Collin Laureano midterm review vocab

Question 1

monsoon

Answer 1

seasonal wind in india, winter monsoon brings hot dry air, summer brings rain

Question 2

Bubonic plague

Answer 2

mass epidemic in the middle ages that killed many people in medievil Europe

Question 3

hinduism

Answer 3

culture formed in india involving nirvana

Question 4

buddhism

Answer 4

culture formed in india involving moksha, four noble truths, and eightfold path

Question 5

reincarnation

Answer 5

belief in coming back to another life after death

Question 6

moksha

Answer 6

total balance between good and bad karma

Question 7

nirvana

Answer 7

hinduism belief of being released from reincarnation cycle

Question 8

eightfold path

Answer 8

buddhism lesson to end suffering

Question 9

sanskrit

Answer 9

the written language formed by hinduism

Question 10

caste system

Answer 10

order of how much respect one person gets

Question 11

cultural diffusion

Answer 11

spread of belief to another land

Question 12

judaism

Answer 12

jewish belief in one god

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christianity

Answer 13

christian belief in one god and jesus

Question 14

islam

Answer 14

land where islamic culture was formed

Question 15

ten commandments

Answer 15

guidelines for christianity

Question 16

five pillars

Answer 16

guidelines for islamic

Question 17

torah

Answer 17

jewish holy book

Question 18

animism

Answer 18

belief that all animals were sacred

Question 19

shintoism

Answer 19

the main culture focused on in china

Question 20

four noble truths

Answer 20

buddhist belief all life has desire, pain, and suffering which can only be cured by the eightfold path.

Question 21

polytheism

Answer 21

belief in more than one god

Question 22

monotheism

Answer 22

belief in one main god

Question 23

code of hammurabi

Answer 23

set of rules for mesoptamia

Question 24

brahma

Answer 24

the all powerful god of the buddhist religion

Question 25

dharma

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buddhist belief similar to karma but based on responsibility

Question 26

silk road

Answer 26

trade route that spanned all the way across china

Question 27

middle kingdom

Answer 27

turbulent point of ancient egypt where rulers gained power again

Question 28

confucianism

Answer 28

Another form of ancient chinese culture based on the teachings of confucious

Question 29

pax romana

Answer 29

roman peace

Question 30

guilds

Answer 30

groups of many people meeting with a common relation

Question 31

democracy

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government where the people hold ruling power

Question 32

heiroglyphics

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egyptian writing system

Question 33

cuneiform

Answer 33

wedge shaped writing of sumerians

Question 34

fertile crescent

Answer 34

land of good soil where mesoptamia was founded

Question 35

hagia sophia

Answer 35

roman peace as well as is pax romana

Question 36

justinian’s code

Answer 36

rules made by justinian as guidelines in rome

Question 37

terrace farming

Answer 37

farming done at, near, or in a persons home

Question 38

commercial revolution

Answer 38

period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism in the 13th century

Question 39

chivalry

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code that all knights in medeival europe had to follow

Question 40

one hundred years war

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series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between england and france

Question 41

manorialism

Answer 41

culture which involved lords owning land, tenants working for lords to get food, and serfs doing service for land