Ch. 9
Who declared a census for all of the world to be taxed in 5 BC?
Who was born during this census?
Octavian
Jesus
Who moved the capitol of the empire to Byzantium?
Constantine
What is the prominent theory about how the Mesoamericans reached Central America?
Crossed the Bering Strait
What civilizations influenced Japan?
China and Korea
What people group regularly attacked people in Europe during the Medieval period?
Vikings
Who accused the Christians of burning Rome?
Who made Christianity legal in Rome?
Nero
Constantine I
Who founded Islam
Muhammad
What important resource did the Olmecs come up with?
rubber
a form of nature worship; the main religion of Japan
shintoism
What is the order of the following events?
Masada
Greek Rule
Exodus
Exodus
Greek Rule
Masada
What happened to the Eastern and Western parts of the Roman Empire?
Eastern-> Byzantine
Western-> fell to barbarians
What 3 names have been given to the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Byzantium; Constantinople; Istanbul, Turkey
The slave trade caused the African ____________ to decline.
population
a system of organizing and governing society based on land and service
feudalism
What is the order of the following events? Maccabean Revolt, First King of Israel, Destruction of Jerusalem, Divided Kingdom
First King
Divided Kingdom
Maccabean Revolt
Destruction of Jerusalem
Who formed the triumvirate?
Crassus, Julius Caesar, Pompey
What 3 cities do Muslims consider sacred?
Medina, Mecca, Jerusalem
___________ traded for slaves in the slaved trade increased wars and violence. ____________ were torn apart and fear reigned.
guns, families
What was the exchange between the landowners and the people in Medieval Europe?
land and protection for service
What is the order of the following events?
Assyrian captivity
Babylonian Captivity
Roman Rule/Life of Jesus
Assyrian captivity
Babylonian Captivity
Roman Rule/Life of Jesus
What started corrupting the government after the Punic Wars?
trusting his enemies and putting them in his ranks
What protected Byzantium from invaders?
water and high cliffs on 3 sides; Constantine's 15 ft. thick walls; 100 towers
How was the slave trade morally unjust?
humans are created in God's image and have great value; slavery goes against this truth by devaluing human life
What things produced a decline in feudalism?
politics, famine and plague, dev. of towns, war, Crusades, great schism
ruined cities and overgrown roads; lack of education; stopped trade; isolated villages; destructive invaders