world history
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