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Voting Rights Act of 1965 - ANSWER a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers
to African-American suffrage
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) - ANSWER Allows open trade between the US,
Mexico, and Canada.
Operation Desert Storm - ANSWER the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground
war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
Golden Age - ANSWER A time in a culture of high achievement in arts, literature, and science.
Generally occurs in times of peace.
Peloponnesian War - ANSWER (431-404 BCE) The war between Athens and Sparta that in which
Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north.
Persian Wars - ANSWER A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians
in which the Greeks were usually victorious.
Roman Government - ANSWER Constituted of a mixed government including consuls, a senate,
tribune, assembly of the tribes, ...
,Confucianism - ANSWER A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher
Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the
present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
Shintoism - ANSWER Religion located in Japan and related to Buddhism. Shintoism
focuses particularly on nature and ancestor worship.
Where did Islam develop? - ANSWER The Arabian Peninsula
How did the spread of Islam affect West Africa? - ANSWER Islam spread along trans-Saharan trade
routes, eventually influencing West African kingdoms like the Mali and Songhai empires.
One reason the Muslim Arabs were able to take over Byzantine- and Persian-controlled areas
was... - ANSWER Muslims were ambivalent towards Christian minorities who may have opposed
the Greek Orthodox Byzantines or the Zoroastrian Persians; these groups therefore preferred
Arab-Muslim rule to more oppressive power structures.
and
Arabic-speaking people in the region were more responsive toward Arabic-speaking rulers.
What was a consequence of Persian attacks on Greece? - ANSWER The former enemies Athens
and Sparta united to form a strong unified state, providing the foundation for the eventual
emergence of Alexander the Great
What was the origin of the Byzantine Empire. - ANSWER After the fall of Rome, the Eastern
Roman Empire became progressively more powerful, evolving into the Byzantine Empire.
What was a consequence of the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate? - ANSWER I. the
dissolution of Islamic territories into lands dominated by the Seljuks, the Mamluks and
Fatimids, and the Ottoman Turks
,II. a loss of connection with the Tang dynasty, a center of learning and technology
III. decentralization and disorganization in Central Asia, allowing for the rise of the Mongols
and their subsequent empire
What was one long-lasting result of the Mongol invasions of Southwest Asia? - ANSWER
Ongoing imperial division of Southwest Asia: the Mamluks and later the Ottoman Empire would
eventually control land as far east as Iraq, a contested border area with the Safavid Empire
(later, the Persian Empire) to the east.
What was a consequence of the fall of the Mongols in the fourteenth century? - ANSWER the
rise of the Ming dynasty in China, which led to cultural developments in art and architecture
like the construction of the Forbidden City
the rise of Ivan the Great in Russia, who gained control of Moscow
the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into the Middle East
Peter the Great - ANSWER (1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically
introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from
Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.
Ivan the Terrible - ANSWER (1533-1584) earned his nickname for his great acts of cruelty
directed toward all those with whom he disagreed, even killing his own son. He became
the first ruler to assume the title Czar of all Russia.
What was the status of serfs in Europe? - ANSWER Serfs, while bound to the land on the
manors where they lived and forced to farm for the lords, were not enslaved, nor were
they forced to fight for lords; rather, they were to be protected.
In approximately the same time period as Charlemagne's foundation of the Carolingian
Empire, how did Central Europe become organized? - ANSWER Otto I became emperor of the
Holy Roman Empire, a confederation of small states in Central Europe.
, Charlemagne - ANSWER 800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire,
which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. His palace was
at Aachen in central Europe
Otto I - ANSWER 10th century ruler who became emperor of the German states through
close ties with the Catholic church
Otto von Bismarck - ANSWER Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871, when he became
chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist, he led Prussia to victory against Austria
(1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire (714)
Ottoman Empire - ANSWER A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's
to 1922.
Major Islamic state centered on Anatolia that came to include the Balkans, the Near East,
and much of North Africa.
How did political stability or instability impact trade along the Silk Road? - ANSWER Stable
imperial rule allowed for easier trade and travel, as roads were safe.
What fostered learning and the development of scientific knowledge? - ANSWER the Islamic
caliphates
Impact that the Byzantine Empire had on Russia? - ANSWER The Russians adopted the
Orthodox Church, due to the influence of Byzantine missionaries who traveled north.
Greek Orthodox Church - ANSWER The church that was created when the people of the
Byzantine Empire broke away with the Roman Catholic Church. It's still separate today.
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