World History Mid-Term
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copy deck
- engraved wood dipped in ink used as ancient form of writing
- block printing
- foot soliders in Ancient Greece
- phalanx
- Capital of China
- Beijing
- two rivers in the land of Mesopotamia
- Tigeris and Euphrates River
- Scourge of God, leader from Asia who came to conquer Rome
- Attila the Hun
- basic tool in pre history
- hand axe
- 4 Great river civilizations
- Yellow River, Nile River, Indus River,& Tigris-Euphrates River
- split in the Church
- schism
- attempted to change the religion of the Egyptian people to one god
- Amonhotep
- Who frorms the 1st triumvirate?
- Caesar, Crasus, Pompey
- Ruled Greece during the Golden Age
- Pericles
- rank of the Church
- hierarchy
- ship of the desert
- camel
- teachings of Confuscious
- Ancestral worship
- Believed in good government and was a philosopher king. Wrote The Republic.
- Plato
- Islamic house of worship
- Mosque
- Tyrant from Ancient Greece who practiced ostracism
- Cleistenes
- Hebrew Bible
- Torah
- religion brought from China to India
- Buddhism
- worship in one god
- monotheism
- capital of Egypt
- Cairo
- Religous capital of Islam
- Mecca
- dead people of ancient Egypt
- mummies
- name of plant in ancient Egypt used to make paper
- papyrus
- Leader of the Cartiginian army during the 2nd Punic war
- Hannibal
- sumerian writing
- cuneiform
- poor of Rome
- plebians
- Greek city-state
- polis
- Egyptian king
- pharoah
- Yellow soil found in China
- Loess
- Greek tyrant who divided the land more equally among the peasants than the rich
- Solon
- founder of Islam
- Mohammed
- triangle of soil at the mouth of a river
- delta
- a judge in Ancient Rome
- praetor
- Capital of Greece
- Athens
- people with the first ethical world view
- Hebrews
- calls the Islamic people to pray
- Imam
- Art in the Byzantine Churches
- icons
- small pointed blade used in prehisory
- microlithe
- succesor of Mohammed
- caliph
- Book of Zorroastronism
- Zend Avesta
- Egyptian statue that has the head of a man and a body of a lion
- sphinx
- people who speak for citizens
- Tribune
- offical church teaching
- theology
- Ancient Greece stocicism philosopher
- Zeno
- lines east and west of the Prime Meridian
- longitude
- Address at Caesar's funeral
- Cicero
- The cities patriarchs live in
- patriachates
- Capital of Russia
- Moscow
- government where people elect their leaders
- direct democracy
- the most prolific epistle writer
- St. Paul
- Egyptian writing
- hieroglyphics
- type of fire proof roof
- barrel vaults
- 6,000 Roman soliders
- legion
- rich people of Rome
- patricians
- champion of the people
- tyrant
- who was Vladimir
- ruler of Rome
- Greek games that brought the people of Greece together and is still played today
- Olympic Games
- turning point of history in Rome
- Battle of Adrianople
- lines north and south of the Equator
- Latitude
- animals and plants stuck in rocks
- fossils
- time before history was written
- Pre-history
- The Emperors from Octavian to Marcus Arelius ruled during what period?
- Pax Romana
- Islamic God
- Allah
- Hebrew King who built the temple of Jerusalem
- Solomon
- religion in ancient Persia
- Zorroastronism
- consecrated women who kept the fires of the temples burning
- Vestal Virgin
- structure built by Romans that carries water
- aquaduct
- Brought Christianity to Russia
- Vladimir
- The way people live and work to satisfy their basic needs
- culture
- man who wrote The Illiad and The Odyssey
- Homer
- trade route through China and Europe that controls trade
- Silk Road
- Person who spread Hellenistic culture to the Indus River Valley
- Alexander the Great
- Greek physician
- Hippocrates
- person who wrote the codes of law used in Ancient Babylon
- Hammurabi
- 1st ancient people to write on the walls
- Cro-Magnon man
- Capital of Italy
- Rome
- Bones that tell the future
- oracle bones
- Traveled Rome in 8 years and put his face on coins
- Hadrian
- fort on the top of the Acropolis
- Parthenon
- what was Justinian's code?
- a law that kept the Roman tradition and contained the basic principles to shape the legal system of Western Europe and America
- Sumerian temple
- Ziggurat
- allows countries to keep their culture even after the Romans conquered them
- law of nations
- surplus of goods, divison of labor, and living in a city
- civilization
- claims of the Roman citizens
- civil law
- Chinese game
- tanagram
- what were the greatest achievements of the Romans?
- their civil law and law of nations
- Itailian city destroyed by a volcano
- Pompeii
- wrote the Aenid- an epic poem ephasizing patriotism
- Virgil
- bishops in the Byznatine Church
- patriachs
- wrote Odes, praised Rome and wrote on simplicity and morality
- Horace
- 1st pope
- St. Peter
- wrote Annals based on the whole history of Rome
- Tacitus
- Tower that prayer is called from
- Minaret
- What major reforms did Diocletian bring to the Roman Empire?
- 1) enlarged the army 2) limited prices and wages 3) new roads and forts 4) divided the empire East+ West
- Islamic Bible
- Koran
- messenger of God
- prophet
- Islamic worship stone
- Kaaba stone
- a study of the orgin of race whether it be the customs of ancient or modern times
- anthropology
- The river Rome is located on
- Tiber River
- main job of scribes
- to keep records
- wrote Travels in the Islamic world
- Ibn Batutta
- Abu Bakr
- brother-in-law to Mohammad who was chosen to take over the Islamic faith after Mohammad died
- Burned Rome and blamed Christians
- Nero
- Wrote the books Confessions and the City Of God
- St. Augustine
- father of Algebra
- Al-Kwarizimi
- the greatest Egyptian temple
- Karnak
- brothers who spoke for the people of Rome
- Grachus brothers
- Won the battle of Adrianople
- Alaric
- Emperor who limited prices and wages
- Diocletian
- Mohammad
- founder of Islam, seal of the prophets, believed he was visted by Gabriel
- the man who issued the Edict of Milan
- Constantine
- key to heiroglyphics, decoded by Champollion
- The Rosetta stone
- 1st capital of Russia
- Kiev
- built the pyramid of Giza
- Khufu
- persian province
- satripy
- Apostles to the Slavs
- St. Cyril and Methodius
- "know thyself."
- Socrates
- what god is the pharoah son to?
- the sun god- Amon-Re
- ruled during Pax Romana
- Augustus - Marcus Aurilius
- wrote Antigony
- Sophicles
- took over Egypt by chariot
- Hiscus
- In Ancint Egypt, geometry was developed to do what?
- to survey land
- Translated the bible from Hebrew to Greek to Latin
- St. Jerome
- the favored Greek God and is the god of the Olympics
- Zeus
- made advance in the study of sight and optics
- Al-Hazin
- Greek writers of tradgedies often posed questions on...
- causes of human suffering
- an Egyptian tomb
- pyramid
- philosophy that says "Eat, drink and be merry."
- Epicurean
- What continent is Egypt found on?
- Africa
- the greatest Han leader
- Wuti
- Early civilizations were ruled by a what?
- priest-king
- became the largest city state after the Persian War
- Athens
- what does Islam mean?
- "submission to God"
- the Sinai peininsula was...
- not a geographical feature of Egypt
- what was the major message of the Christian religion?
- Love God, your neighbor and yourself
- the Greek physcian of high moral standards
- Hippocrates
- Why did Christianity spread?
- 1) it had a direct message 2) gave hope to poor 3) Equality 4) showed courage 5) impressed by sufferers
- most influencal on Roman art, literaure, archeticture, and sculpting
- Greeks
- an Egyptian writer
- scribe
- wrote the 1st set of laws in Athens
- Draco
- Who was part of the 1st triumvirate and killed by Marcus Brutus
- Caesar
- concerned with people's welfare and wrote the book Meditations
- Marcus Aurelius
- head of the Eastern Roman Empire and the last of the Roman Emperors
- Justinian
- Plato said all governments should be ruled by this
- philosophy king
- why were old stone age people able to migrate to America?
- b/c of a land bridge
- "I came, I saw, I conquered."
- Caesar
- wrote the Canon of Medicine
- Avincienna
- Chinese people beled that a ruler kept the madate of heaven by doing what?
- ruling wise just and fair
- the 5 pillars of Islam
- 1) pray 5 times a day 2) tithe 2.5% of income 3) professin of faith 4) fast during Ramadan and 5) Pilgrammage to Mecca
- veto
- block action
- Charlamagne of Russia, started schools and brought education to Russia
- Yaroslav
- Aristotle taught to be...
- moderate in all things
- Name the mathematics mainly used in Egypt
- geometry
- Republic
- a form of government in which all citizens have the right to choose their leader
- the barbarians that invaded Russia
- Mongols
- a^2+b^2=c^2
- Pythagorus
- how did the Islamic religion spread?
- by conquest
- wrote the book called The Elements and is the father of Geometry
- Euclid
- river called "the giver of life"
- Nile River
- 3 great Greek philosophers
- Socrate, Plato, Aristotle
- is an anthropologist who discovered "Lucy"
- Dr. Leaky
- What title did Odoacer take as he became emperor to Rome?
- "patrician" to irk the Romans
- what are the achievements of the Mongols?
- 1. census 2. postal system
- what kind of poetry did Li Po become famous for?
- hiaku
- Wrote the History of the Persian War
- Herodotus
- mountains found in the Western part of China
- Himalayan mountions
- Emperor who wrote Meditations
- Marcus Arelius
- the military city-state of Greece
- Sparta
- ruled Egypt for 67 years
- Ramases
- most scientific advances were (are) made to...
- solve everyday problems
- Assyrians most famous warfare
- seige warfare
- Sophist were considered dangerous because...
- they emphazised success more than respect
- What class did most egyptians belong to?
- peasants
- who was the most famous poet of Ancient China
- Li Po
- ruler who divided his area into provinces
- Darius
- The illiad tells the story of...
- the Trojan War
- What is the church hierarchy
- 1) pope 2) archbishop 3) bishop
- What was the ancietn as well as present day capital of Rome?
- Italy
- civilizations begin with a....
- city
- "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth"
- Hamurabi
- Roman who wrote a medical encyclopedia
- Galen
- Solon, Clistones, and Pericles all allowed...
- more citizens to become involved with the Government
- Clestines introduced this custom
- ostracism
- Ancient Greece did not form this type of government used in ancient times
- theocracy
- The 3 Hebrew Kings
- Saul, David, Solomon
- The Pelopenisian League resented this city-state
- Athens
- What did Rome do to Carthage after the 3rd Punic war?
- they destoyed Carthage and put salt on the land so nothing would grow there
- person elected by the Assembly of Tribes
- praetor
- assembly of tribes made up of many people
- tribunes
- What mountain chains border and are found in Italy
- Alps and Asennins
- Augustus' 7 Accomplishments
- 1) stabilized goverment 2) maintained peace 3) reformed provicial administration 4) fair taxation 5) developed trade and industry 6) encouraged science, art and literature 7) constructed roads, aquaducts and bridges
- 7 accomplishments of Caesar
- 1) weakened senate rule 2) citizenship extended 3) provided land to the poor 4) beautifies the city 5) reforms the government 6) taxes adjusted 7) conquered parts of Asia
- What were the major causes of the decline of Rome?
- political, social, economic
- the island Ancient Greece began on
- Crete
- horse stadium and place to get food
- Circus Maximus
- geography is important to history because...
- it shows a connection between people
- where agriculture began
- the Middle East
- general who crossed the Alps in the 2nd Punic War
- Hannibal
- Why can the battle of Adrianople be said to be a decisive battle in history?
- beacause the Romans are defeated (and if they had not fallen we would have no medival times)
- What was the Madate of Heaven used to justify?
- whether or not a ruler could stay in power
- Why was Hammurabi's law important
- it recorded all previous laws
- when a priest serves as a king
- theocracy
- these people spread the culture of Mesopotamia. known as "the carriers of civilization"
- Phaenicians
- study of people, their enviorment and resources
- geography
- Who formed the 2nd Triumverate?
-
Octvarian- ruled the West and Rome
Antony- rules East and Rome - was an orator who wrote essays on Greek philosophy
- Cicero
- most brutal people
- Assyrians
- the 2 kinds of Latin. Explain each.
- 1) Literacy- formal 2) vernacular- everyday
- What does the title Augustus mean?
- Grand, holy, majestic
- this structure is 2000 miles long and was made to keep barbarians out
- The Great Wall
- Chinese leaders could stayu in power by doing what?
- by keeping the mandate of Heaven
- 2 types of plays found in Greece
- tradjedy and comedy
- the 3 types of Greek columns
- Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
- both Thucidities and Herodtotus hold this occupation
- historian