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The group that occupied the lowest level of Chinese Social Heirarchy   Merchants  
According to Confuscius, the primary ethical relationships include:   father-son, brother-brother, ruler-subject, husband-wife, and friend-friend  
Han peasants had difficulty enter govt. serivce because of   EDUCATION COSTS  
the philosophy of Daoism was developed by   Loazi  
Daoist teaching rejected the idea that   people must fulfill special societial rules  
The form of Christianity that developed in Byzantine Empire became known as   Eastern Orthodox  
The spread of Islam into Europe was halted by Charles Martel's victory in   the Battle of Tours, France  
The first Caliph was   Muhammad's father in law ABU BAKAR  
The holiest city of Islam is   Mecca  
The first yr of the Muslim calendar marks the   YATHRIB  
Followers who backed Ali's claim to Islamic leadership became known as   Shiites  
During Ramadan Muslims are expected to   fast  
after the death of Ali and Husayn, Muslims split into two branches   Shiites and Sunni  
Birthplace of Muhammad   Mecca  
muslims are expected to take a pilgrimage called   Hajj  
nomadic herders who inhabited the Arabian Peninsula   Bedouins  
Homes in Muslim cities were typically constructed   around a central courtyard facing Mecca  
islam improved position of women by   ending female infantcides  
Departure of Muhammad from Makkah to Yathrib is known as   HIJRA  
After the death of Muhammad. Muslims chose a new leader called a   CALIPH  
The holy scriptures of Islam   Quran  
near-total authority within a fiew was weilded by the   lord of the fief  
William the Conqueror earned his title by   defeating Harold for the thron at the Battle of Hastings  
strongest Germanic group to emerge during the AD 400s were the   Franks  
wandering preachers who encouraged Catholic loaylty during AD 1200s were called   Missionaries  
Charlemagne   defended the pope, was big on education and schooling, and he expanded the empire  
Behavior of knights was governed by a code of honor called   Chivalry  
The Benedictine Rule specified among other things that   manual labor was connected to spirtual value, poverty, loyalty, chastity  
first Germanic ruler to accept Catholicism   Clovis  
The denial of basic church teachings is called   heresy  
primarily intended to protect feudal rights the Magna Carta eventually   shaped governemental traditions in England and limited the King's power  
feudal society was characterized by   heirarchial system of duties  
the goal of the Inquisition was to   torture and punish those of heresy  
during feudal era, noblewomen   possesed few rights  
characteristics of medieval castles   keep, wooden tower, fence, moat  
self-sufficiency of manor was important during the feudal era because   Trade was difficult and they had to defend against highwaymen, pirates, and theives  
frankish kings   Clovis, Peppin, Charlemagne  
farmers who cannot leave manor without permission is called   peasants  
in return for recieving powers previously held by the government, feudal lords   exchanged vows of loyalty and service (FEALTY)  
under Henry II, feudal rules in England were replaced by   the common law and the jury system  
the crusades were undertaken to   increase papal power and to fight against muslims  
craft guild members who recieved pay but were not allowed to open their own shops were called   JOURNEYMEN  
under the leadership of Joan of Arc, the French broke the seige at:   Orleans  
The need for a common medium of exchange led to the rise of   a monetary system  
peasants were enticed to joun the crusades for what reason?   travel, wealth, salvation  
hundred years war was between   england and france  
war of roses was caused by   the fact their was no heir to an open throne between the lancasters and yorks  
Between 1348 and 1350 almost one third of the population of Europe   died from the Black Death (bubonic plague)  
many commoners disliked the sale of church positions, called   SIMONY  
by the end of the hundred years war   feudal societies were changing because they needed armies more than they needed vassals  
the period in AD 1300s called the Babylonian Captivity refers to   when the pope was in being held in France  
the Crusades contributed to   contact with Byzantium, technology, growth of Mediterannean trade  
German princes met at Worms to   make Luther give up his writings  
The term RENAISSANCE refers to the period from about   1300-1800 AD  
tbe wealth of Venice during the Renaissance stemmed from its position as   the center of trade  
Francesco Petrarca was famous for writing   Sonnets to Laura  
According to the doctrine of predestination   God had long ago determined who would gain salvation: between saints and sinners  
What countries are part of the Low Countries   Luxemborg, Netherlands, Belgium  
The INSTITUTES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION expressed the theological beliefs of   Calvin and his predestination  
Europe from the 1500s on could be rougly described as religiously divided between   Catholics (south) and Protestants (north)  
Opponents of Catholic rituals in the Protestant English Church became known as   the Puritans  
Martin Luther criticized the sale of   indulgences  
the city that lost its Renaissance leaderships after the interruption of Medici rule was   Florence  
During the Renaissance, Italian govt was characterized by   oligarchies  
Anabaptists believed   that they should live outside sinful society  
ties between the catholic church and england were weakened by   King Henry VIII  
wrote in England during Renaissance   Shakespeare, Thomas Moore, Samuel Johnson  
purchase of certificate of indulgence was supposed to provide   a sould with less time in Purgatory  
the Catholic reformation sparked the growth of the baroque style which emphasized   emotion and exaggeration  
Lutheranism emphasized   the significance of salvation through faith  
the renaissnce began in the city-state of   Italy  
Erasmus's In PRAISE of FOLLY   he attacked ignorant and immoral people of his time including religious clergy  
Geneva-based leader of the Reformation in Switzerland was   John calvin  
Humanism encompassed   all worldly objects  
european explorers encouraged ocean exploration   to find a new and more effective way to trade with Asia  
Khmer empire was influenced by   Indian Hinduism  
How did portugal gain control of trade in S.E. Asia   More in south east asia and less in Europe  
How did Portugal gain control of trade in S.E. Asia?   Sea power and fighting  
Portuguese lost control of Trade in indian ocean to   Dutch  
Ming and Qing dynasties followed which of the followinf policies regarding foreign trade?   RESTRICTED FOREIGN TRADE  
Vietnam was controlled by   China (Han dynasty)  
Who took control of spic trade from Portuguese   Dutch  
True of Japan under Tokugawa shoguns:   Western ideas influenced Japan  
Brazil was influenced by which culture?   Portuguese  
kingdoms that developed in W. Africa were influenced by   Islamic Revivals  
The legal code of Hammurabi called for   Justice to prevail and strict punishments  
Phonecians   contributed to trade and alphabet  
Zoroaster's teachings   The belief in a single and wise god. he believed in forces of good and evil.  
Perisans settled in present day   iran  
public square where meetings took place in greece   agora  
most greek goods were transported by   cargo ships  
ruler who established Athenian democracy   Cleisthenes  
Draco's code of law   improvement because it codified law and created a death penalty  
Macedonian King who conqured most of Greece by 338BC   Phillip  
Ptolemy   Egypt  
Thucydides historical technique was revolutionary because   he went to the places he was writing about  
Socrates argued at his trial that   the serach for truth was the most important thing  
In AD 455 Rome was completely ransacked by   vandals  
Tiberius was killed after proposing a law to   limit latifundia  
The first Punic war began when Rome resisted the forces of   carthage  
growing success of provincial and mainland latifundia resulted in   the use of slave labor and it hurt the small farmers because the landless farmers migrated to rome  
religious beliefs of the Romans were greatly influenced by the   Greeks  
Sophists   truth is different for each person  
Edict of Princes to   make farmers to leave thier farms and control inflation  
goal of 8-fold path   achieve nirvana  
Daoism emphasizes   harmony between individuals in nature  
Daoism and confuscianism share emphasis on   life in THIS world  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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