World History Semester 1 Final Review

Unit 1

100

This ideology emphasizes hierarchy, respect for authority, and respect for elders (filial piety)

Confucianism

200

These are floating garden beds, constructed to produce food over water

Chinampas

300

This was a library in Baghdad famous for advances in math, science, literature, and medicine. 

The House of Wisdom

400

This is a system used in medieval Europe characterized by agricultural self-sufficiency and defense. Serfs, lords, and knights lived on these grounds.

Manor / Manorialism

500

This Pope initiated the Crusades, a series of military campaigns undertaken by European Christians to reconquer the Holy Land

Urban II

Unit 2

100

This person was the leader of the Mali Empire. He held remarkable wealth from the Trans-Saharan gold/salt trade.

Mansa Musa

200

This refers to a period of peace and stability in Eurasia that occurred under the Mongol Empire. This allowed trade to flourish across the landmass.

Pax Mongolica

300

This term refers to roadside "inns" that provided travelers with a place to stop, rest, and feed/water their animals. 

Caravanserai

400

This grandson of Genghis Khan conquered the Song Dynasty, establishing the Yuan Dynasty in its place.

Kublai Khan

500

This grandson of Genghis Khan led the Golden Horde, conquering much of present-day Russia

Batu

Unit 3

100

This term refers to the transfer of crops, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World immediately after Europeans made contact with the Americas.

Columbian Exchange

200

This person criticized the Catholic Church practice of selling indulgences, kickstarting the Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther

300

This disease, brought by Europeans to America, led to population catastrophe in the New World, and led to the growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Smallpox

400

This King started the Anglican Church after the Pope would not grant him a divorce. 

Henry VIII

500

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire

Francisco Pizarro

Unit 4

100

This term refers to the 17th-18th century intellectual movement that challenged the role of monarchs and the government. Philosophers came up with ideas of natural rights, separation of church and state, and constitutional government

The Enlightenment

200

The Clergy were members of this French Estate

The First Estate

300

This term refers to the period of the French Revolution when the government aimed to find and execute "counter-revolutionaries" 

The Reign of Terror

400

This Estate paid all of the taxes in pre-revolutionary France

Third Estate

500

This document was produced by the National Assembly, outlining the rights of the people of France

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Misc.

100

This was a pandemic spreading across Afro-Eurasia in the 14th century. It killed roughly half of the European population

Black Death / Bubonic Plague

200

This term refers to a feeling of intense loyalty and devotion to your country. It is typically characterized by militarism and feelings of racial superiority

Nationalism

300

The Samurai followed this code of honor

Code of Bushido

400

He led the Reign of Terror

Maximilien Robespierre

500

This person famously said "I am the state"

Louis XIV