Midterm Vocabulary

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

Severe storm in Asia cause damage to anything and everything

Question 2

Bubonic Plague

Answer 2

Also known as the Black Plague, fattile sickness that spread across Europe in the 14th century

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

Religion of India created by the people of southern Asia

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

A religion represented my many groups that contains many forms of the Buddhist Doctrine

Question 5

Riencarnation

Answer 5

The soul of a person transfers bodies upon death

Question 6

Moksha

Answer 6

The ultimate goal for Hinduism is to achieve union with Brahman

Question 7

Nirvana

Answer 7

Union with the universe and release from cycle of rebirth in Buddhism

Question 8

Eightfold Path

Answer 8

In Buddhism, the path to Nirvana which an individual must pass eight aspects of practice

Question 9

Sanskrit

Answer 9

Ancient language of India used by the Hindus

Question 10

Caste System

Answer 10

Social class system in which classes are determined by heredity

Question 11

Culture Diffusion

Answer 11

The exchange of cultures upon regions between individuals

Question 12

Judaism

Answer 12

Monotheistic religion of Jewish people

Question 13

Christainity

Answer 13

Religion based on the teachings of Jesus

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

Religion of the Muslims which is a monotheistic religion

Question 15

Ten Commandments

Answer 15

10 basic rules of God in the religion of Christianity

Question 16

Five Pillars

Answer 16

The 5 basic acts of Islam

1) There is one God
2) Prey 5 times a day
3) Fast and practice self control during Ramadan
4) Give to poor and needy
5) Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime

Question 17

Torah

Answer 17

Holy book of the Jewish religion

Question 18

Animism

Answer 18

Belief that spirits and forces live in animals, objects, and dreams

Question 19

Shintoism

Answer 19

Ancient religion of Japan

Question 20

Four Noble Truths

Answer 20

The 4 central beliefs of the Buddhist teaching

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

unfair code of laws of the Babylonian society used in 1772 BC

Question 24

Brahma

Answer 24

The ultimate reality underlying all phenomena of Hinduism

Question 25

Dharma

Answer 25

The religious and moral duties of Hundus

Question 26

Silk Road

Answer 26

Main trade route of China connecting Asia and Europe in 114 BC by the Han Dynasty of China

Question 27

Middle Kingdom

Answer 27

Common name for China made by the Chinese ethnicity

Question 28

Confucianism

Answer 28

Way of life; ethical teachings developed and founded by Mencius

Question 29

Pax Romana

Answer 29

The golden age of the Roman Empire

Question 30

Guilds

Answer 30

A group of people who have the same job who protect their goods

Question 31

Democracy

Answer 31

Government in which all people have equal power

Question 32

Hierogliphics

Answer 32

Form of pictures which symbolizes words and phrases used by the ancient Egyptians

Question 33

Cuneiform

Answer 33

Wedged shaped writing used by the late Sumerians

Question 34

Fertile Cresent

Answer 34

Geographic area of fertile soil in the middle east

Question 35

Hagia Sophia

Answer 35

Masterpiece of the Byzantine architecture in Constantinople

Question 36

Justinian's Code

Answer 36

Code of laws for the Byzantine Empire that was adopted from the Roman Empire

Question 37

Terrace Farming

Answer 37

Piece of fertile sloped land which was divided in to horizontal pieces

Question 38

Commercial Revolution

Answer 38

Period of economic wealth for Europe

Question 39

Chivalry

Answer 39

Unwritten code of laws that has to be followed by knights during Medieval Times

Question 40

One Hundred Years War

Answer 40

Series of conflicts from 1337 to 1453 between the kingdoms of England and France

Question 41

Manorialism

Answer 41

Essential element of feudal society was the organized principle of rural economy that started in the Roman Empire