midterm vocab

Question 1

monsoon

Answer 1

seasonal wind in India

Question 2

bubonic plague

Answer 2

black death, it was very contiguous

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

a polytheistic religion that believes in reincarnation.

Question 4

reincarnation

Answer 4

the rebirth of the soul/ Hinduism

Question 5

Buddhism

Answer 5

a monotheistic religion, Buddha, ultimate goal- nirvana

Question 6

moksha

Answer 6

relase from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma, part of hinduism

Question 7

nirvana

Answer 7

part of Buddhism, ultimate goal

Question 8

eightfold path

Answer 8

principle teaching of buddha

Question 9

sanskirt

Answer 9

language of Hinduism

Question 10

caste system

Answer 10

social structure in india

Question 11

cultural diffusion

Answer 11

spread of ideas, customs, technology from one person to another

Question 12

Judaism

Answer 12

a monotheistic religion, called themselves the chosen ones

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

am monotheistic religon

Question 14

islam

Answer 14

a monotheistic religion that belived in Muhammad’s ideas

Question 15

ten commandments

Answer 15

list of sins that christains had to avoid, rule book for christains.

Question 16

five pillars

Answer 16

rule book

Question 17

torah

Answer 17

the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures

Question 18

animism

Answer 18

belief that sprits and forces may live in animals, objects, or dreams

Question 19

shintoism

Answer 19

religion native to japan, as system of nature and ancestor worship

Question 20

four noble truths

Answer 20

the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching

Question 21

polytheism

Answer 21

the belief in many gods

Question 22

monotheism

Answer 22

belief in one god

Question 23

code hammurabi

Answer 23

many laws and punishment, legal code of Babylon

Question 24

brahma

Answer 24

hindu main god

Question 25

dharma

Answer 25

religious and moral duties of an individual

Question 26

silk road

Answer 26

large trade route that traveled through asia and the middle east., caused cultaul diffusion

Question 27

middle kingdom

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Question 28

confucianism

Answer 28

filial peity, five relationships, believed in achieving haramony, polytheistic religon

Question 29

pax romana

Answer 29

peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire

Question 30

guilds

Answer 30

in the middle ages association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interest

Question 31

democracy

Answer 31

government in which people have ruling power

Question 32

hieroglyphics

Answer 32

form of picture writings developed by the ancient egyptains

Question 33

cuneiform

Answer 33

wadge shaped writings developed by the ancient sumerians

Question 34

fertile crescent

Answer 34

land where the soil was rich and had a positive influence in farming

Question 35

hagia sophia

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Question 36

Justinian’s code

Answer 36

body of law during the roman period

Question 37

terrace farming

Answer 37

apiece of sloped lands that are cut into flat area where farmers can farm

Question 38

commercial revolution

Answer 38

a period of European economic expansion

Question 39

chivalry

Answer 39

medieval knight system

Question 40

one hundred years war

Answer 40

conflict between England and france

Question 41

manorialism

Answer 41

system where the lord of the manor exploited the serfs that worked in his land