Unit 1
Shows the meaning of different symbols used in a map
What is a map key?
Anything that does not move but is used to transport something else.
What is infrastructure?
A multi-ethnic state created by conquest
What is an empire?
Had to share part of their crop with the lord whose land they farmed.
What is a peasant?
Blends parts of multiple religions.
What is syncretism?
Tells you how big the things on the map are in real life
What is a map scale?
The right of the government to rule over its people, as perceived by those whom the government rules
What is legitimacy?
Things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with spirituality or religion.
What is "secular"?
Key beliefs of Islam that build a sense of community.
What is the Five Pillars of Islam?
A series of religious wars promoted by the pope aimed at taking back Jerusalem for Christendom.
What is the Crusades?
Written long after the events that the sources are about have occurred.
What is secondary sources?
Religion that does not seek converts. Instead, it is passed from parent to child.
What is an ethnic religion?
Secular belief system that emphasized "Filial Piety", obeying one's superior.
What is Confucianism?
Dedicated space for scholarship where classical Greek philosophy and literature was translated into Arabic.
What is the House of Wisdom?
Created the largest contiguous land empire in the history of the world and reestablished the Silk Routes.
An account of the past constructed by historians that describes events from the past and how they are connected together.
What is a narrative?
Laws that come from God/ the Gods, making people more likely to follow them.
What is divine origin?
Monotheistic religion that emerged out of Judaism, established by Jesus Christ and emphasized "salvation".
What is Christianity?
Survived the collapse of the Roman Empire due to extensive trade routes and followed the Orthodox Church.
What is Eastern Europe/ Byzantine Empire?
Resulted in significant demographic effects in Europe. In which about half of the European population died and created a shortage of labor.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
Parts of a Short-Constructed Response (SCR)
What is an answer and detail?
Oldest law codes in the world created in part to help unify a quickly expanding empire.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Classical Empires that ruled over large, diverse territories.
What is the Persian Empire, Roman Empire, and Han Dynasty?
Did not survive the collapse of the Roman Empire due to barbarian attacks and followed the Catholic Church.
What is Western Europe?
Two Chinese technologies circulated by the Mongols.
What is gunpower and paper-making?