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Historian generally agree that the bubonic plague of the 14th century killed appromiately what percent of the population

25%

Who is considered to be the "father of the hebrews"

Abraham

What classifies a language as a romance language?

Based on Latin

The roman empire came to an end in 476CE after which emperor was deposed ?

Biomous Augustus

Why did the bubonic plaque Most likely first occur in Europe in port towns in Italy and france

Boats landed at these ports with infected people and rodents

during the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, which area saw the greatest number of slaves brought over from africa?

Brazil

Aqueducts were constructed by the roman so they could?

Bring water into cities from far away

The crusades were a series of battles that took place over more than two centuries to achieve what end for both muslims and christians ?

Capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land

Which of these was a major reason for the appeal of Christinaity in it's early stages ?

Christianity offered a new spirit of hope to poor downtrodden people

Which of these is a way in which christianity is different from judiasm

Christians believe Jesus is the savior, Jews do not

Which of these statements regarding Feudalism is most accurate

Complex system of relationships between people of different species

What happened to Constantinople in 1453

Conquered and renamed "Instanbul" by the Ottomass

The "Black Death" in Europe in the mid-1300s is a good example how what can have devestating effects on civilization?

Disease

The Western Roman Empire collapsed for many reasons , including

Expensive wars with neighboring countries

So the Incas lacked wheeled tools and draft animals their economy was based primarily on

Farming

The rise of merchant class and the growth of towns and citites as a result of trade , occured due to the deterioration of which political system ?

Feudalism

The decline of the Roman empire was partly due to a lack of military during this carried over into the middle ages making land owners wary of possible invasions after the invasion began European land owners found protection by entering into

Feulism

How was the plague spread

Fleas and rats

What Roman architectual invention allowed them to make larger n=enclosed buildings than the greeks

Geographic features that surround it

What three empires in Western africa Flourished bec

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

The introduction of maize most likely contributed to which major Native American cultural shift

Gradual end of the nomatic lifestyle

Monotheism , the belief in one god , was first practiced by

Hebrews

The Western Roman Empire was weakened by which of these?

High cost of defending the Empire

Increased warfare among neighboring Aztec tribes was caused by the

Human Sacrifice victims

Which of these would have been a positive affect on the Columbian Exchange ?

Improved diet in the Americas and Europe

During the renissance, a strong belief in humanism emerged. "Humanism means"?

Individual has importance and his achievements celebrated

What did Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage tell the world about Mali?

Mali had enermous amount of wealth

What was a result of the increased demand for slave labor in the Americas and Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries

Many African states were wealthy due to trading slaves

Which is the best description of patricians in Ancient Rome

Minority - powerful group of nobles

Which is Most Likely closely associated with Judiasm

Old Testament

The thirty years war of the 17th century began as a conflict between

Protestants and catholics

Which member of the feudal system was most tied to the land

Serf

One of the significant long term impacts of the Trans- Saharan gold and salt trade was

Spread of Islam to West African kingdoms ( Songhai)

What Would it impact

Stimualtion of scientific notation

The Least Likely impact of gutenburgs adaptation of the printing press in 14398 was

Suppresion of literacy in Europe

Which Catholic order is being described by these statements

The Jesuits

Who was the wife of Justinian ?

Theodora

Charlemagne was important in medieval europe because

They established a relatively unified empire in Europe

What effect did the Crusaded have on trade in Western Europe

They increased trade and new items from the middle East

The Council of Trent consisted of Catholic priest who met between 1545 and 1563 for what purpose

To address the issues on the growing Protestant movement

Though the crusades left relationships among Christians Jews and Muslims strained one less destructive effect was the expansion of

Trade into the Mediterranean and eastern area

Throughout most of early African History , events in the past were most often kept in peoples memory by ?

Traditions and stories

The Ghana Empire grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network

Trans- Saharan

Jesus taught his disciples the primary rules of

loving god before all else

Which is the BEST description of plebeians in Ancient Rome?

poor people - politically limited

In its early years, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire because its teaching appealed especially to

the poor and oppresed

During the Roman Empire , slaves were

warfare in conqueres lands


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