TK World History Mid-term Review

The Grand Canal built by the Sui Dynasty did which of the following?

___ built the Persian Empire, while ___ established Persepolis as the capital & administrative center of the empire.

Christopher Columbus had the idea of sailing __ to reach Asian markets because geographers knew nothing of the Americas.

Period in ancient Egyptian history when the building of the Great Pyramids at Giza symbolized the power of the Pharaoh

disease spread across Asia, N. Africa & Europe in the mid-14th century, killing 1/3 of the European population.

The project that integrated the economies of northern and southern China longest man-made waterway in the world

Which elements of democracy today are reflective of ideas from The Roman Republic?

How did Europe reflect a mosaic of independent competing states?

What developments allowed for increased trade because the risk of travel was lessened?

Greek word for city-state

sub-Saharan Africa built states, networks of communication, cultivation, and traded with Indian and Mediterranean

Ancient civilizations are considered complex societies because they had which of the following?

The development, spread, and reliance on agriculture by humans arguably has had and continues to have advantages and

Emperor of the Byzantine Empire around 527 and ruled alongside his wife Theodora

the New Stone Age; marked by the use of polished stone tools and reliance on agriculture

What impact(s) did long-distance trade have on the societies of the classical era?

The Tang plan to avoid the concentration of land in the hands of the wealthy

form of society in which there is little inequality

____ were the small class of wealthy families in Rome, and _____ were members of a/the large class of ordinary citizens

Rome experienced domestic (internal) problems as it expanded into an empire. Which of the following represent these?

king of the Babylonian empire; creator of the code of Hammurabi;

Indo-European Migrations accomplishments included which of the following

considered the 1st human rights declaration; chronicles Cyrus' peaceful capture of Babylon

Emperor Justinian was noted for which of the following?

Two results of this conflict between the Greeks and Persians include?

enslaved servants of Sparta, provided agricultural labor source making Spara a strong city-state power

European ___ was born out of desire to expand Catholic Christianity and ___ from new commercial opportunities.

The Bantu did, were, which of the following?

Which of the following explain how/why China experienced a Golden Age during the Tang and Song Dynasties?

The ___ represented the power of the ___ to marshall(command) resources and large numbers of laborers.

Roman authority dissolves in the west, but in the east, the __ Empire survived

What practice allowed for the development of social classes and distinctions?

medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 400's C.E and the beginning of the Renaissance

Fell due to divisions in the ruling elite land distributions, private armies,economic decline,epidemics, ended in 220BCE

Which of the following were associated with the Egyptian belief in the afterlife?

A Hindu (India) social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life, social hierarchy, based on birth.

Constantinople, was located on the Bosphorus Strait and beneficial to the Byzantine empire because?

Large, populous societies with social stratification and central governments.

Representitive democracies exist today as a result of of Roman and Greek democracy despite that they were flawed?

____the period of time before written records, ____written and other recorded events of people

Ancient China was different because it lacked___ and was isolated from trade and cultural interaction due to __

The fall of this empire was caused by Germanic attacks, “barbarian” chieftains replaced Roman emperors.

thirty-year conflict between the Greek City-states Athens(Demogratic{ish}) and Sparta (Dictatorial)-Sparta wins

In 1260 the Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan broke up into four smaller empires called

The Persian rulers left conquered rulers in place how could this have been an effective way to rule and a dangerous?

The Persian king was known as the shah and shah as they left conquered rulers in charge in exchange for taxes & loyalty

Romans deposed the king, ended the monarchy, & instituted a ___ form of government; delegates represent the voters

The ___ Dynasty promoted transportation, communication, established the equal-field system, and Merit-Based Bureaucracy

Land between two rivers" the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, fertile river valleys inmodern-day Iraq.

During the Paleolithic Era humans hunted and gathered food, had no accumulation of wealth =ed egalitarian society

___ won the Persian Wars Persia is conquered by ____, but upon his death, the empire is divided.

Governors of the Satrapies to oversee local government affairs

All of the following are ways in which Harappan civilizations (Indus River Valley) were DIFFERENT from others EXCEPT?

The Phoenicians are historically known/relevant for which of the following?

Heavens and earthly events were related = a deserving individual given the right to rule (one dynasty replaces another)

What allowed the Mongols to conquer settled people?

king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (600-529 BC){also one of Mrs. TK’s historical boyfriends}

The expanded ____ of the Song Dynasty became both its strength and weakness.

Nomads in northern Eurasia established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia.

The Mongol empire was built by__, who promoted people based on __, disband his enemies, & destroyed those that resisted.

The Mongol empire split into four___ geographically from China to eastern Europe, the world's largest land based empire.

land-based and sea-lane trade routes that linked Eurasia.

The Ancient Greeks facilitated ___ & ___ around The Mediterranean, spreading Greek culture.

ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force

A major African language family. The collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages.

The split in 1054 between the Christian faith Western Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches.

 Largest land empire in the history of the world, spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia

Within the Persian empire, a monotheistic faith ___ was established and shares characteristics with modern-day faiths

the capital city of the Byzantine Empire established by Constantine

How was the construct of patriarchy reinforced in Mesopotamia?

Egypt was considered an empire during the New Kingdom because of which of the following?

A person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force

The Byzantine Empire was governed in which fashion described below?

All of the following explains why the Byzantine economy was strongest when there were many free peasants EXCEPT?

They spoke for the plebeians and could veto actions of the Senate. The Council of Plebs made laws for all Plebeians.

Historically the Mongols are credited with which of the following?

government- families & chiefs ruling over small groups. Africans depended on these instead of organized hierarchy

a group of patrician men elected to govern Rome in the Roman Republic, advise the consuls, and ratify major decisions

Who won the Peloponnesian Wars? Whose reputationwas tarnished as a result of the Peloponnesian Wars?