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01/25/2011

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12. Barbarian incasions were the final blow to the Roman Empire. What was life like after the fall of the Roman Empire in Europe?
Definition
-slow process of chance from one way of like to another.
-Chaos and disorder
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13. List 8 features of a civilization.
Definition
1)Cities 2)Government 3)Infrustructure 4)Written Language 5)Social classes 6)Religion 7)Art and Architecture 8)Different Jobs
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14. Egyptian hieroglyphics, Sumerian cuneiform, and Chinese calligraphy are all examples of which feature of a civilization?
Definition
Written Language
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15. What major changes took plave in the way people live during the Neolithic Revolution?
Definition
Farmed and domesticated animals.
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16. Explain the Ancient Indian social structure.
Definition
CASTE: 1)Brahmins (priests) 2)Warriors 3)Farmers/Merchants 4)Servants 5)Untouchables
-Karma determined their caste.
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17. List 4 beliefs that are shared between Hinduism and Buddhism.
Definition
1)Karma-collection of all the good/bad done in life
2)Dharma-duty
3)Moksha-union with brahmin (god) to escape reincarnation
4)cycle of rebirth
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18. Determine the terms polytheism and monotheism.
Definition
Polytheism-belief in many gods.
Monotheism-belief in one God.
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19. What religion has had a tremendous influence on the culture of the Middle East and Northern Africa?
Definition
Islam-spread language, beliefs, mathematics, and ideas.
Term
20. Define the term interdependence. How do trade routes affect it?
Definition
Dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world.
-trade routes determine the goods, resources, and knowledge that enter the country.
Term
21. List 3 advance that were made by the early Chinese civilization.
Definition
1)Gunpowder 2)Paper 3)Small pox vaccine
-Song Dynasty
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22. How were the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and Incan city of Machu Picchu similar?
Definition
Both were highly developed and organized cultures.
Term
23. Which Chinese philosophy had a great impact on its political and social structure?
Definition
Confucianism
Term
24. Who was Zheng He and why was he significant?
Definition
He was a chinese admiral who explored Southeast Asia/India and set up major trading posts there.
-Spread chinese culture and knowledge
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25. Who was Genghis Khan and why was he significant?
Definition
Mongol leader who had the largest empire in the world
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26. List 3 major events/accomplishments that occured in China during the Ming dynasty.
Definition
1)Zheng He expedition 2)Revival of arts and literature 3)Better methods of farming
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27. In Islam, what is te title of a religious and political leader?
Definition
Calif
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28. List the 5 pillars of Islam.
Definition
1)Believing in Allah and Muhammad 2)Prayer 3)Giving charity to the poor 4)Ramadan 5)Hagi-pilgrimage to Mecca
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29. Give 3 examples of achievements from the Muslim Golden Age.
Definition
1)Philosophy 2)Mathematics 3)Astronomy
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30. Define Sect.
Definition
Small group of major religion
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31. List 2 similar political and economical qualities between the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires.
Definition
-Stable economies
-Vast trading networks
-Encouraged trade
-Beauocracy
Term
32. List the 3 major monotheistic religions.
Definition
1)Christianity 2)Judaism 3)Islam
Term
33. What is the definition of feudalism? What was wealth based on in a feudal society?
Definition
The exchange of land for military service.
-wealth was based on land ownership.
Term
34. Life on a feudal manor was dominated by what activity?
Definition
War, Farming
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35. What does it mean to say that manors were self-sufficient?
Definition
-People making thread that was weaved into cloth
-Black smith
-People took care of animals
-Harvesters
Term
36. What institution dominated European society from 500-1000 CE?
Definition
Catholic Church
Term
37. List 3 causes and 3 effects of the crusades?
Definition
CAUSES
-Divided captured lands
-Knights get land
-Increased taxes
-Holy war
EFFECTS
-Brought power to the church
-Increased trade in the east
-Increased power of the feudal monarchs
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38. Name one social, one religious, and one economic effect that the Black Death had on people in Europe.
Definition
Social:Brought terror and bewilderment to people.
Religious:People questioned the church
Economic:Trade increased
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39. How did the Black Death begin and why did it spread so quickly?
Definition
Started in Asia and spread to the Middle east - On the trade routes.
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40. Explain 3 ways the printing press imacted Europe.
Definition
1)Spread ideas 2)Spread religion (more bibles) 3)Spread knowledge
Term
41. What group of people defeated the Byzantine Empire?
Definition
Ottoman Empire (SELJUK TERKS)
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42. List 3 achievements of the Byzantine Empire. Who was the best known Byzantine Emperor?
Definition
1)preserved Greek and Roman language 2)created justinian code 3)architecture
-Justinian, Constantine?
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43. What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire? Why was the location so desireable?
Definition
-Constantinople
-Surrounded by water on all 3 sides
-Its where Europe and Asia come together
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44. What was being reborn during the Renaissance?
Definition
Intellectual artistic ability
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45. Who wrote "The Prince" and what were 3 major ideas from the book?
Definition
Machiavelli 1)"The ends justify the means 2)Results are more important than promises 3)Ruler has duty to the people
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46. Define Humanism. What role did it play in the Renaissance?
Definition
Study of human subjects
-Allowed for people to open their eyes and minds to new ideas
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48. Who started the Prodestant Reformation? What did he take that many believe to be the start of the Reformation?
Definition
Martin Luther
-Nailed the 95 thesis to the church door.
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49. What common belief does Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox followers share?
Definition
One God
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50. Where was Mansa Musa from? What was his significance in world history?
Definition
Mali
-Made hagi to Mecca
Term
51. Describe Slash-and-burn agriculture.
Definition
Cut down forests/brush from the land, then burned the remains, using the ashes as fertilizer.
Term
52. What were 2 causes and 2 effects of the Bantu Migration?
Definition
CAUSES:
-Environment became desert
-Populations grew faster
EFFECTS:
-Spread skills in farming and iron working
-Made people live in less desireable areas
Term
53. How did the African empires of Ghana and Mali gain wealth and power?
Definition
Gold and Salt trading
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54. Where did the Bantu and their culture spread to and why did they migrate?
Definition
South
-Population growing so they needed more land.
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55. Give 2 examples of how people questioned authority (the Catholic Church) during the Prodestant Reformation and the European Renaissance.
Definition
1)Divided into sects
2)Questioned and demanded answers from the Church
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56. What technological advances helped bring an end to feudalism?
Definition
Canon, and ships built
Term
57. What was the scientific method? What 3 people used it?
Definition
Observation and Experimentation
-Newton, Descartes, Copernicus
Term
58. Define Columbian Exchange.
Europe->Americans
Americans->Europe
Definition
-a dramatically widespread exchange of animal, plants, culture (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
E-A=Wheat, Sugar, Cattle, Chicken
A-E=Tomatoes, Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes
Term
59. Main components of Mercantilism.
Definition
Where countries compete economically to build supply of gold and silver.
Term
60. Give 2 examples of farming methods used by early Latin American Civilizations (Maya, Aztec, and Incan)
Definition
1)Terraces
2)Slash-and-burn
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61. List 4 results of colonial rule in Latin America.
Definition
1)Spanish as main language
2)Catholicism
3)Diverse traditions and cultures were blended
4)Hierarchy
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63. What were 3 of the main crops that used slave labor in the West Indies and America?
Definition
1)Tobacco
2)Sugar
3)Cotton
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64. What were 3 effects of European conquests in the New World on the Native American populations?
Definition
1)Bitter fighting
2)Disease weakened & killed large numbers
3)Some Native Africans formed alliances and traded.
Term
65. What characteristics was the social class system in Latin America based on after colonization?
Definition
1)Penninsulares 2)Creoles 3)Mestizos 4)Mulattoes 5)Native Americans 6)Slaves
Term
66. Explain the 4 effects the slave trade had on the African continent.
Definition
-Loss of young men/women from west Africas
-Africans moved out
-Tribal groups gone
-Guns
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67. Define Encomienda.
Definition
Natives were forced to work on large plantations
Term
68. The order of the new social hierarchy in Spain's colonial empire.
Definition
1)Penninsulares 2)Creoles 3)Mestizos 4)Mulattoes 5)Native Americans 6)Africans (Slaves.
Term
68. Define creoles
Definition
-American born descents of spanish settlers
Term
68. Define mestizos
Definition
Native American and European
Term
68. Define Mulattoes.
Definition
African and European
Term
69. What was the Middle passage?
Definition
Slave ships crossing Atlantic from Africa
Term
70. What was the main characteristic of an absolute monarchy?
Definition
Heredity ruler with complete power.
Term
71. Example how Magna Carta limited the power of the English monarch.
Definition
Monarch must obey the laws and Kings can't raise taxes.
Term
71. Example how English Bill or Rights limited the power of the English monarch.
Definition
Outlined power for Monarchs
Term
72. Name the country they ruled, one highlight of their reign, and one major problem they faced.
-Peter the Great.
Definition
Country:Russia
Highlight:Improved education
Problem:Had no money, and killed
Term
72. Name the country they ruled, one highlight of their reign, and one major problem they faced.
Louis XIV
Definition
Country:France
Highlight:Most powerful ruler in Europe
Problem:Put vaste resources into war
Term
72. Name the country they ruled, one highlight of their reign, and one major problem they faced.
Phillip II
Definition
Country:Spain
Highlight:Centrallized royal power
Problem:Enforced religious unity
Term
73. What type of governmantal system does England have?
Definition
Parliament (Constitutional Monarch)
Term
74. What was the Reconquista, where did it take place, and who was behind it?
Definition
When the Jews and Muslims got kicked out of Spain
-Middle Ages
-Ferdinand and Isabella
Term
75. What Russian ruler finally won a warm water port? Why did Russia need one so badly?
Definition
Catherine the Great
-To have a well rounded economy.
Term
76. What was a similarity in the way both Machiavelli in his book "The Prince" and Hobbes in his book "Leviathon", said rulers should rule?
Definition
Needed a controlling society.
Term
77. List 3 characteristics of the Enlightenment.
Definition
1)People should be happy
2)RIght to liberty and to live without fear
3)Right to stand and right for freedoms
Term
78. What are natural rights and what philosopher promoted them?
Definition
John Locke
-The rights given to people at birth
Term
79. List 3 ways Napoleon brought order and security to France after the French Revolution?
Definition
1)Held plebicite (ballot to vote yes/no on a subject)
2)Set up public schools for military purposes
)Conquests sparked nationalism
Term
80. What events lef to the downfall of Napoleon?
Definition
Disaster at Russia brought new alliances together
Term
81. List the French estates. What role did they play in the French revolution?
Definition
-Clergy, Nobles, Everyone else
-The 3rd estate fought for equality when not getting fair results when voting on subjects that concerned them.
Term
82. List 3 causes of the French Revolution.
Definition
1)Lack of food 2)Bad king and queen 3)Unfair taxes (High)
Term
83. How did the French Revolution unite the French people?
Definition
-Brought compromise and allowed them to work together
Term
84. Give 2 examples of how the Enlightenment influenced the French and American Revolutions as well as the independence movements in Latin America.
Definition
1)Declaration of Indepenence and Constitution
2)Inspired ideas of "Liberty, Equality, and Brotherhood"
Term
85. What is a major similarity between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
Definition
The Enlightenment was a program to reform political, economic, and social aspects of European life by using the Scientific method established during the Scientific Revolution.
Term
86. What are 3 examples of the impact of geography on humans and their environment?
Definition
-Architectual styles
-Clothing, industry, food
Term
87. 2 most important cities for Muslims
Definition
Mecca & Medina
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