A law code written during the Babylonian Empire; the first written code of law

A Chinese philosophy of government that believed in strict laws and harsh punishments

An advanced society with advanced culture and government

When people first started to farm

A person who moves from place to place

Farming

Lower in rank or position

"Land Between the Rivers" -- fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

A piece of land attached below a continent

Seasonal winds that bring rain

Used by Shang kings to predict the future

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

A city that governs itself like a country

A map that shows natural geographic features

A map that shows people-made geography, such as countries

A record of the past made by someone who did not experience the event

A record of the past made by someone who is recording what they saw or experienced

A round model of the Earth

An imaginary line that runs around the middle of the Earth

Half of the Earth

One hundred years

One thousand years

Someone who creates maps

Someone who studies government

Someone who studies history

Someone who studies how people interact in groups

Someone who studies the economy, or how people get what they need

Someone who studies the features of the Earth

Someone who studies the origins of humans and cultures

Strict social classes of India

Lowest social class of India. They were forced to live separately and were considered dirty

Trade route that connected China and the Roman Empire

Belief that Chinese emperors got their power to rule from Heaven, and that this power could be taken away if the emperor did a bad job

Being reborn into another body after death

The Buddhist belief that a person can escape the cycle of death and rebirth

The record of a person’s good and bad deeds, which determines what their next life will be.

“The Buddha” whose teachings started the Buddhist belief system

What is the Arabic word for God?

How many times a day must a Muslim pray?

Which of these is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?

What type of religion is Islam?

What are the basic practices of Islam called?

According to the Five Pillars of Islam every Muslim must:

What are people who practice Islam called?

A time of peace and prosperity.

Worship of one powerful god

Which was NOT a west African trading kingdom?

Ruler of Mali who made a pilgrimage to Mecca and spent so much gold that it was worth less

Traveler who journeyed across the Sahara and wrote about his experiences

Traditional religion of Africa, which believes that everything has a spirit

A Muslim ruler

A religious journey

Holy city of Islam

a document that forced the king to give rights to nobles

a law code made up of old Roman laws

a peasant who was owned by a lord. They could not leave the manor without permission.

economic system that revolved around a self-sufficient manor

fierce warriors who came from Scandinavia and overran villages. They traveled to Greenland and North America.

political system where land is exchanged for loyalty and protection

providing everything that you need

removed from the Catholic Church

ruler of the Byzantine Empire

someone who was given land by a lord in a feudal agreement

wars fought by Christians to take the Holy Land back from the Muslims

This was the church of the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Europe

This was the church of Western Europe during the Middle Ages

He was a king of England who was forced to sign the Magna Carta

A Frankish king who made an empire in Western Europe and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope

This is the traditional religion of Japan, which involves the worship of nature spirits

This is a warrior in Japan who served a daimyo

This was a Japanese warlord who pledged loyalty to a shogun

This was a military dynasty in Japan

This was a code of conduct for samurai

This was a Mongol leader who united the Mongol tribes and conquered the biggest land empire in history

This was the grandson of Genghis Khan who conquered China and started the Yuan Dynasty

An Italian traveler who went to the court of Kublai Khan in China and wrote about his experiences

Ruler of the Mughal Empire who practiced religious tolerance

Ruler during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

Religious community of non-Muslims during the Ottoman Empire

A tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife

the belief that human actions, ideas, and works are important

Non-religious

Someone who is skilled in many areas

Letter of forgiveness for one's sins; ticket to heaven

Martin Luther's arguments against the abuses in the Church

To take back

Someone who speaks out against the Church; a Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic Church

The belief that God has already decided who will go to heaven and who won’t

A government run by religious leaders

When the Catholic Church made reforms in response to the Protestant Reformation

A meeting of Church officials to decide how to reform the Church

A member of the Society of Jesus, which works to educate people and spread the Catholic faith

Renaissance painter, sculptor, engineer, and inventor. Painted the Mona Lisa

Renaissance painter and sculptor. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Wrote The Prince, a guide for rulers

Inventor of the movable type printing press

Wrote the 95 Theses protesting against the Church and started the Protestant Reformation

King of England who broke away from the Church because he wanted a divorce

Leader of the Jesuits during the Counter Reformation

This man was the first to reach the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa.

First European to reach India by way of rounding the southern tip of Africa.

Believed he could reach India by sailing west instead of east

First European to see the Pacific Ocean from Central America

His crew circumnavigated the world

Conquered the Aztecs

Aztec Emperor

Conquered the Incas

Spanish missionary who argued against the encomienda system

A new type of ship with triangular sails

A device used to measure latitude at sea

A knotted string used by the Incas to keep records

Cutting steps into a mountain to grow crops

Artificial islands used to grow crops

Spanish conqueror in the Americas

Trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe

The journey enslaved Africans took to the Americas

System of government in the Spanish colonies where a conquistador got land and slaves

The exchange of food and ideas between old world and new

Economic system where colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country

This is the belief that a monarch got their power to rule from God

This is a monarch with total control over their country

A king or queen