Semester 1 Final Review Pt 2

During the 1300s and 1400s, Europeans set out on voyages of exploration to find

A(n) ______________ such as the Qin, is a continuing family of rulers.

Which best summarizes the changes that took place in Japan during the Meiji Restoration?

The 1st emperor of the Qin ____, or continuing family/rulers, built the Great Wall of China to protect against invaders.

gov. system where a countries power is extended either through diplomacy or military force (often seen w/colonialism)

rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

the transfer of plants, animals, people, an diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

After resisting Mongol invaders, Korea became known as the "hermit kingdom" because of its

During the Middle Ages, popes were able to exercise power over nobles because of

During the Meiji Restoration from 1868 to 1912, Japanese society modernized very rapidly.

female ruler of Egypt who encouraged the expansion of trade

The development of agriculture is sometimes called the ______ because of the profound effects of agriculture on history.

What led to the end of the Japanese isolation in the mid-1800s?

The agricultural revolution led to

government system where a small group holds power

Japanese feudalism was similar to European feudalism in that

Why were people in the 1500s unhappy with the Roman Catholic Church?

Russian ruler in the 1600s, strengthened the military, expanded Russia's territory to make "a window on the West"

a Muslim house of worship

to be headed by a male family member or male in general

A major accomplishment of Justinian I was

flows trough England and connects London with the North Sea

the leader of the Mongol tribes who conquered Central Asia

Hammurabi's Code is important because

The two societies of the Americas that the Spanish encountered were the

The role of the samurai was to

Numerous Euro countries fought for control of Maldives & Sri Lanka, the _____ ruled them both until their independence

One response of Catholics to the Reformation was

In Hindu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives is known as _____________.

About 5,000 years ago, the Sumerians developed a code of writing as well as

The Han dynasty in China is significant because

__________ are people who survive by eating animals that they have caught or plants they have collected.

Many of the earliest European residents of Australia were

____________, an ancient Chinese philosopher, founded a system of thought based on discipline and proper moral conduct

The majority of India's population is

The ________________ defeated rival kingdoms and united the entire Korean Peninsula in 668.

Russian ruler in the 1700s- expanded Russia's empire, saw themselves as the true heir of Peter the Great

Kushite ruler who conquered Egypt

When Europeans settled in Oceania in the 1800s, they built economies based primarily on

government system where a religious leader/group holds power

Which religion established the concept of monotheism?

Historians consider the Tang dynasty to be one of the golden ages of Chinese civilization because

The Phoenicians were important because

One of the characteristics of the Renaissance was

Some of the factors that helped bring about the Renaissance are

Persian Empire arose to the east of Mesopotamia, across the Zagros Mts in present-day ______, before spreading across t

Japan's feudal society was set up with an emperor as both the official head and military ruler

a part of the Hebrew Bible containing sacred writings and the books of the prophets

a member of any wandering pastoral people

originates in German's Black Forest nd empties into the Black Sea