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Midterm vocab Flashcards

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Monsoon

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Seasonal wind

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Bubonic plague

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a serious, sometimes fatal, infection with the bacterial toxin Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from infected rodents and characterized by high fever, weakness, and the formation of buboes, especially in the groin and armpits

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Hinduism

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the common religion of India

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Buddhism

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a religion, originated in India by Buddha and later spreading to China, Japan, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject

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Reincarnation

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In Hinduism, belief in rebirth of the soul in another bodily form

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Moksha

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In Hindu belief, the ultimate goal of existence, achieving union with Brahman

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Nirvana

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freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion

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Eightfold path

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the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation

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Sanskrit

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an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since 1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India

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Caste system

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the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes

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Cultural diffusion

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Spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

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Judaism

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the monotheistic religion of the Jews

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Christianity

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Christian religion including Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox

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Islam

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Religious faith of Muslims

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Ten Commandments

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the precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai

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Five pillars

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five basic acts in Islam, considered mandatory by believers and are the foundation of Muslim life

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Torah

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the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament

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Animism

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Belief that spirits or forces live in animals, objects, or dreams

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Shintoism

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Native religion of japan

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Four Noble Truths

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the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Code of Hammurabi

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Civil law system of ancient Mesopotamia

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Brahma

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The Hindu god of creation

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Dharma

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In Hindu belief, an individual’s religious and moral duties

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Silk Road

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Ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean

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Middle Kingdom

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Time period in the history of ancient Egypt

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Confucianism

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the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct

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Pax Romana

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Time of roman peace

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Guilds

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In the Middle Ages, association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect thief economic interests

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Democracy

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Government in which the people hold ruling power

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Hieroglyphics

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Form of picture writing developed by the ancient Egyptians

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Cuneiform

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Wedge shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians

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Fertile Crescent

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an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates in a semicircle from Israel to the Persian Gulf

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Hagia Sophia

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century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture

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Justinian’s Code

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Roman imperial law created by order of Justinian

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Terrace Farming

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In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming

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Commercial Revolution

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Period of European economic expansion

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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One Hundred Years War

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A series of conflict from 1337 to 1453

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Manorialism

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Principles and practices during the Middle Ages

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