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Stack #28436
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List the five themes of geography. | Location, Place, Movement, Region, Human/Environment Interactions |
| What is the difference between absolute and relative location? | Absolute location - Refers to the actual site in terms of longitude and latitude and is intended to provide a specific location. Relative location - Suggests identifying a particular place in relationship to other places |
| In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to North America. Is this AD or BC? | AD |
| What purpose do archaeologists believe that Stonehenge may have served? | It might have been a religious center or an astronomical calendar |
| What is the significance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws? | It was the first codified, or written down, laws |
| List two contributions from each of the following civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China. | Possible answers: Mesopotamia - cuneiform and the wheel Egypt - hieroglyphics and papyrus India - sanskrit and Hinduism/Buddhism China - silk and gunpowder |
| List one of the ideas or doctrines of Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. | Possible answers: Judaism - monotheism (belief in one God) Hinduism - reincarnation Buddhism - nirvana is the ultimate goal |
| Who founded Buddhism? | Siddhartha Gautama |
| What were 3 contributions of the Ancient Greeks? | Possible answers: Three styles of columns Drama philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Pythagorean Theorem Democracy The Olympics |
| From the Roman "Era of the Republic," what term is now a branch of the United States Congress? | The Senate |
| What were the three major civilizations of Mesoamerica | Maya, Aztec, Inca |
| Which country invaded and destroyed the Aztec civilization | Spain |
| During the Japanese Middle Ages, what was the supreme leader or dictator called? | Shogun |
| Which famous Shogun began as a daimyo holding a portion of Japan and eventually went on to begin a shogunate that lasted 300 years? | Ieyasu Tokugawa |
| When Rome fell apart, the Eastern portion was still in existence. What name did this part of the Roman Empire take? | The Byzantine Empire |
| What was the Christian Church of Western Europe during the Middle Ages | Roman Catholic Church |
| The time when there two Popes: one in Rome and one in Avignon, France, is known as what | The Great Schism |
| What was the main system of protection for people in the Middle Ages? Explain. | Feudalism. Large lords would provide land to their vassals in exchange for military service to protect the people of the land. |
| What was a serf? | A peasant who was bound to the land but was not quite a slave. |
| What was the name of the plague that struck Western Europe during the 14th century? | The Black Plague |
| Which two nations fought in the Hundred Years War? | England and France. France won. |
| Who led France to victory but was burned at the stake by the English | Joan of Arc |
| When the Byzantine Empire pled to Western Europe for help against Muslim invaders, Western Europe responded with what? | The Crusades |
| Who defeated the Spanish Armada? | Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| True or False. The Holy Roman Empire was a strong, cohesive monarchy combining Germany and Italy. | False. The Holy Roman Empire was very weak and the individual German and Italian states eventually gained independence |
| The Thirty Years War was fought over what issue? | religion |
| Name the seven continents. | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica |
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