World History Midterm

Early Humans & Civilizations

100

The continent where it is widely believed that human life began

Africa

200

Something made by humans (such as a stone tool)

An artifact

300

The ability to walk on two legs

Bipedalism

400

The time when early humans developed agriculture

The Neolithic Revolution

500

The four requirements of a civilization

1.) Advanced Cities

2.) Specialized Workers

3.) Complex Instutions

4.) Record Keeping

Ancient Greece

100

An independent town and the land around it, created by Greece's mountainous geography

City-State

200

A war between Athens and Sparta

The Peloponnesian War

300

Established an empire that extended from Greece to India

Alexander the Great

400

The greatest achievement of Alexander the Great

Spread of Greek Culture

500

Alexander the Great's death marks the beginning of Hellenism. The following cultures combined to form Hellenism: Greek, Indian, Persian, and ____________________.

Egyptian

Ancient Rome

100

Time of unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Roman Empire

Pax Romana (Roman Peace)

200

Capital cities of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire

Western Empire: Rome

Eastern Empire: Constantinople

300

Cause of Julius Caesar's death

Assassination by the Senate

400

Identify and describe the difference between Rome's two social classes

Patricians: wealthy, land-owning Romans

Plebeians: poor Romans, depend on the government

500

Four specific reasons why the Roman Empire declined

1.) Trade was disrupted (by invasions)

2.) Raised taxes

3.) Money was made with less silver

4.) Inflation

5.) Overworked soil

6.) Inept (ineffective/bad) leaders

Byzantium& the Mongols

100

Created the largest empire in the world's history

Genghis Khan

200

Getting kicked out of the church

Excommunication

300

The split of Christianity into two parts, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

The Great Schism of 1054

400

Leader of the eastern part of the church; not leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Patriarch

500

The major religion in the Persian and Ottoman Empires

Islam

Middle Ages

100

Something that is not religious

Secular

200

A knight's (religious, moral, and social) code

Chivalry

300

Mutual obligation of the feudal system

Reciprocity

400

Benefit of the Black Death

Increased wages for serfs (peasants)

500

Importance of the Magna Carta

1.) Guaranteed basic rights

2.) Limits the king's power