AP World History Midterm Review

What was the wealthy trading state that controlled India from 850-1267?

Chola Kingdom

What was the first of the Indianized states centered around the capital port of Okeo?

Funan empire

The design of the Khmer temples Angkor Tam and Angkor Wat show what?

The spread of Hinduism in southeast Asia

In 1336 Harihara and Bukka, 2 emissaries renounced Islam, reconverted to Hinduism and founded what kingdom?

Vijaynagara

Who am I describing: actively supported pope, instigated missing missi dominici, extended authority as far down as rome in the middle ages.

Charlemagne

Who was the Carolingian dynasty named after?

Charles Martel

England was unified in the 9th century by whom?

Alfred the great king of the Anglo-Saxons

In 962 Otto the first received a crown from the pope marking the foundation of what?

Holy Roman empire

What is the great epic story of Mali?

The life story of Sundiata who was king of the Ghana Empire. Was told as an oral tradition

Where did Bantu (language) originally come from?

an oral language of the Bantu people in west Africa Niger river basin

What was most powerful state in west Africa during arrival of Islam?

Ghana

Mali became the wealthiest kingdom in Sub-Saharan Africa because of what?

Gold Copper and Salt

What was Axum?

Naval Power in Ethiopia (christian)

What is the historical capital of Zimbabwe?

Great Zimbabwe

Who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1334?

Mansa Musa

Who sacked the Swahili state of Kilwa in 1505?

The Portuguese

What West African power had a series of powerful kings, strong cavalry, and a control of west Saharan trade?

Mali

Who was Hatshepsut?

The first female pharaoh in Egypt

What is "holy inscriptions" in Greek?

hieroglyphics

What object reflects early humans deep interest in fertility?

Venus Statues

Chronological order: Neanderthal, ostrolopithicus, chromagnin, homo erectus

ostrolopithicus, homo erectus, Neanderthal, chromagnin

What do anthropologist prefer to the term Agricultural revolution?

Agricultural transition

What is the earliest Neolithic settlement located at a fresh water oasis near the Dead Sea?

Jericho

Who was the first creator of an empire in Mesopotamia?

Sargon

What is the Mesopotamian style of writing called?

Cuneiform

Who is the most important of the humanistic thinkers?

Erasmus

Who was the Chinese admiral who made seven journeys of exploration?

Zheng He

In regards to exploration, Prince Enrique was to Portugal

as Yongle was to china.

What Portuguese mariner reached India in 1498?

Vasco De Gama

In 1492 what marked the end of the reconquista?

The capture of Granada

Who invented both the stern port runner and the magnetic compass?

The Chinese (Song)

What is a wind wheel?

Circular Wind patterns

Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?

Bartholomue Dias

What first century B.C.E. work dealt with moral behavior and social relationships in India?

Upanishads Law Code of Manu

A passage from the Upanishads, explain concept: according to the path a man walks a man acts in the path of good he is good, if he walks in the path of evil he becomes evil.

Karma

Chronological order: Shang, Zhou, Xia, Yang Shao.

Yang Shao, Xia, Shang, Zhou

What were the Zhou emperors forced to establish because of the size of the Zhou state?

Feudalism

In an attempt to foretell the future the Shang made use of what?

Oracle bones

In regards to gaining or losing the mandate of heaven the Chinese spoke of what term?

Tian

Know the correct groupings of river valley civilizations and their rivers.

Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates China- Yellow/Huang He Egypt- Nile Mohenjo-Daro- Indus River Valley

Put the Persian empires in correct chronological order: Seleucids, Sassanid, Parthians, Achaemenids.

Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Sassanid

Overall the battle of marathon in 490 B.C.E proved to be what?

End of Persian-Athenian war; Persians lose, Athenians win

Who was the founder of Achaemenid Empire?

Cyrus

Who were the Persian eyes and ears of the king?

spies appointed by the king

What word best expresses the Chinese concept of pheliopeiety?

Xiao

Who is the most influential post Confucian philosopher who served as chief spokesman for Kong Fuzi?

Mencius

Which empire normally displayed the greatest degree of toleration towards its subject people?

Persian

These are the basic tenants of what religion: belief in heaven and hell, good morals, final judgment?

Zoroastrianism

What is the name of the Jain principal of nonviolence?

Ahimsa

What are Buddha's four noble truths?

1. Universality of suffering. 2. Desire is the cause of suffering. 3. Nirvana is the cessation of desire. 4. Follow the eightfold path

In 320B.C.E. who created the Gupta dynasty?

Maharaj Syri-Gupta (Sria-Gupta)

What is the most decisive naval battle of the Persian war?

battle of Salamis

What is the name of the Indian work which deals with the dialog between Arguna and his charioteer Krishna?

Bahagavad gita

Who said the "unexamined life is not worth living?"

Socrates

Who did Plato propose to be the true ruler of society?

Philosopher Kings

Who was the largest part of Alexander's conquest, essential former Acheamenid Empire taken over by?

Seleucid Monarchy

Later Christian scholastic philosophers refer to person as "masters of those who know"

Aristotle

In 380 C.E. Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the roman empire by what emperor?

Theodoisus

Christians were allowed to openly practice their religion when Constantine wrote what document?

Edict of Milan

Who built a capital city, reunited empire, and allowed Christians to practice their own religion?

Constantine

Who was the main ambassador sent out by Han Wudi?

Zheng Qiuan

What is the land route of the silk roads ran from this Han capital to this Mediterranean port?

Chang'an to Antiloch

What was the name of the Christian community that emphasized the human nature of Jesus?

Nestorians

In 476 C.E. the Germanic leader Odivasor brought an end to the end of the western empire when he overthrew what roman emperor?

Romulus Augustulus

Chaos threatened the Roman Empire in mid 5th century when Germanic tribes poured into the empire seeking protection from who?

Atilla the Hun

The prophet who promoted a syncretic blend of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements into a religious faith that would serve a cosmopolitan world.

Mani

Who devised the cyrilic alphabet?

Cyril and Methodious

The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as?

Hajj

What is the turning point in the rise of Islam?

Hagira

After the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a caliphate by the name of what?

Abu Baker

Who believed that the caliphate should follow the line of ali?

Shi'ite

Of all the new crops that spread throughout the Islamic world during all the new trade, which proved to be the most important?

Cotton

What new industry transmitted to the islamic world from china was introduced during the abasid period?

papermaking

What is a caravansary?

A roadside inn for caravan traders

In an effort to bring learned students Islamic leaders supported what higher learning institution?

Universities Madrasas

Northern India was dominated through the 12th to the 16th century by what?

Dehli Sultanate

In 1492 on Oct 12th Columbus made landfall on an island that the Tainos natives called?

Guanahani

Who designed the dome in Florence?

Brunelleschi

In 1500-1800 the largest contingent of migrants to America consisted of what group?

African slaves

The first circumnavigation was completed in 1522 by who?

Magellan's Slave; Henry the Black

The explorer who led 3 expeditions into the pacific in 18th century was who?

James Cook

In the long term, the Columbian exchange led to an economic instability because of what?

Silver Inflation

Where did the outbreak of the bubonic plague begin?

China

What style of painting is being described? use of linear perspective, choice of themes from Greek and Roman world, creation of individual portraits?

Renaissance

Why was Ibn Batuta able to travel so extensively?

He is a Muslim Judge

Why did Kublai Khan employ Marco Polo in an administrative job?

He is a foreigner, the Khan doesn't trust the Chinese people

What heretical group in the 16th century attacked increasing materialism of European society?

Walensians

What was the capital of Aztecs?

Tenochtitlan

The influence of Maya on Toltec can be seen in the similarities between Tula and the Mayan city of what?

Chicien Itza

Where did the Hanseatic league trade?

The Baltic

In a larger sense what is the world or title for the struggle between church and state of Europe?

Investiture

What is the most important relationship in feudalism?

Lord and Vassal

In 1279 Kublai Khan proclaimed the beginning of what dynasty?

Yuan Dynasty

Who founded the Ottoman Turks?

Osman Bey

In the late 14th century what Turkish ruler did all of the following, weakened golden hoard, sacked deli, launched campaigns in south west Asia and Anatolia?

Timur

Why did Genghis Khan send troops in Persia in 1219?

Khan sent envoys to Persia to facilitate relations and Otrar had them all killed so then Khan had to get revenge.

What did the invasions of the nomadic Turkish and Mongol tribes facilitate between the 11th and 15th centuries?

Trade

Who spread the Benedictine rule to women living in convents?

St. Scholastica.

In 1295 the Il khan Gizan converted to what religion?

Islam

Who was the most important figure in providing the roman church with the sense of direction during the early middle ages by reasserting papal primacy?

Pope Gregory 1