150727988 | Chola Kingdom | What was the wealthy trading state that controlled India from 850-1267? | 0 | |
150727989 | Funan Empire | What was the first of the Indianized states centered around the capital port of Oc-eo? | 1 | |
150727990 | Spread Hinduism to SE Asia | The design of the Khmer temples Angkor Tam and Angkor Wat show what? | 2 | |
150727991 | Vijaynagara | 2 emissaries, Harihara and Bukka, renounced Islam, reconverted to Islam and founded what empire? | 3 | |
150727992 | Charlemagne | King who actively supported the pope, instigated missing missi dominici, and extended authority as far down as Rome in the Middle Ages | 4 | |
150727993 | Charles Martel | Who was the Carolingian Dynasty named after? | 5 | |
150727994 | Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons | Who unified England in the 9th century? | 6 | |
150727995 | Holy Roman Empire | In 962 Otto I was given a crown by the pope, marking the foundation of what? | 7 | |
150727996 | Oral tradition from W Africa in the Niger River Basin | Where did the Bantu language originate from? | 8 | |
150727997 | The life story of the King of the Ghana Empire, Sundiata | What is the epic story of Mali? | 9 | |
150727998 | Ghana | What was the most powerful state in W Africa during the arrival of Islam? | 10 | |
150727999 | Gold, copper, and salt | Why did Mali become the wealthiest kingdom in Sub-Sahara Africa? | 11 | |
150728000 | A naval power in Ethiopia | What was Axum? | 12 | |
150728001 | Great Zimbabwe | What was the historical capital of Zimbabwe? | 13 | |
150728002 | Mansa Musa | Who made the famous pilgramage to Mecca in 1334? | 14 | |
150728003 | Portuguese | Who sacked the Swahili state of Kilwa in 1505? | 15 | |
150728004 | Mali | What W African power had a series of powerful kings, strong cavalry, and a control of W Saharan trade? | 16 | |
150728005 | The first female Egyptian pharaoh, Myrrh | Who was Hatshepsut? | 17 | |
150728006 | Hieroglyphics | What does "holy inscriptions" mean in Greek? | 18 | |
150728007 | Venus figurines | What object reflects early human's deep interest in fertility? | 19 | |
150728008 | Ostrolopithicus, Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, Cromagnin | List the 4 phases of human evolution in chronological order. | 20 | |
150796421 | Agricultural Transition | What do anthropologist prefer to the term Agricultural Revolution? | 21 | |
150796422 | Jericho | What is the earliest Neolithic settlement located at a fresh water oasis near the Dead Sea? | 22 | |
150796423 | Sargon | Who was the first creator of an empire in Mesopotamia? | 23 | |
150796424 | Cuneiform | What was the Mesopotamian style of writing called? | 24 | |
150796425 | Erasmus | Who was the most important of the humanistic thinkers? | 25 | |
150796426 | Zheng He | Who was the Chinese admiral who made seven journeys of exploration? | 26 | |
150796427 | Yongal | Exploration: Prince Enrique was to Portugal as ____ was to China. | 27 | |
150796428 | Vasco de Gama | What Portuguese mariner reached India in 1498? | 28 | |
150796429 | Capture of Granada | In 1492 what marked the end of the reconquista? | 29 | |
150796430 | Song | Who invented both the stern port runner and the magnetic compass? | 30 | |
150796431 | A windmill created by the Greek engineer Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century. 1 of the 1st known instances of wind powering a machine. | What is a wind wheel? | 31 | |
150796432 | Bartholomue Dias | Who was the 1st European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope? | 32 | |
150796433 | Upanishad's Law Code of Manu | What 1st century B.C.E. owrk dealt with moral behavior and social relationships in India? | 33 | |
150796434 | Karma | Upanishad Passage: according to the path a man walks a man acts in the path of good he is good, if he walks in the path of evil he becomes evil. | 34 | |
150796435 | Yang Shao, Xia, Shang, Zhou | List the first Chinese empires in chronological order. | 35 | |
150796436 | Fuedalism | What were the Zhou emporers forced to established because of the size of the Zhou state? | 36 | |
150796437 | Oracle Bones | In an attempt to foretell the future the Shang made use of what? | 37 | |
150796438 | Tian | In regards to gaining or losing the mandate of heaven the Chinese spoke of what term? | 38 | |
150796439 | Mesopotamia (Tigres and Euphrates), China (Huang He), Egypt (Niles), Monhenjo-Daro (Indus) | The correct groupings of river valley civilizations and their rivers. | 39 | |
150796440 | Achaemenids, Suleucids, Parthians, Sassanid | List the Persian empires in chronological order. | 40 | |
150796441 | Persians lost, Athenians won | Overall the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E. proved to be what? | 41 | |
150796442 | Cyrus | Who was the founder of the Achaemend Empire? | 42 | |
150796443 | Spies appointed by the King | Who were the Persian eyes and ears of the King? | 43 | |
150796444 | Xiao | What word best expresses the Chinese concept of pheliopeiety? | 44 | |
150796445 | Mencius | Wh is the most influential post Confucian philosopher who werved as chief spokesman for KongFuzi? | 45 | |
150796446 | Persian | What empire normally displayed the greatest amount of toleration towards its subject people? | 46 | |
150796447 | Zoroastrainaism | Basic tenants of what religion: belief in heaven and hell, good morals, and final judgment? | 47 | |
150796448 | Ahisma | What is the name of the Jain principal nonviolence? | 48 | |
150796449 | 1. Universiality of suffering, 2. Desire is the cause suffering, 3. Nirvana is the cessation of desire, 4. Follow the Eight Fold Path | Buddha's 4 Noble Truths | 49 | |
150796450 | Chandra Gupta I | In 320 B.C.E. who created the Gupta Dynasty? | 50 | |
150796451 | Salamis | What is the most decisive naval battle of the Persian war? | 51 | |
150796452 | Bhagavad- Gita | What is the name of the Indian work which deals with the dialogue between Arguna and his charioteer Krishna? | 52 | |
150796453 | Socrates | Who said the "unexamined life is not worth living?" | 53 | |
150796454 | Philosopher Kidgs | Who did Plato propose to be the true ruler of society? | 54 | |
150796455 | Suleucid Monarchy | What was the largest part of Alexander's conquest, essential former Acheamenid Empire taken over by? | 55 | |
150796456 | Aristotle | Later Christian scholastic philosophers refer to this person as "masters of those who know." | 56 | |
150796457 | Theodoisus | In 380 Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman Empire by what emperor? | 57 | |
150796458 | Edict of Milan | Christians were allowed to openly practice their religion when Constantine wrote what document? | 58 | |
150796459 | Constantine | Who built a capital city, reunited empire, and allowed Christians to practice their own religion? | 59 | |
150796460 | Zheng He | Who was the main ambassador sent out by Han Wudi? | 60 | |
150796461 | Chang'an to Antioch | What is the land route of the silk roads ran from this Han capital to this Mediterranean port? | 61 | |
150796462 | Nestorians | What was the name of the Christian community that emphasized the human nature of Jesus? | 62 | |
150796463 | Romulus Augustulus | In 476 the Germanic leader Odivasor brought an end to the end of the W empire when he overhtrew what Roman emporer? | 63 | |
150796464 | Atilla the Hun | Chaos threatened the Roman Empire in the mid 5th century when Germanic tribes poured into the empire seeking protection from who? | 64 | |
150796465 | Mani | The prophet who promoted a syncretic blend of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements into a religious faith that would serve a cosmopolitan world. | 65 | |
150858195 | Cyril and Methodious | Who were the creators of the cyrilic alphabet? | 66 | |
150858196 | Hajj | The Islamic pilgramage to Mecca is known as? | 67 | |
150858197 | Hijra | What is the turning point in the rise of Islam? | 68 | |
150858198 | Abu Bakr | After the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a caliphate by the name of what? | 69 | |
150858199 | Shi'ite | Who believed that the caliphate should foloow the line of Ali? | 70 | |
150858200 | Cotton | What was the most important crop spread throughout the Islamic world during all the new trade? | 71 | |
150858201 | Papermaking | What new industry transmitted to the Islamic world from China and was introduced during the Abassid period? | 72 | |
150858202 | Roadside inn for caravan traders | What were caravansaries? | 73 | |
150858203 | Madrasas | In an effort to bring learned students, Islamic leaders supported what higher learning institution? | 74 | |
150858204 | Delhi Sultanate | N India was dominated through the 12-16 centuries by what? | 75 | |
150858205 | Guanahani | Columbus made landfall on an island that the Tainos natives called? | 76 | |
150858206 | Brunelleschi | Who designed the dome in Florence? | 77 | |
150858207 | African Slaves | IN 1500-1800 the largest contingent of migrants to America consisted of what? | 78 | |
150858208 | Magellan's slave: Juan the Black | The first circumnavigation was completed in 1522 by whom? | 79 | |
150858209 | James Cook | The explorer that led 3 expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was who? | 80 | |
150858210 | Silver Inflation | In the long term, the Columbina Exchange led to an economic instability because of what? | 81 | |
150858211 | China | Where did the outbreak of the bubonic plague begin? | 82 | |
150858212 | Renaissance | What style of painting is being described? | 83 | |
150858213 | Muslim Judge | Why was Ibn Batuta able to travel so extensively? | 84 | |
150858214 | Polo was a foreigner and did not trust the Chinese | Why did Kublai Khan employ Marco Polo in an administration job? | 85 | |
150858215 | Waldensians | What heretical group in the 16th century attacked increasing materialism of European society? | 86 | |
150858216 | Tenochtitlan | What was the capital of Aztecs? | 87 | |
150858217 | Chichenitza | The influence of the Maya on the Toltc can be seen in the similarities between Tulan and what Mayan city? | 88 | |
150858218 | the Baltic | Where did the Hanseatic league trade? | 89 | |
150858219 | Investiture | In a larger sense what is the world or title for the struggle between curch and state in Europe? | 90 | |
150858220 | Lord and Vassal | What is the most important relationship in feudalism? | 91 | |
150858221 | Yuan Dynasty | In 1279 Kublai Khan proclaimed the beginning of what dynasty? | 92 | |
150858222 | Osman | Who founded the Ottoman Empire? | 93 | |
150858223 | Timur | In the late 14the century what Turkish ruler weakened the Golden Horde, sacked Delhi, and launched campaigns in SW Asian and Anatolia? | 94 | |
150858224 | To get revenge for the envoys sent to Persia to facilitate relations and were killed by Otrar. | Why did Genghis Khan send troops in Persia in 1219? | 95 | |
150858225 | Trade | What did the invasions of the nomadic Turkish and Mongol tribes facilitate between the 11-15 centuries? | 96 | |
150858226 | St. Scholastica | Who spread the Benedictine rule to women living in convents? | 97 | |
150858227 | Islam | In 1295 the Il-Khan Gizan converted to what religion? | 98 | |
150858228 | Pope Gregory I | Who was the most important figure in providing the Roman church with the sense of direction during the early middle ages by reasserting papal primacy? | 99 | |
150858229 | Mahmud of Ghanzi | What Islamic leader lead 17 different raiding expeditions into India during the 11th century? | 100 | |
150858230 | Umayyad Dynasty | In 711 the N Indian area of Sind fell to what group? | 101 | |
150858231 | Gupta Dynasty | What was brought to an end by an invasion of the white Huns in 451 C.E.? | 102 | |
150858232 | Loyalty | What is the most important virtue of Boshido? | 103 | |
150858233 | Chan Buddhism | What is the most popular school of thought of Buddhism in China? | 104 | |
150858234 | Heian Period | When was the Chinese influence on Japan most profound? | 105 | |
150858235 | Kamakura Shogunate | In 1885 the Minimoto clan defeated the Tyra clan and created what? | 106 | |
150858236 | Grand Canal | What Sui construction would have important economic implications well into the 20th century? | 107 | |
150858237 | Ibn Rashud | What Islamic thinker studied Aristotle and thought in turn influenced rise of European scholasticism? | 108 | |
150858238 | Equal Field System | The Tang planned to avoid the concentration of land of the wealthy and the resulting unrest was called what? | 109 | |
150896713 | Council of Nicea | In 325 what decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures? | 110 | |
150896714 | Caesaropapism | What is the name system historians use when the emperor has political and religious authority? | 111 | |
150896715 | Corpus Iruris Civilis | Justinian issued what and won recognition as definitive codification of Roman law? | 112 | |
150896716 | Ottoman Turks | Constantinople fell in 1453 to whom? | 113 | |
150896717 | seperated and created the Great Schism | In 1054 the pope and the patriarch in Constantinople did what? | 114 | |
150896718 | Ionoclasm | Emperor Leo III inaugurated the divisive ecclesisatical policty called what? | 115 | |
150896719 | Charlemagne | Direct to the Byzantine emperor arose in the year 800 when the pope gave an imperial crown to what Frankish King? | 116 | |
150896720 | Fourth Crusade | In a disaster which the Byzantine empire never really recovered Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by whom? | 117 | |
150896721 | Euripides | Who wrote the Bacchae? | 118 | |
150896722 | Epicurians | Which of the Hellenistic philosophies viewed pleasure as the greatest good? | 119 | |
150896723 | Plebians | In an effort to alleviate social tensions, what group was allowed to elect 2 and then 10 tribunes? | 120 | |
150896724 | Carthage | The turning point in Roman history was their struggle in the Punic Wars against who? | 121 | |
150896725 | Carthaginan | In the early period of Roman expanion who controlled the W half of the Mediterranean? | 122 | |
150896726 | Large Roman Estates | What were the latifundia? | 123 | |
150896727 | Julius Caesar | In Rome, whose political philosophy favored liberal policies and social reform? | 124 | |
150896728 | the anointed | Jesus of Nazareth's followers called him the Christ which meant what? | 125 | |
150896729 | Mithraism, Christianity, Judaism | What religions were popular during the Roman empire? | 126 | |
150896730 | Mahabharata and Ramayana | What two great Indian epics commonly potrayed women as weak willed and emotional creatures? | 127 | |
150896731 | Analects | What is the collection of Confucian sayings and teachings called? | 128 | |
150896732 | Ashoka | The high point of the Maryan success would come during the reign of who? | 129 | |
150896733 | Chandragupta Maurya | The first ruler to unify India was? | 130 | |
150896734 | establishing an imperial university | In 124 B.C.E. Han Wudi transformed China by doing what? | 131 | |
150896735 | Han Wudi | Name the person whose most important contribution to China was establishing a president for central imperial rule? | 132 | |
150917304 | Daoism | What is the philosophy which criticized social activism and instead proposed a life in reflection and introspectrion in China? | 133 | |
150917305 | Shi Huangdi | Whose policies are closely resemble: strong centralized rule, huge public project, and disarming regional military? | 134 | |
150917306 | Shang Dynasty | When did the Chinese begin an extensive use of writing? | 135 | |
150917307 | Chavin | What cult produced deities with the features of humans and wild animals in the Americas? | 136 | |
150917308 | Mayan | What American culture had a system of writing, concept of zero, and the most elaborate calendar? | 137 | |
150917309 | Mayan | What group collapsed due to internal dissension and civil war, failure of water control, and the spread of epidemic diseases in the Americas like yellow fever? | 138 | |
150917310 | New dynasties did not agree with past dynasties. Qin ruler wanted works destroyed to prevent thought. | Why were many literary works of the Chinese destroyed? | 139 | |
150917311 | Olmec | What was the first society of Mesoamerica that founded traditions that will be followed by all following civilizations? | 140 | |
150917312 | Olmec | Who destroyed the ceremonial centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta? | 141 | |
150917313 | Maize | By 5000 B.C.E. Mesoamericans had discovered the potential of what crop? | 142 | |
150917314 | Hindu caste system: brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and sudras | What is the Varna heirarchy? | 143 | |
150917315 | Indo-Europeans | What group may have been the first to domesticate horses and hitch animals to wagons, origanal homeland in Ukraine, and spread variations of their language from India to Europe? | 144 | |
150917316 | Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro | All archeological evidence from early Indian history suggests what two places had central authority? | 145 | |
150917317 | Akenhaten | What pharoah tried unsuccessfully to make Egypt monotheistic? | 146 | |
150917318 | Menes | Egypt was united in 3100 B.C.E. by what conqueror? | 147 | |
150917319 | Meaning of life/death, human friendship, human/god relationship | The epic of Gilgamesh deals with several subjects, what are they? | 148 | |
150917320 | Eye for and eye | What does Lex Talianos mean? | 149 |
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