Unit 1
(Questions 1-9)
(Questions 1-9)
People who move from place to place are called
Nomads
System of government that was used in Ancient China
Feudalism
What two goods did Africans trade with one another
Gold & Salt
The Byzantine Empire was what religion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
What does Renaissance mean
Rebirth
Social status was determined by
Jobs
Name of the network of trade routes set up by Emperor Wudi that connected China to the West
The Silk Road
The heads of China during the Tang and Song Dynasties were
Scholar-Gentry (or educated landowning class)
People could get educated in these two locations in the Middle Ages
Monasteries & Covents
The Renaissance
Name of the first written law code
Hammurabi's Code
Democracy
The Taj Mahal was built to honor who
A major goal of the Crusades was
Control of land in the Middle East (war between Christians and Muslims)
The sale of indulgences in the Catholic Church sparked Martin Luther to write
95 Theses
The area of land between the Tigris and the Euphrates is known as
Mesopotamia
The Peloponnesian War was fought between who?
Athens and Sparta
Mansa Musa was able to make establish diplomatic and economic ties amongst countries in Africa and draw the attention of nearby European powers when doing this
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Muslim empire that conquered Spain
Umayyad
This invention allowed for the mass production of books and various forms of writing. Also allowing the quick spread of knowledge
Printing Press
A political unit that included a city & its surrounding lands & villages is called
City-state
Written codes of laws that can be easy to follow
The need for protection and a way to combat a de-centralized political and economic structure is why this political system formed in the Medieval Europe
Feudalism
Instead of the emperor, power lied truly in the Shogun is what area
Japan
What is the official model name in which it was proposed by Copernicus that the sun is at the center and Earth, along with several planets, revolve around it
Heliocentric Model