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Reina Global 9: Midterm Flashcards

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Bubonic Plague

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A contagious, fatal disease

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Monsoon

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Wind system

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Hinduism

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the complex of beliefs, values, and customs, believe in many gods including Brahma as supreme being, a caste system, belief in reincarnation

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Buddhism

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a religion represented by the many groups that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha

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Reincarnation

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Rebirth

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Moksha

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release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.

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Nirvana

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Heaven

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Eightfold path

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The path of nirvana

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Sanskrit

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Indic language

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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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When on culture gets ideas from another one

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Judaism

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Belief in and conformity to this religion, its practices, and ceremonies.

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Christianity

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Belief in one god, Jesus

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Islam

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the whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization, and the countries in which theirs is the dominant religion.

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Ten Commandments

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Rules or laws Christians follow

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Five pillars

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Rules for Islam; pray five times a day; visit Mecca; give to charity; only worship one god; fast of rameda

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Torah

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The entire body of Jewish religious literature, law, and teaching as contained chiefly in the Old Testament and the Talmud.

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Animism

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the belief that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies.

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Shintoism

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the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.

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Four noble truths

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the doctrines of Buddha: all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is ignorant desire, this desire can be destroyed, the means to this is the Eightfold Path.

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Polytheism

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The belief of more than 1 god

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Monotheism

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The belief of one god

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Code of Hammurabi

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a Babylonian legal code of the 18th century b.c. or earlier, instituted by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil matters.

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Brahma

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the impersonal supreme being, the primal source and ultimate goal of all beings, with which Atman, when enlightened, knows itself to be identical

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Dharma

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Essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one’s own nature.

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Silk Road

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an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay

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Middle Kingdom

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Former ancient Chinese empire

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Confucianism

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a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius

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Pax Romana

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the peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire

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Guilds

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a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
association, society, union, league, organization, company, cooperative, fellowship, club, order, lodge, brotherhood, fraternity, sisterhood, sorority

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Democracy

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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

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Hieroglyphics

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enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing

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Cuneiform

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denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets

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Fertile Crescent

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A crescent‑shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land

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Hagia sophia

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a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century

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Justinian’s code

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the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence

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Terrace farming

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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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a period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism

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Chivalry

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the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
knight errantry, courtly manners, knightliness, courtliness, nobility

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One Hundred Years’ War

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Conflict between kingdom of France and kingdom of England

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Manorialism

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the system of manorial social and political organization, as in the Middle Ages

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