Global History And Geography

Question 1

Who was the Byzantine emperor, who built the Hagia Sophia, and created his own set of laws?

Answer 1

Justinian

Question 2

A government in which 1 leader or group of people holds absolute power

Answer 2

Authoritarian

Question 3

Which continents did Rome extend over?

Answer 3

Europe, Asia, Africa

Question 4

What is a person who moves from place to place in search for food called?

Answer 4

Nomad

Question 5

Who was the founder of the Quin dynasty and China’s first emperor?

Answer 5

Shi Hauangdi

Question 6

Believing in one god

Answer 6

Monotheistic

Question 7

Arranging things, one above the other by rank.

Answer 7

Hierarchical

Question 8

What are the analects, five relationships, and final piety closely related with?

Answer 8

Confucianism

Question 9

What are stupas, plastic surgery, and the concept of zero closely associated with?

Answer 9

Gupta empire

Question 10

In Alexander the greats empire, Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian ideas, forming which culture?

Answer 10

Hellenistic culture

Question 11

How did the geography of the Italian peninsula influence the development of the Roman empire?

Answer 11

The location of the peninsula contributed to the control of the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 12

What are the religious terms, four noble truths, eightfold path, reincarnation, and nirvana closely associated?

Answer 12

Buddhism

Question 13

What connected China, India, and the Middle East, traded goods and help spread the culture?

Answer 13

Silk Road

Question 14

What is the process of blending and spreading cultures by human interaction called?

Answer 14

Cultural diffusion

Question 15

What was the neolithic revolution characterized by?

Answer 15

The change from nomadic herding to settled farming.

Question 16

The history of which classical civilization was shaped by the monsoon cycle, the Himalaya mountains, and the Indus river?

Answer 16

Maury’s Empire

Question 17

What is one way that the 10 Commandments, five relationships and the eightfold path similar?

Answer 17

Provide codes of behavior

Question 18

What did Rome gain as a result of the Punic wars?

Answer 18

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 19

What is the process called that divides labor workers into different specialized tasks over time?

Answer 19

Job specialization

Question 20

What was the golden age of Muslim culture best known for?

Answer 20

Advances in mathematics, science and medicine.

Question 21

What are people of high rack and own land called?

Answer 21

Nobles

Question 22

What was one cause of the development of many small independent city states in Ancient Greece?

Answer 22

The mountainous terrain of Greece resulted in widely scattered settlements.

Question 23

What was the importance of the code of Hammurabi, the 12 tables, and the Justinian code?

Answer 23

Established legal principles

Question 24

What way of life did emperor Shi Huangi believed in that had strict laws and harsh punishments?

Answer 24

Legalism

Question 25

How was China under the Han dynasty and the Roman empire similar?

Answer 25

Developed extensive trade networks

Question 26

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?

Answer 26

Mandate of heaven

Question 27

What was the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans called?

Answer 27

Domestication

Question 28

What is the main reason the Neolithic revolution is considered a turning point in world history?

Answer 28

Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops lead to settled communities.

Question 29

What are the exchange of silk and spices and the spread of Buddhism along the silk road examples of?

Answer 29

Cultural diffusion

Question 30

The terms brahma, dharma karma, moksha, reincarnation, and the cast system are most closely associated with which religion?

Answer 30

Hinduism