Exam guide question

Question 1

origin/ beliefs for Buddism

Answer 1

origin starts in India but spreads across Asia Siddhartha Gautama was born into a wealthy family but rejected possessions and choose to focus on the roots of suffering believe in reincarnation

Question 2

Judaism

Answer 2

the first of the monotheistic religions spawned other religions such as Christianity and Islam believe that god made a covenant with the Hebrews

Question 3

Christianity

Answer 3

Jesus was the messiah or savior for all people- Jewish and “Gentile” Justice, morality, and service to others paul or sual was a convert to the religion and wrote the majority of the texts the records of these events were written but was not agreed upon until the 5th century than CHRISTIANITY SPREADS

Question 4

Islam

Answer 4

At 25 married a rich trader disturbed with the ills of society meditated in a cave and heard the angel Gabriel calling him to be a messenger of god Muhammad did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah rather he was just another prophet Muhammad was forced from Mecca to Medina Each individual must stand before god and be judged to Muslims the Quran is the direct word of Allah

Question 5

Confucianism

Answer 5

an ethical system originated by Confucius that outlined social order and political behavior Confucius taught that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society

Question 6

What was the mongols impact on the world?

Answer 6

____the Mongols impact was tolerance to multiple religious faiths so religions were able to grow and Kublai khan Genghis grandson toppled the song empire the Mongols helped stabilize a weak China in the 1200 and 1300s helped increase Chinese trade Europe begins to emerge from dark ages

Question 7

Describe the impact of China’s civil service system.

Answer 7

_men are in a room for a three-day examination and how the person did would decide if they could be wealthy or not and their place in society

Question 8

Describe the feudal system in Europe.

Answer 8

The feudal system in Europe went kings, nobles, knights, and peasant

Question 9

Explain the significance of isolation in China and Japan.

Answer 9

Isolation cut off China and Japan from the rest of the world and rest of the ideas of the world

Question 10

What was the impact of the printing press?

Answer 10

The printing press helped spread ideas and helped keep track of events by writing

Question 11

How were the major Mesoamerican civilizations (Aztec, Inca, and Maya) similar and different?

Answer 11

They are all similar because they have a communication system. Mayans had a writing number system, and Inca’s recording system was the quipu an elaborate recording system using knots, Aztecs had a money system using cocoa beans, feathers, and tools. Incas had an oral language Quechua They are different because there religion Aztecs are Polytheistic they had human sacrifice and believed the thunder god would return one day to end their civilization. Mayans believed popul creation myth that taught that the gods had created human beings out of water and maize bloodletting evolved both war captives and mayan royals. Incas practiced polythism

Question 12

What was the Mongol impact on the world (China, India, Europe) and on global trade?

Answer 12

____the Mongols impact was tolerate to multiple religious faiths so religions were able to grow and kublai khan Genghis grandson topple the song empire the Mongols helped stabalize a weak China in the 1200 and 1300s helped increase chinese trade europe begins to emerge from dark ages

Question 13

How did geography, the import of camels, and natural resources affect the development of societies and trade throughout Africa?

Answer 13

_______Trade via camels transformed the kingdom of Ghana toll collected from the flow of gold and salt helped build the kingdom Indiana Ocean trade routes connected Asia, India, andEast Africa traded-spices-Iron-grains-gold-stories

Question 14

Explain the impact. of Islam on West Africa, and Mansa Musa’s contribution

Answer 14

_In Mali, the emperor Mansa Musa was famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca __the pilgrimage gained Mali closer ties with the Islamic World Education in Mali- Timbuktu became center of learning islamic scholars traveled from around the Muslim world to study and teach at the University of Timbuktu__

Question 15

What was the impact of the Islamic caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid)?

Answer 15

__Ummayyad success presenting the message of Islam and a justified attack against those who seek to destroy the religion Abbasid- windmills, European is not advanced as in technology, Research , Science, Astronomy

Question 16

Describe the significance of the Magna Carta.

Answer 16

_____The significance was that it gave all citizens rights and made the king obey the law (helped bring fuedalism to an end) ____Magma Carter

Question 17

Why were the Crusades fought, and what was their impact?

Answer 17

___A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started at first to secure control of holy sites considerate sacred by both groups_and this gave power to pope__

Question 18

Why did Constantinople collapse, and what were the impacts of that collapse?

Answer 18

____Constantinople ottomans hauled ship overland and launched them into harbor cannons destroyed the chains in the harbor than Constantinople becomes Instanbul this allowed the Ottoman expansion_

Question 19

Describe the origins and impact of the Renaissance.

Answer 19

______Orgins include new ideas such as humanism arriving the and the increase of interaction between other cultures Impact new ideas trade increased paper printer___

Question 20

What was the impact of the printing press?

Answer 20

____The printing press helped spread ideas and helped keep track of events by writing

Question 21

How did the Protestant Reformation impact both European politics and Christianity?

Answer 21

__The protestant Reformation impacted Christianity by a decline beginning in religious unity and in the power of the Catholic church And Europeans began to read and make their own decisions instead of being told by an authority

Question 22

Discuss the impact of the triangular trade network and what was exchanged.

Answer 22

_____________The impact was that ideas were shared and African Slaves were transported causing a change in population guns clothes other European goods

Question 23

What was the nature of the Middle Passage and slavery in the Americas?

Answer 23

_The transport of African slaves from Africa

Question 24

How did Enlightenment ideas lead to cultural and political change, including revolutions throughout the world?

Answer 24

___Enlightenment ideas led to cultural and political change in people such as Thomas Hobbes who believed that only a powerful government could ensure order and John Locke who believed people were entitled to natural rights such as life, liberty, and property Voltaire who believed economic inequalities, injustice, the slave trade and relegious prejudice caused a revolution against catholic church and the french hgovernment these ideas inspired others to want to change the government Revolutions around the world included

Question 25

What were the causes and effects of the French Revolution?

Answer 25

____The causes were that the people wanted more power and there have been national financial troubles and a bad harvest and effects such as a meeting of all 3 estates called “The Tennis Court Oath” were they swore to make changes to give people more power. And The Storming of the Bastille which was the official start of the French Revolution

Question 26

How and why was Napoleon defeated?

Answer 26

____Napolean was defeated at waterloo by a combination __of english and Prussian forces______

Question 27

What was significant about the Haitian Revolution?

Answer 27

__Toussaint L’ouverture self-educated former slave turned military leader leads revolution only successful slave revolution_

Question 28

Identify the difference between primary and secondary sources

Answer 28

_______Primary sources diaries, speeches, artwork, poems, letters, journals, treaties,
Secondary sources anything that describes and analyzes information from primary sources

Question 29

Identify the location of major trade networks and the goods that were exchanged.

Answer 29

_Silk road Columbian Exchange three three legged passage__________________

Question 30

The Black Plague

Answer 30

Started when ship sailed from Asia rats on ship fleas bite rat and transport bacteria to other living things gets into bloodstream black dark circular wharts would appear on body