Final Exam

Question 1

Council of NIcea

Answer 1

325 CE

Created a christian creed that expressed the philosophical and technical elements of christian belief

Question 2

Constantinople

Answer 2

300s C.E
Named New Rome
Founded by emperor constantine who named the city after himself

Question 3

Bantu Migration

Answer 3

1st millenium CE
West to East and South Africa
brought advanced agricultural practices to new regions and absorbed remaining hunting and gathering societies

Question 4

Attila

Answer 4

433 CE to 453 CE

Leader of the Hun tribes and first to form an empire strong enough to stand against rome and northern Europe

Question 5

The First Crusade

Answer 5

1096 CE to 1099 CE
Jerusalem
Main accomplishment was the capture of Jerusalem and established the crusader states

Question 6

Han Dynasty

Answer 6

206 BC to 220 CE
China
had a strong and ruthless military
didn’t like outsider and thought of themselves as only true chineese

Question 7

Justinian the Great

Answer 7

527 CE
Rome
Took up many building projects and military expeditions while also putting a new law code in place

Question 8

Julius Ceasar

Answer 8

100 BC to 44BC
Rome
First roman leader to take up position of full time dictator boaster over military campaigns

Question 9

Madvamika Buddism

Answer 9

344 to 413 CE
China
Chinese branch of buddhism that used irony and paradox to show that reason was limited

Question 10

Xiongnu

Answer 10

late Zhou dynasty, 3rd century CE
China, modern-day magnolia
pastoral community that was the most powerful in the region

Question 11

Fatimids Dynasty

Answer 11

10th century CE
based in Egypt and founded Cairo
ruled parts of the Islamic empire and popped up because of the Shites and their proclaimed victory

Question 12

Charlemagne

Answer 12

764 to 814 CE
Rome, western europe
traveled 2,000 miles a year on campaigns of conquest
he and the franks believed they had a strong and mighty empire

Question 13

Tang Taizong

Answer 13

629 to 649 CE
China
second emperor of the tang dynasty, co-founder of the dynasty that led to the “golden age” in chineese history

Question 14

Abbasid Revolution

Answer 14

750 CE
Middle-East
overthrow of the umayyad caliphate, 2nd of the four major caliphates in Islamic history

Question 15

Code of Manu

Answer 15

South and Southeast Asia

offered guidance for living within a caste system and addressed the problem of assimilating strangers into society

Question 16

avatar (hindu)

Answer 16

6th century CE

the idea of incarnation

Question 17

Joan of Arc

Answer 17

1412 to 1431 CE
France
A woman who took up arms to fight in a war. Canonized a saint after she was killed by her own people

Question 18

Shogun

Answer 18

1192 to 1333
Japan
military protectors and rulers in the city of Heian

Question 19

Sogdians

Answer 19

Central Asia

vital to Afro-Eurasian interconnectedness and maintained the accessibility of the silk road

Question 20

Colosseum

Answer 20

80 CE
Rome
named after the statue of Nero, place for mass entertainment adopted from hellistenic culture

Question 21

Octavian Augustus

Answer 21

63 BC to 14 CE
Rome
Adopted son of Julius Ceasar
reunited roman empire as sole ruler of rome
took the title of Augustus meaning revealed one

Question 22

Bamiyan Buddhas

Answer 22

4th and 5th Century CE
Hindu Kush Valley
helped spread buddhism along the silk road
built two huge statues of buddha