Medieval Africa
How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?
Taxing goods
A characteristic of world religions is that they offer a message that appeals to:
A diverse group of people
Samurai
What change in Europe occurred as a result of Gutenberg's invention?
More books became available to more people
Why did the Black Death make life harder especially for Jews in Europe?
They were blamed for the disease
Because of Ghana's ________ system, the king's nephew becomes king when he dies.
Matrilineal
Jews dispersed across the middle east during the Jewish ________
In Japan in the 1500s, as the Age of the Warring States intensified, the Daimyo eagerly sought to obtain:
The destruction of feudalism and the growth of urban workshops resulted in part from changes in population caused by
The Black Death
How did the Black Death increase the power of the common people?
So many people died there was a shortage of labor, meaning commoners had more economic opportunity
Trans-Saharan trade increased after 300 CE due to the:
Introduction of camels
Give an example of a polytheistic religion
Hinduism, Shintoism
Why did Japan remain open to trade after the U.S. forced them to end their isolation?
Japan lacked the military strength to resist American demands
Humanism promotes the worth of the ________
Individual
Explain Habeas Corpus
People cannot be put in jail indefinitely unless a court consents
Ghana acted as a middleman in the ________ trade
Trans-Saharan, gold/salt
According to the New Testament of the Christian Bible, three days after Jesus was crucified he:
Rose from the dead
Why did so much innovation with gunpowder weapons occur in China in the 14th century?
Chinese rebels needed better weapons to defeat their Mongol rulers
The Enlightenment overall promoted an attitude of ________
Optimism
What feature of Russian culture resulted from contact with the Byzantine Empire?
Orthodox Christianity
How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana?
The writings of Arab scholars
In Buddhism, the eightfold path offers guidelines on how to achieve:
Enlightenment
Which two dynasties ceased to exist in the 20th century (the 1900s)?
Qing and Romanov
They bought Asian and African luxury goods from Muslims from the Middle East and sold them to Europeans
How did political changes in medieval England weaken feudalism?
Nobles lost power to commoners and the King