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SS Exam 25-26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Although the monsoons may bring severe storms, they are considered necessary in India.Why? | The rains from the monsoons bring water to this desert climate. |
| What do the ideas of reincarnation and karma have in common? | In reincarnation if your karma is good then you can be reborn into a higher place in society. |
| What do Hindus believe about Brahman? | Brahman is the main universal spirit and that some deities are part of Brahman. |
| How would a pilgrim in ancient India use a stupa? | A pilgrim might visit a stupa because it is a shrine to the Buddhist religion. |
| How did the Huang He River help Chinese Civilization? | It brought trade resources for people. |
| How did the Gobi desert help Chinese Civilization? | It kept invaders out of China. |
| What did most people living in Shang China do for work? | They farmed. |
| What was religion like in Shang China? | They worshiped many gods. |
| Who founded Confucianism? | Confucius |
| Who founded Daoism? | Laozi |
| Who founded Legalism? | Hanfeizi |
| List efforts of Qun Shihuangdi to unify China. | Created a money system Simplified a writing system Built tombs with terra cotta soldiers Continued the great wall |
| China’s social classes: | Aristocrats: wealthy landowners, land went to family Farmers: 9/10 people were farmers Merchants/Artisans: made iron tools, became wealthy |
| Deserts make up __ of Africa’s hot dry climate | 40% |
| Why did Ghana become an important crossroad of trade? | Ghana was located between the salt mines of the Sahara and the gold mines near the West African coastal rain forests |
| What products did West Africans trade? Name 3 items. | West Africans traded gold, ivory, spices, leather and ostrich feathers. |
| whats a clan | a group of related people descended from the same ancestor |
| what's a deviners | group of people believed by many African groups to be able to tell the future |
| How did the leaders of Mali manage the grand scale of their government? | The kings divided the empire into provinces that were governed by generals. |
| Which people’s migrations helped spread culture across medieval Africa? | Bantu |
| Education in African villages was carried out by the family and | other villagers |
| Many African dance rituals celebrated _______. | stages of life |
| What made a Bantu village matrilineal? | The villages were matrilineal because they traced their ancestors through their mothers and not their fathers. |
| Europe’s seas and rivers played an important part in Europe’s growth because they provided both protection and opportunities for _______. | trading with nearby economies. |
| Which was a Germanic people who settled the area known today as France? | Franks |
| Charlemagne was the first Frankish ruler to believe in what for all people? | education |
| what is a knight | warrior in armor who fought on horseback |
| what's a Fief | land granted to a vassal, or knight |
| what's a serf | person who worked the lord’s land |
| Who became known as czar, a shortened form of Caesar, when he became ruler of Russia? | Ivan III |
| In 1095 Pope Urban II called for a crusade, or holy war, against | the Muslim Turks. |
| what's a Heresy | religious beliefs that conflict with Church teachings |
| what's Theology | study of religion and God |
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