1st tri. history exam review
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- what is the period before written history called?
- prehistory
- what is the adaptation of animals for human use called?
- domestication
- who was the first female pharoah?
- cleopatra 7
- what was egyptian writing called?
- heiroglyphics
- who was the founder of buddhism?
- siddhartha gautama
- who was the great chinese philosopher?
- confucious
- who wrote the illiad?
- homer
- what was the greatsest hellenistic city?
- alexandria
- who was the great general of carthage?
- hannibal
- who led a slave revolt in 73 BC?
- spartacus
- who was the founder of islam?
- muhammad
- what were muslim churches called?
- mosques
- who was the founder of the mali civilization?
- sundiata keita
- what king from mali journeyed to mecca?
- mansa musa
- what itialian explorer call china "paradise"?
- marco polo
- genghis khan was born with what name?
- temujin
- what was the other name of charles the great?
- charlemagne
- what pope started the crusades?
- pope urban 2
- who was the founder of the franciscans?
- saint francis
- where was the first european university?
- bologna
- what was the capital of the aztecs?
- tenochtitlan
- what man conquered the inca empire in peru?
- francisco pizzarro
- what region of italy was florence locatedf in?
- tuscany
- where did the renaissance begin?
- italy
- who was the father of humanism?
- pretarch
- who wrote the divine comedy?
- dante
- who is credited with starting the protestant reformation?
- martin luther
- where did martin luther live and work?
- wittenburg, germany
- what book did john calvin write in 1536?
- institutes of the christian religion
- what court was set up in geneva to oversee the moral life of the people?
- consistory
- what man sailed from portugal to the tip of africa in 1488?
- bartholemu dias
- what explorer claimed the phillippines for spain?
- magellan
- what country sent the first slaves to america in 1518?
- spain
- what was the trip from africa to the new world for slaves?
- middle passage
- who did the burmese fight in 1767?
- thailand
- what island was conquered by the dutch in 1619?
- java
- what were elite units of the ottoma military called?
- janissaries
- who led the ottoman empire during its best years?
- suleyman the magnificent
- who was the founder of the safavid empire?
- shah ismail
- what is the term for lawlessness and disorder?
- anarchy
- who was the founder of the mogul dynasty?
- babur
- how did babur and his men cross over into india?
- khyber pass
- what became the capital city of china in 1421?
- beijing
- who led a trade mission to beijing in 1793 and was sent away?
- lord george mccartney
- what feature of chinese society restricted female mobility?
- footbinding
- how long are the walls around the imperial city?
- 6.5 miles
- what european country landed in japan in 1543?
- portugal
- what was the most popular form of japanesd theater?
- kabuki
- who came up with the geocentric theory?
- ptolemy
- who came up with the helocentric theory?
- copernicus
- what system used in the u.s. today was started by montesquieu?
- seperation of powers/checks and balances
- who wrote the wealth of nations?
- adam smith
- who wrote the messiah?
- handel
- what treaty ended the french and indian war?
- treaty of 1763
- what was the first constitution of the u.s. and how long did it last?
- articles of confederation-6yrs.
- what were the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
- bill of rights
- how many estates were there in france at the beginning of the revolution?
- 3
- what group made up the 2nd estate?
- nobility
- who was the minister of justice inthe paris commune?
- georges danton
- the girondins represented what parst of france?
- rural areas(provinces)
- at what age did napolean reach the rank of general?
- 24
- what naval battle was a defeat for france in 1805?
- battle of trafalgar
- who became the king of france of in 1589?
- henry 4
- who became the leader of england in 1558?
- elizabeth tudor
- who was the frist king in the restoration movement in 1660?
- charles 2
- what document did william and mary have to sign before they were allowed to tahe the throne?
- english bill of rights
- who was the chief minister of louis 13?
- cardinal richelieu
- who was the first czar of russia?
- ivan 4
- who was the author of don quixote?
- mihuel de cervantes
- who was the sidekick of don quixote?
- sancho panza