Social Studies Finals Flashcards
What were the different modes of travel?
Boats
Horseback
Feet
Why did the Roman Empire have little view of the world?
Bad Communication, Unsafe Travel
Janissaries was a soldier in what empire?
The Ottoman Empire
In AD 150 the sailors success dependent on what?
The weather
What do archeologists use to reconstruct the past?
Artifacts & fossils
What are 3 inventions that helped horseback riding and who invented it?
1- Stirrups (Chinese)
2- The Bit (Middle East)
3- Horseshoes (Romans)
Who advised the Ottoman Empire?
The Grand Vizer
Why did people travel in Roman Empire?
- Religion
- Trade
- Military Conquest
Who was Ptolemy?
A Roman Mapmaker
How did Diocltian help the Roman Empire?
He divided the empire into 4
What brought down the Roman Empire?
Barbarians
How did Buddhism spread to China?
Trading with India
What was the purpose of the Justanian Code?
Made a legal system
Where was the Hagia Sophie from?
Byzantine Empire
What did Romans call dramatic people who we’re living on their borders?
Barbarians
What did Prophet Muhammed do to his enemies?
Forgave them
What is the sacred book of the Muslims?
The Quran.
What do Sheas believe?
They did not accept the first 4 Caliphs.
Who accepted the first 4 Caliphs?
Sunnis did
What is Monothesim?
Belief in One God
Muawiya moved the capital from where to where?
Medina to Damascus.
The Abbasids moved the capital from Damascus to where?
Damascus to Baghdad.
What protected China?
Geography did.
What is Meritocracy?
A system that favors efficiency
