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What common factor united people in a specific clan in early Japan?
Ancestry
100
What are moats?
Trenches filled with water
100
What was a major factor in the decline of the Byzantine empire?
Arrival of Ottoman Invaders
100
In the epic poem the Iliad, the poet Homer told the story of a long war the early Greeks waged against ___________
Troy
100
What did the title of shogun originally mean?
Supreme military commander
200
Rome was built along the _______ River.
Tiber
200
Who was the Renaissance man that is credited for creating one of the first movable type
Johann Gutenberg
200
What is the meaning of “Renaissance?”
Cultural Rebirth
200
Who led the Mongols through battles in most of eastern and central Asia?
Genghis Khan
200
What was a key outdoor feature of many Japanese nobles’ homes?
A Garden
300
Which Byzantine emperor built the Hagia Sophia?
Justinian
300
The reorganization of Roman laws, decrees, and judges’ decisions published in A.D. 529 is called _____________.
Justinian's Code
300
In the year 1 B.C., as much as 40 percent of the population of Rome was made up of _________.
Slaves
300
A torii marks the entrance of a Shinto place of worship, also called a _________.
Shrine
300
After winning civil wars, the military commanders Sulla and Caesar made themselves ____________.
Dictators
400
The split between the Eastern and Western Christian churches is now known as the Great ______.
Schism
400
Why did Church officials begin to censor certain published works during the Renaissance?
Because they wanted to put a stop to the growing criticism of the Church.
400
Renaissance literature differed from medieval literature in that Renaissance literature was written in ___________.
Vernacular
400
In the years leading up to the Great Schism, what did the pope refuse to do?
Recognize the Byzantine emperor as his superior
400
The type of government in which the “best” people inherited the right to rule a Greek city-state was called a(n)
Aristocracy
500
What typically happened when Byzantine leaders showed off their wealth to visitors?
Visitors left Constantinople inspired by Byzantine culture.
500
Who benefited most from the oligarchies that governed many ancient Greek city-states?
Wealthy People
500
Before he became Japan’s first shogun, which clan did Minamoto Yoritomo have to defeat?
Taira
500
What change had happened in Japan by the early 700s?
Some clans had lost some of their power to the emperor.
500
How did Chinese inventions such as gunpowder, paper, and the compass reach Europe?
They were traded first to Muslims who then traded with Europe.