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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Animism

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Religion that worships spirits for plants, animals and natural events

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Monotheism

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Religion that worships one God

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Polytheism

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Religion that worships multiple gods and/or goddesses

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4
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Where Hinduism originated

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India

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5
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Where Buddhism originated

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India

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6
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Areas where Buddhism and Hinduism spread

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Mostly Asia

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7
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Buddhism branches

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Mahayana - wanted to help everyone reach nirvana
Theravada - only cared if their community reached nirvana
Vajrayana - wanted to reach nirvana in one life

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8
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Islam Branches

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Sunni - Caliph could be anyone
Shia - Caliph had to be related to Muhammad

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9
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Protestant Branches

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Lutheran Church, Calvinism, and Anglican

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10
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Time period for Unit 1

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circa 1200-1450 (12th century to 14th century)

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11
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State

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A territory that is politically organized under one government

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12
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Maintain

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Stay in charge

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13
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Justify

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Run their state

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14
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What Dynasty is ruling in China? (1200 - 1450)

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Song Dynasty

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15
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Philosophy that gave china its power

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Neo-Confucianism

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16
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Neo

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Change

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17
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Confucianism

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Taught human society is hierarchical by nature; there is a prescribed and proper order to everything

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Neo-Confucianism

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Sought to rid Confucian thought of the influence of Buddhism

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19
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Filial Piety

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Necessity and virtue of children obeying and honoring their parents, grandparents, and ancestors

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20
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Economic ways China gained power

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Trading on Silk Roads and Cargo Ships

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21
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Economic Innovations China used to gain power

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Paper maps, compass, paper money

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22
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Goods China traded

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Silk and porcelain

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23
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Political way that China gained its power

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Imperial Bureaucracy

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Bureaucracy

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A government entity arranged in a hierarchical fashion that carries out the will of the emperor

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25
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How someone entered the Imperial Bureaucracy in China

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Civil Service Exam

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26
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These types of people could take the Civil Service Exam

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Men born in the higher class

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27
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China’s influence on Korea

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Historical records and art

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28
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China’s influence on Japan

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Buddhism, use of Chinese characters, and Neo-confucianism, tea

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29
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China’s influence on Vietnam

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Civil service exam, Buddhism, Chinese literature

30
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How China remained in power with its neighbors

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Tribute system

31
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Tribute System

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If a country gave to China they wouldn’t attack them/be allied with them

32
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Grand Canal

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Linked five of China’s main river basins; helped secure China’s economy through trade

33
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Dar-Al-Islam

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The world of Islam

34
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Islam

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One of the big three mono. religions. Focused on the teachings of Muhammad

35
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Abbasid Caliphate’s ethnicity

36
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The dominant empires in Dar-Islam were led by these people

37
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Seljuk Empire

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Empire led by Turks that were one of the most powerful in the region. Sunni Islam

38
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Began dominating the Arabs in Dar-Islam

39
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Continuity in Turk Empires

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Military administered their states
Established religious law

40
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House of Wisdom

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Library of Islamic scholarly works

41
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Golden Age of Islam

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Basically Dar-Islam’s renaissance

42
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How Muslims rule expanded

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Military Expansion
Muslim Merchants
Muslim Missionaries

43
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Wide spread religion in South Asia

44
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Large religous impact on India because of Delhi Sultanate

45
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Delhi Sultanate

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Islamic Empire that expanded to India

46
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Bhakti Movement

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Innovation on traditional polytheistic Hinduism: only one god was focused on

47
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Bhakti Movement effect

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Created challenges to social and gender hierarchies in Hindu India

48
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Two major religions in Southeast Asia

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Buddhism and Islam

49
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Difference in Delhi Sultanate and its people

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Dehli was Islamic the pop. was Hindu

50
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Rajput Kingdoms

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Hindu kingdoms that beefed but collectively didn’t want the Muslims ruling

51
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Vijayanagara Empire

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Hindu kingdom from Delhi

52
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Majapahit Kingdom

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Buddhist kingdom that maintained sea routes for trade. Began to die out after China began supporting Malacca

53
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Khmer Empire

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Founded as Hindu but switched to Buddhism
The empire and its buildings, Anker Was, show continuity and change over time

54
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Mamluk Empire

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Enslaved people from Central Asia that overthrew Egypt. First ruler was a woman

55
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Aztec Empire

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had the largest city in the americas, Tenochtitlan. Mexican

56
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Political way Aztec gained power

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Created system of tribute states

57
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Political ways Incas gained power

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Bureaucracy, hierarchy through the empire, mit’a system

58
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Difference in Aztecs and Incas

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Aztecs ruled decentralized
Incas were highly centralized

59
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Swahili Civilization

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Politically independent with common social hierarchy

60
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Swahili

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Language from the people of Swahili and Muslim traders

61
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Effect muslim traders had on Swahili

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Population converted to Islam

62
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Great Zimbabwe

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Grew because of trade had large structures

63
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Difference in Zim and other African states

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Zim never converted to Islam and continued their indigenous religion

64
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Ethiopia

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One Christian state in Africa

65
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Two different Christianities in Europe

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Eastern Orthodox and Roman. Catholicism

66
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Effect of both Christian religions

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Connected people and states to trade

67
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Political flavor in Europe

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Decentralization and political fragmentation

68
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Feudalism

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A system of allegiances between powerful lords, monarchs, and knights

69
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Manorialism

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Lord owned land and rented the land out to serfs who worked the land

70
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Europe had _______ in this time period

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No major empires

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