WHAP Fall Semester Exam Review 2009 Flashcards
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| 47625672 | neolithic revolution | nomads start to settle | 0 | |
| 47625673 | hanseatic league | trade partnership in the baltic and north seas | 1 | |
| 47625674 | egyptian economy | had a surplus of grain and a monopoly of papyrus | 2 | |
| 47625675 | ethical monotheism | 1 god and an emphasis on moral conduct | 3 | |
| 47625676 | demographics | the study of population | 4 | |
| 47625677 | hegemony | control over an area, the US has hegemony over the caribbean | 5 | |
| 47625678 | iron smelting | cheaper, stronger, keep points better than bronze | 6 | |
| 47625679 | celts | first european group to migrate, stonehenge built by celts | 7 | |
| 47625680 | seven traits of a civilization | calendar, writing, division of laber, metal tools, advanced form of government, (thats only 6, he forgot what the 7th was) | 8 | |
| 47625681 | mandate of heaven | leader has a right to rule as long as he rules wisely. if he doesnt, natural disasters happen. the gods are angry | 9 | |
| 47625682 | cause of the crusades | pope urban II, "god wills it." desire to free the holy land, debts are removed, desire to make money | 10 | |
| 47625683 | impact of the crusades | trade increases between asia and europe, spread of disease | 11 | |
| 47625684 | phoenician traders | spread our alphabet | 12 | |
| 47625685 | alexander the great | conquered the world, roman empire, great general, blah blah blah | 13 | |
| 47625686 | kosher laws | jewish dietary code | 14 | |
| 47625687 | covenant | a promise, agreement | 15 | |
| 47625688 | bronze | alloy of copper and tin | 16 | |
| 47625689 | han empire | golden age of china | 17 | |
| 47625690 | persian wars | between persia and greece, persia loses, greece wins dominance | 18 | |
| 47765945 | peloponnesian wars | between sparta and athens, athens wins, opens up greece to attack (alexander) | 19 | |
| 47765946 | the republic | book by plato, perfect society ruled by "philosopher kings" | 20 | |
| 47765947 | teotihuacan | religious center for the olmecs and later the aztecs | 21 | |
| 47765948 | missi dominici | charlemanges messengers who kept watch on his officials | 22 | |
| 47765949 | dark ages | loss of roman culture, pretty much only catholicism | 23 | |
| 47765950 | twelve tables | first roman law code | 24 | |
| 47765951 | thirty years war | most destructive war in european history | 25 | |
| 47765952 | manichaeism | combined christianity, buddhism, and zoroastrianism | 26 | |
| 47765953 | sinicization | to make more chinese | 27 | |
| 47765954 | impact of the mongol invasion | bringing increased trade and brought peace and order and spread of bubonic plague | 28 | |
| 47765955 | council of nicea | decided that jesus had both human and godlike natures | 29 | |
| 47765956 | popul vuh | mayan creation story | 30 | |
| 47765957 | shahada | the duty to recite the creed: "there is nothing worthy of worship save allah, and muhammad is the messenger of god" | 31 | |
| 47765958 | salat | the duty to worship the one god in prayer five times each day | 32 |