History 2nd Quarter

Grade 10

constructed the Great Canal

Chinese Sui Dynasty

capitol of the Chinese Tang Dynasty

Chang’an

in what Chinese dynasty did footbinding begin?

Song Dynasty

What reform changed the Japanese political structure from semi-independent clans to a centralized government?

The Taika Reform

name of the first Japanese emperor

Jimmu Tenno

what clan was the first Japanese emperor from?

the Yamato Clan

official religion of the Chinese Tang Dynasty

Taoism

what religion did Japanese prince Shotoku make as the favored religion in Japan?

Buddhism

who made buddhism the favored Japanese religion?

prince Shotoku

what title was given to the general that held power over the Japanese imperial court?

shogun

name of the most popular poet in the Chinese Tang dynasty

Li Bai

official term for the moral law that governs the conduct of samurai

bushido

another name for bushido

way of the warrior

name of the northern Vietnamese kingdom that existed before for formation of Vietnam

Dai Viet

name of the southern Vietnamese kingdom that existed before the formation of Vietnam

Champa

which Vietnamese kingdom (north or south) invaded the other during the 15th century?

the Dai Viet, or the northern Vietnamese kingdom

name for a vital river waterway that travels inland and begins in Vietnam

Mekong River

name for the largest freshwater lake in southeast Asia, located in Cambodia

Tonle Sap

what river did early southeast asian civilizations form close to in the asian mainland?

Mekong river

what lake did early southeast asian civilizations form close to in the asian mainland?

Tonle Sap lake

what was the old name for Cambodia?

Angkor

what early empire existed in Cambodia from the 9th - 13th centuries?

Khmer empire

what was the capitol city of the Khmer empire?

Angkor

what asian-based religion believes that a gifted person can interact with spirits?

shamanism

what was the common steed of mongol archers?

horses

what buddhist temple was the largest out of the one thousand temples built in Cambodia?

Angkor Watt

What two countries landlock Mongolia?

Russia and China

what geographical feature landlocks Mongolia?

the Gobi Desert

term for the vast, grassy plains that stretch from western China to eastern Europe

steppes

name of the Ice Age land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska together and allowed transmigration between continents

Beringian land bridge

a group of peaceful Native Americans that historically lived in Northeast Arizona

Hopi indians

official term for old Native American towns

pueblos

what region of the US has historically had Native American tribes with matriarchal societies?

the Eastern Woodlands

what large animals were most commonly hunted and herded by Native Americans in the plains region?

bison

have Native American tribes passed down creation stories orally?

yes

what region in the US had Native American tribes that are currently most well-known for their totem poles?

the West Coast

linguistically, what do you call a group of different families that share common customs?

tribes

term for Pueblo Indians that lived along the rims or ledges of canyons

cliff dwellers

the most famous effigy mound built by the Mound Builders

the Great Serpent Mound

term for upright stone slabs or columns that were carved with inscriptions

steles

what ancient city-state located in current-day Northern Guatemala was the center of Mayan power and civilization?

Tikal

one of, if not the, most powerful god in the Toltek religion

Quetzalcoatl

what kind of knives were used in ancient Native American human sacrifices?

obsidian knives

term for the Incan form of recordkeeping

quipu

term for an old form of record keeping that used a complex system of color, threads and knots

quipu

The Mayas believes that what kind of tree supported the sky to keep it from falling down?

the ceiba tree

the Olmecs were greatly influenced by what older civilization?

the Aztecs

name of the Mayan calendar that was known to be very precise

the Long Count calendar

what the name of the city that was the Aztec capital?

Tenochtitlan

what was a nickname for the Aztec capital due to its extensive canal system?

the Venice of the New World

the first period of Mayan history

preclassic (from 2000BC to AD250)

the second period of Mayan history

classic (AD950-AD900)

the third period of Mayan history

postclassic (AD950-AD1539)

who was the first king of a newly-formed Frankish empire?

Clovis

name of the dynasty that Clovis was the predecessor of

the Marivingian dynasty

name of the Frankish leader with the nickname “the Hammer”

Charles Martel

what book did William the Conqueror commission to survey England’s land, taxes, and resources following the Norman conquest?

the Domesday Book

what conquest incited the creation of the Domesday Book?

the Norman Conquest

who was the last notable Hohenstaufen lineage ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

king Frederik II

who was considered the real founder of France?

king Philip II

the Merovingian line was nicknamed what kind of rulers?

“do-nothing” kings

why did Charlemagne promote education?

because he loved learning

who were the most powerful of the Germanic peoples inn early medieval Europe?

the Franks

what is the treaty wherein the sons of Louis the Pious agreed to split the Marivingian empire into 3 separate kingdoms?

the Treaty of Verdun

what battle included the armies of William, duke of Normandy, and Harold, earl of Wessex?

the Battle of Hastings

the official term for land grants

fiefs

the official term for a king’s servant

vassal

the personal servant to a knight

squire

the word “catholic” is derived from what Greek word?

katholikos

what does the ancient derivative of '‘catholic” mean?

‘universal’

who was the Catholic bishop that stopped the advance of Attila the Hun on Rome?

Bishop Leo I

name for the leaders of the Catholic church

clergy

name for the parishioners of a Catholic church

laity

name for the old economic system where local rulers offered people protection in exchange for their services

feudalism

nickname of Pope Gregory I

Gregory the Great

what was the consultative body that was created to ensure that the Vatican chose the correct pope?

the College of Cardinals

what did Pope Gregory I do to be crowned Gregory the Great?

he sent the first large-scale mission from Rome to the outside world, which converted a majority of the pagan Anglo-Saxons into Catholics

the Italian word for “bench”

‘banca’

a charter’s basic freedom that guarantees a person’s fundamental rights, freedoms, and status as a state citizen

free status

a charter’s basic freedom that guarantees a person exemption from forced labor, involuntary servitude, and specific manorial (feudal) tasks

exemptions from manorial obligation

a charter’s basic freedom that outlines a person’s rights against state and municipal authority

town justice

a charter’s basic freedom that allows merchants many economic rights such as forming merchant guilds, holding weekly markets, being exempt from tolls when passing through a lord’s territory, etc.

commercial privileges

old term from the organization of merchants with common commercial interests

guild

old term for a young boy that is training to have a certain monetizable skillset

apprentice

old term for an apprentice that has completed his training and may now seek employment as a skilled worker

journeyman

another word for journeyman

day laborer

what main incentive did markets offer to laboring serfs to overproduce products?

the ability to share extra produce at markets to earn their own profit

how did merchants view moneychangers?

essential to their business

old term for people who made a living exchanging one type of currency for another for a fee

moneychangers

an old church-defined term for a type of price that is basically an ancient gross price

just price

two types of guilds:

merchant guilds and craft guilds

what old merchant guild was composed of more than 70 cities from Germany?

the Hanseatic League

which Catholic saint is known as the earliest scholastic thinker?

St. Anselm

what medieval book was written to reconcile Christian faith to Aristotelian philosophy?

summa theologica

who wrote the summa theologica?

St. Thomas Aquinas

which Catholic saint is known as “the prince of schoolmen”?

St. Thomas Aquinas

another term for “vernacular”

spoken language

who wrote the Divine Comedy?

Dante Alighieri

what military campaign strengthened the power of the papacy?

the crusades

what institutions replaced old monastery and cathedral schools in the Roman Church in terms of education?

universities