Unit 1-2
The Holy Text for Christianity
What is the Bible?
First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the fifth and thirteenth centuries A.D.
What is Ghana?
(11th-13th Centuries) Holy wars fought by Christian monarchies to regain control of 'Holy Lands," such as Jerusalem from the Muslims.
What were the Crusades?
A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority.
What is absolutism?
Country that is conflicted constantly with Austria-Hungary over expansion into the Balkan region
What is Serbia?
The Founder of Judaism
Who was/is Abraham?
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa.Converted to Islam. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
Who was Mansa Musa?
1300's disease that wiped out 2/3 of Europe; survivors demanded higher wages
What was the Bubonic Plauge?
Ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother.
Who was Peter the Great?
neither side makes advances; seen at Battles of Verdun & Somme
What is a stalemate?
What is monotheism?
A believer or follower of Islam.
What is a Muslim?
Known for his skills as a sculptor and painter; paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; sculpture of David
Who was Michelangelo?
What is the age of absolutism?
When was 1610-1800?
He was the totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 through 1953.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
What is a patriarchy?
A government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
A disease to which Native Americans had no resistance
What were smallpox?
An economic system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is Capitalism?
Who decided to use the atomic bomb?
Who was Harry Truman?
The break of communion between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054.
What was the East–West Schism?
Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
What is a fief?
Nation's strength depended on how much gold and silver it possessed; motivation for European exploration
What was mercantilism?
Who invented the cotton gin?
Who was Eli Whitney?
What deadly event was most influential in the establishment of the nation of Israel?
What was the Holocaust?