Lambert World History Mid-Term Review

Also known as the Agricultural Revolution- shift from food gathering to food producing culture

Powerful traders, Mediterranean, shipbuilders, and Alphabet are associated with the

Government in which a ruler is viewed as a divine figure; religious leader

Legal Code that was one of the most important legacies of the Byzantine Empire

Became the first explorer to circumnavigate the Earth

City-State which means politics

Gutenberg developed the

Why was the Nile River important to Egyptians?

Philosopher who wrote the Republic and founded the Academy

Wrote about the wealth of African trade

Arabic and Bantu languages developed what language?

German Monk, dispute with the Catholic Church, angry that the Catholic Church sold induldges

A king of Ancient Egypt- considered a god as well as a political and military leader

Machiavelli stated that the end justifies the means in the 

A people's unique way of life, as shown by its tools customs, arts, and ideas

Sumerian scribes invented this first writing system- meaning "wedge shaped"

The introduction of new goods, plants, and animals between America and Europe was called the

Rule by the people

Doctrine that all events have been willed by God

Kilwa was an important trade city in

Founded the French Colony of Quebec

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

Period of Peace and Prosperity in Rome

True or False- Europeans introduced large cash crop farms/plantations known as encomiendas

True or False- The two main social classes of Rome were the Patricians and Plebians

What two rivers were important to China's first civilizations?

This word in Greek means "land between the rivers"

What continent was greatly impacted by the Age of Exploration?

Economic policy based on the ideas that national power comes from a favorable balance of trade

Karma is important to what society/religion because it determines one caste when reincarnated?

Philosopher that used the technique of questions and answer to find political truth

The period of time before written records?

The first explorer to find a direct trade route to Asia by going around Africa

True or False- Rightly guided caliphs based their leadership on Muhammad and the Qu'ran

From 1300-1600, Western Europe experienced a re-birth in trade, learning, and Greco-Roman ideas

An Ancient writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

Philosopher who provided the basis for the scientific method

 increase in trade led to the growth  of __?____, especially in England and Netherlands

Navigation technique that used stars to show direction

Who started a school of navigation for sailors?

After the decline of the Mayans, the _?_ developed in present-day Mexico

Body of law governing the lives of Muslims

Reincarnation, Moksha, Karma, and Caste are words associated with what religion?

The introduction of European diseases like smallpox killed what % of Native Americans

Siddhartha Guatama, Four Noble Truths, Eight Fold Path, and Nirvana are associated with 

Code listed 282 specific laws dealing with everything that affected crime and property issues

Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, build by Byzantine Emperor Justinian

Five Pillars, Qu'ran, and Jihad are associated with what religion

True or False- Zheng He led the American treasure fleet on seven expeditions to SE Asia 

True or False- The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded Mesopotamia giving it rich/fertile soil