MIDTERM REVIEW

a system of managing government through specialized departments

groups of people who move from place to place

uniquely Greek version ofthe city-state

a government run by religious leaders

What was a result of the Treaty of Verdun in 843?

a religious group that has broken away from an established church

author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

The kingdom of Nubia absorbed culture and traditions from the civilization of

a campaign to drive Muslims from the Iberian peninsula

a trainee in the guild system

Arabs gathered and adapted stories from their own and other cultures in the collection entitled

Judaism is a monotheisticreligion because it is based on

Sumerian pyramid-temples

Historians call the earliest period of human history

Neolithic people of the Sahara migrated south because of

After the collapse of the western Roman Empire, Europe experienced

What resulted from the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?

the use of reason to support Christian beliefs

the English king who signed the Magna Carta

When the ownership of a manor was granted to a new lord, the serfs

Which of the following is an example of the Roman Empire’s influence on the Byzantine Empire?

What was an accomplishment of the Chinese during the Zhou period?

The body of water helped to link the Japanese islands and offeredfood resources to the Japanese

kingdom that adopted many Egyptian traditions

A system of ranks within a society

Byzantine emperor whocollected the laws of ancient Rome

a salaried worker in theguild system

a wandering musician

Feudalism developed as away for medieval societies to

a mounted warrior

a group of states, territories, and peoples ruled by one person

payment from conquered peoples

Merchants in Mecca were hostile to Muhammad because they thought

Chinese philosopher concerned with social order

the scattering of Jews across different parts of the world

wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power

a peasant bound to the land

respect for parents above all other duties

Council of Clermont in 1095, why did Urban II rally Christians to help the Byzantine empire

ruled much of Asia in the 1200s and 1300s

a series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands

proposed a heliocentric model of the universe

the founder of the firstorder of friars

a campaign to drive Muslims from the Iberian peninsula

the Frankish leader who conquered the former Roman province of Gaul

Some Spartan women had the responsibility of running the family’sestate because

an outbreak of rapid-spreading disease

early form of writing invented by the Sumerians

the everyday languages ofordinary people

first ruler of the Roman empire

Under the Tang and Songdynasties, China’s two main classes were

Russia’s first civilization began in

Athenian statesman who expanded democracy

Akbar the Great helped to unite the Mughal empire by

a religious French king who improved royal government

everyday languages of ordinary people

“Roman Peace”

Constantinople was in a key location on the strait that links the Mediterranean Sea with the

Who made importantdecisions in early farming communities?

the greatest emperor of Mali

rebirth of the soul in another bodily form

Feudalism developed as a way for medieval societies to

What ruler of the Pagan kingdom brought Buddhism to the Burmanpeople?

the Holy Roman Emperor who fought to control wealthy northern Italian cities

When Muslims conquered a new land, they often

the appointment and installation of bishops by non-clergy

great warrior lords of Japan

a document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

high city where Greeks dedicated temples to gods and goddesses

In the early Roman republic, members of the powerful landholdingupper class were called

an estate granted to avassal by his lord

a society that believes inmany gods

fixed social groups that developed in Aryan society

authority over all secularrulers

center of the first Russian state