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| 5633370059 | Byzantine Empire | surviving eastern Roman Empire during the medieval centuries, named after the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, later known as Constantinople | 0 | |
| 5633386149 | Caesarpopapism | a political religious system in which the secular ruler is also head of the religious establishment, as in Byzantine Empire | 1 | |
| 5633393142 | Charlemagne | ruler of the carolingian Empire who staged an imperial revival in Western Europe | 2 | |
| 5633398492 | Constantinople | new capital for the eastern half of the roman empire, established by Emperor Constantine in 330 CE on the site of ancient Byzantium, highly defensible and economically important site helped assure the city cultural and strategic importance for many centuries | 3 | |
| 5633449998 | Crusades | Modern term meaning "ventures of the cross" used to describe the "holy wars" waged by Western Christendom from 1095 until the end of the Middle Ages and beyond, could only be declared by the pope and participants swore a vow and received an indulgence (ticket to heaven) in return. | 4 | |
| 5633556382 | Eastern Orthodox Christianity | branch of christianity that developed in the eastern part of the roman empire and gradually separated, mostly on matters of practice, from the branch of christianity dominant in Western Europe, noted for subordination of church to political authority, a married clergy, insistence on church councils as the ultimate authority in christian belief and practice | 5 | |
| 5633621659 | Ethiopian christianity | emerged in 4th century with the conversion of the rulers of Axum, this christian church proved more resilient than other early churches in Africa. located in the mountainous highlands of modern Eritrea and Ethiopia, largely cut off from other parts of Christendom and developed traditions that made it distinctive from other christian churches | 6 | |
| 5633643863 | Holy Roman Empire | term invented in the 12th century to describe the German based empire founded by Otto in 962 | 7 | |
| 5633652715 | Icons | holy images venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church | 8 | |
| 5633658798 | Jesus Sutras | product of Nestorian (stressed the independence of the divine and human natures of Christ and in effect suggested that they were 2 persons loosely untied) Christians living in China, these sutras articulate the Christian message using Buddhist and Daoist concepts | 9 | |
| 5633679389 | justinian | byzantine emperor noted for his short lived reconquest of much of the former western roman empire and for his codification of Roman law | 10 | |
| 5633685504 | kievan rus | state that emerged around the city of Kiev in the 9th century a culturally diverse region that included vikings as well as Finnic and Baltic peoples, the conversion of Vladimir, grand price of kiev, to Orthodox christianity in 988 had long term implications for Russia | 11 | |
| 5633706186 | Nubian Christianity | emerging in the 5th and 6th centuries in the several kingdoms of Nubia to the South of Egypt, this Christian church thrived for 600 years but had largely disappeared by 1500 CE by which time most of the regions population practiced Islam | 12 | |
| 5633717972 | Prince vladimir of Kiev | conversion to Orthodox Christianity led to the incorporation of Russia into the sphere of Eastern Orhthodoxy | 13 | |
| 5633726929 | Roman Catholic Church | was not commonly used until after the protestant reformation by the 11th century, western christendom defined itself centralized terms, with the bishop of rome (pope) as the ultimate authority in the matters of doctrine | 14 | |
| 5633739595 | western Christendom | western european branch of christianity that broke from Eastern Orthodoxy in 1054 CE that has still not been healed | 15 | |
| 5633927298 | Black death | name later given to the massive plague epidemic that swept Eurasia beginning to 1331 usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague | 16 | |
| 5633991464 | Chinggis (Genghis) Khan | title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols | 17 | |
| 5633998729 | Khubilai Khan | grandson of Genghis Khan who ruled china from 1271-1294 | 18 | |
| 5634007750 | Hulegue Khan | grandson of Genghis Khan who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia | 19 | |
| 5634025919 | Khutulun | a mongol process whose exploits in battle and wrestling along with her choice of husbands, provided insight into the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies | 20 | |
| 5634034022 | Kpchak Khanate | name given to usia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the mongol empire in the mid 13th century | 21 | |
| 5634039123 | modun | great ruler of the Xionghu empire who created a centralized and hierarchical political system | 22 | |
| 5634045062 | mongol world war | tears used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killings, and empire building pursued by Genghis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209 | 23 | |
| 5634054495 | pastoralism | easy of life which people depend on the heading of domesticated animals for their food | 24 | |
| 5634059407 | PASTORALISM | alternative kind of food producing economy focused on the raising of livestock, emerged only in the Afro-Eurasian world, because in the Americas the absence of large animals that could be domesticated precluded a herding economy | 25 | |
| 5634070869 | Temujn | birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Genghis Khan | 26 | |
| 5634074005 | Turks | turkic speakers from central asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the near east and into india, they crated a series of nomadic empires but had more of an impact on world history when they became dominant in the islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there | 27 | |
| 5634084102 | xiongnue | people of the Mongolian Steppe lands north of China who formed a large scale nomadic empire in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE | 28 | |
| 5634094359 | yuan dynasty | mongol dynasty that ruled china from 1271-1368 name means "great beginnings" | 29 | |
| 5634123075 | Aztec empire | major state that developed in modern day Mexico in the 14th and 15th century dominated by the semi nomadic Mexica, who had migrated into the region from northern Mexico | 30 | |
| 5634139279 | seizure of Constantinople (1453) | capital of Byzantine Empire fell to the army of the ottoman sultan Mehmed "the conqueror" and marked the end of christian Byzantine | 31 | |
| 5634203127 | European Renaissance | a "rebirth" of classical learning that is most often associated with the cultural blossoming of italy in the period 1350-1500 and included not jus a rediscovery of Greek learning but also major developments in art as well as going secularism in society | 32 | |
| 5634215085 | inca empire | western hemispheres largest imperial state int 15th and early 16th centuries: built by a relatively small community of Quechua speaking people (the inca) empire stretches some 2500 miles along the Andes Mountains, and contained perhaps 10 million people | 33 | |
| 5634231882 | Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that succeeded the yuan dynasty of the mongols, noted for its return to traditional Chinese ways and restoration of the land after the destructiveness of the mongols | 34 | |
| 5634241762 | Mughal empire | one of the most successful empires in India, a state founded by an islamized turkic group that invades India in 1526, the mughal's rule was noted for their efforts to create partnerships between Hindus and Muslims | 35 | |
| 5634255127 | Ottoman empire | major islamic state centered Anatolia that came to include the Balkans , the near east, and much of north africa | 36 | |
| 5634259371 | Paleolithic persistence | continuance of gathering and hunting societies in substantial areas of the world despite millennia of agricultural advance | 37 | |
| 5634265410 | pochteca | professional merchants in the Aztec empire whose wealth often elevated them to elite status | 38 | |
| 5634278864 | Safavid empire | major turkic empire of persia founded in the early 16th century notable for its efforts to convert its people to shia muslim | 39 | |
| 5634282995 | Song hay empire | major islamic state of west africa that formed in the 2nd half of the 15th century | 40 | |
| 5634288825 | Timur | turkic warrior also knows as Tamerlane, his efforts to restore the mongol empire devastated much of persia, russia, and india | 41 | |
| 5634293598 | Zheng he | great chines admiral who commanded a fleet of over 300 ships in a series of voyages of contact and exploration that began in 1405 | 42 | |
| 5634398485 | Shotgun is to feudal Japan as _______________ is to feudal europe | lord | 43 | |
| 5634424938 | Pax mongolica and pax romana are similar in that each area __________________________ | trade expanded | 44 | |
| 5634428057 | the mongols brought foreign administration into _____________ | china | 45 | |
| 5634433798 | process associated with the spread of Buddhism into Southeast Asia between 200BCE and 1000CE? | transformation of Buddhism after contact with local beliefs | 46 | |
| 5634437501 | what characterized china during the ming dynasty? | no longer under mongols control, foreign policy based on tribute and creation of navy | 47 | |
| 5634446649 | western europe and sub saharan african civilizations resembles each other during the post classical period in that both......_______??? | loosely organized and politically divided | 48 | |
| 5634452122 | an example of an event or situation between 600-1450 that helps to distinguish it as a new period in world history | the mongols invaded eurasia forming a larger empire | 49 | |
| 5634455976 | Who had the most advanced naval technology | china | 50 | |
| 5634458029 | the ming dynasty halted the voyages of Zheng He because??? | the voyages were expensive and not very valuable | 51 | |
| 5634475028 | a common feature of both japanese and european feudalism was??? | strict social structure | 52 | |
| 5634476731 | the most isolated form world trade | japan | 53 | |
| 5634480582 | as islam spread between 1200 and 1600 how did it affect gender relations? | local customs remained the same regarding marriage with islamic models | 54 | |
| 5634486339 | by the fifteenth century russia had forged the closest cultural ties with? | Byzantine Empire | 55 | |
| 5634490895 | an important consequence of japans successful resistance of attacks by Yuan China | japan maintained its independence | 56 | |
| 5634494296 | what best supports the conclusion that Japan borrowed extensively from Tang and Song China? | a society based on Confucian principles | 57 | |
| 5634498158 | true about the mongols during the 1200s regarding Chinese inventions | facilitated the diffusion of many Chinese inventions | 58 | |
| 5634501887 | true about the mongol invasions regarding Chinese culture | elements of Chinese culture spread to other parts of Asia | 59 | |
| 5634515846 | describe the chinese impact on japan | filial piety, spread of buddhism, practice of tea ceremony | 60 | |
| 5634523498 | compare islamic contacts with Europe to islamic contacts with sub saharan africa during the post classical era | africa was more likely to convert to islam than europe | 61 | |
| 5634527581 | describe the exchange of agriculture of technology | sugar can spread from asia to europe gunpowder from china to everywhere black death from asia to europe | 62 | |
| 5634542326 | what accounts for the different historical trajectories of the byzantine and west european expressions of christendom? | survival of powerful imperial state resulted in greater control of church. also there were cultural differenced I.E. greek language was used for religion practice in eastern orthodox and latin was used in Roman catholic | 63 | |
| 5634556888 | how did byzantium and western europe interact with each other and with the larger world of the 3rd wave era | each other: conquered parts of western europe, both christian societies which led to disputes and schism world: both part of long distance eurasian trade network, both interacted with islamic world through military, trade, and exchange of ideas | 64 | |
| 5634574901 | would you asses the perspective toward the mongols as negative, positive, or balanced | balanced positive: their role in trade, exchange, and ideas negative: brutal methods of conquest | 65 | |
| 5634584863 | why did mongol rule last one a short time | rapidly rising prices epidemics of plague divisions among mongols factionalism among the mongols | 66 | |
| 5634608651 | what common patterns might you notice across the world of the 15th century and what variation in the historical trajectories of various religions can you identify | similar: in many regions gatherer and hunter societies persisted but were in decline, empires were growing go influence on world history differences: long distance trade,emergence of powerful states in some regions but not others, solution of americas in terms of networks of exchange | 67 |
