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World History Review
World History Review for Midterm 2014
Definition | Term |
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The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them | Geography |
The study of the ways of life of early peoples through the examination of their physical remains | Archaeology |
Object made by people | Artifact |
The earliest period of human history | Old Stone Age |
Person who moves from place to place in search of food | Nomad |
A huge sheet of ice | Glacier |
A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land | City-state |
The spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another | Cultural Diffusion |
The change from hunting and food-gathering to farming | Neolithic Revolution |
Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers | Delta |
The preservation of the dead | Mummification |
A pyramid-shaped temple built by the Sumerians | Ziggurat |
Governor of a province of the Persian empire | Satrap |
Teaching a belief in one God | Monotheistic |
Egyptian queen who encouraged trade with lands along the eastern Mediterranean | Hatshepsut |
Pharaoh who spread Egyptian rule northward to Syria and conquered Nubia | Ramses II |
Ruler who published a code of laws to help unite Babylonia | Hammurabi |
King who encouraged Babylonian learning | Nebuchadnezzar |
Ruler who united the Persian empire | Darius |
Large landmass that juts out from a continent | Subcontinent |
A seasonal wind | Monsoon |
Social group into which people are born and from which they cannot change | Caste |
Aryan tribal chief | Rajah |
Fine, windblown yellow soil | Loess |
A group of families who claim a common ancestor | Clan |
Sign that expresses a though or idea | Ideograph |
System of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other kinds of support to the ruler | Feudalism |
Which of the following two water bodies influenced early Indian civilization? | Indus and Ganges |
The Aryans divided people into classes by | Occupation |
Hindu god known as the Destroyer | Shiva |
The "Enlightened One" who founded Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama |
Ruler who established the first great Indian empire | Chandragupta Maurya |
Maurya emperor who paved the way for the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia | Asoka |
Chinese philosopher who believed that people were naturally good | Confucius |
Chinese philosopher who taught that "the nature of man is evil" | Hanfeizi |
Emperor who united China and built the Great Wall | Shi Huangdi |
Emperor who founded the Han dynasty | Liu Bang |
Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in | Nonviolence |
The golden age of India took place during the rule of the | Guptas |
Narrow water passage | Strait |
Government in which a king or queen exercises central power | Monarchy |
Rule by a landholding elite | Aristocracy |
Government by the people | Democracy |
Art of skillful speaking | Rhetoric |
Blind poet credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey | Homer |
Leader of Athens who introduced social, political, and economic reforms | Solon |
Statesman who established direct democracy in Athens | Pericles |
Philosopher who examined beliefs and ideas through critical questioning | Socrates |
Physician whose oath set ethical standards for doctors | Hippocrates |
The geography of Greece helped create what kind of governments | City-states |
Leader of Carthaginian army who crossed the Alps to invade Italy | Hannibal |
General who brought Gaul under Roman control | Julius Ceasar |
First ruler of the Roman empire | Augustus |
Author of the Roman epic poem, the Aeneid | Virgil |
Astronomer who theorized that the Earth was the center of the universe | Ptolemy |
Central figure in Christianity | Jesus |
Jewish convert who spread Christianity from Mesopotamia to Rome | Paul |
German leader who ousted the emperor in Rome | Odoacer |
In Roman government, who represented the rights of plebeians? | Tribunes |
The Pax Romana ended in 180 A.D., after the death of | Marcus Aurelius |
Payment from conquered peoples | Tribute |
Knotted, colored strings used for keeping records | Quipu |
Large underground chamber used for religious ceremonies | Kiva |
Dome-shaped home made from snow and ice | Igloo |
Ceremony in which a wealthy host distributes gifts to guests | Potlatch |
Largest Mayan city | Tikal |
City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from A.D. 100 to 750 | Teotihuacán |
Aztec capital | Tenochtitlán |
Capital of Incan empire | Cuzco |
Ceremonial center of the Mississippian culture | Cahokia |
An estate granted to a vassal | Fief |
A code of conduct adopted by knights in the Middle Ages | Chivalry |
A peasant who was bound to the land | Serf |
Tax the Church required Christians to pay | Tithe |
Worldly | Secular |
Written document that set out the rights and priviliges of a town | Charter |
Money for investment | Capital |
Lending money at interest | Usury |
Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for | Military Service |
New agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages led to | Increased Food Production |
Law that was same for all people | Common Law |
Holy war | Crusade |
Split | Schism |
A method of study that uses reason to support Christian beliefs | Scholasticism |
Everyday language of ordinary people | Vernacular |
Norman king responsible for the Domesday Book | William the Conqueror |
Pope who led the Church at the height of its power in the Middle Ages | Innocent III |
Ruler who used the Inquisition to help unify Spain | Isabella |
Christian scholar who used reason to examine Christian teaching | Thomas Aquinas |
Peasant woman who led French troops to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War | Joan of Arc |
Byzantine emperor who developed a law code based on ancient Roman law | Justinian |
A historian of the Western world | Anna Comnena |
Ruler who was Russia's first czar | Ivan the Great |
Chief who united the Mongols of central Asia | Genghis Khan |
Polish queen who controlled a large state in Eastern Europe | Jadwiga |
Prophet of Ilam | Muhammad |
Mongol leader who conquered Persia and Mesopotamia | Tamerlane |
Muslim mathematician who pioneered the study of algebra | al-Khwarizimi |
Chief builder of the Mughal dynasty | Akbar |
Ottoman architect who designed the Selimiye Mosque | Sinan |