World History Final Exam
which classical civilization would have relied on monsoon winds to transport trade goods?
Ancient India
the Eightfold path is a guiding principle of what belief system?
Buddhism
who was the Frankish leader that was know as the light of the dark ages?
Charlemagne
what pyramid building civilization used hieroglyphics as their for of writing?
Egyptians
What happened to Constantinople in 1453?
Fell to the Ottoman Turks
What did Emperor Diocletian do?
He divided the Roman Empire into two parts.
monotheism, the belief in one god, was first practiced by which group?
Hebrews
the Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by what?
Himalayas
who was the emperor that collected and codified the laws of the Byzantine age?
Justinian
In Thomas Aquinas's Summas Theologica, the medieval monk argued that what human quality could be used to understand the nature of god?
Reason
who was the last emperor of western Rome?
Romulus Augustus
the Ottoman Empire expanded farthest west under the rule of what man>?
Suleyman
what term means the international blending of old traditions with new ones?
Syncretism
Who was the Byzantine empress, the wife of Justinian l, that was know for her powerful influence at court and for getting laws enacted which elevated the status of woman?
Theodora
The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
What is primogeniture?
When the oldest son inherits everything
Why did the bubonic plague most likely first occur in Europe in port town Italy and France?
because of boats with infected passengers and rodents
the Mayans contributed astronomy, biology and what mathematical concept?
concept of zero
the Sumerian for of writing was called?
cuneiform
"Culturally, the Phoenicians are most important for being the first large scale civilization to do what?
develop the alphabet
What was the most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and Incas?
diseases
Before an important battle, Constantine believed he saw the sign of Christ in a dream. What did he do because of that?
he converted to Christianity
what makes the Rosetta stone such an important archaeological find?
it helped historians decode hieroglyphics
When Akbar the great , ruler of the Mughal Empire, came to power, how did he chose to bring peace and unite the Muslims and Hindus
promoting religious tolerance
why did Romans put Jesus to death?
the Romans feared that he would lead an uprising
Judaism spread in the ancient world primarily by what
the forced movement of the Jews
What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?
to keep the mongols from invading
What is karma according to the Hindu faith?
what comes around goes around