HISTORY 2111 UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW SHEET
●● Black Death
Answer: two strains of the bubonic plague that simultaneously swept
western Europe in the
fourteenth century, causing the death of nearly half the population
●● chasquis
Answer: Incan relay runners used to send messages over great distances
●● chinampas
Answer: floating Aztec gardens consisting of a large barge woven from
reeds, filled with dirt and
floating on the water, allowing for irrigation (lakebeds)
●● chattel slavery
Answer: a system of servitude in which people are treated as personal
property to be bought and
sold
, ●● Crusades
Answer: series of military expeditions made by Christian Europeans to
recover the Holy Land from
the Muslims in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries
●● feudal society
Answer: a social arrangement in which serfs and knights provided labor
and military service to noble lords, receiving protection and land use in
return (mutually supportive system)
●● Inquisition
Answer: a brutal campaign to root out Jews and Muslims who had
seemingly converted to Christianity but secretly continued to practice
their faith lead by Queen Isabella
●● Koran
Answer: the sacred book of Islam, written by the prophet Muhammad in
the seventh century that affirms monotheism but identifying Christ not
as
●● matriarchy
Answer: a society in which women had power and influence: Inroquios,
Cherokee, Muscogee, Lenape
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW SHEET
●● Black Death
Answer: two strains of the bubonic plague that simultaneously swept
western Europe in the
fourteenth century, causing the death of nearly half the population
●● chasquis
Answer: Incan relay runners used to send messages over great distances
●● chinampas
Answer: floating Aztec gardens consisting of a large barge woven from
reeds, filled with dirt and
floating on the water, allowing for irrigation (lakebeds)
●● chattel slavery
Answer: a system of servitude in which people are treated as personal
property to be bought and
sold
, ●● Crusades
Answer: series of military expeditions made by Christian Europeans to
recover the Holy Land from
the Muslims in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries
●● feudal society
Answer: a social arrangement in which serfs and knights provided labor
and military service to noble lords, receiving protection and land use in
return (mutually supportive system)
●● Inquisition
Answer: a brutal campaign to root out Jews and Muslims who had
seemingly converted to Christianity but secretly continued to practice
their faith lead by Queen Isabella
●● Koran
Answer: the sacred book of Islam, written by the prophet Muhammad in
the seventh century that affirms monotheism but identifying Christ not
as
●● matriarchy
Answer: a society in which women had power and influence: Inroquios,
Cherokee, Muscogee, Lenape
