WAS I Semester 2 FULL Review

The Druids were an Indo-European group of people who shared a common language and culture

What is the earliest known West African culture?

This was someone chosen to represent the upper class of Roman citizens

Which of the following is NOT a climate found in Africa?

One of two officials whose time in office was limited to 1 year in Rome

What was the Treaty of Verdun?

What metal did the Aztecs have that the Europeans would later kill for?

What are chultunes?

Who was the first female ruler of China?

Who are Anabaptists?

Who are still groups of hunter-gatherers in Africa?

a long period of peace and stability during the Roman Empire

What countries can be the lands of the Maya be found today?

What group of people were used as scapegoats during the Counter Reformation?

What church did Henry VIII establish?

What is NOT an abuse that the catholic church was participating in?

Why did King Henry VIII of England separate from the Catholic Church?

Who were middlemen on the Silk Roads?

Knights most commonly traded military service for

A third of Africans speak a language in this linguistic family:

What are chinampas?

Why was Djenné-Djenno abandoned?

A tithe is

Which society is considered the first influential society in South America?

the Kingdom of Aksum's official religion was

Nero is one of the most infamous emperors of the Roman Empire; "fiddled" while Rome burned

Who was the most influential ruler of the Songhai Empire?

What great Western leader conquers parts of India and takes control of them until 326 BCE?

branch of Islam accounts for 10-15% of total Muslim pop; believes that rightful successor = Ali

What kingdom emerges south of the Kush Empire, which would be in modern-day Eritrea & Ethiopia?

Which kingdom outside of Egypt & Meroë developed a written language?

first Roman Emperor who converted to Christianity

A fief is

This was someone elected to represent the lower class of Roman citizens

Which empire came after the Ghanian Empire in W. Africa?

Migration from Mecca to Medina by the Prophet Muhammad and the first community

Where would the Khmer Empire be located today?

Which of the following are NOT a Renaissance artist we discussed in class?

religious belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

What group is known as Mesoamerica's "mother culture?"

What products were NOT spread along the Silk Roads?

branch of Islam that accounts for the majority of the world's Muslim population = 85-90%

The Inca did NOT have a writing system, but they did have a numerical system known as

Where did China get their fast-ripening rice?

These people were the common farmers, merchants, workers, and artisans; the majority of the pop

What invention did Chinese create that Europeans would later use in Gutenberg’s printing press?

Who was the Angkor Wat dedicated to?

What is the major Incan ruin that you can still visit today in Peru?

one of the most powerful Egyptian pharaohs; had affairs with Antony & Caesar

What region did the Mauryan or Gupta Empires never conquer?

Which of the following kingdoms/empires was a huge international trading power at this time?

a group of three men holding power

What did the Magna Carta NOT guarantee?

What were NOT some environmental obstacles to trading on the Silk Roads?

What was the Justinian Code?

Which Western African empire was first?

What important mathematical creation did the Maya come up with?

tax imposed upon non-Muslim under Muslim rule

Who are the main three gods of Hinduism?

The Maya are known for beginning to drink this:

the Aztecs participate in human sacrifice

the Muslim community; can be local or global

A manor is

What practices were NOT able to spread along the Silk Roads?

Which of the following TWO empires influenced SE Asia the most?

mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love

Apocalypto was a completely historically accurate film

Who began the Protestant Reformation?

What was the warrior class called in Japan?

What industry is popular in India and produces more movies than anywhere else in the world?

Under the Mauryan empire there was even a tax on water. How did people pay for this tax?

Mansa Musa went to Mecca to complete this pilgrimage

What infamous ruler did the Viet defeat?

Who is the Indian military leader who takes power after expelling the kingdom of Macedon?

What was Machiavelli’s question in the Prince?

How did the Mongols become an empire?

There were few written languages in Africa, so how did people pass on their histories?

What early religion dominated Japan?

Who was and still is considered the richest man in history?

Which society created huge drawings of plants by scraping away to reveal the soil underneath?

Most of the patriarchies in India can be found in the South, while most matriarchies = North.

These were the wealthy, aristocratic landowners who held most of the power in the republic

Head covering that Muslim women choose to wear as a sign of modesty

Elizabeth I compromised on ideas for the Church; services in English. What was this compromise?

What does Renaissance mean?

Why did Catholicism and Orthodoxy split?

Which of the following was the major city of the Aztecs?

Which of the following is NOT an example of Incan ingenuity

Which of the following mathematical elements were invented in India?

What was one of the most important crops to the Maya?

Dictator who was assassinated at the senate on the Ides of March

Which of the following is NOT a group of Native Americans from the United States

How was West Africa converted to Islam?

How many different types of potatoes were the Inca able to cultivate?

One of the pillars of Islam where you go on a pilgrimage to Mecca if you are phys & fin able

coalition of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in 60 BCE

In the early Roman republic, someone whose power was absolute but limited to a 6-month period.

coalition of Antony, Ledipus, and Octavian in 43 BCE

Which empire came after the Mali in Western Africa?

What was one negative effect of the Silk Roads?

Ghana, Mali, and the Songhai Empires all had _____ as their official religion.

What caused the bubonic plague?

Chandragupta leaves his position as leader & converts to what peaceful religion from the East?

What were the Crusades?

Bantu speaking people had to migrate every so often because of their farming technique known as