Indian Civilization
What are the three countries that make up the Indian Subcontinent?
What are India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh?
What is the Torah, and why is it important?
What is the Jewish holy book containing God’s laws?
Why was Jesus important to Christians?
Who is the Son of God and Savior to Christians?
Who was Muhammad, and what did he preach?
Who is the prophet who preached belief in one God, Allah?
What was the Renaissance, and when did it occur?
What is the rebirth of learning and art in Europe (1300s–1600s)?
What were indulgences, and why did Martin Luther oppose them?
What are payments for forgiveness that Luther saw as corrupt?
What is feudalism, and how did it organize society?
What is a system of loyalty and land in exchange for service?
How did mountains protect and isolate India?
What are the Himalayas and Hindu Kush creating natural barriers to invasion?
Who was Abraham, and what covenant did he make with God?
Who is the father of the Hebrews who promised to worship one God?
What were Jesus’ main teachings?
What are love, forgiveness, and belief in one God?
What event marked the beginning of the Islamic calendar?
What is the Hijra, Muhammad’s journey to Medina in 622 CE?
What invention allowed for the widespread distribution of knowledge?
What is the printing press?
What was the Edict of Worms?
What is the council where Luther refused to recant his teachings?
What role did kings, lords, knights, and serfs play in feudalism?
Who are kings ruling, lords granting land, knights protecting, and serfs farming?
Why were rivers important for farming in ancient India?
What are rivers providing water for irrigation and fertile soil?
What was the Exodus, and who led it?
What is the Hebrews’ escape from Egypt led by Moses?
How did the Roman Empire help Christianity spread?
What are Roman roads, peace, and trade routes aiding spread?
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
What are faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage?
How did humanism influence culture during the Renaissance?
What is focusing on human potential, achievements, and worldly subjects?
How did the printing press help spread Reformation ideas?
What is allowing ideas to spread quickly across Europe?
Why do historians call the early medieval period the 'Dark Ages'?
What is decline in learning and stability after Rome’s fall?
What were some achievements of the Harappan civilization?
What are planned cities, plumbing systems, and standardized weights?
What prompted the Jewish migration to Egypt?
What is a famine in Canaan?
What was the Edict of Milan?
What is Constantine’s law allowing freedom of religion?
Why did Islam split into Sunni and Shi’a groups?
What is disagreement over who should lead after Muhammad’s death?
What role did patrons play in the Renaissance?
Who are wealthy supporters funding artists and thinkers?
What were Luther’s main teachings?
What is salvation by faith alone and Bible as sole authority?
What was manorialism, and why was it important?
What is the self-sufficient economic system of estates?
What caused the decline of the Indus Valley civilization?
What are natural disasters, invasions, or decline in trade?
Why is Judaism important to world history?
What is the world’s first monotheistic religion influencing others?
What was the Great Schism, and what two churches came from it?
What is the split between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches?
How are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam connected?
What is all three tracing roots to Abraham and monotheism?
What qualities defined the Renaissance ideal man and woman?
What are well-rounded, educated, charming men and women?
How did the Reformation change views of authority and the individual?
What is shifting power from the Church to individuals and secular rulers?
How did the Black Death affect feudalism in Europe?
What is labor shortages weakening feudal bonds and serfs gaining freedom?