unit 13 1
What Roman document was created in the 500s to make sure the Empire's laws were fair and made sense?
Code of Justinian
What is the name of the book that contains the teachings of Muhammad?
Qur'an
According to Chinese legend, the wife of Emperor Huangdi discovered the process of making what?
silk
What was the name of the fierce Hun leader who was greatly feared and called the Scourge of God?
Attila
What was the purpose of the Silk Road?
Trade
Where did the Nika Revolt of 532 take place?
Constantinople
What covers the majority of the buildings in Palenque?
jungle overgrowth
Xi'an, China, was the starting point for what ancient route?
Silk Road
Who captured Patrick and took him to Ireland as a prisoner?
Irish raiders
What was the name of Augustine's best known book?
Confessions
How many islands make up Japan?
4,000
How did the Maya record their history in the Temple of Inscription?
hieroglyphics
What did Augustine realize was more important than knowledge?
faith
Ireland is off the northwest coast of what continent?
Europe
What has become the symbol of Patrick and of Ireland?
the shamrock
How did government officials under Taishi gain their positions?
merit or qualifications
Augustine and about forty other men were sent to Great Britain to what?
evangelize
Confessions told of Augustine's longing for whom?
God
What significant event in the history of the Roman Empire happened in 476?
It fell (or was defeated)
What is the highest point in Japan?
Mt. Fuji
Where was Muhammad born?
Mecca
The monks at Lindisfarne left their monastery in 875 because they feared an attack from whom?
vikings
What type of lifestyle involves moving from place to place, herding animals, and gathering from the land?
nomadic
After 476, the Eastern Roman Empire came to be called what?
Byzantine Empire
What people group extracted latex from rubber trees in order to make rubber?
the Olmec people