Early River Civ.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
between the rivers
The early Greeks never united under one Government, they formed what?
City- states
What is the Silk Road?
A route that was on land and sea for trading goods from China to Europe
This person Wins the Battle of Tours in 732 CE - stopping Muslim spread into Europe?
Charles "the Hammer “Martel
The first man to round the southern tip of Africa was
Cortés.
Cyrus the Great founded what Empire?
Persia
Professional teachers who traveled Greek city-states and charged fees for their teaching
Sophists
What were the rest stops called along the silk road?
Caravanserai
Who was crowned “Holy Roman Emperor” in 962.
Charlemagne
The Spanish conquistadors subdued the natives of the New World with their
horses and firearms
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
Hieroglyphics
Roman mythology states Rome was started by whom?
Remus and Romulus
What is the name of Islam’s Holy Book?
Quran
What caused lay investiture?
Church officials who controlled land needed a lord’s protection
The first permanent English colony in America was
Jamestown
Poems and prayers written in Sanskrit, the religion of the Indus River valley is called?
Vedas
The Roman law was written and called what?
The 12 tables
Which group migrated south (in Africa) in search of farmland?
Bantu
The most famous Renaissance patrons were members of which family?
Medici
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
de Soto
The 1st dynasty in China was called what?
Shang
A form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders
Swahili is a mixture of what languages?
Bantu and Arabic
Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses covered the issue of
selling indulgences
Who was a viceroy for Portugal in the East?
Albuquerque