Unit 2

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

Any group of people living together in a country, state, city or local community that have to live by certain rules

Question 2

Democracy

Answer 2

Everyone has decision power (USA)

Question 3

Direct Democracy

Answer 3

Everyone gets a vote in every major decision, works for small governments, ruled by all citizens (Switzerland)

Question 4

Indirect/Representative Democracy

Answer 4

Fair election to represent citizens/country, ruled by one(USA)

Question 5

Oligarchy

Answer 5

A small group of people who have power based social class or race (Historic South Africa when on white people lead when mass population was black)

Question 6

Autocracy

Answer 6

1 person has all the power (Dictatorship, Monarchy) (Adolf Hitler)

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

King or queen rules and next ruler is in the family line, autocracy (UK)

Question 8

Constitutional Monarchy vs. Absolute

Answer 8

Constitutional: Shares power with government and follows constitution, limits on power
Absolute: Has all power, autocracy

Question 9

Dictatorship

Answer 9

1 leader has absolute control of citizens’ life autocracy (North Korea)

Question 10

Anarchy

Answer 10

nobody is in control, no present government (Chinese Period of Dissunion)

Question 11

Theocracy

Answer 11

Recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority, religious law is to solve disputes [Iran(also has democracy)]

Question 12

Tribe

Answer 12

Collection of families ruled primarily by male but sometimes female (Native Americans)

Question 13

Matriarchal

Answer 13

Leaded/Ruled by a female

Question 14

Patriarchal

Answer 14

Leaded/Ruled by a male

Question 15

B.C.

Answer 15

Before Christ, letter follows number; 10 BC

Question 16

B.C.E.

Answer 16

Created to replace B.C., Before Common Era, Ends at same time
letter follows number; 100 BCE

Question 17

A.D.

Answer 17

Anno Domini, After Jesus was born, letter beofre year; AD 40

Question 18

C.E.

Answer 18

Common Era, replaces A.D, letter follows number; 800 C.E.

Question 19

Buddhism

Answer 19

Type of religion that spread during Period of Disunion; Revoled around suffering is a part of life; Started by Buddha

Question 20

Confucianism

Answer 20

Type of religion that spread during Period of Disunion; A belief system that focuses on proper conduct, respect for elders, scholarship, gov. service

Question 21

Sui Dynasty

Answer 21

After the Period of Disunion Sui Dynasty emerged; 589-616

Question 22

Period of Disunion

Answer 22

Barbarians ended the Han Dynasty with no dynasty following; 220-589

Question 23

Hierarchy

Answer 23

any system of persons or things ranked one above another; government by ecclesiastical rulers.

Question 24

Feudalism

Answer 24

the money was given to higher power, the serfs got poorer(from paying for protection/home) while the queens/kings got richer(by owning the land)

Question 25

Middle Ages

Answer 25

medieval period; dark ages;5-15 century; wars, great plagues,cruety

Question 26

Christianity

Answer 26

Devotion to Jesus and God; Based on the learnings of Jesus Christ

Question 27

Knight

Answer 27

honorable military and social rank in society;

Question 28

Serf

Answer 28

type of rural farmer who live in Europe; paid taxes for land

Question 29

Mongols

Answer 29

nomadic; from steppes of eastern, central Asia; largest empire in history, from Poland to China

Question 30

Yasa

Answer 30

Lawcode of Mongols

Question 31

Yang Jian/ Emeror Wen

Answer 31

Ended Period of Disunion with Sui Dynasty; Followed Han traditions;

Question 32

Genghis Khan

Answer 32

Started the Mongolian Empire; Conquered in 25 years more territory than Rome did in 400

Question 33

Kublai Khan

Answer 33

Son of Genghis Khan; Weaker, leading to weaker emperors; 2nd emperor of Mongols

Question 34

Mughals

Answer 34

The name of Mongols after moving to India; 1526-1857; Parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan

Question 35

Taj Mahal

Answer 35

Built by Shah Jahan; Made for a Tomb for Shah Jahan’s wife; Combined styles of Indian, Islamic, Persian; Took 22 years to make

Question 36

Babur

Answer 36

1st Mughal Emperor; Struggled to maintain lands; Relative to Genghis Khan;

Question 37

Akbar

Answer 37

Made fair for all religions; diverse empire; invested in art/literature; traded with the West; maintained cunning military strategy/ land

Question 38

Jahangir

Answer 38

Made Golden Chain of Justice; Alcoholic, Druggie, Infliction on Siks;

Question 39

Shah Jahan

Answer 39

Built Taj Mahal; Wife Died after 14th Child born; Emerpor from 1628-1658

Question 40

Checks and Balances

Answer 40

each branch has to check another; never can be majority power from 1 branch; 1 branch could never have more than the other 2;

Question 41

Veto

Answer 41

do away with