world history midterm

Question 0

Explain the migrations of Bantu-speaking people?

Answer 0

their main direction of the migrations of the Bantu-speaking peoples are south and southeast

Question 1

what does the word Bantu mean?

Answer 1

“the people”

Question 2

what are push-pull factors?

Answer 2

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)

Question 3

what are the causes and effects of migration in early India and China?

Answer 3

more people and other cultures and religions. different cultures met

Question 4

Compare and contrast the Han Dynasty to the Roman Empire.

Answer 4

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

Question 5

what did africans mainly provide in the trade between East Africa and Asia?

Answer 5

raw materials

Question 6

The Swahili language developed from a mixture of what languages?

Answer 6

Arabic and Bantu

Question 7

How did rhe rulers of Ghana grow rich?

Answer 7

by taxing the good traders carried through their territory

Question 8

how was Kilwa different from most societies that grew wealthy through trade?

Answer 8

it was a city state

Question 9

what poeple broke away from Mali’s empire and gained control of the all-important trade routes?

Answer 9

The Songhai

Question 10

Which was the first African society to grow wealthy through trade?

Answer 10

kilwa

Question 11

What was the source of Great Zimbabwe’s wealth?

Answer 11

Zimbabwe controlled trade routes that flowed to the East Africa coast

Question 12

Which two African societies had a similar organization, based on religion?

Answer 12

Almoravids and Almohads

Question 13

What does Islam mean in Arabic?

Answer 13

“submission to the will of Allah”

Question 14

What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?

Answer 14

He is the last and final prophet that spoke through God- Allah

Question 15

Toward what city do Muslims pray?

Answer 15

Mecca

Question 16

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Answer 16

Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage

Question 17

Byzantine nobleman who became the emperor of Byzantine Rome in the 6th century AD, who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome

Answer 17

Justinian

Question 18

the body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine empere Justinian around AD 534

Answer 18

Justinian Code

Question 19

what major church was built by Justinian?

Answer 19

Hagia Sophia

Question 20

What led to the downfall of the justinian empire?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

what led to the divisions of the church?

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

What are some similarities and differences between Eastern and Western Church?

Answer 22

(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

Question 23

Who created the Cyrillic Alphabet? What is its importance?

Answer 23

Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril; with the alphabet Slavs would be able to read the Bible in their own languages.

Question 24

Where did Vikings come from?

Answer 24

from the North

Question 25

How did the arrival of the Vikings influence Russian culture?

Answer 25

They traded products from distant lands. Viking nobles intermarried with their Salvic subjects and adopted many aspects of Slavic culture

Question 26

What religion did Vladimir of Kiev support?

Answer 26

Byzantine Christianity

Question 27

Who was the leader of the Mongols? What were they known for?

Answer 27

Genghis Khan; their savage killing and burning won them a reputation for ruthless brutality

Question 28

When did the Turks migrate to Abbasid Empire?

Answer 28

970

Question 29

How did Tang rulers create a powerful empire?

Answer 29

Under the Tang rulers, the empire expanded. They reconquered the northern and western lands that China had list since the decline of the Han. They further strengthened the central government of China. Expanded the network of roads/canals. Built Sui.

Question 30

What led to the the Tang Dynasty’s loss of power?

Answer 30

taxes and loss of land and good emperors

Question 31

How did the Song Dynasty restore and help China?

Answer 31

China remained stable, powerful, and prosperous under the Song Dynasty. The Song rulers established a grand new capital at Hangzhou. The dynasty of the Southern Song saw rapid economic growth. The south had become the economic heartland of China. Merchants in the city grew rich from trade with Chinese in north, nomads of Central Asia, and people of western Asia and Europe

Question 32

(Song Dynasty) What helped China become a great sea power?

Answer 32

The Song rulers established a grand new capital at Hangzhou, coastal city south of the Chang Jiang

Question 33

How were women treated in China?

Answer 33

The status further declined during the Tang and Song periods. There a woman’s work was deemed less important to the family’s prosperity and status. Peasant women worked in the fields and helped produce their family’s food and income. One sign of the changing status of women was the new custom of binding the feet of upper-class girl.

Question 34

Where were the Mongols from?

Answer 34

from central Asia (slashed their way into Russia)

Question 35

What Khanates were established by the Mongols?

Answer 35

theMongols had divided their huge empire into four regions, or khanates: Khanate of the Great Khan, the Khanate of Chagatai, the Ilkhanate, and the Khanate of the Golden Horde

Question 36

What role did Marco Polo play at the Mongol court?

Answer 36

Marco Polo had learned several Asian languages in his travels, and Kublai Khan sent him to various Chinese cities on government mission. He served the Great Khan for 17yrs. in 1292 the Polo left China

Question 37

How did the Japanese culture develop?

Answer 37

they left and nourished their culture around their adjacent peoples

Question 38

what code did Samurai follow?

Answer 38

Bushido

Question 39

A germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul and established a great empire during the Middle Ages

Answer 39

Franks

Question 40

Describe the role of monasteries and convents in this time period

Answer 40

they used monasteries to adapt to rural conditions. They used convents for the monks so they may have peace and pray