World History Semester 1 Review

A ruler who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people

Network of trading routes that connected Europe with East Asia

What is the term for a religion that believes in more than one god?

Greek literature, such as the works of Homer,...

A distribution of military and economic power that prevents any nation from dominating others

The religion of _______________ shaped ancient India's culture.

Spaniards who fought for territory and riches in the New World

The Crusades were undertaken to...

The Silk Road was a...

This artifact was found by French troops and helped to decipher the secrets of Egyptian writing

Which of the following resulted from encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans?

The feudal system was based on control of...

In Rome's early republic, this group was rich and held most of the political power

Chief intellectual cause of the French and American revolutions

Empire that sacked Constantinople, extending Muslim rule

Led the 1810 peasant revolt in Mexico

To sail around the world

The area in which Mesopotamian civilization flourished was known as...

Translates to "imitate the Greeks" and refers to blending of Greek culture with others.

Wide-scale mixing of the world’s plants, animals, and microorganisms

Economic theory that a nation’s strength depends on its wealth (survival of the fittest nation)

Feudal society in Europe was characterized by...

Disease that killed approximately a third of Western Europe’s population

A mapmaker

Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

The belief that authority to rule comes directly from God

Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power

Part of a trade network that sent enslaved people from Africa to the Americas

A city and its surrounding territory that operates with an independent government

Which was NOT a result of the Crusades?

Justification for kings and queens to possess absolute power

In the Punic Wars, Rome defeated this North African city to gain control of the Mediterranean

Which of the following best defines a civilization?

Someone who broke with the Catholic Church

This type of writing, invented by the Sumerians, used wedge shaped symbols.

The Sumerians are important because they established...

In this form of government, only certain citizens hold true voting power.

First to lead a voyage that circumnavigated the world

American resentment of British rule increased after 1763 over

Paleolithic peoples were nomads because they had no choice but to...

Credited with discovering the New World for the Europeans

A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon

Which of the following explains why European rulers initially encouraged ocean exploration?

Economic cycle that involves a rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in available money

We know from archaeological findings that the earliest Indian civilizations began in the...

Legal system based on the Koran

This Greek city-state emphasized education and culture over military training

Vassals were...

Who developed the world's first complete code of laws?

Eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on for a thousand years after Rome fell

Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?

A permanent split, like the one between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches

Which major world religion emerged during the rule of the Roman Empire?

According to Locke, when government violates people’s natural rights, they have the right to

Large estate run by an owner or overseer

Someone who supports an artist or explorer

Attempted to crush all opposition to the French Revolution during the Reign of Terror

This is the Islamic holy book

How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?

1215 document that asserted the British monarch must abide by the law

Change from hunting and food-gathering to farming and the domestication of animals

The journey to the Muslim holy land is known as the...

Originating in ancient Greece, all citizens can take part in this type of government.

Principle stating that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime

How did Henry VIII react when the Pope refused to annul his marriage

Papal law

A ship with square and triangular sails

Series of religiously-motivated wars over the Holy Land

The Hindu caste system was a way to divide people using

Ruler who has complete authority