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Ken-Worm Final
Ken-Worm Hersey Review for 1st semester Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A system in which knights served lords in return for privileges | Feudalism |
| Julius Caesar, The Arch and Gladiators | Rome |
| System in which upper-class individuals are in control | Aristocracy |
| The location of the first civilizations in the world | Mesopotamia |
| A sedentary society that uses agriculture, trade, and advanced institutions | Civilization |
| Government in which individuals are elected to represent others | Democracy |
| The 16th century movement to rid the Christian Church of corruption | Reformation |
| Farming and domestication of animals- an essential component to permanent settlements | AGriculture |
| Society with a developed knowledge of trade and farming | Civilization |
| A system of social classes in ancient India (linked to Hinduism) | Caste System |
| A system of laws that aimed to bring order to society | Hammurabi's Code |
| time when society became more advanced and complex | Neolithic revolution |
| buying and selling of goods- also spreads language and culture | Trade |
| people in a society to different jobs and sometimes become specialists in that job | Division of Labor |
| Government, Religion, Education are all examples | Institutions |
| religion that began in India and rapidly spread to Eastern Asia | Buddhism |
| religion that began in India and can be considered both polytheistic and monotheistic | Hinduism |
| Hammurabi’s Code | Advanced Institutions, record Keeping |
| Pyramids | Advanced Technology |
| Polytheism | Complex Institution |
| Cuneiform | Record Keeping |
| Farmers | Specialized Workers |
| Papyrus | Record Keepings, Advanced Technologies |
| Feudalism | Complex Institution |
| Harappa | Advanced Cities |
| Merchants | Specialized Workers |
| Mandate of Heaven | Complex Institution |
| Democracy | Many people involved in government |
| Monarchy | Rule with a king or queen |
| Oligarchy | Rule by few people who have all the power |
| Alexander The Great | Helped spread Hellenistic culture |
| Tyrant | Gained absolute power by getting support from common people |
| Orator | public speaker |
| Plague | disease that spreads rapidly killing many people |
| Assembly | law making body of Greece (same as Illinois) |
| Plato | Wrote the Republic |
| Socrates | Developed method for questioning and answering |
| Polis | Greek city state |
| Acropolis | Greek Hilltop |
| Republic | People who vote for people who represent them in government |
| Senate | Elected group in Rome |
| Dictator | Someone who rules alone |
| Plebian | Lower class in Rome |
| Patrician | Upper Class in Rome |
| Emperor | Monarch who contols a large are of land |
| 5 pillars | Islam |
| Mali | Mansa Musa |
| Ghana | Gold |
| Songhai | Defeated Mali |
| Republic | Vote for people who represent you in government |
| Muhammad | founder of Islam |
| MUslim | some who practices Islam |
| Mosque | Muslim place of worship |
| Trade | Gold, Salt, Slavery |
| Caliph | Muslim religious leader |
| Emperor | Political leader of an empire |
| Commodity | An item traded in a high volume |
| Mecca | Where Muhammas was born |
| Medina | Where Muhammad went to when exiled |
| Empire | A large area made up of one or more nationalities |
| Clergy | religious leaders |
| The Middle Ages | 500-1500 |
| Serf | farm worker |
| Vassal | you received a fief from a lord you are a |
| Three Field System | rotation of land for farming |
| Guild | a group of people who do the same type of job |
| Commercial Revolution | The expansion of trade ands changes in business practices |
| Lord | A landowner |
| Weak Unorganized | How Western Europe was after the fall of rome |
| Crusdaes | Christian Holy War against Muslims |
| Leader who brought together the Mongol tribes | Ghengis Khan |
| Mongol leader and Chinese Emperor | Kublai Khan |
| Nomads | Live off the land |
| Steppe | Large dry grassland |
| European traveler who went to China | Marco Polo |
| rebirth | Renaissance |
| Focus on Human potential | Humanism |
| more wordly than religious | secularism |
| appreciation for the individual | individualism |
| Shakespeare | renaissance writer |
| Non Catholic | Protestant |
| Indulgence | release of sin through money |
| Speak against or different from church teachings | Heretic |
| movement for religious reform | Reformation |
| Followers of Luther | Lutheran |