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Name the leader of the Babylonian Empire who created the world's first written law code.
Hammurabi
Name the writing system of either the Mesopotamians OR the Egyptians.
Cuneiform or Hieroglyphics
Glorification of human abilities and creativity
Humanism
What are the terms for belief in one god and belief in many gods?
Monotheism, Polytheism
Where did the Renaissance Begin
Florence, Italy
German craftsman who invented the printing press
Gutenberg
Name two engineering developments of the Romans.
Roads, aqueducts, concrete, domes
Name this form of government that allowed people to participate. Also, where was it first used?
Democracy, Athens (Greece)
The concept of Divine Right in China was known as the...
Mandate of Heaven
Name the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
This Chinese admiral went on 7 voyages into the Indian Ocean.
Zheng He
Economic System developed in the American colonies that allowed private ownership
Capitalism
What were the Crusades?
holy wars of European knights to retake Jerusalem
Name the two main branches and explain the reason for the split of Islam.
Sunni- accept leadership from any member of the community
Shia- accept leadership only from decedents of Muhammad
The economic and political system of the Middle Ages based on land and loyalty.
Feudalism
Name a major contribution of the Phoenicians
Alphabet, tyrian purple
Name any FOUR pre-Columbian native American civilizations
Olmec, Maya, Inca, Aztec...
Name 3 long distance trade networks
Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, Trans-Saharan, Triangular
Explain any THREE impacts of the European Age of Exploration
Colonization, Triangle Trade, Africa Diaspora...
Name THREE of the earliest river civilizations and the river that supported each.
Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates
Egypt- Nile
India- Indus
China- Yellow and Yangtze
Explain the significance of each of the following people:
Martin Luther
Confucius
Genghis Khan
Muhammad
Luther- started the Protestant Reformation
Confucius- Confucianism in China
Genghis Khan- unified Mongols and conquered Asia
Muhammad- founder of Islam
Name 5 Renaissance artists and 1 work from each.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Shakespeare, Van Eyck...
Put the Events in chronological order:
Rise of Islam
Pax Romana
Mansa Musa goes on Hajj
Neolithic Revolution
Columbus sets sail
Neolithic Revolution
Pax Romana
Rise of Islam
Mansa Musa goes on Hajj
Columbus sets sail
Name the founder of FOUR world religions
Abraham, Jesus, Muhammad, Siddhartha, nobody