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Study Guide Questions
1. By examining myths and legends, we can better understand the meaning of _____________________ for ancient peoples.
2. The Nile River flows in what direction?
3. Ancient Egyptians saw ________________________ in all aspects of nature.
4. Egyptians believed that their pharaohs were living ________________________.
5. What was the name of the Egyptian sun god?
6. What forms did the Egyptian sun god take throughout the course of a day?
7. Burial sites in Egypt were located [ west/ east ] of the Nile. Why?
8. Where were pharaohs entombed during the "Old Kingdom" days?
9. The greatest of the Egyptian pyramids are found in ________________________.
10. What is the "Sphinx"?
11. During the "New Kingdom" period, with whom were the attributes of Re combined?
12. What form did Amun take on when represented as the earliest creature in primeval waters?
13. In Egyptian mythology, who fertilized the egg from which all other living creatures were born?
14. Who emerged as Egypt's national deity during the mid-Second Millennium, BC?
15. Egyptians worshipped the sun to ensure renewal of _________________________________.
16. For the ancient Greeks, what controlled human destiny?
17. What did each Greek city-state build?
18. Where was Athena's temple erected?
19. Who was the Greek god of war? Where was he especially venerated?
20. What does "panhellenic" mean?
21. Where did ancient Greeks believe that their deities lived?
22. Greeks believed that ________________ ruled all of the gods and goddesses.
23. Which Greek god drove the sun across the sky each day?
24. Who was the Greek moon goddess?
25. What was the supposed birthplace of the god and goddess named in #s 23 and 24?
26. Where is Apollo's most important shrine?
27. According to Greek tradition, ________________________ was the center of the world.
28. Serpents were associated with ____________________, the __________________ goddess.
29. What was the "Pythia"?
30. What did the Romans call the Greek goddess, Artemis? Where is there a magnificent shrine built in her honor? With which Christian figure is this city also associated?
31. There are abandoned temple-cities throughout Southeast Asia. True or false?
32. In Southeast Asia, god-kings ruled as manifestations of what?
33. Where are the following temple-cities found? Pagan: Ayutthaya: Angkor: Prambanan: Borobudur:
34. Hinduism and Buddhism were brought to Southeast Asia from _________________________.
35. Who was "Brahma"?
36. Which figure represents the principles of destruction and recreation?
37. Vishnu was the "_________________________________."
38. Where was Vishnu periodically reborn?
39. About what did Vishnu warn the first man?
40. The goddess of fortune became _____________________'s wife.
41. Rama was assisted by the ___________________________________, Hanuman.
42. Hanuman was rewarded with ________________________________.
43. In the Fifth Century, BC, who became the Buddha?
44. The Buddha became Vishnu's _________________ avatar, and a connection between Hinduism and Buddhism was formed.
45. A Khmer god-king is widely portrayed as _____________________________ in Cambodia.
46. What eventually took over the temple-city of Angkor?
47. Which empire once existed in the Andes?
48. Who was "Inti"?
49. The creator-god of the Incas was ______________________________.
50. Incan rulers reigned by ____________________ right.
51. The Incan cult of the sun was centered at _______________________________.
52. What is the largest high-elevation lake in the world?
53. From what is the "Gate of the Sun" carved?
54. Incan legend tells about their origins in what place?
55. What was the Inca's capital?
56. How was the capital of the Incas designed?
57. What is the best known of the Incan mountain temple-cities?
58. What is the centerpiece of Machu Picchu?
59. After the arrival of the Spaniards, what was built over the sun god's temple in Cuzco?
60. What was the religious and cultural center for all of central Mexico for much of the First Millennium, AD?
61. In ancient Mexico, a _______________________ of ___________________ was thought to influence every aspect of human life.
62. Who was the chief of the rain gods?
63. Who was the god of the winds?
64. What warlike people sacked Teotihuacán?
65. What cult was practiced by the people named in #64?
66. Who built a capital city at Tula?
67. Where did the Mayan people live?
68. What is the name of the Mayan Toltec city?
69. Mayans believed that all benefits of civilization came from ____________________________.
70. When did the Aztecs arrive in central Mexico?
71. The Aztecs were descendants of _________________________________________.
72. When did the Aztecs rise to dominance in Mexico?
73. Who was the chief tribal god of the Aztecs? He was a god of _____________ and of the ___________.
74. The temple of the god named in #73 was in what city?
75. The god named in #73 required a steady diet of _____________________________.
76. Who was viewed as being the creator of humankind during the reign of the Aztecs?
77. There was a persistent myth that Quetzalcoatl would return from the __________________ during a ____________________________ year.
78. When did the Spaniard, Cortés arrive on Mexico's gulf coast?
79. Who was the Aztec emperor when Cortés arrived?
80. This emperor believed Cortés to be ______________________________________________.
81. How long did it take for Cortés to destroy Tenochtitlán?
82. What city was developed on the ruins of the Aztec capital?
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