Global History And Geography Flashcards
Who was the Byzantine emperor, who built the Hagia Sophia, and created his own set of laws?
Justinian
A government in which 1 leader or group of people holds absolute power
Authoritarian
Which continents did Rome extend over?
Europe, Asia, Africa
What is a person who moves from place to place in search for food called?
Nomad
Who was the founder of the Quin dynasty and China’s first emperor?
Shi Hauangdi
Believing in one god
Monotheistic
Arranging things, one above the other by rank.
Hierarchical
What are the analects, five relationships, and final piety closely related with?
Confucianism
What are stupas, plastic surgery, and the concept of zero closely associated with?
Gupta empire
In Alexander the greats empire, Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian ideas, forming which culture?
Hellenistic culture
How did the geography of the Italian peninsula influence the development of the Roman empire?
The location of the peninsula contributed to the control of the Mediterranean Sea.
What are the religious terms, four noble truths, eightfold path, reincarnation, and nirvana closely associated?
Buddhism
What connected China, India, and the Middle East, traded goods and help spread the culture?
Silk Road
What is the process of blending and spreading cultures by human interaction called?
Cultural diffusion
What was the neolithic revolution characterized by?
The change from nomadic herding to settled farming.
The history of which classical civilization was shaped by the monsoon cycle, the Himalaya mountains, and the Indus river?
Maury’s Empire
What is one way that the 10 Commandments, five relationships and the eightfold path similar?
Provide codes of behavior
What did Rome gain as a result of the Punic wars?
The Mediterranean Sea
What is the process called that divides labor workers into different specialized tasks over time?
Job specialization
What was the golden age of Muslim culture best known for?
Advances in mathematics, science and medicine.
What are people of high rack and own land called?
Nobles
What was one cause of the development of many small independent city states in Ancient Greece?
The mountainous terrain of Greece resulted in widely scattered settlements.
What was the importance of the code of Hammurabi, the 12 tables, and the Justinian code?
Established legal principles
What way of life did emperor Shi Huangi believed in that had strict laws and harsh punishments?
Legalism
How was China under the Han dynasty and the Roman empire similar?
Developed extensive trade networks
What was the belief that a leaders right to rule came from the gods or heavens, and can be lost or taken away or lost if bad things happen?
Mandate of heaven
What was the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans called?
Domestication
What is the main reason the Neolithic revolution is considered a turning point in world history?
Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops lead to settled communities.
What are the exchange of silk and spices and the spread of Buddhism along the silk road examples of?
Cultural diffusion
The terms brahma, dharma karma, moksha, reincarnation, and the cast system are most closely associated with which religion?
Hinduism
