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S.S. Midterm
All things on Native americans are the 1st two stacks- All rest in this stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Concern with human interests and values | Humanism |
| Person who supports the arts | Patron |
| Land given to a vassal by a lord | Fief |
| Noble who owned a manor | Lord |
| English charter guaranteeing rights | Magna Carta |
| Historical period of great creativity w/ ideas from Greece and Rome | Renaissance |
| Person who served a lord | Vassal |
| Period between ancient Roman times and the 1400's | Middle Ages |
| Large estate owned by a noble | Manor |
| Way of organizing society based on land and military service | Feudalism |
| Group of craft workers | Guild |
| Man forced to sign the Magna Carta | King John 1 |
| Polish astronomer who found that the Earth is not at the canter of the universe | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| Someone who does not believe in a certain religion | Infidel |
| What went up and down the feudalism pyramid? | Up-food and loyalty; Down-land and protection |
| The Renaissance began in the city of ________. | Florence |
| The Great Charter was signed in the year ____. | 1215 |
| The leader who started the crusades for the Catholic Church | Pope Urban II |
| ________________________ made serfs a valuable part of the feudal system. | Because they worked the land and crops for everyone, it |
| In the Middle Ages ____ and _____ are examples of people you might find who are not on the feudal pyramid. | Nuns and monks |
| Invented the printing press | Johannes Gutenberg |
| What causes the hirjra? | When town "rulers" found out about what Muhamad was saying, he was drove out of the city along with his followers. |
| What was the effect of the hijra? | Muhamad and his family and some followers moved to another oasis town, Medina, where he preeched. |
| What is Medina? | The town that Muhanad and his followers fled to because of the hijra. |
| What is Mecca? | Where Muhanad was born-an oasis |
| List 3 medical beliefs of Avecenna | 1. disease spread through air; 2. Disease spread through water; 3. Stress can cause a headache |
| Muhamad married ________ | Khadija |
| What makes up the electorial college votes? How many are there? | House of Rep+ senate+ washington DC-538 |
| There are ___ votes in the house of Rep, ____ in the senate, and _ in washington DC | 435, 100, 3 |
| What is the minimum of votes a state can have? | 3 |
| Are votes in the Electoral College determined by state size of population? | Population |
| Historically speaking, why was the Electoral College created? | The government thought people were too stupid to voteand it was hard for the whole country to be up to date on the latest news. |
| What is the main problem with the electoral college? | Electors may not vote the same as the popular vote, (in the puplic's eye)having the looser actually win |
| What is the First Past the Post or Winner Take All system? | If 1 canidate got 49% of the vote, and the 2nd canidate got 51% of the vote, the 2nd canidate would win, even if it was only by 2% of the vote. |
| Explain the spoiler effect? | When a third party joins the race and takes votes away from the person who they are most like, giving the other person the win. |
| Name 2 problems of First Past the Post? | -minority rule; -becomes a 2 party system , until the spoiler affect happens. |
| What is the Electoral College? | A group of representives that elect the president |
| How many votes are needed to win in the election for president? | 270 or more than half of the total of the electoral evote |
| What is a positive point of the Electoral College? | Gives small states w/ small populations more attention during an election year |
| Is it possible to win the popular votes, but loose the election? Explain how | There is a tie in the electoral vote, or no candidate win the majority of electoral votes therefore the House of Representitives could decide to go against the popular vote and select someone for President |
| What are the 5 pilliars of Islam? | 1. Only 1 God, Allah; 2. Establishment of daily prayer; 3. Almsgiving to the needy; 4. Seld-puerification through fasting; 5. The pilgramage to mecca for thoes who are able |
| In what ways were castles built to keep people safe? | Ditch of water w/ a drawbridge surrounding it to keep people out |
| What are the steps to become a knight? | 1. sent to castle to learn about life- called page(7 yrs of age); 2. Became a squire by accompaning a knight (14 yrs old); 3. became knight at age 21 |
| What did Martin Luther do? | Rebel against the Catholic church and start the Lutherian faith |
| What did the man in charge do to gain for going on a crusade? | He told them that if they went they would get a ticket to heaven |
| Why did the Renaissance first take hold where it did? | Took hold in Folrence because of its location, in the middle of Italy where the crusades passed through |
| Give 3 reasons why people went on crusades | -could get rich; -got ticket to heaven; -would leave the cursed life that they lived in in the middle ages |
| Location can be divided into a)____________ & b)____________ | relative and absolute |
| Name physical characteristic of place | Landforms; rivers, mountains, valleys |
| Name a human characteristic of place | human creation; sky scrapers, paved roads, buildings |
| Explain what Human/Environment Interaction is. Include an example | When humans interact w/ the environment, by either modifying, depending, or adapting on the environment.Ex. Aztecs modified swampy lake by making it better to live on |
| Who was the leader of the Huns? | Attila |
| Explain how Nero felt about the Christians and how he used them. | Nero HATED the christians beause they did not worship his statues. He used them by blaming them for the fire that happened |
| What did the Romans charge Jesus with? | Rebeling against the empire |
| What is the Edict of Milan? | Where Constantine pledged that he would be nice to people of all faiths |
| Muhamad began the religion of _____ | Islam |
| Name 3 reasons how the Roman Empire fell | - Emperors were greedy;-Once tribes broke through the defences it was easy to keep going;-slosoldiers wanted more pay/needing more soldiers |
| What is the holy book of the Islam religion? | Koran |
| What day of the week do Musulim people specifically worship? | Friday |
| What did the Musulim people call their/our God? | Allah |
| Where do the Musulim people worship? | Mosque |
| What is a caliph? | The ruler of Islam who lives in a caliphite |
| Why is Jerusalem holy for musulims? | Where muhamad rose to heaven |
| What was the city the crusades wanted to capture? | Jerusalem |
| What 2 religions batteled during the crusades? | Christians and musulims |
| Who was Pope Urban II? | Catholic pope who started the crusades |
| Who was Charlemagne? | King of the Franks |
| Why was ruling hard in the middle ages? | Ruler had to help the phesants in education, had 4 people make all decisions |
| Why was taking over other places easier in the Middle Ages? | Everyone had no idea what was going on |
| What was Charlmagne's goal? Did he succede? | To unite the tribes and it did not succede because of languages and different customs |
| Who was Leif Erickson? | who led viking sailors to the northern tip of north america |
| What is an aqueduct? | an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley. |
| Pueblo's are ________________________________. | Houses made out of adobe, used by cultures of the south west. |
| Byzantine Empire is the _______ half of Rome when the empire _____. | Eastern, spilt |
| Who was Avicenna? | Famous Muslim doctor who lived in Persia who described how some diseases spread through air and water. |
| What are sachems? | Chosen tribal leaders in the Eastern Woodlands |
| Who was King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella? | Rulers of Spain who sent Columbus on his journey to explore |
| Who was King Henry VIII? | 8th king of England who had 6 wives and kept asking for a divorce |
| What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity? | Part of the Church that separated from all of Rome and was then in the Byzantine Empire |
| What are causeways? | Bridge-like contraptions that were used by the Aztecs which consisted in putting wooden poles on the swamp and building around them to build the causeways. Connected Aztec empire and land |
| What year was the Magna Carta signed? | 1250 |
| Who was Leonardo da Vinci? | Italian painter, scientist, and engineer. Considered as a Renaissance man. |
| Who was Rolulus Agustus? | Last emperor of Rome |
| What are the 5 theme's of Geography? | Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, Location |
| Describe Movement | The way humans, information, things, animals, and trade move |
| What are the 3 types of region? Give an example of each? | -Political/Physical-country boundary, mountain range; -Functional-servable area; -Cultural-Religion |
| What are the 3 definitions of Human/Environment Interaction? | -Modify;-adapt;-depend |
| What are the 2 definitions of Location? Provide an example for each | 1. absolute (longitude/latitude); 2. Relative (Described by landmarks-mountians, hills, rivers) |
| Pictures of ______ ______ emerge in the Renaissance, as well as painters painting __________ and _____. | Normal people, themselves, nudes |
| ___________ is introduced in the Renaissance, as well as the study of _____ and _____ architecture, which would then include _______ and __________ | Perspective, Greek & Roman, sculptures & Pillars |
| In the Renaissance, scientists began to __________ more, and people began to be interested in the _______ field. | Experiment, medical |
| In the Renaissance, ______ is a source of knowledge | nature |
| People try to better themselves through learning- Is that in the Renaissance or in the Middle Ages? | Renaissance |
| Monarchs challenge the pope-Is that in the Renaissance or in the Middle Ages? | Renaissance |
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