Honors World History I Final Exam Review

T/F The Toltec people were conquered by the Mayan people

False

The capital of the Aztec people was located

On an Island

A chinampas using ticks and reeds was used to

Elevate swamp land

T/F THE Aztec people did not allow local leaders to stay in conquered areas

False

Aztec women played a more prominent role in daily life because

women were responsible for weaving cloth

The Inca Empire stretched from what modern day countries

Ecuador to Chile

Into how many provinces was the Inca Empire divided

Four

What did the Mita system require?

Men between 15-50 had to work for the government

3 main Crops that the Inca grew on their terraced farms

Squash, Corn, Bsans

T/F Cortez was responsible for the decline and destruction of the Aztec people.

True

T/F The African Continent has 3 climate zones

False

What evidence demonstrated that the Sahara was once a fertile environment?

Cave Paintings

What herders overtake cattle herders in Sahara trade routes?

Horse

What good was primarily traded southward in Africa?

Salt

Sahel Means

The coast

T/F East west travel was increasingly difficult in Sub-Saharan Africa

False

What are the three commonalities that demonstrate African culture?

Music, Art, Masks

T/F The common African quality is called "Africanity"

True

What language is evidence of extensive contacts in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Bantu

What are two examples that demonstrate the spread of Ideas learned in inherent behavior?

Christianity, Taboo (pork being unholy)

What empire tuned against the Song after helping them dispose of the Liao?

Jin

What type of Buddhism did the Tangut practice?

Tibetan

Where did the Southern Song establish a new capital?

South of the Yangzi River

What was Su Song's engineering achievement?

A water-powered clock

What is one example of what the Song used Iron for?

Building Bridges

T/F The Song army was roughly twice the size of America's current standing army

False

The Song created a credit system known as

Flying Money

T/F Was footbinding popular among the lower class of the Song Dynasty?

False

T/F The Song Chinese used gunpowder in offensive military battles

False

What advances helped spread agricultural knowledge and best practices in China?

Book Printing

What short lived dynasty set the stage for the rise of the Tang Empire?

Sui

T/F The Tang Dynasty's land were mostly on the east coast of China

False

What smart decision did Li Shimin make in regards to government

He would give power to local nobles and relgious

Tang leaders reach more into

Buddhism than Confuciansm

Mahayana Buddhism put emphasis on what?

Enlightened people postponing Nirvana to help others achieve it

Why was Chang'an described as Cosmopolitan?

Due to its diverse culture and people

What two bodies of water did the Grand Canal connect?

Yellow and Yangzi

T/F A tributary system of government is one in which the emperor has total control over all the areas of the empire

False

What was a primary factor in the decline of the Tang Dynasty?

Buddhism undermining Confucianism, military stalement with rival power, and crushing of monasteries

What is the capital of the Tang Dynasty?

Chang'an

Where did the Yuan Empire place its capital?

Beijing

What was at the bottom of the Yuan social structure?

The Southern Chinese

What was one source of revenue in the Yuan Empire

Tax Farming

Zhu Yuanzhang led revolts to overthrow the Yuan and establish the

Ming

What religion did Zu Yuanzhang believe in and switched to once in power

Buddhism, COnfucianism

Where did Zheng He travel all the way to?

Madagascar

T/F Due to peace, did the Ming innovate at a more rapid pace than the Song?

False

What did the Koreans surpass the Yuan in improvements to

Moveable Type

What does the Japanese term of "Kamikaze" reference to?

The typhoon that thwarted the second Mongol invasion

What was one of Vietnams greatest contribution to Chinese life?

The introduction of rice well suited to southern climate

What did the people of Teotihuacan build which was modern?

An Orderly Grid city

What primary group worked and lived together in early Mesoamerica?

Pottery and Obsidian Workers

T/F The priests and hierarchy in charge of day to day life ived in multi-unit dwellings

False

One reason for the decline of the Teotihuacan people

Conflict between the ruling elites

What peninsula did the Maya establish themselves on?

Yucatan

What farming technique did the Mayans use?

Slash and Burn

T/F The Maya were largely governed by one single ruler, ruling from a dedicated city.

False

One scientific achievement of the Maya

Created an accurate solar calendar

List one primary reason caused the decline of the Mayan Empire

Deforestation (Slash and Burn)

T/F Did competition cause he early Chinese states to separate farther

False

What river played a major factor in settling China

Yangzi

Why did Shi Huangdi and Li Suh crackdown on Confucianism?

Its a nonviolent approach and created problems

List one of the statewide standards that the Qin dynasty created that helped advance their society

A law code

T/F Did the Han dynasty emerge from the remains of the Zhou dynasty?

False

The Han government took a more benevolent approach to the people. This means that they

Were more fair and helpful

What was the class of people that were aligned with the emperor and government?

gentry

What was one technological advancement that the Han Dynasty created?

Crossbow Action with Calvary

What commodity was China known for exporting?

Silk

T/F Disease spread from abroad was a actor in the decline of the Han Dynasty

True

What was the shared characteristic of Tropical Africa and Asia?

Islam and Arabic language

T/F The rural communities played no role in the growing empires (Mali)

False

What was the main cause of rainy and dry seasons to alternate in Africa?

Centers of low and high pressure

What are two factors that affect a empires culture?

Societies, ecosystems

T/F Up until recent times, cultivation was extensive rather that intensive.

False

What was the main reason that the Niger river area was cultivated differently?

It flooded local areas

What was copper mined in Southeast Africa was used for?

Currency

Who founded the Mali Empire?

Arab merchants and scholars

T/F Mansa Musa's pilgrimage trip to Mecca increased the value of Gold along the way

False

In the Delhi Sultanate, Turkish leaders rely on what to enforce their rule?

Fear and Terror

T/F Between 1100-1345 Europe's population nearly tripled

False

How did the Bubonic plague spread in to Europe?

In the hosts of rat infested ships

T/F After the Black Death, although he overall economy shrank, overall per capita production rises

True

What was a guild?

A loose organization of similarly skilled workers

What did Humanism try to link?

Reason with faith

What is Usury?

The concept of too much interest being illegal and banned by leaders of the Church

Erasmus of Roterdam was know for..

Translating the Bible into Latin

What did is one famous renaissance masterpiece did Michelangelo paint?

The Sistine Chapel

T/F The Greatest Western Schism was a break between the Greek speaking church and Latin speaking Church

False

Which document written in England gave the citizens more rights?

Magna Carta

Where is Aden

Yemen (left bottom tip of the Arabian Peninsula)

Where is the Straight of Malacca

Waterway in between Malaysia and Indonesia

Where is the Malabar Coast?

Southwestern tip of India (Port trade)

Where France

South of England

Where England

North of France

Where was the Holy Roman Empire?

Most of Western Europe

Here is Moscow

Lower Western Tip of Russia

Under Prince Vladimir of Kiev, early Russians adopted which religion as their official state religion?

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Unlike in western society at the time, eastern Russian economic activity was

based on trade rather than landholding

T/F In Kievan Russia, as in Western Europe, medieval nobles lived in manors from which they ruled their peasants

False

As independent city states began to emerge in Flanders and Italy, the barter system dropped and what emerged?

Coinage rather than barter