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Brittany De Jesus-Global 9 Period 5 > Vocabulary > Flashcards

Vocabulary Flashcards

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Monsoon

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a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and south east Asia

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Bubonic Plague

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plague caused by a bacterium

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Hinduism

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a belief, religion of India, worship of many gods, including Brahma as supreme being, a caste system, belief in reincarnation

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Buddhism

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A religion obtain nirvana, a state of complete peace in which one is free from the distractions of desire and self-consciousness.

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Reincarnation

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a rebirth of a soul in a new body

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Moksha

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freedom from the endless cycle of transmigration into a state of bliss

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Nirvana

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final release from the cycle of reincarnation attained by extinction of all desires and individual existence

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Eight fold Path

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a code of behavior for followers of Buddhism

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Sanskrit

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an extinct language of ancient India

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Caste system

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a system telling what many kinds of social classes such has high class middle class and lower class and they kings are at the high farmers are at the middle and peasants can be at the bottom

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cultural diffusion

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a mix of all different types of cultures

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Judaism

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a monotheistic religion and the have been influential and are the basis for more recently developed religions such as Christianity and Islam

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Christianity

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monotheistic religion developed from Judaism, there are several key differences in its teachings christianity was founded by jesus christ in the 1st century CE

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Islam

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is the youngest of the world’s major religions. Worshippers of this monotheistic religion are known as Muslims

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Ten Commandments

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The ten laws given to Moses by God, according to the bible

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Five Pillars

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islam-No god except Allan, Muhammadan is gods messenger, pray 5 times a day facing mecca, fast and practice self control, give to the poor and need, pilgraming to mecca at least once in a life

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Torah

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is the testament for the jews

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Animism

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they believe that anything in nature has a spirit

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Shintoism

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is the name of the religion observed by the Japanese

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Four Noble Truths

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the nature of human suffering and its relation to desire is articulated by four statements

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Polytheism

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believing more than one god

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Monotheism

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believing in one god`

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Code Of Hammurabi

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a code of different punishments for the rich and poor

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Brahma

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Hindu god called The Creater

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Dharma

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the act of fulfilling one’s duty in life and it has to do with Hinduism and Buddhism

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Silk Road

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it was a trade route from China to the Middle East. and it was China’s most important export.
and it was the longest trade route

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Middle kingdom

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was a period of Egyptian history

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Confucianism

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teaches that there is a natural social order to society which can best be explained through the Five Relationships.

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Pax Romana

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A 200 hundred year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire

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Guilds

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a group of people that work in crafts

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Democracy

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A system of government in which the citizens hold the legislative, judicial, and executive power,

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Hieroglyphics

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a writing system using symbols and art in Ancient Egypt

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Cuneiform

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another writing system consisted of wedge shaped symbols usually imprinted in clay. and it was used in Mesopotamia

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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

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Hagia Sophia

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a church rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine and was renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire

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Justinians Code

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a Roman law: the legal code of ancient Rome

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Terrance Farming

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Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside adaptation allowed both the early Chinese

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Commercial Revolution

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change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages it is an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knight and nobles during European Feudalism

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One hundred years war

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the series of wars fought between England and France from 1337-1453: after early victories the English

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manorialism

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aspects of life were centered on the lord’s manor including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord’s castle or manor house.

Brittany De Jesus-Global 9 Period 5 (1 decks)

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