Unit 1
Which religion is reincarnation tied to?
Hinduism
Which three continents did the Roman Empire touch?
Europe, Asia, and Africa
Why is it important to cite sources?
Many reasons for this, not writing them all down.
How did the Black Death spread across Europe?
By trading ships, more specifically, rats on the ships carried the plague with them.
What is now in the area that used to be Tenochtitlan, the Aztec Captial.
Mexico city
What is the core principal of Confucianism?
Filial Piety
Who started the crusades?
Pope Urban II
What is Genghis Khans real name?
Did he have a tough childhood?
Temujin
He did have a difficult childhood, he killed his own brother for stealing food.
Name one person and what they discovered during the Scientific Revoulution.
Many different answers.
Name 2 diseases that came from the New World and killed a lot of Native Americans
Smallpox, Measels, more.
What are the three Abrahamic religions, and are they monotheistic or polytheistic?
They are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
They are monotheistic
What is the Pax Romana?
A ~200 year period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire
Which Empire was Mansa Munsa the ruler of?
Where was his famous journey to?
What is an absolute monarch?
What is the name of the government they rule?
An absolute monarch is an all powerful ruler, control the country they rule completely.
Government is called an absolute monarchy.
What did Vasco Da Gama do?
Sailed around Africa to get to Asia from Europe.
Set up a large Portuguese Presence in the Indian Ocean.
True or False:
Legalism burned books of history
True
Which caliphate was in power during the Islamic Golden Age
The Abbasid Caliphate
What was the silk road?
How did the Mongols change it?
The silk road was a trade route across land, filled with bandits.
The Mongols led huge campaigns to make it safe.
Name 2 of the 4 characteristics of the Italian Renaissance, and describe them.
Individualism: Emphasis on uniqueness, worth of each person.
Humanism: Movement valuing human potential.
Greek+Roman: These ancient cultures influence art and architecture.
Secular: Non-religious, more academic, artistic, and political achievements.
Name one problem for the Aztecs, and how they addressed this problem.
No farming land ---> Chinampas
No fresh water ---> Aqueducts
Unstable land ---> Built land supports
Risk of floods ---> Giant flood wall
Who created Daoism
Lao Tzu
What is the Great Scism?
The split between the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern Church refused to recognize the authority of the Pope.
Happened in 1054
Who was Ibn Battuta?
A world explorer, took a lot of journeys through Africa, and beyond.
What was the Protestant Reformation
AND FOR DOUBLE POINTS
describe in detail how the Catholics reacted to this.
The Protestant Reformation was a period where Catholics spoke out against certain problems inside the Catholic Church, for example, indulgences, and blocking access from learning the bible.
The Catholics began the counter reformation, in which they created the Jesuits, an order that traveled the world preaching Catholicism.
What did Ferdinand Magellan do?
He was the first one to sail around the world completley.