Vocabulary

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and south east Asia

Question 2

Bubonic Plague

Answer 2

plague caused by a bacterium

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

a belief, religion of India, worship of many gods, including Brahma as supreme being, a caste system, belief in reincarnation

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

A religion obtain nirvana, a state of complete peace in which one is free from the distractions of desire and self-consciousness.

Question 5

Reincarnation

Answer 5

a rebirth of a soul in a new body

Question 6

Moksha

Answer 6

freedom from the endless cycle of transmigration into a state of bliss

Question 7

Nirvana

Answer 7

final release from the cycle of reincarnation attained by extinction of all desires and individual existence

Question 8

Eight fold Path

Answer 8

a code of behavior for followers of Buddhism

Question 9

Sanskrit

Answer 9

an extinct language of ancient India

Question 10

Caste system

Answer 10

a system telling what many kinds of social classes such has high class middle class and lower class and they kings are at the high farmers are at the middle and peasants can be at the bottom

Question 11

cultural diffusion

Answer 11

a mix of all different types of cultures

Question 12

Judaism

Answer 12

a monotheistic religion and the have been influential and are the basis for more recently developed religions such as Christianity and Islam

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

monotheistic religion developed from Judaism, there are several key differences in its teachings christianity was founded by jesus christ in the 1st century CE

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

is the youngest of the world’s major religions. Worshippers of this monotheistic religion are known as Muslims

Question 15

Ten Commandments

Answer 15

The ten laws given to Moses by God, according to the bible

Question 16

Five Pillars

Answer 16

islam-No god except Allan, Muhammadan is gods messenger, pray 5 times a day facing mecca, fast and practice self control, give to the poor and need, pilgraming to mecca at least once in a life

Question 17

Torah

Answer 17

is the testament for the jews

Question 18

Animism

Answer 18

they believe that anything in nature has a spirit

Question 19

Shintoism

Answer 19

is the name of the religion observed by the Japanese

Question 20

Four Noble Truths

Answer 20

the nature of human suffering and its relation to desire is articulated by four statements

Question 21

Polytheism

Answer 21

believing more than one god

Question 22

Monotheism

Answer 22

believing in one god`

Question 23

Code Of Hammurabi

Answer 23

a code of different punishments for the rich and poor

Question 24

Brahma

Answer 24

Hindu god called The Creater

Question 25

Dharma

Answer 25

the act of fulfilling one's duty in life and it has to do with Hinduism and Buddhism

Question 26

Silk Road

Answer 26

it was a trade route from China to the Middle East. and it was China’s most important export. and it was the longest trade route

Question 27

Middle kingdom

Answer 27

was a period of Egyptian history

Question 28

Confucianism

Answer 28

teaches that there is a natural social order to society which can best be explained through the Five Relationships.

Question 29

Pax Romana

Answer 29

A 200 hundred year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire

Question 30

Guilds

Answer 30

a group of people that work in crafts

Question 31

Democracy

Answer 31

A system of government in which the citizens hold the legislative, judicial, and executive power,

Question 32

Hieroglyphics

Answer 32

a writing system using symbols and art in Ancient Egypt

Question 33

Cuneiform

Answer 33

another writing system consisted of wedge shaped symbols usually imprinted in clay. and it was used in Mesopotamia

Question 34

Fertile Crescent

Answer 34

an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates

Question 35

Hagia Sophia

Answer 35

a church rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine and was renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire

Question 36

Justinians Code

Answer 36

a Roman law: the legal code of ancient Rome

Question 37

Terrance Farming

Answer 37

Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside adaptation allowed both the early Chinese

Question 38

Commercial Revolution

Answer 38

change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages it is an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price

Question 39

Chivalry

Answer 39

Code of conduct for knight and nobles during European Feudalism

Question 40

One hundred years war

Answer 40

the series of wars fought between England and France from 1337-1453: after early victories the English

Question 41

manorialism

Answer 41

aspects of life were centered on the lord’s manor including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's castle or manor house.