semester test<3

Question 1

neolithic revolution

Answer 1

-cultures started domesticating animals and starting settlements
-around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC
-started because there was a gradual warming (end of the ice age)

Question 2

patriarchy

Answer 2

-system of government where a man is the leader and women are typically fully excluded
-began because men were generally stronger than men
-could argue that it was started for religious reasons
-they wanted women to focus on having kids and raising them up
-most ancient civilizations were patriarchal

Question 3

cuneiform

Answer 3

-logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East
-early bronze age to begininning of the common era

Question 4

civil service exam

Answer 4

-used in ancient china to see who would be a good leader/political candidate
-tested on the 4 books and 5 classics

Question 5

filial piety

Answer 5

-confucian practice
-a set of moral norms, values, and practices of respect and caring for one’s parents

Question 6

monasticism

Answer 6

-also known as monkhood
-religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work
-they would pray, sleep, and do work
-self disciplined and isolated from others

Question 7

hindu caste system

Answer 7

-deeply rooted in karma and reincarnation beliefs
-divides people into 4 categories based on who they were in their past life, their karma, and family lineage

Question 8

genghis khan

Answer 8

-former leader of the mongols
-established the largest land empire in history
-conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China
-ruled from 1206 until his death in 1227

Question 9

feudalism

Answer 9

-social system in medieval europe
-hierarchy of people based off of wealth
-the system had its roots in the Roman manorial system

Question 10

“people of the book”

Answer 10

-used in the quran to designate people who had books (religious text)
-christians and jews
-zoroastrians
-hindus later on

Question 11

ibn battuta

Answer 11

-wrote of the world’s most famous travel logs, the rihlah
-went on a 75,000 mile journey
-traveled through asia, africa, and europe

Question 12

silk roads

Answer 12

-network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years
-silk, spices, metals, architecture, paintings, but ALSO culture like music and art

Question 13

black death

Answer 13

-bubonic plague pandemic
-western eurasia and north africa
-in 1347 a ship came and brought lots of rats
-its speculated that europes population halved

Question 14

mandate of heaven

Answer 14

-Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China
-leaders were “ordained by God”

Question 15

pax romana

Answer 15

-latin for roman peace
-a 200 year period where Rome was very peaceful and it’s seen as their “golden age”
-economic prosperity

Question 16

pax mongolica

Answer 16

-a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries
-trade routes became safe for merchants

Question 17

hellenism

Answer 17

-polytheistic worship
-greek
-worshipped greek gods (each had a niche talent)
-spread of greek culture after the conquers of alexander the great

Question 18

qanats

Answer 18

-underground tunnel systems that bring infiltrated groundwater to the surface by using gravity
-used for irrigation and drinking water in the middle east and north africa

Question 19

aristotle

Answer 19

-greek philosopher
-there must be a higher being that creates all other things
-socrates taught plato who taught aristotle

Question 20

monotheism

Answer 20

-having one god
-Zoroastrianism, yahwism, ancient chinese religions, jadaism, christianity, islam

Question 21

sharia law

Answer 21

-islamic
-body of religious law
-punishments were stoning and beheading
-islam’s legal system
-protection of sound religious practice, life, sanity, the family, and personal and communal wealth

Question 22

Scholasticism

Answer 22

-the system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities
-based on Aristotellian teaching
-reconciled theology with philosophy

Question 23

hammurabis code

Answer 23

-282 rules
-written by a babylonian king
-set of rules for everyone to follow inscribed into a pillar

Question 24

mansa musa

Answer 24

-ruler of the kingdom of mali
-extremely rich, said to be $415 billion in todays USD
-he changed the economy everywhere he went because he had so much money
-was very well known for gold

Question 25

southernization

Answer 25

-process that began in South Asia, and then spread to various places around the globe
-it spread math, pioneering of new trade routes, marketing of spices, developing technologies