Midterm 1 Review Flashcards
What year did Mt. Tambora erupt and what did it effect?
1815, it had a effects on the climate and romantic art movement
What are characteristics of Empires and Imperialism?
Centralization, economy, politics, hierarchies, influence, progress and control.
What are the monsoons?
Strong wind currents that help navigate the oceans
What are similarities between the Roman Empire and Han China?
Restoration of order and balance within their empires, valued common experience and power of the people, restored old building from their civilizations.
What are key characteristics of imperialism?
Centralization, rationalization, expansion
What do the Ludic games and the Chinese heaven and hell ritual have in common?
They were public displays used as media and influence.
How did Christianity help in the fall of Rome?
It cause civil wars and destroyed the military pride in the people of Rome. These also led to the division of Rome into an eastern and western empire which breaks the centralization. With this came the fall of Rome and the catholic churches remained.
Which Roman emperor makes Christianity the official religion of Rome?
Theodosis I
What became the new imperial capital of the Roman Empire before its fall?
Constantinople
Who were the byzantines?
The eastern Roman’s that continued after the empires fall. They still considered themselves the Roman Empire and tried to reconquest the western part of the empire
Why couldn’t the byzantines reconquest the eastern parts of the Roman Empire?
Because the people there considered themselves the true continuation of the empire
Why is Scandinavian mythology so dark?
Because of a volcanic eruption in the 500s that cause global cooling and a volcanic winter where everything was dark
What are the 2 main groups of muslims after the schism in Arab counties?
Umayyad and Abbasid who were both Sunni
Which Arabic peoples conquered North Africa?
Umayyad
What is the abbasid dynasty lasted from 750-1258 CE and their capital was Baghdad, what was this period called?
The Islamic golden age
Who were the Berbers?
Norths African Islamic people
What was significant about the Islamic empire in 711CE?
The Umayyad empire spread through North Africa and crosses into to Spain to conquer/convert
Who were the visigoths?
The people that ruled over Spain before the Islamic conquest
What was al andalus?
Muslim ruled Spain
What was a condition of being a Christian in Spain during Islamic rule?
Paid higher taxes and had less rights than Islamic citizens
Who were the almoravids?
A North African civilization who were called upon for help by Islamic Spain to help push out the Christians
What was the reconquista?
The reconquest of Spain to Christianity after Islam took over. It lasted from 711-1492 and ended with the fall of Islamic Grenada
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
After Christianity was brought back to Spain in the 15th century, they wanted to get rid of muslims and Jews that were left over and held mass executions
What is convicencia?
Coexistence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish peoples
