dum' it down Global - Questions Flashcards

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Confucianism basics:

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Respect elders, leaders should be good role models.

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Connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam:

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They all believe in one God, the same God.

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The Five Pillars of Islam:

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Believe in one God, pray, fast, pilgrimage, give to the poor.

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The belief system with the 8-Fold Path and reincarnation

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Buddhism; teaches the middle path (not too hard, not too easy) and nirvana.

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Causes and effects of the Crusades

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Fought for land and money, deepened Christian-Muslim divide.

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Long-term effects of Genghis Khan’s conquests

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Spread culture and tech, set up trade routes.

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Important Chinese inventions along the Silk Roads

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Paper, printing, compass, gunpowder, silk.

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Feudalism basics and European vs. Tokugawa differences

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Lords give land for loyalty and service. Europe had kings, Japan had shoguns. Shoguns more powerful than emperor.

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Negative effects of Silk Road trade

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Spread disease, risk of robbery.

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Reasons for success of African kingdoms

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Controlled gold and salt trade routes.

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Some of the regions conquered by the Mongols (name a few)

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Includes: China, Persia, Russia, parts of Europe and the Middle East.

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Religion that unified Medieval Europe

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Catholicism

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Main long-term effect of the Crusades

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More contact between Europe and the Middle East, led to the Renaissance.

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Humanism during the Renaissance

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Focused on people’s abilities and learning

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Goods exchanged in the Columbian Exchange

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New crops, animals, diseases.

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Causes of the Protestant Reformation and
important figures

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Church corruption, wanted religious freedom.
Henry VIII, Martin Luther, John Calvin.

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Goal of monarchs during the Age of Absolutism

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Centralize power and claim divine right.

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How absolute monarchs consolidated their power

Consolidated = increased

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Controlled everything, suppressed opps

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Effect of the scientific revolution on worldview

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Made people rely more on science, less on religion.

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Divine Right

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Monarchs rule by God’s will.

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Impact of the encomienda system on indigenous Americans

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Forced labor, disease, death.

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Reasons for starting the transatlantic slave trade and its impact on Africa

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Demand for labor, devastated societies.

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Notable features of Great Zimbabwe

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Impressive stone structures, trading center.

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Role of Parliament in limiting English monarchs’ power

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Established laws that monarchs had to follow.

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Difference between monarchy in England and France in the 17th century
England was constitutional, France was absolute.
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Principles of the Enlightenment
Reason, liberty, scientific method.
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Criticisms of the Enlightenment by Baron de Vastey
Ignored colonialism and slavery, Eurocentric.
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How European nations used mercantilism to increase wealth
Colonies for resources, favorable trade balances.