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Final review Flashcards

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Filial Piety

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respect is shown for one’s elders

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Oligarchy

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A form of government in which a small group of people have power and control

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Monotheistic

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The belief in 1 god

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Absolute location

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Describes a position using the latitude and longitude lines that mapmakers have drawn on earth

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Nomad

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A person who moves around to search for food

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Silk road

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A trade route that linked China and the middle East

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Civilization

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The development of advanced institutions record keeping job specialization advanced technology and advanced towns and cities

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Neolithic Revolution

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The development of farming and domestication of animals that changed the way people lived

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Fertile Crescent

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A crescent-shaped region of good farmland created by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Mandate of Heaven

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A divine right to the rule of Chinese dynasties

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Cultural diffusion

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the exchange of customs and beliefs between two groups

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Polytheistic

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Belief in many gods

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Relative location

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Description of position based on other locations

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Confucius

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Chinese philosopher who identified 5 key relationships with corresponding duty and responsibility

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Buddha

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Founder of Buddhism

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Alexander the Great

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Conqueror who blended Greek Persian Egyptian and Indian culture into Hellenistic culture

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Hammurabi

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Known for his set of laws Babylonian king

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Bantu

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African tribe that spread their culture and agricultural practices from east Africa to Southwest Africa

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Muhammad

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Founder of Islam

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Jesus

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Founder of Christianity

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Ashoka

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The Mauryan ruler who united a diverse India and brought peace and prosperity

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Abraham

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Significant individual for Judaism: migrated from the Fertile Crescent to Canaan

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Socrates

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Ancient Greek philosopher

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Provide 2 examples of enduring issues

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Conflict- The Muslim and Christian Crusades
Impact of technology- the invention of the compass allowed sailors to see where they were going at night when the sky was cloudy

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Paleolithic Era

Neolithic Era

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small bands of people living together, in small transportable huts, moving around in search of food
Towns were developing, the population grew, people domesticated plants and animals for food and houses became permanent

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5 characteristics of a civilization

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Advanced towns and cities
Record keeping 
Job specialization 
Advanced technology 
Advanced institutions
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What were the 4 early River civilizations explain one innovation for each

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Mesopotamia developed cuneiform first known writing which was later used to create our alphabet, Indus River Valley developed cities with a high degree of social organization used a grid system, Ancient Egypt developed a social hierarchy which gave Egypt a social class, Ancient China used oracle bones to predict the future impacted Chinas future language

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Silk Roads

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A network of trade routes connecting the med sea with east Asia and the lands in between. Buddhism spread along the silk road as well as Islam, gunpowder, the compass, and maritime technology.

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Geographic and historical context for the founding of the classical civilizations in India

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In India there are 2 rivers 1 called the Ganges River and one called the Indus River. These rivers allowed for fertile land and easy trade and transportation. the Himalayan mountains blocked India from communicating with those North of the Mountains.

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How did the Mauryan Empire use their belief systems and philosophical ideas to gain, consolidate, and maintain power?

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They maintained power by rejecting the caste system so people could have social mobility, consolidated power by enforcing his own rock and pillar edicts, he gained power by spreading Buddhism.

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What led to the Gupta Golden age? How did the Gupta’s golden age impact India other regions, and late periods in history?

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The Gupta had a strong military and access to trade because of this they grew in wealth and prosperity, They impacted India by spreading new technology they developed during their golden age.

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What was the geographic and historical context for the rise of classical civilizations in China?

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China was connected with the Taklamankan desert which helped China trade using the silk roads.

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Did Shi Haungdi improve China? Why?

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Shi Haungdi improved China because he unified China, he unified the chinese metric system, and writing system which made China more stable.

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What led to the Golden age of Athens ad the Roman golden age Pax Romana? How did both Golden Ages impact their respective regions, other regions, and later periods in history?

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Augustus taking over Rome and unifying it led to Rome’s golden age. Rome’s golden age developed aqueducts and arches were built. Aqueducts made it possible to have cities far away from water and arches were used in monuments and supporting buildings. Greece’s golden age was brought on by Athen’s victory over Persia, growing wealth, and new found interest in arts and architecture, The pythagorean theoram was used to find area and helped Athenians build great architecture, the hippocratic oath reformed medicine and was used to make doctors better.

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What was the Mediterranean vsea complex? How did the Mediterranean sea complex affect the civilizations connected by it?

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A trade route located in East Asia, Europe, and North Africa. The Med. sea complex affected civilizations around it by increasing civilizations around it by increasing trade, cultural diffusion, and imports and exports these cities also grew in wealth.

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How did Rome gain, maintain, and consolidate power?

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Gained power through war, and conquering nearby smaller kingdoms, they consolidated power by becoming a monarchy, maintained power by crushing rebellions with their huge army.

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Fuedalism

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A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty military service and protection of the people who live on the land.

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Pilgrimage

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A religious journey to a holy place

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Holy land

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The area in the Middle East between the Jordan river and Mediterranean sea where holy sites important to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are located

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Millet

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An Ottoman Turkish term for a legally protected religious minority.

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Caliphate

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A state under the leadership of a caliph

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Secular

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Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual manners

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Sultan

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An Ottoman leader

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Middle Ages

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Time period from 476 to 1450 in western Europe

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Manorialism

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Political and economic system defined by the relationship between land owners and land workers

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Plague

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A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever nad insanity

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Janissary

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A member of the elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire

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Civil service Exam

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Exam that must be taken in order to qualify to be a government official. Poetry was a key part of the exam during the Tang and Song dynasties.

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Ibn Battuta

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Traveled Africa and Asia, spread the ideas of Islam along his travels

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Justinian

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Autocratic leader of the Byzantine Empire at its height with his wife Theodora, established a strict law code

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Osman

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Ruler of the Ottoman Empire at its height, established a set of law codes that brought order and stability to his empire.

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Kublai Khan

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Established the mongol empire

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Social Mobility

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The degree to which in a given society and individuals families or groups social status can change through the course of their lifetime through a system of social hierarchy or stratification

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Schism

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A split caused by differing beliefs

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Jinyiwei

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The imperial military secret police that served the emperors of the Ming Dynasty

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Mansa Musa

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Leader of the Mali at its height. His Hajj caused places to have severe inflation

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Ibn Battuta

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Traveled to Africa and Asia. He spread ideas of Islam along his travels

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Zheng He

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Chinese explorer, he explored throughout the Indian ocean basin and brought knowledge and goods back to China

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Justinian

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Autocratic leader of the Byzantine Empire at its height with his wife Theodora. He established a strict law code

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Pope Urban 2

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He asked the leader of the Byzantine empire for help and to call for the first crusade

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Ghenghis Khan

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Leader of the mongols at the height of the empire

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Sulieman the magnificent

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Ruler of the Ottoman empire at its height he established a set of law codes that brought order and stability to his empire

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Kublai Khan

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Established the Mongol Empire

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Osman

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Established the Ottoman Empire

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How did the fall of Rome impact Eastern and Western Europe

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Eastern Europe became unified became the Byzantine Empire broke off from the Roman Catholic Church and developed the Eastern Orthodox church

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Zheng He

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Chinese explorer, explored throughout the Indian Ocean basin and brought back knowledge and goods to China

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Sulieman the Magnificent

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Established the Ottoman Empire

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Mansa Musa

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Leader of Mali at its height, his hajj caused places to have severe inflation

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Genghis Khan

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Leader of the mongols at the height of the empire

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Pope Urban ll

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He asked the leader of the Byzantine Empire for help and to call for the 1st crusade

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Heretic

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A person believing or practicing a religion or aspect of a religion that is different than the accepted belief or practice.

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Renaissance man

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A well rounded person that is accomplished in all fields. The person is a well-educated humanist, an artist, scientist, inventor, musician, and has impressive physical ability

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Scientific revolution

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From the 1500s-1700s scholars started to question their beliefs about the world and based their conclusions on observation and reason rather than spiritual belief or what organizations like the Catholic Church told them

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Indulgence

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A piece of paper issued by the Catholic Church that forgave sins

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Incan civilization

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Civilization in South America from 1438-1533

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Mayan civilization

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Civilization in Mesoamerica from 250-950

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Chinampas

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Floating gardens created by the aztecs

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Counter reformation

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Response to the Protestant reformation, the Catholic Church’s attempt to gain back power

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Tribute

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Payment made by one state or ruler to another showing it’s dependence on the more powerful state

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Absolute monarchy

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System of government where one person has absolute control

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Heliocentric

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Sun centered

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City-state

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A city and the land surrounding it that is independently ruled

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Divine right

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The belief that an absolute monarch’s authority to rule cake directly from God

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Renissance

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Cultural movement in the 14th-17th centuries during which European artists, scientists, and scholars were inspired by classical achievements of the Greeks and Romans

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Aztec civilization

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Civilization in Mesoamerica from 1428-1521

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Griot

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An African storyteller in early African kingdoms and city-states

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Animism

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A belief that natural objects like animals, plant, and rivers have spirits

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Humanism

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Intellectual movement that emphasized the study of subjects known as the liberal arts including grammar, logic, poetry, philosophy and history.

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Terrace farming

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Farming techniques used by the inca

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Protestant reformation

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16th century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural revolution that sought to change or remake the Catholic Church

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Martin Luther

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Led the Protestant reformation by writing his 95 theses

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Isaac Newton

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Discovered the 3 laws of motion

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King Louis XIV

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Leader of France, built the palace of Versailles

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John Calvin

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One of the leaders of the Protestant reformation, believed in predestination

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Peter the Great

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Absolute ruler of Russia, modernized and westernized his nation

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Machiavelli

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Political leader and philosopher of the renissance era, believed a leader should be feared rather than loved

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Invented the printing press

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Galileo Galilei

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Constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory of a sun centered solar system

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Leonardo da Vinci

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The renissance man, he created paintings such as the Mona Lisa and drew new inventions

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Rapheal

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Renissance painter, painted the school of Athens painting

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What were feudalism and manorialism? Why did they develop in Western Europe? What effects did they have on the people in western Europe?

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Feudalism when nobles were given use of land that belonged to their king in exchange for loyalty and military service, Manorialism was when nobles had manors managed by peasants in exchange for food and protection, Developed in Western Europe because of the power vacuum that resulted from not having a king, this gave power to kings and nobles and peasants had no power and little freedom

102
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Was the Catholic church powerful in medieval Europe? Why?

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Yes, controlled the military, owned 1/3 of all Europe’s land and was in charge of the learning and had power over the king

103
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What were the Trans Saharan trade routes? What innovations made trade in the Trans Saharan trade routes easier faster and safer?

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A group of trade routes across the Sahara desert that connected Africa to Asia and Europe. Using camels to carry goods made the trade routes faster safer and easier because you didn’t have to stop for water as frequently they could carry many goods and didn’t have to venture off the trade routes and risk dying

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Were the Mongols civilized or uncivilized?

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Uncivilized, didn’t have a strong central government, no advanced cities, murdered whole towns, and they were nomadic

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What were the Crusades?

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A series of wars between Muslims and Christians to win control of the holy land.

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What was the relationship within and between Muslim and Christian states in the 11th century how did this conflict lead to the crusades?

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The relationship was tense because both sides were attacking each other and this led both sides to want control of the Holy land and Pope Urban decided he would call upon the Byzantines for help with the first crusade

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What happened when Christian crusaders entered Jerusalem during the first Crusades?

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The Christians destroyed the Muslim population and took control of the Holy land

108
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What were the effects of the Crusades?

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The king passed taxes to pay for the Crusades and it created a huge rift between Muslims and Christians

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What was the Black Death?

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A plague that spread through Europe in the 1300s to 1500s that originated in Asia and spread through trade and flees wiping out the European population

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