Vocabulary
A new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius, including Buddhist and Daoist beliefs.
Neo-Confucianism
The only woman in Chinese history to rule the country on her own.
Empress Wu
Korea has been most greatly influenced by these two countries.
China and Japan
Name of a tribe of Germanic people who settled the area known today as France?
Franks
1. A religious movement that produced a new form of Christianity known as Protestantism.
2. A renewal or rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts.
1. Reformation.
2. The Renaissance.
A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures.
Porcelain
The founder and first emperor of the Sui dynasty.
Emperor Wendi
The following are the three early Korean kingdoms.
Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla.
Europe’s seas and rivers played an important part in Europe’s growth because they provided...
Protection and opportunities for trade.
List two factors that made Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance.
1. It was the heart of the old Roman Empire.
2. Contained the architecture and art of ancient Rome that inspired Renaissance artists and thinkers.
3. Italian cities had become very wealthy by the 1300s and could pay artists.
A political order where nobles governed and protected people in return for services.
Feudalism
Tang officials feared Buddhism’s growing influence. As a result, the Tang government…
Destroyed many Buddhist monasteries and temples.
People who follow Shinto believe…
Everything in nature has a spirit.
1. King Henry II set up a central royal court with lawyers and judges. They set up a body of ________ by replacing laws that differed from place to place.
2. In 1215, the nobles met ______ at Runnymede where they forced him to sign the Great Charter.
1. Common law.
2. King John.
What did Renaissance painters use to make their work look three-dimensional?
Perspective
1. A mounted man at arms, serving a lord, and abiding by the code of chivalry.
2. A belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is a path to knowledge.
1. Knight.
2. Humanism.
1. The Chinese discovered that they could use this substance to heat things and make steel.
2. In the Song dynasty, the Chinese economy grew when they printed _____.
1. Coal.
2. Paper currency.
1. The river valleys, coastal deltas, and volcanoes of Southeast Asia have resulted in…
2. This country was home to the ancient Khmer people.
1. Rich soil that is good for farming.
2. Cambodia.
1. In 1095 Pope Urban II called for a crusade against...
2. The pope urged Europe's nobles to capture the city of _______, freeing it from its invaders.
1. The Muslim Turks.
2. Jerusalem.
1. The first leader of the Christian humanism movement.
2. Reductions in punishment sold by the pope to get money to repair St. Peter's in Rome.
1. Desiderius Erasmus
2. Indulgences.
1. A document signed by King John in 1215 that placed limits on the king's power and empowered the people.
2. A religious belief that contradicts what the church says is true.
1. Magna Carta.
2. Heresy.
1. The Mongol Empire was known as the largest ______ empire the world had ever known.
2. By 1279, this Mongol ruler had completed the conquest of China.
1. Land.
2. Kublai Khan.
The two landforms that make up the geography of Southeast Asia are...
Peninsulas and Archipelagos
The medieval state of Kievan Rus gained wealth through river trade with...
Scandinavia and the Byzantine Empire.
1. Name three of the most famous Renaissance artists.
2. Name of the first protestant church.
3. Three main ideas of the first protestant church.
1. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Raphael Sanzio.
2. Lutheranism
3. Faith in Jesus brings someone a place in heaven, the Bible is the final source for truth about God, and the church is made up of its believers, not just the clergy.