final review (in class) Flashcards
(179 cards)
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false belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs
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astrology
2
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belief in one God
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monotheism
3
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world’s oldest work of literature outside the Bible
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epic of gilgamesh
4
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where was Abraham from
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Ur
5
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first empire to use iron weapons
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hittites
6
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famous capital of assyria
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nineva
7
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religions that view Israel as central to their beliefs
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Christianity, Judaism, Islam
8
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father of the nation of Israel
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Abraham
9
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are called ____
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Patriarchs
10
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a nation ruled by God
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Theocracy
11
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first great king of israel
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saul
12
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process of rebirth
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reincarnation
13
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conquered northern israel
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assyria
14
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year Israel became its own state
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1948
15
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Islam’s holy book
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koran
16
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highest point on land
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mt. everest
17
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largest continent
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asia
18
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lowest point on land
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dead sea
18
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classified as subcontinent
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india
19
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earliest known people of asia
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dravidians
20
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goal is to become one with spirit of brahma
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hinduism
21
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social system of india
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caste
22
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founded Buddhism
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Siddhartha Gautamarta
23
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oldest living civilization
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china
24
travelled during Kublai Khan's rule
Marco polo
25
Largest continental empire
Mongols
26
oldest surviving religion
Shintou
27
families that rule small states of Japan
Clans
28
founder of Japanese civilization
Shitoku
29
Japanese word for emperor
Mikado
30
how many independent nations is southeast asia made up of
10
31
worlds largest desert
sahara
32
first person to unite the two halves of egypt
Menes
32
worlds longest river
nile
33
gave Egypt the name "gift of the nile"
Herodotus
34
triangle shapes area of land north of egypt
nile delta
35
written language of egypt
Hieroglyphics
36
used to interpret hieroglyphics
rosetta stone
37
where the 3 most known pyramids are built
giza
38
source of the Nile river; largest lake in africa
Lake Victoria
38
name of alexander's general
Ptolemy
39
"the dark continent"
africa
39
capital of egypt
cairo
40
first African christian
Ethiopian Eunuch
41
the belief that natural things and animals are inhabited by spirits
animism
42
Greece in located on this peninsula
Balkan
43
first important postdilluvian civilization
minoams
44
Greek word for city state
Polis
45
date for first recorded Olympic games
776 B.C.
46
Battle that Leonidas and the 300 spartans held off Greeks
The Battle of Thermopylae
47
rule by one
monarchy
48
first major naval battle in history
Battle of the Salamis
49
rule by the best
aristocracy
50
when power is seized by one man
tyranny
51
rule by the people
democracy
52
Sparta's greatest accomplishment
Pelaponesian league
53
brought true democracy to athens/ to golden age
Pericles
54
league that Athens was a part of
Delian league
55
won peloponnesian war
sparta
56
where was Alexander the great from?
Macedonia
57
tutored Alexander the great
Aristotle
58
name for Greek culture
Helenistic
59
temple dedicated to athena
Parthenon
60
father of history
herodotus
61
wrote brief stories to teach moral lessons
Aesop
61
commonly spoken language was what kind of greek
Koiney Greek
61
known as father of medicine
Hippocratus
62
Rome is located on what peninsula
Appanine
63
Rome's great rival in north Africa
Carthage
64
temple of rome
pantheon
65
series of wars fought by Rome and carthage
Punic Wars
66
Carthaginian general that invaded Rome in second Punic war
Hannibal
67
won Punic wars
rome
68
in the second civil war of Rome, who crossed the rubicon
Julius Caesar
69
date Julius Caesar was murdered
march 15, 44 B.C.
70
Jesus was born doing whose reign
Octavian/ Caesar Augustus
71
started 10th and greatest persecutions of Roman history
Diocletian
71
underground tombs for christians
catacombs
72
saw a vision in 312 and converted to christianity
Constantine
73
greatest of church fathers
Augustine
74
issued the edict of Muang (legalized Christianity)
Constantine
75
capital of largest city of Eastern empire
Byzantium/ Constantinople
76
first great emperor of Eastern Roman empire
Justinian I
77
cathedral built during Justinian I's rule
Hagia Sophia
78
picture of Christ, mary, or saint
Icon
79
Muslim tribes of asia that conquered middle east
Celtic Turks
80
word for universal
catholic
81
theory that Peter was first bishop of the church
Petrine
82
first guy recognized as supreme over the roman Catholic church
Leo I
83
idea that food turns into the blood and body of Christ
transubstantiation
83
first to translate the bible
John Wycliffe
84
supposed pieces of holy objects
relics
84
cutting off from sacraments
excommunication
85
first major empire in Europe after the fall of rome
Franks
85
certificates that reduce time in pergutory
indulgences
86
council that was illegal to own a Bible in
council of Toulouse
87
first great Frankish ruler
Clovis
88
Charles Martel defeated the Moors in what battle
Battle of Tours
89
most famous Mayor of the palace
Charles Martel
90
started carolingian line
Pepin the Short
91
treaty that formed the modern nations of France and Germany
Treaty of Verdun
92
Henry the Fowler started the Saxon line in Germany. His son defeated the Maggiars. What was the son's name?
Otto the Great
92
most important viking settlement
Normandy
93
First king of Hovenstaufen line
Friedrich Barborossa
94
said holy Roman empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire
voltaire
95
Castle in northern Italy the Pope was staying at when Henry asked for forgiveness
Castle of Conossa
96
took the papacy to the zenith of its power and influence
Pope Innocent III
97
threatened to excommunicate anyone who tried to exact taxes
Pope Boniface VIII
98
way of life based on ownership of land
feudalism
99
transmitted(allowed) to live on the fief land
Vassles
100
identifying images on knights armor
heraldry
101
training of young hawks to hunt
falconry
102
peasants that worked on the lord's personal land
surfs
103
called for start of crusades to reconquer holy land
Urban II
104
called the crusade of kings
third crusade
105
led third crusade (crusade of kings)
Richard the lion hearted
106
area in Europe known for manufacturing of wool
Flanders
107
best example of Gothic architecture
Notre dam
108
powerful banking family of Italy
Medici
109
disease that killed most of europe
bubonic plague
110
followers of John Wycliff
Lollards
111
what were John Huss's followers called
Hussites
112
wrote divine comedy
Dante
113
wrote cannibury tales
Chaucer
114
study of grammar, speech, and poetry
humanities
115
funded renaissance artists
patron
116
the father of humanism
Petrarch
117
personified the idea of a Renaissance man
Da Vinci
118
painted the sistine madonna
Raphael
119
invented the printing press
Gutenberg
120
earliest known inhabitants of the British isles
Celts
121
ancient Celtic site
Stonehenge
122
greatest poem about Saxon culture
Baowolf
123
first Archbishop of canterbury
Augustine
124
gave us the concept of BC/AD divisions
The Venerable Bede
125
group of vikings that invaded England in 800s and conquered everywhere but wessox
Danes
126
Edward the confessor died without an heir. that started a war between ____ and ____
Herald Godwin and William the Conqueror
127
battle between Herald Godwin and William the Conqueror
Battle of Hastings
128
Grandson of Henry I that started the Plantagenet line of kings
Henry II
129
year magna Carta was signed
1215
130
War between England and France over french territory
Hundred Years War
131
won 100 years war
france
132
in the war of roses, who was the white rose? red rose?
white rose: york
red: landcaster
133
last Plantagnent king
Richard II
134
final battle of war of roses
battle of bosworth field
135
first Tudor king
Henry VII/Henry Tudor
135
when Henry IV defeated the Yorks, he took on the title ____
Henry VII/Henry Tudor
136
coronation started nation of france
Hugh capet (987)
137
french king that joined Richard the lion-hearted/ Richard I in crusade of kings
Phillip II
137
made France the most powerful nation in europe
Louis IX
138
king of France that fought with Boniface VIII
Phillip IV/Phillip the Fair
138
france's version of parliament
Estates General
139
Peninsula shared by Spain and Portugal
Iberian
139
Ferdinand and Isabella sent this guy on a voyage
Christopher columbus
140
led the way in age of exploration
portugal
141
king of portugal during the age of exploration
John II
142
started school for navigation
Henry the Navigator
142
ancient name of portugal
Lusitania
143
first European to reach far east by sea
Vasco De Gama
143
sailed to cape of good hope
Dias
144
where did Christopher Columbus land
Bahamas
144
funded Christopher Columbus
spain
145
first great civilization of western hemisphere
mayas
145
most powerful civilization in western hemisphere at age of exploration
aztecs
146
most important civilization in south america
incas
147
first to circumnavigate the globe
Magellan
147
discovered Pacific ocean
Vasco de Balboa
148
conquered the Aztecs and their powerful leader
Hernando Cortez
149
drawn to end rivalry between Spain and Portugal
line of demarcation
150
conquered the Incas
Pizarro
150
discovered grand canyon
coronada
151
France was in search of what water route in north america
north-west passage
152
first modern explorer to reach North American mainland
John Cabot
153
full date Martin luther nailed 95 thesis
October 31, 1517
153
first protestant university in Europe
University of Wittenburg
154
holy Roman emperor who called to the edict of worms
Charles V
155
right hand of the inquisition
jesuits
156
much of Holland and Belgium lies below sea level which gives them what name
netherlands
157
Father of Dutch Liberties/led the fight for freedom in the netherlands
William the Silent
