Midterm Vocab Review

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

seasonal wind, in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain

Question 2

Bubonic Plague

Answer 2

a disease spread by fleas on rats

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

the belief that all the universe is part of the unchanging, all-powerful spiritual force

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

religion. believed in karma, dharma, moksha, and a cycle of rebirth

Question 5

Reincarnation

Answer 5

rebirth of the soul in another bodily form

Question 6

Moksha

Answer 6

union with Brahman

Question 7

Nirvana

Answer 7

union with the universe and release from the cycle of birth

Question 8

Eightfold Path

Answer 8

a middle road between a life devoted to pleasure and a life of harsh self-denial

Question 9

Sanskrit

Answer 9

language used in Indus

Question 10

Caste System

Answer 10

social groups into which people are born and out of which they cannot move during a lifetime

Question 11

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 11

spread of different cultures, beliefs and ideas

Question 12

Judaism

Answer 12

small religion, was spread by the migration of Jews from modern Middle East throughout much of the world

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

reshaped Roman beliefs; major Roman religion

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through, Muhammad as the prophet of Allah

Question 15

Ten Commandments

Answer 15

laws established by God, given to Moses, basic moral code for Judaism and Christianity

Question 16

Five Pillars

Answer 16

main principles of Mecca

Question 17

Torah

Answer 17

the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the firsts 5 books of the Hebrew Scriptures

Question 18

Animism

Answer 18

belief that spirits and forces may live in animals, objects, or dreams

Question 19

Shintoism

Answer 19

international religion

Question 20

Four Noble Truths

Answer 20

The 4 main beliefs in Buddhism

Question 21

Polytheism

Answer 21

belief in many gods

Question 22

Monotheism

Answer 22

belief in one god

Question 23

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 23

a single, unified code that helped unify diverse groups within the empire

Question 24

Brahma

Answer 24

the creator of God

Question 25

Dharma

Answer 25

the religious and moral duties of an individual

Question 26

Silk Road

Answer 26

trade route

Question 27

Middle Kingdom

Answer 27

China’s ethnicity

Question 28

Confucianism

Answer 28

Chinese philosophy which is associated with filial piety, the 5 relationships, and civil service exams

Question 29

Pax Romana

Answer 29

Roman Peace

Question 30

Guilds

Answer 30

merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests

Question 31

Democracy

Answer 31

government in which the people had ruling power

Question 32

Hieroglyphics

Answer 32

form of picture writing developed by the ancient Egyptians

Question 33

Cuneiform

Answer 33

wedge-shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians

Question 34

Fertile Crescent

Answer 34

rich soil

Question 35

Hagia Sophia

Answer 35

“Holy Wisdom”

Question 36

Justinian’s Code

Answer 36

to collect, revise, and organize all the laws of ancient Rome

Question 37

Terrace Farming

Answer 37

A piece of sloped land, in which is farming

Question 38

Commercial Revolution

Answer 38

period of European expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism

Question 39

Code of chivalry

Answer 39

code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

Question 40

One Hundred years War

Answer 40

a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the kingdom of England and the kingdom of France for control of the French throne

Question 41

Manorialism

Answer 41

organized principle of rural economy, medieval Manor was rich and well-built