World History Semester A Final Exam Review

How did Hammurabi's Code impact the administration of justice?

What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

5th century B.C. in India followers try to achieve nirvana by following the Eightfold Path

Feudalism became wide spread because

Roman law codified by Justinian

The Eastern Roman Empire became known as the

Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in

Charlemagne's empire helped to spread which faith?

Charlemagne's empire was called the

an ethical system founded in the 5th century B.C. in China

Painter, scientist, and inventor; a true "Renaissance man"

polytheistic religion developed in India,beliefs include karma & reincarnation, goal is moksha

Greek philosopher; student of Socrates; author of The Republic

Who were the main city-states fighting each other in the Peloponnesian War?

an arc of fertile land between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Why are rivers so important in the development of early civilizations?

persons who submit to God (the people)

Eastern Church

What conditions are necessary for a society to be able to focus on art and entertainment?

spread throughout the Roman Empire; later made Rome's official religion

Greek philosopher; student of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great

writing system of Egyptians, symbols represented ideas and sounds

worship one god

The major power struggles in the early Roman republic were between

Octavian; first emperor of Rome

city where Muhammad was born

from Macedonia; conquered most of the known world

Prophet of Islam

Government in which rule is based on religious authority

Eastern Orthodox missionaries influenced Russia by

War fought between Athens and Sparta

What is a legacy of Athens?

The Great Schism of 1054 refers to the split between

idea or product spread from one culture to another

Helped effectively end the Roman Republic by being named dictator for life in 44 B.C.

Three wars fought between Persia and Greece between 492 and 480 B.C.

city and its surrounding land; functioned much like an independent country

Democracy comes from the Greek city-state of

writing system of Phoenicians, symbols represented sounds, used to record transactions

A phalanx was a type of

The Crusades increased people's desire for eastern goods, indirectly leading to the

worship more than one god

The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

writing system of Sumerians, symbols represented ideas and sounds