arrived in Canaan, they were loosely organized into twelve tribes. These tribes lived in separate territories a ...

The Kingdom of Israel Canaan—the land that the Hebrews believed had been promised them by God— combined largely harsh features s ...