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5668900210Chola KingdomWhat was the wealthy trading state that controlled India from 850-1267?0
5668900211Funan EmpireWhat was the first of the Indianized states centered around the capital port of Oc-eo?1
5668900212Spread Hinduism to SE AsiaThe design of the Khmer temples Angkor Tam and Angkor Wat show what?2
5668900213Vijaynagara2 emissaries, Harihara and Bukka, renounced Islam, reconverted to Islam and founded what empire?3
5668900214CharlemagneKing who actively supported the pope, instigated missing missi dominici, and extended authority as far down as Rome in the Middle Ages4
5668900215Charles MartelWho was the Carolingian Dynasty named after?5
5668900216Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-SaxonsWho unified England in the 9th century?6
5668900217Holy Roman EmpireIn 962 Otto I was given a crown by the pope, marking the foundation of what?7
5668900218Oral tradition from W Africa in the Niger River BasinWhere did the Bantu language originate from?8
5668900219The life story of the King of the Ghana Empire, SundiataWhat is the epic story of Mali?9
5668900220GhanaWhat was the most powerful state in W Africa during the arrival of Islam?10
5668900221Gold, copper, and saltWhy did Mali become the wealthiest kingdom in Sub-Sahara Africa?11
5668900222A naval power in EthiopiaWhat was Axum?12
5668900223Great ZimbabweWhat was the historical capital of Zimbabwe?13
5668900224Mansa MusaWho made the famous pilgramage to Mecca in 1334?14
5668900225PortugueseWho sacked the Swahili state of Kilwa in 1505?15
5668900226MaliWhat W African power had a series of powerful kings, strong cavalry, and a control of W Saharan trade?16
5668900227The first female Egyptian pharaoh, MyrrhWho was Hatshepsut?17
5668900228HieroglyphicsWhat does "holy inscriptions" mean in Greek?18
5668900229Venus figurinesWhat object reflects early human's deep interest in fertility?19
5668900230Ostrolopithicus, Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, CromagninList the 4 phases of human evolution in chronological order.20
5668900231Agricultural TransitionWhat do anthropologist prefer to the term Agricultural Revolution?21
5668900232JerichoWhat is the earliest Neolithic settlement located at a fresh water oasis near the Dead Sea?22
5668900233SargonWho was the first creator of an empire in Mesopotamia?23
5668900234CuneiformWhat was the Mesopotamian style of writing called?24
5668900235ErasmusWho was the most important of the humanistic thinkers?25
5668900236Zheng HeWho was the Chinese admiral who made seven journeys of exploration?26
5668900237YongalExploration: Prince Enrique was to Portugal as ____ was to China.27
5668900238Vasco de GamaWhat Portuguese mariner reached India in 1498?28
5668900239Capture of GranadaIn 1492 what marked the end of the reconquista?29
5668900240SongWho invented both the stern port runner and the magnetic compass?30
5668900241A 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
5668900242Bartholomue DiasWho was the 1st European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?32
5668900243Upanishad's Law Code of ManuWhat 1st century B.C.E. owrk dealt with moral behavior and social relationships in India?33
5668900244KarmaUpanishad 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
5668900245Yang Shao, Xia, Shang, ZhouList the first Chinese empires in chronological order.35
5668900246FuedalismWhat were the Zhou emporers forced to established because of the size of the Zhou state?36
5668900247Oracle BonesIn an attempt to foretell the future the Shang made use of what?37
5668900248TianIn regards to gaining or losing the mandate of heaven the Chinese spoke of what term?38
5668900249Mesopotamia (Tigres and Euphrates), China (Huang He), Egypt (Niles), Monhenjo-Daro (Indus)The correct groupings of river valley civilizations and their rivers.39
5668900250Achaemenids, Suleucids, Parthians, SassanidList the Persian empires in chronological order.40
5668900251Persians lost, Athenians wonOverall the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E. proved to be what?41
5668900252CyrusWho was the founder of the Achaemend Empire?42
5668900253Spies appointed by the KingWho were the Persian eyes and ears of the King?43
5668900254XiaoWhat word best expresses the Chinese concept of pheliopeiety?44
5668900255MenciusWh is the most influential post Confucian philosopher who werved as chief spokesman for KongFuzi?45
5668900256PersianWhat empire normally displayed the greatest amount of toleration towards its subject people?46
5668900257ZoroastrainaismBasic tenants of what religion: belief in heaven and hell, good morals, and final judgment?47
5668900258AhismaWhat is the name of the Jain principal nonviolence?48
56689002591. Universiality of suffering, 2. Desire is the cause suffering, 3. Nirvana is the cessation of desire, 4. Follow the Eight Fold PathBuddha's 4 Noble Truths49
5668900260Chandra Gupta IIn 320 B.C.E. who created the Gupta Dynasty?50
5668900261SalamisWhat is the most decisive naval battle of the Persian war?51
5668900262Bhagavad- GitaWhat is the name of the Indian work which deals with the dialogue between Arguna and his charioteer Krishna?52
5668900263SocratesWho said the "unexamined life is not worth living?"53
5668900264Philosopher KidgsWho did Plato propose to be the true ruler of society?54
5668900265Suleucid MonarchyWhat was the largest part of Alexander's conquest, essential former Acheamenid Empire taken over by?55
5668900266AristotleLater Christian scholastic philosophers refer to this person as "masters of those who know."56
5668900267TheodoisusIn 380 Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman Empire by what emperor?57
5668900268Edict of MilanChristians were allowed to openly practice their religion when Constantine wrote what document?58
5668900269ConstantineWho built a capital city, reunited empire, and allowed Christians to practice their own religion?59
5668900270Zheng HeWho was the main ambassador sent out by Han Wudi?60
5668900271Chang'an to AntiochWhat is the land route of the silk roads ran from this Han capital to this Mediterranean port?61
5668900272NestoriansWhat was the name of the Christian community that emphasized the human nature of Jesus?62
5668900273Romulus AugustulusIn 476 the Germanic leader Odivasor brought an end to the end of the W empire when he overhtrew what Roman emporer?63
5668900274Atilla the HunChaos threatened the Roman Empire in the mid 5th century when Germanic tribes poured into the empire seeking protection from who?64
5668900275ManiThe prophet who promoted a syncretic blend of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements into a religious faith that would serve a cosmopolitan world.65
5668900276Cyril and MethodiousWho were the creators of the cyrilic alphabet?66
5668900277HajjThe Islamic pilgramage to Mecca is known as?67
5668900278HijraWhat is the turning point in the rise of Islam?68
5668900279Abu BakrAfter the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a caliphate by the name of what?69
5668900280Shi'iteWho believed that the caliphate should foloow the line of Ali?70
5668900281CottonWhat was the most important crop spread throughout the Islamic world during all the new trade?71
5668900282PapermakingWhat new industry transmitted to the Islamic world from China and was introduced during the Abassid period?72
5668900283Roadside inn for caravan tradersWhat were caravansaries?73
5668900284MadrasasIn an effort to bring learned students, Islamic leaders supported what higher learning institution?74
5668900285Delhi SultanateN India was dominated through the 12-16 centuries by what?75
5668900286GuanahaniColumbus made landfall on an island that the Tainos natives called?76
5668900287BrunelleschiWho designed the dome in Florence?77
5668900288African SlavesIN 1500-1800 the largest contingent of migrants to America consisted of what?78
5668900289Magellan's slave: Juan the BlackThe first circumnavigation was completed in 1522 by whom?79
5668900290James CookThe explorer that led 3 expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was who?80
5668900291Silver InflationIn the long term, the Columbina Exchange led to an economic instability because of what?81
5668900292ChinaWhere did the outbreak of the bubonic plague begin?82
5668900293RenaissanceWhat style of painting is being described?83
5668900294Muslim JudgeWhy was Ibn Batuta able to travel so extensively?84
5668900295Polo was a foreigner and did not trust the ChineseWhy did Kublai Khan employ Marco Polo in an administration job?85
5668900296WaldensiansWhat heretical group in the 16th century attacked increasing materialism of European society?86
5668900297TenochtitlanWhat was the capital of Aztecs?87
5668900298ChichenitzaThe influence of the Maya on the Toltc can be seen in the similarities between Tulan and what Mayan city?88
5668900299the BalticWhere did the Hanseatic league trade?89
5668900300InvestitureIn a larger sense what is the world or title for the struggle between curch and state in Europe?90
5668900301Lord and VassalWhat is the most important relationship in feudalism?91
5668900302Yuan DynastyIn 1279 Kublai Khan proclaimed the beginning of what dynasty?92
5668900303OsmanWho founded the Ottoman Empire?93
5668900304TimurIn the late 14the century what Turkish ruler weakened the Golden Horde, sacked Delhi, and launched campaigns in SW Asian and Anatolia?94
5668900305To 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
5668900306TradeWhat did the invasions of the nomadic Turkish and Mongol tribes facilitate between the 11-15 centuries?96
5668900307St. ScholasticaWho spread the Benedictine rule to women living in convents?97
5668900308IslamIn 1295 the Il-Khan Gizan converted to what religion?98
5668900309Pope Gregory IWho 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
5668900310Mahmud of GhanziWhat Islamic leader lead 17 different raiding expeditions into India during the 11th century?100
5668900311Umayyad DynastyIn 711 the N Indian area of Sind fell to what group?101
5668900312Gupta DynastyWhat was brought to an end by an invasion of the white Huns in 451 C.E.?102
5668900313LoyaltyWhat is the most important virtue of Boshido?103
5668900314Chan BuddhismWhat is the most popular school of thought of Buddhism in China?104
5668900315Heian PeriodWhen was the Chinese influence on Japan most profound?105
5668900316Kamakura ShogunateIn 1885 the Minimoto clan defeated the Tyra clan and created what?106
5668900317Grand CanalWhat Sui construction would have important economic implications well into the 20th century?107
5668900318Ibn RashudWhat Islamic thinker studied Aristotle and thought in turn influenced rise of European scholasticism?108
5668900319Equal Field SystemThe Tang planned to avoid the concentration of land of the wealthy and the resulting unrest was called what?109
5668900320Council of NiceaIn 325 what decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures?110
5668900321CaesaropapismWhat is the name system historians use when the emperor has political and religious authority?111
5668900322Corpus Iruris CivilisJustinian issued what and won recognition as definitive codification of Roman law?112
5668900323Ottoman TurksConstantinople fell in 1453 to whom?113
5668900324seperated and created the Great SchismIn 1054 the pope and the patriarch in Constantinople did what?114
5668900325IonoclasmEmperor Leo III inaugurated the divisive ecclesisatical policty called what?115
5668900326CharlemagneDirect to the Byzantine emperor arose in the year 800 when the pope gave an imperial crown to what Frankish King?116
5668900327Fourth CrusadeIn a disaster which the Byzantine empire never really recovered Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by whom?117
5668900328EuripidesWho wrote the Bacchae?118
5668900329EpicuriansWhich of the Hellenistic philosophies viewed pleasure as the greatest good?119
5668900330PlebiansIn an effort to alleviate social tensions, what group was allowed to elect 2 and then 10 tribunes?120
5668900331CarthageThe turning point in Roman history was their struggle in the Punic Wars against who?121
5668900332CarthaginanIn the early period of Roman expanion who controlled the W half of the Mediterranean?122
5668900333Large Roman EstatesWhat were the latifundia?123
5668900334Julius CaesarIn Rome, whose political philosophy favored liberal policies and social reform?124
5668900335the anointedJesus of Nazareth's followers called him the Christ which meant what?125
5668900336Mithraism, Christianity, JudaismWhat religions were popular during the Roman empire?126
5668900337Mahabharata and RamayanaWhat two great Indian epics commonly potrayed women as weak willed and emotional creatures?127
5668900338AnalectsWhat is the collection of Confucian sayings and teachings called?128
5668900339AshokaThe high point of the Maryan success would come during the reign of who?129
5668900340Chandragupta MauryaThe first ruler to unify India was?130
5668900341establishing an imperial universityIn 124 B.C.E. Han Wudi transformed China by doing what?131
5668900342Han WudiName the person whose most important contribution to China was establishing a president for central imperial rule?132
5668900343DaoismWhat is the philosophy which criticized social activism and instead proposed a life in reflection and introspectrion in China?133
5668900344Shi HuangdiWhose policies are closely resemble: strong centralized rule, huge public project, and disarming regional military?134
5668900345Shang DynastyWhen did the Chinese begin an extensive use of writing?135
5668900346ChavinWhat cult produced deities with the features of humans and wild animals in the Americas?136
5668900347MayanWhat American culture had a system of writing, concept of zero, and the most elaborate calendar?137
5668900348MayanWhat 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
5668900349New 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
5668900350OlmecWhat was the first society of Mesoamerica that founded traditions that will be followed by all following civilizations?140
5668900351OlmecWho destroyed the ceremonial centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta?141
5668900352MaizeBy 5000 B.C.E. Mesoamericans had discovered the potential of what crop?142
5668900353Hindu caste system: brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and sudrasWhat is the Varna heirarchy?143
5668900354Indo-EuropeansWhat 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
5668900355Harrapa and Mohenjo-DaroAll archeological evidence from early Indian history suggests what two places had central authority?145
5668900356AkenhatenWhat pharoah tried unsuccessfully to make Egypt monotheistic?146
5668900357MenesEgypt was united in 3100 B.C.E. by what conqueror?147
5668900358Meaning of life/death, human friendship, human/god relationshipThe epic of Gilgamesh deals with several subjects, what are they?148
5668900359Eye for and eyeWhat does Lex Talianos mean?149
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