What do you call a succession of people from the same family who have ruled the same country?
A dynasty
100
What were the 3 main kingdoms in Ancient Africa that we learned about?
Mali, Songhay, Ghana
100
Who did the king have to answer to during the Middle Ages?
Pope, God, Church
100
What group lived along the Andes Mountains?
Incas
200
What did Rome's social structure look like? (2 sections)
Patricians at the top, plebeians at the bottom
200
What happened on the Silk Road?
trade, cultural diffusion, war/death, ideas spread
200
What was Ancient India's social structure called?
caste system
200
Most people in Medieval Europe practiced what religion? Were they polytheistic or monotheistic?
Christianity (monotheistic)
200
Name 1 thing they did to keep the gods happy.
performed human sacrifices, blood letting of a leader
300
What did the Romans do for entertainment?
watch fights at the Colleseum, watch chariot races at the Circus Maximus
300
List one aspect or part of the religion, Buddhism.
Four Noble Truths, 8 Fold Path, get rid of worldly possessions, end suffering, show respect
300
What were the storytellers/history keepers of Africa called?
griots
300
To have power in the Middle Ages you needed to have __________.
land
300
Name 1 way the Spanish conquistadors were able to defeat the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs.
better weapons, thought they were gods, tricked them, small pox
400
List one reason we discussed that led to the fall of the Roman empire.
poor leadership, dividing of Rome, money problems, civil wars and invasions
400
What did Emperor Qin do to try to unify Ancient China?
he made everyone use the same type of money
400
Why did people in Ancient Africa trade gold for salt?
needed salt to stay healthy, to preserve food, make food taste better
400
How was the Bubonic Plague able to kill so many Middle Agers?
dirty living conditions, no meds or drs, how the disease spreads
400
What farming techniques did the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas use to adapt to their surroundings?
terrace farming, floating gardens
500
What were the Punic Wars?
Three wars between Rome and Carthage, led by Hannibal.
500
What is the mandate of Heaven?
the idea that the gods choose the ruler and can replace a ruler
500
What religion involves the concepts of dharma, karma, and reincarnation?
Hinduism
500
Charlemagne got rid of trial by ordeal, and replaced it with a trial by jury. What is the difference?
trial by ordeal let the gods decide your guilt or innocence and whether you lived or died, jury allows you to have a trial where evidence is shown and people decide your fate
500
How did the Aztecs know where to build their capital, Tenochtitlan?
The vision from the gods said they should build it when they seen a bird with a snake in it's beak, perched on a cactus, and they built the city where they seen the bird