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| 2657495889 | characteristics and political organization of the tigris-Euphrates civilization? | -city states competed for land and water - rarely united under single government -people believed land belonged to one or more gods -Sumerian city-states | 0 | |
| 2657509322 | a "dynasty" in Chinese history is defined as? | family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary | 1 | |
| 2657519143 | the "son of heaven" concept was designed to promote? | -the remoteness of emperor from subjects -centralization of power in the state - loyalty to the emperor - explanation for decline of dynasties | 2 | |
| 2657557579 | the Qin dynasty differed from the Zhou in what ways? | Qin dynasty was more centralized, first to introduce a new political system, adopted legalism as political doctrine, only had one ruler | 3 | |
| 2657576068 | confucian beliefs? | NOT A RELIGION, philosophy, taught importance of family, respect for ones elders, reverence of ancestors | 4 | |
| 2657584526 | the indian caste system served to an extent as a political institution by? | -enforcing rules about social behavior - dividing the people into specific class by status | 5 | |
| 2657594953 | hinduism | - originating in indian subcontinent - world we see is an illusion -earliest known organized religion -influenced by info-european groups -emphasis on individual life | 6 | |
| 2657779839 | "nirvana" meant | a state at which, enlightened as to the illusory nature of the self, transcends all suffering and attains peace; state of rest; harmony; stability or joy. full of union with the divine essence | 7 | |
| 2657839918 | compared to china, indian social and economic structure | gave a stronger role to merchants, tended to discourage commerce, gave greater latitude to merchants | 8 | |
| 2657849287 | compared to modern american ideas about democracy, athenian democracy was distinctive in? | urging that all citizens participate directly in lawmaking and policy making. Athens was direct democracy, U.S is representative democracy | 9 | |
| 2657866011 | the socratic method emphasized the importance of | questioning, education was key to personal growth | 10 | |
| 2657870548 | hellenistic society was known for its advances in | spread of greek lifestyle, science | 11 | |
| 2657873991 | japan developed a religion called | shintoism | 12 | |
| 2657879714 | the end of the gupta empire differed from the decline of rome | did not involve in the introduction of a new religion for the majority | 13 | |
| 2657885874 | the arabic camel nomads were referred to as | bedouin | 14 | |
| 2658438285 | what was the nature of the pre-islamic bedouin religion? | bedouin religion for most clans was a blend of animism and polytheism focusing on the worship of nature spirits | 15 | |
| 2658445852 | why did the arab warriors not want to covert large numbers of people to islam? | they would have had to share their treasure and would have lost all tax revenues | 16 | |
| 2658450787 | how did islam and hinduism differ? | muslims believe in one god, hindus believe in many. islam stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while hinduism embraced a caste based social system | 17 | |
| 2658461377 | the byzantine empire lasted during what time period? | 330 to 1453 all dates CE (post classical) | 18 | |
| 2658467193 | the capital of the byzantine empire and its commercial center was located at | Constantinople | 19 | |
| 2658471841 | the emperor responsible for a surge in construction in Constantinople was | justinaian | 20 | |
| 2660002335 | the emperor responsible for a surge in construction in Constantinople was? | Justinian | 21 | |
| 2658478733 | the name normally given to the form of christianity that emerged in the byzantine empire was | orthodox christianity | 22 | |
| 2658485495 | the post classical period in western history between the fall of the roman empire and the 15th century is referred to as the? | middle ages | 23 | |
| 2658497040 | who were the scandinavian invaders who disrupted the development of durable political institutions in the medieval west until the 10th century? | vikings | 24 | |
| 2658504069 | agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called | serfs | 25 | |
| 2658506986 | the members of the Japanese military elite who received land in return for military service in the bands of the greater lords were called? | vassals | 26 | |
| 2658523014 | pope gregory vii decreed the practice of investiture invalid. what was the investiture? | the practice of the state appointment of all bishops | 27 | |
| 2658529406 | the dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the | sui | 28 | |
| 2658533190 | mounted troops owing loyalty to the military elite were called? (japan and Europe) | samuri and knights | 29 | |
| 2658546084 | what was the nature of warfare among bush? | battles hinged on man-to-man duels at great champions typical of the heroic stage of warfare, peasants carrying pikes, mounted samurai, masked assaults | 30 | |
| 2658560575 | what was the impact of the rise of the samurai on the peasantry in japan? | peasants were reduced to status of serfs bound to land they worked | 31 | |
| 2658573980 | the victory of the minamoto marks the beginning of what period in Japanese history? | feudal age | 32 | |
| 2658585928 | what was the religious preference of the korean elite | buddhism | 33 | |
| 2658595886 | in most ways, the mongols epitomized what type of society and culture? | nomadic | 34 | |
| 2658598728 | what was the basic unit of mongol society? | tribes | 35 | |
| 2658605264 | describe Chinggis Khans early life | known as the Temujin as a young child, father was poisoned, caught and imprissioned(forced to wear a wooden collar) regained power by defeating enemy clan | 36 | |
| 2658616577 | The mongol military forces features | entirely cavalry | 37 | |
| 2658622583 | what was the religious policy of the mongol empire under Chinggis Khan? | all religions were tolerated in his empire | 38 | |
| 2658632157 | What was the political organization of russia at the time of the mongol invasion in the first half of the 13th century? | russia was divided into numerous petty kingdoms centered on trading cities? | 39 | |
| 2658643633 | what was the nature of the russian resistance to the mongol invasion? | the princes of russia refused to cooperate among themselves and routed individually | 40 | |
| 2658655355 | in 1271, Kubilai Khan changed the name of the Mongol dynasty in china to??? | yaun | 41 | |
| 2658660106 | What were the major changes in the admiration of China under the Mongols | the mongols discontinued the use of the examination system to keep scholar-gentry from gaining too much power | 42 | |
| 2658666905 | what chinese dynasty succeeded the mongol yuan dynasty in china? | ming dynasty | 43 | |
| 2658669370 | what was the innovation launched by the ming dynasty? | mounting huge state sponsored trading expeditions throughput asia and beyond | 44 | |
| 2658779911 | what admiral commanded China's great overseas expeditions between 1405 and 1433? | general zhenghe | 45 | |
| 2658784164 | in what region of europe did the renaissance begin? | italy and western europe | 46 | |
| 2658788308 | in comparison to medieval culture, Renaissance culture had what features? | more concerned with things of the earthly world, individualism | 47 | |
| 2658792631 | the practice of judging other peoples by the standards and practices of one's own culture of ethnic group is called? | Jingoism | 48 | |
| 2658798431 | the initiative for western exploration and conquest came from where? | the kingdom of portugal | 49 | |
| 2658801237 | what region in the americas was claimed by portugal | brazil | 50 | |
| 2658804622 | what italian captain sailing for the monarchs of spain reached the americas in 1492? | Christopher Columbus | 51 | |
| 2658808423 | what was the purpose of the early English voyages to north America? | to discover an arctic route to china | 52 | |
| 2658813162 | what british commercial institution ruled india for much of the 18th century? | the british east india company | 53 | |
| 2658817885 | what was the impact of the introduction of american crops into europe? | the introduction of corn and the potatoes led to major population growth in europe | 54 | |
| 2658823846 | what economic policy encouraged the development of colonies, particularly by northern Europe counties? | mercantilism | 55 | |
| 2658830186 | Johannes Gutenberg was responsible for | the invention of the movable type in the west (printing press) | 56 | |
| 2658833334 | who is generally credited with the initiating the protestant reformation in 1517? | Martin Luther | 57 | |
| 2658836259 | why did the common people support the lutheran reformation? | Lutheranism sanctioned money making and other earthly pursuits more wholeheartedly than did the catholicism. monasteries and christian bids against money making was abolished | 58 | |
| 2658848330 | what was the church established by Henry VII in engalnd? | Anglican (church of england) | 59 | |
| 2658852042 | the theological foundation of Jean Calvin's Protestantism was? | predestination (pre determination) | 60 | |
| 2658860436 | inflation and commercialization in the west produced a rout of people without access to producing property called? | proletariat (lowest class, working class) | 61 | |
| 2658864604 | the aftermath of the scientific revolution spilled over into a new intellectual movement in the 18th century called the? | enlightenment | 62 | |
| 2658867930 | how did agriculture change in the late 17th century? | new technology and better stock breeding methods resulted in higher productivity | 63 | |
| 2658877359 | what government did ivan the great claim to have succeeded as the "third Rome"? | russian | 64 | |
| 2658879651 | what family was selected in 1613 to establish a new ruling dynasty in russia? | Romonav | 65 | |
| 2658882820 | what was catherine the greats attitude toward the program of westernization? | catherine flirted vigorously with the ideas of the french enlightenment, but failed to take steps to abolish serfdom | 66 | |
| 2658892893 | the first spanish colony in the new world was established where? | hisponiola | 67 | |
| 2658900323 | the grants of indians to individual spaniards as a labor system were called? | encomiendas | 68 | |
| 2658902534 | the man responsible for the conquest of the aztec empire in mexico was? | hernan cortes | 69 | |
| 2658904499 | what was the african contribution to the "colombian exchange"? | slave trade | 70 | |
| 2658906327 | what was the demographic impact of the slave trade on africa? | the slave trade had the impact of skewing the population of central africa in favor a disproportional number of women | 71 | |
| 2658911863 | prior to the mongol invasions of their empire, the Abbasid dynasty was dominated by this group of people? | the seljuk turks | 72 | |
| 2658913304 | the janissaries were? | sale troops of the ottoman forcibly conscripted as adolescents from conquered territories | 73 | |
| 2658919294 | whose voyages of exploration opened the way for the europeans to the indies? | vasco de gama | 74 | |
| 2658922110 | what raw materials were the most highly valued exports in the asian sea trading network for the europeans? | spices | 75 | |
| 2658923243 | causes of the french revolution | govornment, financial problems, people wanted a demographic forum(take power away from elite, takes, freedom of speeh, efficient government and enlightenment) | 76 | |
| 2658929423 | Louis Pasteur was responsible for the | french scientist who discovered the relationship between germ and the disease in the 19th century; leading to better sanitation | 77 | |
| 2658933286 | how did the establishment of educational systems in africa differ from those in java and india? | they depended more on religious missionaries than state support for education | 78 | |
| 2658936920 | in what century did most Latin american countries achieve their independence? | the 19th century | 79 | |
| 2658938078 | "manifest destiny" referrd to? | to support the expansion of the united states, through the acquisition of texas, oregon and parts of mexico (coast to coast | 80 | |
| 2658943872 | russian radicals who sought the abolition of all formal government were called? | anarchists | 81 | |
| 2658947948 | what was the chief political method used by the anarchists to achieve reform? | winning peasant support and a host of upper-class radicals fanned out to teach the peasantry the beauty of political activism. failure led to violent methods (1st large terrorists movement in modern world) | 82 | |
| 2658954719 | huge industrial combines put together in Japan by the 1890s were called? | zaibatsus | 83 | |
| 2658956051 | adolph hitler was the political and ideological leader of what party? | national socialist party/ nazi party | 84 | |
| 2658960485 | in order to avoid a two-front war, hitler signed a nonaggression pact with this country in 1939 | soviet union | 85 | |
| 2658961192 | a "technocrat" was | a new breed of bureaucrat typified by training in engineering or economics | 86 | |
| 2658964544 | what distinguishes those regions referred to as the "third world" from other societies? | lack of industrialization | 87 | |
| 2658967573 | why have the ethnic rivalries and communal violence been endemic in the decolonized african states? | Europeans hastily colonized africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups or cultural homogeneity | 88 | |
| 2658971110 | "neocolonialism" refers to | continued relegation of the third world to economic dependency after decolonization | 89 | |
| 2658976582 | who headed the american occupation government of japan? | Douglas Macarthur | 90 | |
| 2658979934 | Mao's 1958 program of pushing industrialization through small-scale projects integrated into the peasant communes was called? | great leap forward | 91 | |
| 2658981187 | the term "perestroika" refers to | economic restructuring and more leeway for private ownership of goods and services | 92 | |
| 2658985146 | what russian leader significantly altered political, diplomatic, and economic policies in the soviet union after 1985? | Mikhial Gorbachev | 93 | |
| 2658986705 | The common currency of the european union is called the | euro | 94 | |
| 2658987782 | the increased interconnectedness of all parts of the world is called | globalization | 95 | |
| 2658988908 | NAFTA included the united states, canada and | mexico | 96 |
