Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Question

islamic golden age
click to flip
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't know

Question

islamic golden age topography
Remaining cards (100)
Know
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

social studies final

social studies final 2

QuestionAnswer
islamic golden age came after european middle ages, southwest asia, middle east, saudi arabian peninsula, interaction with arabs, persians, turks, byzantine, africa, spain
islamic golden age topography arabian desert, oaisis, fertile crescent, bedouins arab muslim caravans use of camel
death of muhammad the prophet, islamic golden age leads to the spread of islam and unites arabs, arab cavalry of arabian horses and camels defeat byzantine lands of palestine (jerusalem), syria, persia, egypt and spain (battle of tours), conquered peoples allowed to keep their religion if pay tax
umayyad dynasty, islamic golden age sunni with damascus, syria capital abbassid
"golden age", capital baghdad, islamic golden age persian power that united empire under arabic language, continued spice trade route with india, astrolabe, math, preserved greece and roman learning, chemical labs, arabic
islamic golden age decline and ottoman empire rise due to civil wars and invasions by seljuk turks
gupta golden age and empire came after islamic golden age, spice trade “incense route”, pepper, capers, math and science advances buddhist stupas
gupta golden age impact buddhism leaves india through buddhist monks on silk road to china, korea, and japan
holy war, middle ages crusades came after gupta golden age, to take back jerusalem and palestine from muslim seljuk turks, splendid failure
middle ages crusades causes the seljuk turks (muslims) began invasions of the byzantine empire and palestine, council of clermont, help to free palestine or the holy land
crusaders, middle ages crusades salvation, wealth, adventure, land and power, serfs hope to escape feudal oppression
middle ages crusades effects indirectly led to increased trade and cultural diffusion with the east
middle ages crusades time period after gupta golden age, increased learning in western europe from interaction with the islamic and byzantine civilization's achievements and preservation of greco-roman culture
middle ages crusades catholic church begins to lose power, feudalism declines with the rise of cities and new economic system capitalism, states begin to rise (spain versus muslims)
western europe, middle ages crusades king chartered cities with guilds (unions that standardized price and goods), agricultural revolution leads to food
bubonic plague, middle ages east asia, gobi desert, mongols, china, to caffa, black sea port, italian merchants brought to messina, sicily originally bacterial mutates to viral
bubonic plague, middle ages symptoms are headaches, red blotches on skin, lymph node swelling, italian urban areas poor sanitation, spread plague to italian city states
epidemic, bubonic plague, middle ages local outbreak, pandemic disease crosses continents
bubonic plague, middle ages pilgrims bring back plague from the holy land, european labor shortages and wage increases, cities are abandoned, guilds do not accept apprentices and journeyman, peasant revolts widespread, governments in chaos, new laws on labor
bubonic plague effects, middle ages roman catholic church losing power, families fall apart, new middle class loss of life and jobs, loss of servants in households, russia isolated from the plague due to mongol occupation, south africa isolated from the plague due to the sahara deserts
shi huang di, china qin dynasty came after european middle ages, autocrat, conquered seven warring states using iron crossbow, declared mandate of heaven, built great wall with 40,000 watchtowers, soldiers using smoke signals along wall
shi huang di, china qin dynasty used legalism (harsh laws and punishments), centralized power, censorship, heavy taxes on iron, persecuted confucianists (burned books, jailed), terracotta soldiers guarding his grave
han dynastie, china came after qin dynasty, restored bureaucratic government, civil service system, redistributed land to peasants to lessen power of large landlords, grand canal system linking rivers (rice from south to north)
technological advancements, tang and song dynasties, china mechanical clock, gunpowder, smallpox vaccine, block printing, moveable type, spinning wheel, gentry (landowners), peasants, and merchants (low class), women and footbinding, buddhist pagodas, porcelain
ming dynasty came after tang and song dynasties china, overthrew mongol yuan dynasty, fortified great wall, porcelain, zheng he’s fleet overseas voyage to south asia in search of pepper, to create new tributary states to china
ming dynasty show china's superiority (traded with southeast asia, south asia (india), southwest asia (middle east) and africa, fleet burned down due to ethnocentrism, all foreign sea trade in cities canton and macau, a golden age (art landscape paintings)
japan came after ming dynasty china, archipelago, 85% mountainous, irregular coast, ring of fire (volcanoes) tsunamis, typhoon winds, called kamikazes, lack of resources, adapt and modification of environment terrace farming, rice from china, fishing , sushi
korea came after japan, peninsula and islands, irregular coastline with small plains, mountainous, narrow valleys, adapt (fishing), cultural bridge from china to japan (buddhism, selective borrowing, tea, pictographs)
tokugawa shogunate, japan feudalism one shogun with power and a rigid social class system
tokugawa shogunate, japan feudalism sankin kotai hostage system of daimyo’s family at the capitol with the shogun, closed door trade policy, act of seclusion (no foreigners), no social mobility (rigid social hierarchy, defined class system), emperor, shogun, daimyos, samurai, commoners
roman trade network mediterranean sea trade network, which connected later to the black sea trade network
chinas trade network silk road trade network was used by this area
indias trade networks spice route (pepper and sugar) and ocean trade network
middle east trade network incense route (arabian peninsula like frankincense)
european trade network waterways (rivers and coastlines, italian city states like florence, venice, and more), hanseatic (german) league
renaissance causes came after japan, end of the black death, italian city states dominating mediterranean sea trade with the ottoman empire (silks and spices), greeks fled from the ottoman empire that can read the greek classics, marco polo's book, spark european interest
capitalism, renaissance causes relies on private businesses, bank lending, and the new middle class
commercial revolution, renaissance causes economic expansion, leads to the development of a new economic system, capitalism
renaissance rebirth, revival of greece and roman ideas, power of papal states of the roman catholic church, pope (rich from indulgences), technology from asia was being used like the cannon
renaissance gutenberg press based on the chinese moveable type, rudder, compass, astrolabe and europe cartography, the medici family of florence were powerful bankers and merchants that were patrons of the arts
renaissance the merchant class were becoming rich and powerful (patrons of the arts and becoming the new middle class)
humanism, renaissance an movement that believed an individual's intellectual potential would be attained through the study of worldly subjects from the classics, which were secular (separated from religion), the greek spirit of questioning and individualism was stressed
artists, renaissance ninja turtles, use of perspectives in painting, revival of domes and arches
leonardo da vinci, reniassance florence, mona lisa, last supper, botany, anatomy, music, architecture, and engineering
michelangelo, renaissance david, pieta, sistine chapel, st. peter's basilica's dome (sculptor, engineer, painter architect, and poet)
raphael, renaissance school of athens, madonna
gutenberg's printing press, renaissance literature written in the vernacular (spoken language)
dante, renaissance the divine comedy, medieval literature about heaven, purgatory
machiavelli, renaissance prince, his personal experience on politics and to guide rulers on how to gain and maintain power, "the ends justify the means", "it is better to be feared than loved"
shakespeare, renaissance england, northern renaissance, romeo and juliet, hamlet
95 these, martin luther, protestant reformation list of arguments against indulgences and corruption in the roman catholic church
martin luther, protestant reformation ninety five theses were posted onto the door of wittenberg's all saints church
95 theses, matin luther, protestant reformation end indulgences, salvation through faith alone, bible the source of religious truth, not clergy (churchman) and should be in the vernacular (spoken language), priests and churchman do not have special powers
protestant reformation came after renaissance, martin luther excommunicated, refuse to recant (take back words), lutheranism, protest papal authority, schism of christianity, peace of augsburg
calvanism, protestant reformation john calvin, french, believed in salvation from faith, the bible is the only source of truth, predestination
huguenots of france, protestant reformation persecuted by french catholic monarchy
angelicanism, protestant reformation henry VIII (8) of england, conflict of annulment with catherine of aragon, act of supremacy made henry VIII (8) the supreme head of the church of england and directly challenged the religious authority of the roman catholic church
counter reformation, protestant reformation council of trent end abuses in church, stiff penalties for worldliness and corruption of clergy, inquisition (church court to root out heresies, anti-semitism leads to ghettos), missionaries to spread catholic faith in new world, asia, and africa
end of european religious unity religious wars for 100 years between france, england, spain, and the german kingdoms
mesoamerica aztecs came after protestant reformation, indigenous peoples from the bering strait crossing, amazon river and rainforest (slash and burn agriculture, three sisters are corn, squash, and beans), yucatan peninsula (mexico)
mesoamerica aztecs canals and floating gardens (chinampas), obsidian (volcanic stone), and rubber irregular coastline, northern and southern coasts, equator- hot, wet climate, natural resources (gold, silver, iron, lumber, obsidian, rubber)
mesoamerica aztecs adaption to environment leads to cultural diversity (differences), mesoamericans were not able to unite due to geography and topography, central america, mexico, 30 million people, capitol city teotihuacan (mexico city), single ruler emperor
mesoamerica aztecs social classes (priests, nobles, warriors, farmers, slaves), economy based on agriculture and trade, three sisters (corn, bean, and squash), polytheistic, human sacrifices on pyramid shaped temples, chinampas (floating gardens), canal system, glyphs
mesoamerica aztecs, decline wars and conquered peoples paid tribute, which created resentment and them allying with the spanish conquistador cortes to conquer
mesoamerica incas indigenous peoples from the bering strait crossing, andes mountain chain and the use of terrace farming (potatoes) with suspension footbridges and roads, northern and southern coasts, hot, wet climate, gold, silver, iron, lumber, obsidian, rubber
mesoamerica incas adaption to the environment leads to cultural diversity (differences), mesoamericans were not able to unite due to geography and topography
mesoamerica incas south america, andes mountains, capitol city cuzco, sun king, social classes, agriculture and trade (potatoes), polytheistic, miles of suspension footbridges and roads, quipu (not complex writing system, tied knots to communicate), terrace farming
mesoamerica incas, decline due to civil wars and spanish occupation conquistador (pizzaro)
exploration causes technology and ships, cartography, sextant (altitude of sun to determine latitude on map), mercator projection (map projection), triangular sails, sternpost rudder, maneuverable, easy sail in shallow waters, able to sail down wind using square sails
portuguese explorers, explorers and the encounter henry the navigator, bartholomeu dias (rounded cape of good hope south african coast through the use of ocean gyres), vasco da gama (west coast of indian continent), christopher columbus (searching for a direct route to asia but found the caribbean)
encounter, explores and encounter europeans crossed the atlantic and found the indigenous peoples of the america
explorers and encounter came after mesoamerican incas, spanish explorer magellan circumnavigation, jesuit missionaries to convert “new world” (eurocentric view), priest bartolome de las casas fought against abuses to indigenous peoples
conquistadors spain, explorers and encounter spanish military technology, cannons, horses, muskets, metal helmets and armor, smallpox disease, geographic division led to mesoamerican rivalry
conquistador cortés, colonizations aztecs, fall tenochtitlan and moctezuma, (conquistador pizarro incas led to fall of cuzco and atahualpa)
columbian exchange, colonization the global exchange of people, plants, animals, deas, technology, and diseases, loss of indigenous peoples to smallpox started african slavery and the middle passage (atlantic slave trade)
mercantilism, colonization mother country benefits from favorable trade with colonies
imperialism, colonization when a stronger nation rules over a weaker nation or region
encomienda system, colonization used by the spanish conquistadors, and land owners on plantations, indigenous peoples were forced to labor on plantation and/or pay tribute and tax (gold and silver), natives were converted to roman catholicism, spanish racial hierarchy in colonies
absolutism description autocrat, divine right (god’s followers on earth), centralized, makes laws, controls religious authority, aristocrats and nobles, no free speech, censorship, spies, secret police, over taxation, builds up military, expansionism, jail, torture,
thomas hobbes, absolutism believed in absolutism
mughals muslim, rule india, babar(ur) founder of empire in india descendant of mongols
akbar the great, mughals absolute monarch married a hindu princess, modernized the army and practiced religious toleration
ottoman empire came after mughals, muslim central asian nomads take down, constantinople, byzantine empire, mediterranean sea trade through the use of cannons, rename city islamic capital city istanbul
control the bosporus strait, ottoman empire crossroads of trade between asia and europe, venetian, silk road, spice route, expansion of empire, africa, middle east, asia minor, balkans
suleiman the great, ottoman empire golden age, absolute monarch, bureaucracy with social organization, hegemony, growth of arts and literature, and religious toleration
louis XIV (14), france "sun king", roman catholic king, divine right, sun king, went around estates general to created laws and make more taxes, revoked edict of nantes which led to the persecution of protestants (huguenots)
louis XIV (14), france came after ottoman empire, not allowed to leave, arrested, jailed, censorship, over taxation on trade imports palace of versailles, spies on nobility or guests, largest standing army of western europe, modern weapons, expands borders and colonies
louis XIV (14), france effects later france will go bankrupt and have a revolution during his grandson’s rule
peninsulares, colonization europeans from iberian peninsular of spain, land owners and government officials
creoles, colonization european descent born in americas, land owners
mestizos, colonization mixed descent of european and natives, worked in households
mulattoes, colonization mixed descent of european and african slave, worked in households
native americans and african slaves, colonization hard labor
early russia and absolute monarchy present day russia, tundra, no warm water ports, low population density in siberia, influenced by byzantine empire through trade (onion domes), russian orthodox christianity with patriarch as leader
early russia and absolute monarchy czar caesar, autocrat, cyrillic based alphabet, mongols occupy and isolate russia from western europe (no black death and renaissance)
peter the great, early russia and absolute monarchy absolute monarch, westernized (beard tax, learn french), modernized (built a navy, updated artillery), overtaxation (soul and chimney taxes for st. petersburg), created serfs (drafted them into army controlled eastern orthodox church leaders)
peter the great, early russia and absolute monarchy came after louis XIV (14), went to war with sweden (baltic sea) and ottoman empire for warm water ports, centralized authority (table of ranks, made nobility (boyars), work as leaders of public education, army
Created by: 27fierteko
Popular Agriculture sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards