History Unit 2 Flashcards
Government
any group of people living together in a country, state, city, or local community that have to live by certain rules.
Democracy
Democracy is a system of government in which state power is granted the people of a state.
Direct
In direct democracy, the people decide on rules representative.
Representative
in a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.
Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Autocracy
a system of government by one person with absolute power.
Monarchy
a form of government with a monarch at the head.
dictatorship
A dictatorship is a government or a social situation where one person makes all the rules and decisions without input from anyone else.
Anarchy
A type of government with no rules leaders.
Theocracy
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Tribe
A tribe is a collection of families headed usually by a male member of the community.
Matriarchal
a community is led by its female members
Patriarchal
a community is led by its male members
BC
known as “before Christ” it symbolizes the years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
BCE
known as “Before common era” this is a non-religions replacement for BC.
AD
Known as “anno domini” in Latin named “year of the lord” is the events that happen after Jesus Christ’s birth.
CE
Known as “Common Era” this is a non-religions replacement for AD.
Buddhism
A religion based off the teaching of the Buddha
Period of Disunion
It lasted from 220 C.E. until 589 C.E. This time period was characterized by disunity, conflict.
Hierarchy
A hierarchy was a part of feudalism that brings order and protection to society.
Feudalism
A system of government in Medieval Europe that had a person over a person that helped everyone get protection food and land.
Middle ages
A period of total anarchy also known as the Medieval times or the dark ages.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
Knight
knights were considered their vassals. A vassal was a knight or a lord who promised loyalty and support to the lord or king above him.
Serf
At the bottom of the hierarchy were the peasants, also known as serfs, who owned no land but worked the land owned by the nobles and knights and were given protection.
Mongols
The Mongols were a Central Asian people who lived in an extensive northeastern highland region of a great plateau in Central Asia in what is now Mongolia and Northern China.
Yasa
The Yasa were a set of laws that Genghis Khan created.
Yang Jian (Emperor Wen)
Yang Jian became the leader of northern China in 581 and in 589 he conquered southern China.
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, or Temujin as his name originated, was born in the Gobi desert, in a yurt. A yurt is a type of tent that has a rounded or domed top.
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan began a series of public works projects that put citizens to work, rebuilt the regions conquered, and expanded trade routes throughout Asia and Europe.
Sui Dynasty
It was a short lived Dynasty that lived from 589 to 618 CE in china and ended years of conflict. And they started the building of the great canal
Mhugals
The Mughals were a Muslim dynasty who ruled over a majority Hindu population. By 1750, they had dominated much of South Asia for several centuries. Muslims were already living in India when the Mughals first arrived. During Mughal rule
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Babur
Babur founded the Mughal dynasty in the 16th century after conquering northern India from his base in Kabul. The empire was consolidated two generations later by his grandson Akbar and lasted until the mid-18th century, when its possessions were reduced to small holdings
Akbar
Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent
Jahangir
Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress, Mariam-uz-Zamani, born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti.
Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan, was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural achievements and cultural glory.
Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb and by his regnal name Alamgir I, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. Under his emperorship, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent with territory spanning nearly the entirety of the Indian subcontinent.
