PEOPLE & PLACES
Ancient Empires
Ancient Empires
The Neolithic Revolution was this type of revolution.
AGRICULTURAL
This was the name of the ancient Chinese dynasty that operated under a system of feudalism, but ultimately fell to warring states and civil conflict in the 3rd century B.C.
ZHOU DYNASTY
He was the King of England who broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted to divorce his first wife because she did not give him a son.
KING HENRY 8th
He was the first explorer to realize Columbus found new land. The America's are named for him.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism. He is known as "the Buddha." Buddha means this...
ENLIGHTENED ONE
This is the early river valley civilization's name means between two rivers, as it's location was between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
MESOPOTAMIA
He was the ruler of the first period of unity in ancient India during the Mauryan dynasty.
ASHOKA
He was the German monk who wanted to take a stand against the corrupt actions he saw going on in the Catholic church.
MARTIN LUTHER
He is the explorer who found a quicker water route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern part of South America. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
This event in history where the Roman Empire split into the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church was known as this.
THE GREAT SCHISM
This was the name of the first empire in recorded World History.
AKKADIAN EMPIRE
He was the ruler of the second period of unity in India during the Gupta dynasty. He helped to promote advancements in medicine and math.
CHANDRAGUPTA
He was the inventor of the Printing Press.
JOHANN GUTENBERG
He was the conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire with only 500 men and a "secret weapon."
HERNAN CORTES
Muslims do not recognize Jesus as the son of God. The view Jesus as this...
A PROPHET
He was the first ruler of the Babylonian Empire.
HAMMURABI
This is the ancient Chinese dynasty whose two goals were to centralize the government of China, and expand the Chinese empire.
HAN DYNASTY
He was the best-known Christian Humanist who believed Christianity should show people how to live good lives on a daily basis.
ERASMUS
He was a Portuguese Prince that started the first European school of navigation.
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Hammurabi had a set of 282 laws. The most memorable part of Hammurabi's Code is "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." This is also known as the
LAW OF EXACT RETALIATION
He was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
CONSTANTINE
This is the ancient Chinese dynasty that used legalism to restore order, and whose emperor built a terracotta army to protect him in the afterlife.
QIN DYNASTY
He was the Renaissance philosopher who wrote a book that focused on how to get and keep political power. He argued good leaders should be able to do good when possible, but do evil when necessary.
MACHIAVELLI
He was the Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Inca Empire in South America.
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
This is the name of the first successful English colony in North America.
JAMESTOWN