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History101 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did the Agricultural revolution occur? | Neolithic era |
| What is the chronological order of the 4 major empires? | Hittite-assyrian-babylonian-persian |
| Who was the founders of the mesopotamian civilization? | Sumerians |
| What was the law code of hammurabi? | Ordered punishments in accord with the social rank of the offender |
| Why did the Indus valley civilization decline? | Unknown but accelerated by invasion |
| Which early culture was called one of the greatest ironies in history? | Hebrew |
| Which religion are the Four Noble truths related to? | Buddhism |
| Which religion is Vardhammana Mahavira related to? | Janism |
| Which religion is the Great Renunciation related to? | Buddhism |
| Harrapa belongs to which civilization? | Indus |
| What was Confusious interested in? | Orderly and stable human relations |
| Junzi belongs to which civilization? | Chinese |
| Which empire played a role in introducing the utilization of horses into early near eastern civilization? | Hittite |
| Egyptians and Mesopotamian religion differed in what way? | temperment of their gods |
| Confusius gained his reputation during the Later Chou/Zhou dynasty tf | T |
| The caste system had its origins in early Hebrew religious writting tf | f |
| Mohenjo daro is an important archeological source for Chinese culture tf | f |
| The pictograph was the earliest style of writing tf | t |
| An attribute of neolithic era was a total disapearance of the hunting and gathering culture tf | f |
| Confusious writtings are called the Vedas tf | f |
| The assyrians conquered the N kingdom of Israel in 722 bc tf | t |
| The nile was easliy travled due to the current northward and the winds blowing south tf | t |
| Aryas is sanskrit for philosophical treaties tf | f |
| What is an upanishad? | collection of Hindu philisophical texts |
| He,Hes,Rom Epicuris | Hellenistic |
| He, Hes, Rom Improvement in status of women | Hellenestic |
| He, Hes, Rom Tribune | Roman |
| He, Hes, Rom Fasces | Roman |
| He, Hes, Rom Cicero | Roman |
| He, Hes, Rom Deme | Hellenic |
| He, Hes, Rom Delphic Oracle | Hellenic |
| He, Hes, Rom Alexander the Great | Hellenistic |
| During the punic wars Rome defeatd who at carthage for control of the mediteranean in the 3rd century bc? | Hannibal |
| Hannibal captured Rome but could not hold it because he had to return to africa to fight scipio tf | f |
| Who were the two sides in the Persian wars? | Persia and Greece |
| When was the Persian war? | 5th century bce |
| What battle was with the 300 spartans? | Thermopolye |
| What was a greek civil war in the 5th century bce? | Peloponesian war |
| Who wrote a history of the pelopolesian war? | Thucydides |
| What is the chronological order of the great philosophers? | Socrates Alexander the Great Cicero Jesus |
| Which is the following correct chronological sequence of reigns? | Hellenic, Hellenistic, ROman, Christian |
| What is Zeno related to? | Stoicism |
| In whose writting were the Greek virtues rooted? | Homer |
| Who wrote Antigone? | Sophocles |
| He, Hes, Rom Punic Wars | Roman |
| The punic wars resulted in Spartas military victory over athens tf | f |
| What does hellenistic mean? | mixture of Greek and other cultural ideas |
| Octavian and Caesar Agustus fought at Actium and Octavian won in 31bc tf | f |
| Nag Hammadi library has to do with an early form of Roman Pagan religion tf | f |
| Alexander the Great opened the silm road to china with his last military campaign tf | f |
| The emperor Julius Caesar initiated the programs that ushered in the Pax Romana tf | f |
| What is the mandate of heaven? | Traditional chinese idea saying that rulers put in place for a reason |
| The struggle of the orders resulted in the demise of the Pax Romana tf | f |
| The pax romana can be said to have begun with OCtavians rule and end with the death of marcus aurelius tf | t |
| Mesoamerica d | The term used by scholars to designate the area of present day mexico and Central america |
| Khipu d | An intricate system of knotted and colored strings used by early peruvian cultures to store information such as cencus and tax records |
| Olmecsd | The oldest of the early advanced Mesoamerican civilizations |
| Maya d | A highly developed mesoamerican culture centered in the Yucatan peninsula of mexico. The maya created the most intricate writing system of the western hemisphere |
| Popul Vuh d | The Book of Council, a collection of mythological narratives and dynastic histories that constitutes the primary record of the Maya civilization |
| Mississippian d | An important mound-building culture that thrived between 800 and 1500 ad in a territory that extended from the mississippi river to the appalachian mountains. largest mound produced by this culture in illinois |
| Nahuatl | The language of the Toltecs and Aztecs |
| Mexica d | THe dominant ethnic group of what is now mexico which created an empire based on war and religion that reached its height in the mid-1400s. They became known as the Aztecs in the 19th century |
| Tenochtitlan | A large and prosperous Aztec city built in 1325. Admired by the spanish when they entered in 1519 |
| Moche d | A native american culture that thrived along Peru's northern coast between 100 and 800 bc.. Existed as a series of city states and is distinguished by an extraordinarily rich and diverse pottery industry |
| Incas d | The andean people who created a large empire that was at its peak around 1500 and was held together by an extensive system of roads |
| Quechua d | First deemed the official language of the Incas under Pachacuti it is still spoken by most peruvians today |
| Vassal d | A knight who has sworn to be loyal to a particular lord |
| fief d | A portion of land the use of which was given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for his loyalty |
| Feudalism d | A medieval european political system that defines the military obligations and relations between a lord and his vassals and involves granting of fiefs |
| Manorialism d | The economic system that governed rural life in medieval Europe in which the landed estates of a lord were worked by the peasants under the lords jurisdiction in exchange for his protection |
| Serf | A peasant who lost his or her freedom and became permanently bound to the land estates of a lord |
| heresy d | An opinion, belief, or action counter to doctrines that the church leaders define as correct. |
| reconquistas | A 14th century term used to describe the christian crusade to wrest spain back from the Muslims from 722-1492. Clerics believed it was a sacred and patriotic mission |
| Crusades d | Holy wars sponsered by the papacy for the recovery of the holy land from muslims |
| Chivalry d | A code of conduct that was supposed to govern the behavior of the knight |
| Craft guilds | Assosiations of artisans organized to regulate the quality, quantity, and price of the goods produced as well as the number of afiliated apprentices and journeymen |
| Commercial revolution d | The transformation of the economic structure of europe beginning in the 11th century from a rural manorial society ro a more complex mercantile society |
| Scholastics d | Medieval professors who developed a method of thinking, reasoning, and writting in which questions were raised and authorities cited on both sides of a question |
| Gothic d | The term for the architectural and artistic style that prevailed in europe from the mid 12th to the 16th century |
| Troubadors d | Medieval poets in southern europe who wrote and sang lyrical verses. THe word troubadour comes from the word trobar which derives from the Arabic taraba meaning sing or to sing poetry |
| Black death d | The plague that first struck Europe in 1347. killing perhaps 1/3 of the population |
| What are the 3 causes of the Crusades? | 1. Religious- defence of Christian faith, mend break between East and West, Extend power of Papacy to Rome 2. Political- Stop fighting in west and protect eastern borders 3. Economic- wealth to be had |
| What occured during the 1st crusade? | Crusaders took Jeruselum in 1099 |
| What occured in the 4th crusade? | Sack of Constantinople |
| What were the results of the crusades? | Religious- intensified violence in christianity political- changed little economic- mediteranian opened for trade rise of anti-seminism |
| HRE, F, E Otto I | Holy Roman Empire |
| HRE, F, E Defeat of Maygars | Holy Roman Empire |
| HRE, F, E Alfred the Great | England |
| HRE, F, E King Edward the Confessor | England |
| HRE, F, E Magna Carta | England |
| What does Magna Carta mean? | Great Charter |
| HRE, F, E Huge Capet | France |
| HRE, F, E Salic law | France |
| What is the order of society? | Those who fight, those who pray, those who work |
| WHat was a major conflict of Church and State? | Boniface VII v. Phillip the fair |
| What is an Unam Sanctam | strongest statement of papal authority |
| What is a papal bull? | Proclimation of the pope that affirms a teaching that is to be held by catholics |
| What was the Great Schism? | Two popes...one in rome and one in Avignon |
| What ended the Great Schism? | Rise of the Conciliar movement |
| What are the 2 schools of thought in regards to the pope? | Curialist- loyal to the pope Counciliarist- lotal to council |
| What is the key to the 100 years war? | English claim to the throne |
| When did the black death hit sicilian ports? | late 1347 |
| What occured in the third crusade? | Salidin |
| Clovis was under which dynasty? | Meroviginian |
| Under which empire is pepin? | Carloginian |
| What is the missi dominici? | Court officials appointed by Charlimagne |
| What caused the fragmentation of Europe? | Viking invasion |
| What occured under the Cluniac reform? | Church Gains wealth |
| What does crusades mean in latin? | Way of the cross |
| Who was Casmire? | Polish prince that invited the jews in |
| What was the Miasmatic theory? | poision in the smell |
| What were the results of the black plague? | population drop by 1/3, economic good, catholic church took a huge hit, blamed jews |
| Who was william of Aquitane? | Killed someone and felt guilty so he gave land to the church |
| What was the Cluniac revival? | Church began to gain independent wealth and land |
| What were some significant things about the 100 years war? | military innovation, Breakdown of older order, Joan of arc captured and burned for sorcery, Rise of gunpowder key over mounted knight |
| What was Gregory 7 v. Henry 4 all about? | Henry appointed his own bishop greg said no and excomunicated Henry |
| What was the significance of monastocism? | played a pivotal role in the economic development of Europe |
| What were 3 important city states? | Venice, Florence, and Milan |
| What does Shahadah mean? | Confession-There is one God Allah and Muhammad is his messenger |
| What does Caliph mean? | Successor |
| WHen did muhammad live? | 570-632 |
| Which empire is Sundiata connected to? | Mali |
| Which empire is Kata Maghau connected with? | Ghana |
| What is the minority sect of Islam? | Shi'ite |
| What was mansa musa known for? | Propigating Islam and being acknowledged by European cartogrophers |
| What is the language of the Middle east? | Sematic |
| What were the 2 major Bantu migrations?? | West to east and south through the rainforest |
| What did the hybrid form of Buddhism emerging from Japanese culture emerge in? | The samurai warrior class with the code of Bushido |
| What was Ghenghis Khans lasting influence? | Discovering the silk road |
| What does Kamikazi mean? | Divine wind having to do with the mongol invasion of 1281 |
| Who were the rightly guided Caliphs? | Abu Bakar and Umar |
| What does Jihad mean? | Holy endeavor |
| Mansa Musa converted to Islam and made a pilgramage to Mecca tf | t |
| During what period did the Samurai emerge? | Heian Period |
| What was the Great Zimbabwe? | kingdom in south africa |
| What dynasty did Shi-Huangdi use to centralize government setting the stage for the Han? | Quin |
| WHo conflicted over church property rights in 390 ad? | Theodocious and Ambrose |
| Who were 2 politically strong families? | Sforza in Milan and De’Medici in Florence |
| Under which dynasty did Empress Wu rule? | Han |