World History Semester Study terms Quiz

Became the basis of many modern European languages’

• Arabic
• Sanskrit
• Greek
• Latin

200 years of peace that began with the rule of Augustus’

• Pax Gallica
• Pax Britannica
• Pax Americana
• Pax Romana

During the early Republic, who could hold political office in early Rome?

• Warriors

• Only patricians
• Slaves and freedmen
• Only plebeians

Chinese medical practice of inserting needles into certain areas of the body to treat pain and illness.

• Acupressure
• Cupping therapy
• Moxibustion
• Acupuncture

Farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops.

• Tenant farmer
• Agricultural worker
• Landlord
• Sharecropper

Respect shown by children for their parents and elders.

• Filial piety
• Child rebellion
• Elder disregard
• Parental authority

Regular Christian church members.

• bishops

• saints

• laity

• clergy

Images honored by some Christians of Jesus, Mary, or saints.

• paintings
• icons
• statues
• relics

Capital of the ancient kingdom of Israel.

• Jerusalem
• Jericho
• Bethlehem
• Nazareth

A Chinese philosophy that stresses the importance of laws.

• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Buddhism
• Legalism