Midterm Review

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

A seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia

Question 2

Bubonic Plague

Answer 2

A form of the “Black Death” plague that was said to have nearly killed off a quarter of Europe population

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

A religion of India that emphasizes freedom from the materials through purification of desires and forgetting unnecessary things

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

Created by Buddha and followed by most of Asian countries. It involves the Eightfold Path, and the Four Noble truths.

Question 5

Reincarnation

Answer 5

After death your sole is reborn into a new person

Question 6

Moksha

Answer 6

In Hinduism it is nirvana from the cycle of rebirth

Question 7

Nirvana

Answer 7

Final release in the cycle of reincarnation

Question 8

Eightfold Path

Answer 8

the pursuits That Buddha taught that included seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation.

Question 9

Sanskrit

Answer 9

An ancient Hindu language

Question 10

Caste System

Answer 10

The social structure that the Hindus used

Question 11

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 11

The spreading of one’s culture

Question 12

Judaism

Answer 12

The belief that the Jewish people follow about Jesus and God (Yahweh)

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

The belief in God and Jesus and the New testament

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

Religious faith of Muslims

Question 15

Ten Commandments

Answer 15

God’s laws giving to Moses to give to the Jewish people

Question 16

Five pillars

Answer 16

The basic commands of Islamic religion

Question 17

Torah

Answer 17

The Jewish peoples bible, consisting only of the old testament

Question 18

Animism

Answer 18

The belief in spiritual beings

Question 19

Shintoism

Answer 19

Native religion of Japan that worships nature and ancestors

Question 20

Four Noble Truths

Answer 20

the teachings of Buddha: all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is ignorant desire, this desire can be destroyed, the means to this is the Eightfold Path.

Question 21

Polytheism

Answer 21

The belief in more than one god

Question 22

Monotheism

Answer 22

The belief in only one god

Question 23

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 23

One of the first sets of organized laws

Question 24

Brahma

Answer 24

The Hindu god

Question 25

Dharma

Answer 25

The essential principal of the cosmos

Question 26

Silk Road

Answer 26

The road traveled by traders and merchants across Asia

Question 27

Middle Kingdom

Answer 27

The ancient Chinese empire

Question 28

Confucianism

Answer 28

A Chinese religion that believes that knowledge is key to harmony

Question 29

Pax Romana

Answer 29

The time of peace in the Roman Empire

Question 30

Guilds

Answer 30

Organizations of people with the same interests

Question 31

Democracy

Answer 31

Government for the people and by the people

Question 32

Hieroglyphics

Answer 32

Pictorial script

Question 33

Cuneiform

Answer 33

A way of writing by the ancient Persians

Question 34

Fertile Crescent

Answer 34

An area of fertile land in the middle east

Question 35

Hagia Sophia

Answer 35

Was once the worlds largest cathedral, located in Turkey

Question 36

Justinian’s Code

Answer 36

A formation of Roman/Byzantine Laws

Question 37

Terrace Farming

Answer 37

Incan way of growing crops on the side of mountains

Question 38

Commercial Revolution

Answer 38

A period of European expansion

Question 39

Chivalry

Answer 39

The rules and customs of knighthood

Question 40

One Hundred years War

Answer 40

A period of war between England and France for control of the French throne

Question 41

Manorialism

Answer 41

A way of social life where goods are provided for protection, food and land