midterm review

Question 1

monsoon

Answer 1

the seasonal wind of the indian ocean and southern Asia. blows southwest in summer and northeast in winter

Question 2

Bubonic Plague

Answer 2

a serious, sometimes fatal bacterial infection 1885-1890

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

common religion of india

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

religion originated in india later spread to china

Question 5

reincarnation

Answer 5

belief that the soul upon the death of the body, comes back in another body

Question 6

moksha

Answer 6

freedom from the differentiated temporal and mortal world of ordinary experience.

Question 7

nirvana

Answer 7

major goal for hinduism; freedom from the cycle of reincarnation

Question 8

Eightfold path

Answer 8

the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation

Question 9

sanskrit

Answer 9

form of writing in india

Question 10

caste system

Answer 10

basic social system in hinduism

Question 11

cultural diffusion

Answer 11

spread of culture

Question 12

judaism

Answer 12

monotheistic religion of jews.

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

monothestic religion; similar beliefs to jews

Question 14

islam

Answer 14

muslim religion

Question 15

Ten commandments

Answer 15

10 laws send by God to moses

Question 16

Five pillars

Answer 16

basic precepts of islam

Question 17

torah

Answer 17

jewish bible

Question 18

animism

Answer 18

belief that everything has a soul

Question 19

shintoism

Answer 19

native religion of japan

Question 20

4 noble truths

Answer 20

doctrines of budda

Question 21

polytheism

Answer 21

belief in many gods

Question 22

monotheism

Answer 22

belief in one God

Question 23

code of Hammurabi

Answer 23

set laws by the babylonian king hammurabi

Question 24

brahma

Answer 24

“the creator” <– hinduism

Question 25

dharma

Answer 25

essential character of ones own nature

Question 26

silk road

Answer 26

ancient trade route; most dangerous

Question 27

middle kingdom

Answer 27

an administrative region of the society for creative anorchism

Question 28

confucianism

Answer 28

system of ethics, education and statement ship taught by Confucius

Question 29

pax romana

Answer 29

roman peace era

Question 30

guilds

Answer 30

a medieval association of merchants or artisans to protect the interests of its members

Question 31

democracy

Answer 31

government in which people have a say

Question 32

hieroglyphics

Answer 32

Egyptian form of writing

Question 33

cuneiform

Answer 33

anatomy of bones

Question 34

fertile crescent

Answer 34

agricultural region extending from levant to Iraq

Question 35

Hagia Sophia

Answer 35

orthodox cathedral

Question 36

justinians code

Answer 36

set of laws

Question 37

terrace farming

Answer 37

farming along mountain sides

Question 38

commercial revolution

Answer 38

european economical expansion

Question 39

chivalry

Answer 39

rules and customs of knights in medieval europe

Question 40

one hundred years war

Answer 40

a war that lasted 100 years

Question 41

manorialism

Answer 41

run with a feudal system; organized small towns basically