History Unit 2

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

any group of people living together in a country, state, city, or local community that have to live by certain rules.

Question 2

Democracy

Answer 2

Democracy is a system of government in which state power is granted the people of a state.

Question 3

Direct

Answer 3

In direct democracy, the people decide on rules representative.

Question 4

Representative

Answer 4

in a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.

Question 5

Oligarchy

Answer 5

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Question 6

Autocracy

Answer 6

a system of government by one person with absolute power.

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

a form of government with a monarch at the head.

Question 8

dictatorship

Answer 8

A dictatorship is a government or a social situation where one person makes all the rules and decisions without input from anyone else.

Question 9

Anarchy

Answer 9

A type of government with no rules leaders.

Question 10

Theocracy

Answer 10

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Question 11

Tribe

Answer 11

A tribe is a collection of families headed usually by a male member of the community.

Question 12

Matriarchal

Answer 12

a community is led by its female members

Question 13

Patriarchal

Answer 13

a community is led by its male members

Question 14

BC

Answer 14

known as “before Christ” it symbolizes the years before the birth of Jesus Christ.

Question 15

BCE

Answer 15

known as “Before common era” this is a non-religions replacement for BC.

Question 16

AD

Answer 16

Known as “anno domini” in Latin named “year of the lord” is the events that happen after Jesus Christ’s birth.

Question 17

CE

Answer 17

Known as “Common Era” this is a non-religions replacement for AD.

Question 18

Buddhism

Answer 18

A religion based off the teaching of the Buddha

Question 19

Period of Disunion

Answer 19

It lasted from 220 C.E. until 589 C.E. This time period was characterized by disunity, conflict.

Question 20

Hierarchy

Answer 20

A hierarchy was a part of feudalism that brings order and protection to society.

Question 21

Feudalism

Answer 21

A system of government in Medieval Europe that had a person over a person that helped everyone get protection food and land.

Question 22

Middle ages

Answer 22

A period of total anarchy also known as the Medieval times or the dark ages.

Question 23

Christianity

Answer 23

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.

Question 24

Knight

Answer 24

knights were considered their vassals. A vassal was a knight or a lord who promised loyalty and support to the lord or king above him.

Question 25

Serf

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At the bottom of the hierarchy were the peasants, also known as serfs, who owned no land but worked the land owned by the nobles and knights and were given protection.

Question 26

Mongols

Answer 26

The Mongols were a Central Asian people who lived in an extensive northeastern highland region of a great plateau in Central Asia in what is now Mongolia and Northern China.

Question 27

Yasa

Answer 27

The Yasa were a set of laws that Genghis Khan created.

Question 28

Yang Jian (Emperor Wen)

Answer 28

Yang Jian became the leader of northern China in 581 and in 589 he conquered southern China.

Question 29

Genghis Khan

Answer 29

Genghis Khan, or Temujin as his name originated, was born in the Gobi desert, in a yurt. A yurt is a type of tent that has a rounded or domed top.

Question 30

Kublai Khan

Answer 30

Kublai Khan began a series of public works projects that put citizens to work, rebuilt the regions conquered, and expanded trade routes throughout Asia and Europe.

Question 31

Sui Dynasty

Answer 31

It was a short lived Dynasty that lived from 589 to 618 CE in china and ended years of conflict. And they started the building of the great canal

Question 32

Mhugals

Answer 32

The Mughals were a Muslim dynasty who ruled over a majority Hindu population. By 1750, they had dominated much of South Asia for several centuries. Muslims were already living in India when the Mughals first arrived. During Mughal rule

Question 33

Taj Mahal

Answer 33

The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Question 34

Babur

Answer 34

Babur founded the Mughal dynasty in the 16th century after conquering northern India from his base in Kabul. The empire was consolidated two generations later by his grandson Akbar and lasted until the mid-18th century, when its possessions were reduced to small holdings

Question 35

Akbar

Answer 35

Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent

Question 36

Jahangir

Answer 36

Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress, Mariam-uz-Zamani, born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti.

Question 37

Shah Jahan

Answer 37

Shah Jahan, was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural achievements and cultural glory.

Question 38

Aurangzeb

Answer 38

Aurangzeb and by his regnal name Alamgir I, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. Under his emperorship, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent with territory spanning nearly the entirety of the Indian subcontinent.