World history MT.1 Flashcards
Hunter-gathers
A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
Cultural-diffusion
The spread of the beliefs and social activities of one culture.
Monotheism
The doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
Apostles
Each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.
Mandate of heaven
The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time.
Culture
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
City-state
A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Polytheism
The belief in or worship of more than one god
Qur’an
The islamic sacred book, beloved to be the word of god as dictated to Muhammad.
Ideology
A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Domestication
The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.
Absolute-Monarchy
A form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority
Mesopotamia
Was an ancient region located in the eastern mediterranean
Caste
Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
Delian league
An alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and formed in 478 BCE to liberate eastern Greek cities from Persian rule.
Buddha
The holiest type of being in Buddhism. The word Buddha means “enlightened one”
Ashoka
Known as “the Great.” King of Magadha who united most of the Indian subcontinent under one rule and was converted to Buddhism.
Abraham
The first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation.
Mohammed
the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah.
Jesus
Christ is the name of the man who Christians believe was the son of God, and whose teachings are the basis of Christianity.
Confucius
A Confucian is a person who believes in the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Difference between a civilization, empire, and a republic.
A civilization is a group of people who did things the same way, an empire is a country that ruled over lots of different groups of people.
What was the fertile crescent.
The Fertile Crescent is important because it prompted the development of the first civilizations due to its agricultural capabilities.
What rivers created the world’s first great civilizations?
The first civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The most notable examples are the Ancient Egyptians, who were based on the Nile, the Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent on the Tigris/Euphrates rivers, the Ancient Chinese on the Yellow River, and the Ancient India on the Indus.
Describe the difference castes in Hinduism.
The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation.
