world history midterm Flashcards
Explain the migrations of Bantu-speaking people?
their main direction of the migrations of the Bantu-speaking peoples are south and southeast
what does the word Bantu mean?
“the people”
what are push-pull factors?
they are the reasons for migration: move away from of move to a certain country
conditions that drew poeple to another location (pull facotrs) or cause poeple to leave their homelands and migrate to another region (push factors)
what are the causes and effects of migration in early India and China?
more people and other cultures and religions. different cultures met
Compare and contrast the Han Dynasty to the Roman Empire.
The Han Dynasty:
- empire replace rival kingdoms
- at its height- area of 1.5 million square miles and a population of 60 million
- Chinese became common written language throughout empire
- fell apart, but restored by the Tang Dynasty.
Roman Empire:
- empire replaced republic
- at its height- area of 3.4 million spare mi and population of 55 million
- latin didn’t replace other writtten language in empire
- empire fell apart and never restored
Both
- centralized, bureaucratic government
- built roads and defensive walls
- conquered many diverse people in regions bordering China
- ongoing conflict with nomads
what did africans mainly provide in the trade between East Africa and Asia?
raw materials
The Swahili language developed from a mixture of what languages?
Arabic and Bantu
How did rhe rulers of Ghana grow rich?
by taxing the good traders carried through their territory
how was Kilwa different from most societies that grew wealthy through trade?
it was a city state
what poeple broke away from Mali’s empire and gained control of the all-important trade routes?
The Songhai
Which was the first African society to grow wealthy through trade?
kilwa
What was the source of Great Zimbabwe’s wealth?
Zimbabwe controlled trade routes that flowed to the East Africa coast
Which two African societies had a similar organization, based on religion?
Almoravids and Almohads
What does Islam mean in Arabic?
“submission to the will of Allah”
What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?
He is the last and final prophet that spoke through God- Allah
Toward what city do Muslims pray?
Mecca
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
Byzantine nobleman who became the emperor of Byzantine Rome in the 6th century AD, who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome
Justinian
the body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine empere Justinian around AD 534
Justinian Code
what major church was built by Justinian?
Hagia Sophia
What led to the downfall of the justinian empire?
after Justinian’s death, the empire suffered countless setbacks- street riots, religious quarrels, palace intrigues, and foreign dangers. Each were holding the empire back, soon ending it
what led to the divisions of the church?
Christianity had begun to develop differently in the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, due largely to the distance and lack of contact between two regions . Soon those differences grew and split the church apart.
What are some similarities and differences between Eastern and Western Church?
(Western) Roman Catholic:
- services are conducted in Latin
- the pope has authority over all other bishops
- the pope claims authority over kings and emperors
- priests can’t marry
- divorce- not permitted
similarities
- based their faith on gospel of Jesus / Bible
- use sacraments
- religious leaders are priests/ bishops
- seek to convert people
Eastern Orthodox
- services are conducted in Greek / local languages
- patriarch and other bishops head Church
- emperor claims authority over patriarch and other bishops
- priests can be married
- divorce- allowed
Who created the Cyrillic Alphabet? What is its importance?
Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril; with the alphabet Slavs would be able to read the Bible in their own languages.
