Religions
What is Buddhism?
What geographic feature allows for good quality farming (2 choices)
Water or fertile soil (early civilizations had to settle around these)
Describe the Neolithic Revolution
Early humans shifting from nomads/hunter-gatherers to farmers
What invention in Europe led to a faster way to make books and paper?
Printing Press
What animal did the black plague originate in?
The flea!
Why did Martin Luther write the 95 theses?
He was upset with the church selling indulgences, this set off the Protestant Reformation.
What geographic feature allowed for early humans to cross over into the Americas thousands of years ago?
What is "land bridge"?
Why was Constantinople such a highly-desired location?
It was at a crossroads for trade (whoever controlled it would have a big influence on trade)
What is the economic system involving mother countries and colonies (the colonies send raw goods to the mother country for economic benefit)
Mercantilism
This scientific revolution theory put the sun at the center of the universe instead of the earth, which was previously thought
Heliocentric model (the old model was the geocentric model)
What is the geographic context for why Columbus discovered the Americas?
Europeans were looking for a new trade route to Asia, as they could not easily cross the Ottoman Empire. They believed the easiest way to do this was to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
What was one lasting outcome of the Crusades?
Cultural diffusion and trade (need one)
Describe what an absolute monarch is
A ruler that is 100% total control over where he rules (religion, government, army)
This was the process of "removing demons" from one's blood when they were ill in the middle ages, it involved cutting one's skin.
Blood letting.
What is divine right rule?
Daily Double! Name a divine right ruler that we learned about in class this year.
God chooses who rules on earth.
What is the geographic context for why the Mongols expanded so rapidly?
They lived on the Asian Steppes (super flat land). They were able to easily traverse this land on horseback.
Observation, rather than the Church's word.
The Great Schism
This was the pope that started the First Crusade after his speech at the Council of Clermont
Pope Urban II
The social hierarchy used within Hindi faith (Hinduism)
What is the Caste System?
What geographic feature led to the isolation of Greek city-states?
What is mountains?
A. The Chinese learned how to make gunpowder
B. Civilizations in the Middle East and Europe learned how to make paper and print
C. Islam spread to North Africa
D. Hinduism spread from India to Pakistan
What posed the biggest threat to the civilizations living in the Americas once the Europeans arrived during the Age of Exploration?
Germs/Disease
This was the game the Maya played that is a mixture of handball and basketball
Pok-a-tok