World History review FAll

What is government by the people or rule of the many?

Republic is a government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote.

Muslims consider the “people of the book” to Christians and Jews.

How was the central bureaucracy of the Qin dynasty organized?

. Anti-Semitism is the hatred of (or hostility toward) Muslims.

An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that focused on individual potential and achievements was called Reformation

Martin Luther from German did not like indulgences (buying away sins).

What document was signed by King John that recognized a monarch’s power was limited?

A basic principle of Chinese government which allows revolution in the case of a corrupt ruler is…

What was the representative body that emerged in England in the 13th century called?

What is a specially skilled worker?

Why were the enslaved Africans needed in the Caribbean Islands?            

The crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times a day from a minaret is called a…

What is the study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?

 The Aztec initially accepted the Spanish because they thought the Spanish were the white god - Quetzalcoatl

 During the Age of Pericles every male citizen…

 What was the period in which there was at least two popes but as many as three?

The conquests of Alexander the Great gave rise to the…

Nomadic horsemen who roamed the territory north of China were called the Xiongnu

Alexandria, Egypt important because it was a great place for trade and culture.

According to the philosophy of Epicurus…

Anthropology is the study of...

The first Mesoamerican civilization was the…

After the Second Triumvirate in the Roman Empire, Marc Antony went to war for control of Rome with Julius Ceasar?

Which Muslim group only accepts descendants of the Umayyads (every day tribe) as true rulers of Islam?

Nero was the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian.

The system of defenses linked by Shihuangdi became…

 Who created movable type, enabling the invention of the printing press and facilitating the distribution of knowledge?

This European country ruled Brazil 

What held that a nation’s prosperity depended on a large supply of gold and silver? 

 Greek history was influenced by Greece’s…

The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths were meant to end…

Government officials chosen in the Han dynasty by a civil service exam.

What refers to the language of everyday speech in a particular region?

What are church leaders or officials called?

The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC as a result of…

What was a decree by the pope that forbade priests from giving the sacraments of the Church to people?

Being kicked out of the Catholic or Christian Church is called excommunication.

 Missionaries were sent out to carry a religious message in hope of converting others after the death of Jesus.

What was revived under the Tang Dynasty that thrived as caravans carried goods, ideas and technological innovations?

What was the Persians most unique cultural and religious contribution to the world?

What were the Romans the first to use on a massive scale?

What is a government established by divine authority?

Confucius believed that people should be governed by…

What sophisticated civilization came to power on the Yucatan Peninsula?

What was the social class made up of minor landholders, craftspeople, merchants and small farmers in the Roman Republic?

Renaissance is about rebirth of learning but the Reformation is about?

 In Hindu tradition what concept accounted for a person’s standing in life?

A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many people or territories is known as…

6. The religion of Judaism differed from other religions of the time in that it…