Midterm

Question 1

The Trans-Saharan trade primarily involved what 2 resources?

Answer 1

1) Gold

2) Salt

Question 2

Where did Zheng He travel to?

Answer 2

Asia and Africa

Question 3

Which 2 dynasties had scholar officials?

Answer 3

Tang and Song

Question 4

The Mongols became _____ _____ because the _____ of northwest China didn’t provide good farmland

Answer 4

Sheep
Herders

Steppes

Question 5

How was the Sahara able to become a source of salt? The desert had areas of _____ _____ _____ in the past

Answer 5

Salty Sea Water

Question 6

Who rebuilt the Hagia Sophia?

Answer 6

Justinian

Question 7

Who founded Buddhism?

Answer 7

Siddartha Guatama

Question 8

Scholar-officials’ exams were based on the teachings of _____

Answer 8

Confucius

Question 9

What is Japan’s traditional religion?

Answer 9

Shinto

Question 10

Define Consensus

Answer 10

Agreement among members of a group

Question 11

The streets of Nara was laid out in a grid pattern, similar to _____ of China

Answer 11

Chang’an

Question 12

Define Shogun

Answer 12

A supreme military ruler

Question 13

Buddhism spread from _____ to _____ to _____ to Japan

Answer 13

India
China
Korea

Question 14

What topped Mayan pyramids?

Answer 14

Temples

Question 15

Define daimyo

Answer 15

A local land-owning lord

Question 16

Explain the relationship between peasants and daimyos.

Peasants provided _____ to the daimyos in exchange for _____

Answer 16

Labor

Protection/food

Question 17

How was Axum successful as a trading kingdom in East Africa?

Answer 17

They bordered the Red Seaand was in the center of trade routes

Question 18

Mansa Munsa’s hajj to the holy city of _____ showed the wealth and power of _____

Answer 18

Mecca

Mali

Question 19

The Arab Muslim empire reached it’s greatest size under the _____ dynasty

Answer 19

Umayyad

Question 20

The Great Schism separated the Byzantine empire(_____ Orthodox) from _____ Europe(_____ catholic)

Answer 20

Eastern
Western
RomN

Question 21

Justinian’s code had 3 results:

1) Discriminated against non-_____ and _____
2) Gave more power to _____
3) Protected _____ _____

Answer 21

Christians
the emperor
individual rights

Question 22

How did Islam spread?

Answer 22

As their empire grew larger, the religion spread wider

Question 23

The first civilization to introduce Christianity was _____

Answer 23

Axum

Question 24

Muhammad received a message from the angel _____, and he told everyone, making him the _____

Answer 24

Gabriel

prophet

Question 25

Sunnis: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be ____ Shi'ites: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be _____'s _____

Answer 25

Majority Wise | Minority Muhammad's relative

Question 26

what are some characteristics of Africa's oral tradition? 4 things

Answer 26

Griots, poetry, proverbs, music

Question 27

Name the 3 West African Empires in order

Answer 27

Ghana Mali Songhai

Question 28

Africans honored their _____

Answer 28

Ancestors

Question 29

Arabia is know for...

Answer 29

little rain and dry deserts

Question 30

who were iconoclasts?

Answer 30

People who opposed icons/ objects

Question 31

Justinian believed that the Roman empire fell because of what?

Answer 31

Negligence

Question 32

name 3 results of Justinian's code

Answer 32

1) Gave great power to the emperor 2) Discriminated Jews and non-Christians 3) Protected individual rights and allowed women to own property

Question 33

Where did Eastern Orthodox missionaries travel to?

Answer 33

Eastern Europe

Question 34

Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?

Answer 34

Preserving and copying manuscripts

Question 35

Explain the spread of Islam

Answer 35

Islam spread both inside and outside of their empire; missionaries and gaining land

Question 36

Arab muslims were aided in their conquest by what?

Answer 36

Their shared faith uniting them

Question 37

Explain the significance of the Hagia Sophia

Answer 37

It resembled the Eastern Orthodox church/Christianity

Question 38

How did trade cause Africans to develop more advanced societies?

Answer 38

It brought them into contact with other peoples' ideas

Question 39

Give 3 characteristics of scholar-officials in Tang and Song China

Answer 39

1) Had to change jobs every 3 years 2) Couldn't serve in their home district 3) Had to pass civil service exams based off the teachings of Confucius

Question 40

Why did the Chinese gov't support Confucius?

Answer 40

It promoted moral behavior, such as submitting to authority and respecting people of higher class

Question 41

Before inventions such as the compass, gunpowder, and paper reached Europe, The Chinese traded with ____ ____ ____, then they traded with Europe

Answer 41

The Muslim World

Question 42

Explain the significance of Mansa Munsa's hajj to MEcca

Answer 42

It spread Islam and showed off their wealth

Question 43

In China, if you owned ____, you were considered very powerful/

Answer 43

Land

Question 44

Where did the Incan civilization develop?

Answer 44

the Andes Mountains

Question 45

Where is Constantinople located?

Answer 45

On the Bosporus Strait

Question 46

Name 3 inventions of the Aztecs.

Answer 46

1) aqueducts 2) Chinampas 3) causeways

Question 47

Which civilization had the Mita system?

Answer 47

Incas

Question 48

What are 3 features of Muslim art and architecture?

Answer 48

1) Calligrapy 2) Designs with bright colors 3) Arabesque - curved shapes and lines

Question 49

Before the spread of Islam, what was life like?

Answer 49

People were nomads, sedentary farmers, and merchants

Question 50

What helped shape Byzantine culture?

Answer 50

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Question 51

What caused the Incas to fall?

Answer 51

A civil war an being conquered by Europeans

Question 52

What caused the fall of the Mayans?

Answer 52

Warfare, drought, and being conquered by the spainards

Question 53

Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?

Answer 53

Preserving and copying manuscripts