Chronological Understanding: U0-U2

Front

According to experts, civilization began with the domestication of crops. Why?

Back

human societies developed a system of record-keeping to manage food surpluses & protect private property.

Answer explanation

For many historians, the advent of history & the birth of "civilization" began with writing.

H/o, there are always exceptions...ie Kingdom of Mali which utilized griots and the Inca who used a knot system.

Front

What was the first monotheistic religion? Options: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism

Back

Judaism

Front

Approximately, when did China open the Silk Road & end isolation?

Back

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Answer explanation

Mnemonic trick: The Silk Road opened about the same time as Christianity began.

Front

Approximately when was the "Golden Age" of Islam when they invented the astrolabe, & underwent the "translation movement"?

Back

700-800 CE

Answer explanation

Early Islam made many achievement adhering to the verse of the Quran "to seek knowledge"

However, over time, the ulama "Islamic scholars" became more ethnocentric. The sufi movement and syncretism with other religions made them unhappy.

Front

When did feudalism begin in Europe?

Back

800 CE

Answer explanation

The Dark Ages ended when "Charlemagne" a member of Germanic barbarians is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Charlemagne's grandfather "Clovis" had converted to Christianity and Charlemagne came to defend the pope when the Lombards (another Germanic tribe attacked Rome)

By 800 CE, the Germanic invasions come t an end.

Front

Which modern day country is where the Holy Roman Empire was located?

Back

Germany

Front

When do the Crusades begin?

Back

1095 CE

Answer explanation

By 1100 CE, both the Song & the Islamic empire begin to experience attacks from nomadic invaders.

The Crusades began when the Seljuks attacked Byzantine's capital Constantinople.

Islamic world...Seljuk Tukrs

Song... Jurchens (Turks) who sent up the Jin Dynasty in the north, forcing the Song to go further South.

Front

Approximately, when does feudal Europe begin to change...Kings begin to consolidate power & the influence of nobles begins to decline? Options: 800 CE, 1100 CE, 1300 CE

Back

1100 CE

Answer explanation

The Crusades led to the diffusion of the crossbow.

This made knights more obsolete.

Also, the Crusades reignited long-distance trade with the Middle East. As a result, towns begin to grow who were not part of the feudal manor.

This allowed kings to recruit bureaucrats from the townspeople

Front

WHEN WAS THE SONG DYNASTY WEAKENED BY THE JURCHENS?

Back

1100 ce

Answer explanation

Mnemonic Trick... What is happening to the Islamic empire, is typically also happening to the Chinese.

c. 1100 CEs when the Seljuk Turks attacked the Abbasid and c. 1100 is when the Jurchens attacked the the Song.

Front

When did the Mongols begin to create their huge land-based empire?

Back

1200-1300 CE