midterm Flashcards
which of these clues about the African past describes an artifact ?
.Oral traditions
.Written documents
.Pottery shards
..Folktales
Pottery shards
Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was to …
.Populated
.Fertile
.Dangerous
.Remote
Dangerous
Community life in western europe during the middle ages was based on what ?
.Tade
.Education
.Religion
.Technolagy
Religion
who decreed that rome would stop persecuting christians?
.Constentine the Great
.Julious Ceaser
.Augustus
.Nero
Constentine the great
what is the main reason people in different vegitation zones traded with eachother?
.to show cultural diversity
.to create aliences
.to access resources uniqe to .each zone
.to establish diplomadic relations
to access resources uniqe to each zone
wich of theise is the main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to the king?
.they were skilled polititions
.they had access to divine guidence
.they were the most educated class
.they controlled the economy
they had access to divine guidenss
how did the niger river encourage trade?
.it served as a natural barrier
.it provided a sorce of drinking water
.it facilated trasport and comunication
.it created fetile soil for agriculter
it facilitated transport and communication
why did extended-family groups first settle southof the sahara?
.access fertile land
.avoidence of rivle clans
.protection against floods and emimes
.desire for a nomadic life style
protection against floods and enemies
wich best describes the plot of canterbuty tales?
.a journey to a holly land
.a group of pilgrims sharing
stories
.the search for the holy grail
.a knighs Quest for honor
a group of pilgrims sharing stories
what did extended-family group do for defense against dangerous floods or enemies?
.build defesive walls
.form alliences with neighboring groups
.develop an advanced wepenory
.establish a strong central goverment
buil deffensive walls
which of these is a sacrament to the roman catholic church?
.ramadan
.hajj
.eucharist
.zen
eucharist
which technolagy did the nok people adopt as early as 500
B. C. E.?
.iron tools
.pottery wheals
.printing press
.archimedean screw
iorn tools
who would have been most likely to make the following statment?-
“i am travalling to jerusilam to show God how sorry i am for having sin. ipray we have a safe journey”
.A knight on a quest
.a muslim pilgrim
.a viking explorer
.a mongol warrior
a muslim pilgrim
which group counqored the byzantine Empire
.Mongols
.Vikings
.Ottomans
.Crusaders
Ottomans
Archiolagists have found remains of high walls around one anccient west african community. what does this suggest.
.it was a military out post
.it was a major trade center
.it had a centralized goverment
.it was a nomadic settlement
it was a major trade center
Archioligists found copper at jenne-jeno.the nerest copper mines are 600 miles away. what does this indacate about the people of jenne-jeno.
.they were skilled minors
.they engaged in long-disrance trade
.they had advanced metallurgical techniques
.they had surplus of copper
they engaged in long-distance trade
what was the main goal of the crusades
.spread islam
.acquisition or new teretorries
.religeios pilgramige
.recovery of Jerusalem
Recover of Jerusalem
most gothic cathedralls had all of these EXEPT
.flying buttresses
.staind glass windows
.flat roofs
.ribbed vaults
flat roofs
in the middle ages,many universities grew out of
.monastic schools
.military academies
.royal libraries
.merchant guilds
monastic schools
wich of these was an advantige of becoming part of an empire?
.gold
.wood
.oral stories
.independance
gold