Intro to History/Religion
The features of civilization that G.R.A.P.E.S. stands for.
What are Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economy, and Social Structure?
The name of the first written law code
what is the code of hammurabi?
The definition for the term Hellenistic.
What is Greek Like?
The name of Martin Luther's list of grievances with the Catholic Church that sparked the Protestant Reformation.
What are the 95 Theses?
The belief in more than one god.
What is Polytheistic?
The five major world religions.
What are Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism?
The name given to the desert lands that surround Egypt that provided protection against invaders and spices to harvest.
What are the Red Lands?
The name given to the disputes between the wealthy Patricians and the working class Plebiaens in Rome.
What is the Conflict of the Orders?
Slips of paper sold by the Catholic Church that granted forgiveness of sins.
What are Indulgences?
This major Greek city state focused on education, family, and the arts
What is Athens?
The Science of locating events in time.
What is Chronology?
The name given to the New Stone Age and the invention of farming.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
The Medieval African Kingdom known for its wealth of Gold and Salt.
What is Ghana?
One way the Printing Revolution changes Europe.
What is:
Books and knowledge more accessible
More people learned to read
Price of books decreased
Easier to share knowledge?
Series of Holy Wars fought between Europe and parts of Asia from 1095-1492
What are the Crusades?
A long distinct period of history with a particular feature or common characteristic.
What is an Era or a Period?
The 3 Modern Day countries where the Indus River Valley Civilization was located.
What are India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh?
This is the social system in place during the majority of the Middle Ages
What is feudalism?
Another name given to the Catholic Reformation when they purged the church of corruption.
What is the Counter Reformation?
In this type of government, the power is shared between a king/queen and a governing body like a senate or parliament.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
What are lines of Latitude?
The exchange of power from one powerful family to another as chosen by heaven (Used in Ancient China)
What is the dynastic Cycle?
The 3 lasting legacies of the Mongols.
What are:
1. Lasting Fear
2. increased trade
3. Unification of Asia
The 4 major causes of the Italian Renaissance.
What are:
1. Reminders of the glory days
2. Avoided Economic Crisis
3. Scholars moving to Italy
4. Italy was an important center of trade?
The Five Pillars of Islam.
What are: Faith (only one God), Prayer (5 times a day), Charity (giving to the poor), Fasting (Ramadan), and the Hajj (pilgrimage)?