Early Civilizations & Belief Systems
What geographic feature did early civilizations tend to develop around?
Rivers
What helped trade flourish after the Crusades?
New trade routes between the East and Europe
What political system exchanged land for loyalty and protection?
Feudalism
The Crusades encouraged Europeans to seek what type of goods from the East?
Exotic goods (silk, spices, etc.)
The Crusades were motivated by what religious and political goal?
Reclaim the Holy Land
The rigid social class system of traditional India was known as what?
Caste system
Mansa Musa ruled which West African empire during its golden age?
Mali
What event led to the development of the European Feudal system?
Fall of the Roman Empire
Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church mainly for what practice?
Selling indulgences
Copernicus proposed what revolutionary model of the solar system?
Heliocentric Model
What type of government is described in Pericles’ Funeral Oration? (hint: ATHENS)
Democracy
The spread of the Black Death to Europe was caused by contact with whom?
Traders from Asia
The encomienda system in Latin America and caste system in India both provided what for society?
Social structure
Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII contributed to what major event?
End of religious unity in Europe (Protestant Reformation)
What invention helped spread the ideas of the Scientific Revolution and Reformation?
Printing press
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share this key belief.
Monotheism
Which Chinese explorer led voyages that demonstrated advanced navigation technology?
Zheng He
In feudal Europe, who supported the system through their labor?
Peasants
The Columbian Exchange led to a massive decline in what population?
Native populations (due to disease)
What period led to increased questioning of traditional authorities and new scientific discoveries?
Scientific Revolution
Which belief system teaches that by following one’s dharma and accumulating good karma, a person can eventually break free from the cycle of reincarnation?
Hinduism
What empire became wealthy by controlling trans-Saharan trade routes, especially in gold and salt?
Mali Empire
What system of laws did Justinian create that influenced modern law?
Justinian’s Code
According to Galileo, why did many academics reject his scientific findings?
They preferred their own opinions and misused religion to argue against him
The decline in Native American population from 1520-1600 was mainly caused by what?
European diseases