MT 1 Review Flashcards
Who lives by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants?
hunter gathers
what is the spreading or merging of different cultural ideas?
cultural diffusion
what is the belief in one god?
monotheism
who are the twelve followers of Jesus designated to spread his message?
apostles
what is a set of basic beliefs and values that form the basics
ideology
what relates to ideas, customs and social behavior?
culture
Political unit of an independent city and the lands surrounds it
city states
What is the worship of multiple gods?
polytheism
what is the holy book of islam called?
Qur’an
what is the biological process in which the physical characteristics of wild plants and animal changes?
domestication
what is a ruler whose power is inherited and unlimited?
absolute monarchy
what is a hereditary social class in Hindu society?
caste
what is land between two rivers?
Mesopotamia
what does it mean when your settled, nonmigratory?
sedentary
What is a series of rulers who come from the same family?
dynasty
what writing uses wedge shaped characters?
cuniform
What is the result of a persons actions and as well as the actions themselves?
karma
What is a highly organized and complex society?
civilization
what is a large political unit in which a number of different lands or peoples are governed by a single ruler?
empire
What was the time period called from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E in the Roman Empire?
Pax Romana
what is the ideal state of happiness and peace?
nirvana
what is the Chinese belief that a rulers power stemmed from divine authority?
Mandate of Heaven
What was the military alliance against enemies?
Delian League
Who gave his first sermons to his disciples teaching about nature and suffering and how to end suffering?
Buddha
Who was promoted to Buddhism across his vast empire?
Ashoka
Who was the one where all the Jews descended from?
Abraham
Who was meditating in a cave when an angel appeared and revealed the word of Allah?
Mohammed
Who is the man who christians believe is the son of God?
Jesus
Who was the first teacher in china who wanted to make education more available?
Confucius
describe the difference between a civilization, empire and a republic?
civilization-highly organized complex society
Empire-different lands or people are ruled by 1 ruler
republic-the state is ruled by the citizen body representatives
What was the Fertile Crescent?
A large arc of rich, fertile farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea
which two rivers created the worlds first great civilization?
Euphrates and Tigris river
Describe the different castes in Hinduism?
Brahmins ,Kshatriyas ,Vaishyas ,Shudras and untouchables
What was respect to social order and elders?
filial piety
