Foundations of Civilization
Civilizations often developed near these geographical features.
What are rivers?
This empire created a republic and later an empire that ruled the Mediterranean.
What is Rome?
This was the political system based on land and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
This time period was a “rebirth” of Greco-Roman ideas.
What is the Renaissance?
This trade route connected China to Europe for centuries.
What is the silk road?
The first known civilization developed in this region.
What is Mesopotamia?
This West African empire became wealthy from gold and salt trade.
What is Mali?
This manorial estate system supported feudalism.
What is manorialism?
This invention by Gutenberg helped spread new ideas.
What is the printing press?
This invention from China revolutionized warfare in Europe and the Islamic world.
What is gunpowder?
The switch from hunting and gathering to farming is called this.
What is the Neolithic Revolution
The Ottoman empire conquered what city, that served as a major turning point in the 1400s.
What is Constantinople?
This war between Christians and Muslims impacted European trade.
What are the Crusades?
This explorer reached the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This movement questioned Church authority and helped start the Protestant Reformation.
What is Humanism?
A fundamental Confucian virtue emphasizing the respect, obedience, and care that children should show their parents and elders
What is filial piety?
Justinian and Theodora passed legislation for what group of people?
What are women?
This pandemic killed millions in Europe during the 1300s.
What is the black death?
This was the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and diseases after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Aztecs built these artificial islands to farm on Lake Texcoco.
What are chinampas?
This cycle of rebirth is shared by Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is reincarnation
Who is the best teacher ever?
Who is Ms. D
What is a tithe?
What is a mandatory tax to the chruch?
Zheng he is an explorer for the _______ dynasty?
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The Incas farmed steep mountains using this technique.
What is terrace farming?