Semester 1 Final Review Pt 2

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

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

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

a Muslim house of worship

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

a member of any wandering pastoral people

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

The role of the samurai was to

The agricultural revolution led to

government system where a religious leader/group holds power

One response of Catholics to the Reformation was

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

Some of the factors that helped bring about the Renaissance are

The majority of India's population is

Japanese feudalism was similar to European feudalism in that

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

Many of the earliest European residents of Australia were

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

government system where a small group holds power

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

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

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

flows trough England and connects London with the North Sea

A major accomplishment of Justinian I was

The Phoenicians were important because

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kushite ruler who conquered Egypt

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

Hammurabi's Code is important because

One of the characteristics of the Renaissance was

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

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

Which religion established the concept of monotheism?

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

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

rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

The Han dynasty in China is significant because

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

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"

the leader of the Mongol tribes who conquered Central Asia

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