411 Midterm Review

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

The Quran is the holy book of

The wealthy landowners who became Rome's ruling class were the

The Neolithic Revolution marks

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Renaissance?

Which was the first great trading state to emerge in West Africa?

Cyrus the Great distinguished himself as a ruler by

The term for a large political unit or state, controlling many peoples or territories is

In medieval society, ________ were legally bound to the land.

All of the following were early eastern African civilizations EXCEPT:

John Calvin emphasized _________, the belief that God determined in advance the elect/damned.

Mesopotamia, the first civilization, was located in a geographic area known as

What is the most important gift a lord could give a vassal?

The Japanese religion of Shintoism was a form of

According to Confucius

Paleolithic people lived

What are some examples of Islamic advancements?

A Greek city-state, including the town, city or village and the countryside is called a/an

The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by

How did the Maya appease their gods?

A/an ________ tells the deeds of a great hero.

Reformation leaders disagreed about how people could achieve _____, or acceptance into heaven.

What caused the fall of Rome?

The __________ was a court created by the Catholic Church to discover and try heretics.

A government based on religious principles is called

Which was the first civilization to appear in Mesoamerica?

________ was goods or money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors in the Americas.

Why did King Henry VIII break with Rome and establish the Church of England?

A __________ was an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.

Daoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy based upon the ideas of