| A | B |
|---|
| where the Renaissance begin | Italy |
| where the Northern Renaissance begin | Flanders |
| Old Stone Age | Paleolithic Age |
| New Stone Age | Neolithic Age |
| extended democracy to more citizens in Greece | Pericles |
| holy war between Muslims and Christians | Crusades |
| Christian African country | Axum |
| golden age of India | Gupta |
| Asoka spread Buddhism; hospitals; vet clinics | Mauryan Empire |
| conquered Constantinople in 1453 | Ottoman Turks |
| religion of Persia | Zoroastrianism |
| founder of Judaism | Abraham |
| brought caste system into India | Aryans |
| philosophy that believes in respect for elders; ancestor worship; code of politeness | Confucianism |
| humility; simple life and inner peace; harmony with nature | Taoism |
| road system of the Persians | Royal Road |
| succession of ruling families | dynasties |
| facilitated trade and contact between China and cultures as far away as Rome | silk road |
| contributions of ancient China | silk, porcelain, paper, civil service system |
| Chinese rulers served under this | Mandate of Heaven |
| rebirth based on karma | reincarnation |
| knowledge that all actions and thoughts result in future consequences | karma |
| his missionaries spread Buddhism from India to China | Asoka |
| battles during Persian Wars | Marathon and Salamis |
| Athens league after Persian war | Delian League |
| Sparta's alliance after Persian War | Peloponnesian League |
| peninsula Sparta is located on | Peloponnesus |
| peninsula Greece is located on | Balkan |
| significance of Persian Wars | united Athens and Sparta |
| an example of Pericles's rebuilding after Persian War | Parthenon |
| government of Sparta (rule by few) | oligarchy |
| Ionic, Doric, Corinthian | Greek columns |
| powerful nobility in Rome | patricians |
| majority of population in Rome | plebeians |
| law code of Rome | Twelve Tables |
| wars between Rome and Carthage | Punic Wars |
| war between Athens and Sparta | Peloponnesian War |
| causes for decline in Roman Republic | civil war; inflation; slavery; unemployment |
| Rome's first emperor | Augustus Caesar |
| instituted civil service; common coinage; secure travel and trade | reforms of Augustus |
| helped spread Christianity | Paul |
| was given 10 Commandments; led Hebrews out of slavery | Moses |
| contains teachings of Jesus | New Testament |
| main unifying force of Western Europe | Church |
| causes for decline in Western Roman Empire | size; moral decay; civil conflict; invasion |
| capital was moved here from Rome | Byzantium (Constantinople) |
| year Rome fell | 476 |
| Roman temple | Pantheon |
| political and economic center of Rome- served as meeting place | Forum |
| Roman technology | Roads; Aqueducts; Roman arches |
| foundation of Romance languages | Latin |
| written by Virgil | Aeneid |
| Roman Law | principle of innocent until proven guilty |
| codified Roman law, reconquered former Roman territories, Hagia Sophia | Justinian |
| religious images | icons |
| Byzantine art form | mosaics |
| Byzantine domed church | Hagia Sophia |
| language of liturgy in Eastern church | Greek |
| language of liturgy in Western church | Latin |
| adopted Greek alphabet for the Slavic Languages | Cyril |
| Arabic word for God | Allah |
| founder of Islam; prophet | Muhammad |
| early Muslim cities | Mecca and Medina |
| sacred text of Islam | Koran (Quran) |
| language of Islam | Arabic |
| Islamic capital | Baghdad |
| where the Muslims were defeated | Battle of Tours |
| two groups of Muslims | Sunni and Shi'ite |
| Islamic architectural achievement | Dome of the Rock |
| Islamic contributions | arabic numerals; algebra; medicine |
| annointed Charlemagne emperor in 800 AD | Pope |
| the grant of land made to a vassal | fief |
| lord's mansion and accompanying land | manors |
| peasants legally bound to the land | serfs |
| largest Germanic tribe in Western Europe | Franks |
| leader of the Franks at the Battle of Tours | Charles Martel |
| where the Angles and Saxons settled | England |
| where the Magyars settled | Hungary |
| where the Vikings settled | Russia |
| time period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance | MIddle Ages |
| societal system of middle ages | feudalism |
| built for protection in Middle Ages | castles |
| traded in West Africa | gold for salt |
| traded around lands around Indian Ocean | spices |
| traded from the Baltic region | amber |
