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72 Cards in this Set
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Neolithic Revolution |
A change from people being nomadic to building permanent civilizations
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Cultural Diffusion |
Exchange of ideas and trade between societies |
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Traditional/Barter Economy |
economy based on trade of goods with no cash involved |
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African Bantu Migration |
Migrated across Africa to find rich soil, led to cultural diffusion across the continent
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Himalayan Mountains |
Mountains in India, separated early India from China |
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Mesopotamia |
Tigris & Euphrates rivers in the Middle East
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Code of Hammurabi |
Code of law, "An eye or an eye, a tooth for a tooth" |
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Indus & Ganges Rivers |
Rivers in India |
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Monsoons |
Seasonal wind and rain storms in India that provide water for farming |
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Monotheistic |
Belief in one god |
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Polytheistic |
Belief in many gods |
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Judaism |
Monotheistic religion, Torah (Holy Book) |
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Islam |
Monotheistic religion, Koran (Holy Book), 5 Pillars of Islam, Muhammad |
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Hinduism |
Polytheistic/Karma/Dharma/Reincarnation/Caste System
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Caste System |
Social order in the Hindu religion |
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Buddhism |
8 Fold Path/4 Noble Truths/Nirvana |
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Confucianism |
Filial Piety/Civil Service Exams/China |
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Animism/Shinto |
Belief that all things in nature have spirits
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Ancient Greece - Athens |
Created a democracy, people in charge of government |
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Han Dynasty |
Golden Age in China |
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The Silk Road |
Major trade route that connected Asia to Europe |
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Maurya & Gupta Empire |
concept of absolute zero and decimal system in mathematics/golden age India
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Ancient Rome Accomplishments |
12 Tables/Roads/Aqueducts/Mediterranean Sea |
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Golden Age of Islam Accomplishments |
Advancements in mathematics/medicine/science |
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Ibn Battuta & Marco Polo |
Explorers who traveled to China and Asia/Journals are primary sources |
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Byzantine Empire |
Shared their culture with the Russians
Justinian was the most famous ruler |
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Justinian's Code |
Code of law during the Byzantine Empire |
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Byzantine Empire Influence On Russia |
Cyrillic Alphabet/Eastern Orthodox Christian Religion |
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Ottoman Empire |
Islamic Empire that controlled the Mediterranean Sea/Suleiman The Magnificent |
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Mali/Ghana/Songhai Kingdoms |
African trading kingdoms that traded gold and salt |
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Mansa Musa |
Emperor who brought the Islamic religion to parts of Africa
Mansa Musa, Mali, Mecca, Muslim |
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Mongol Empire & Pax Mongolia |
Genghis Khan/Took over Russia and China through use of stirrup and horsemanship skills
Pax Mongolia = golden age |
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Tang & Song Dynasties |
Dynasty that created gunpowder in China |
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Feudalism |
Decentralized social structure in Europe's Middle Ages and Japan's Middle Ages
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Effects Of The Crusades |
Cultural diffusion and trade increased between Europeans & Muslims |
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The Black Death/Bubonic Plague |
Epidemic disease that spread from Asia to Europe due to trade and merchants
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Commercial Revolution |
Led to the creation of banks, insurance, buying on credit and capitalism
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
Wrote The Prince that instructed rulers on how to gain and keep political power
It is better to be feared than loved |
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The Printing Press |
Invented by Gutenberg it allowed ideas to spread much faster
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Protestant Reformation |
Led by Martin Luther, it led to the end of religious unity in Europe
John Calvin & Henry VIII also played a role
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Humanism |
Artistic style that developed during the Renaissance, shifted the focus from religion to individualism |
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Middle Passage |
Voyage slaves took from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean |
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Encomienda System |
Way in which Spanish colonists kept social in the New World of the Americas
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Mercantilism |
Mother country benefits from trade with its colonies
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Columbian Exchange |
Exchange of goods between Europe & the New World of the Americas |
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Divine Right |
Belief that God wanted Monarchs (Kings and Queens) to rule |
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Absolute Monarchy |
When one person (King or Queen) rules a country or empire |
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Limited Monarchy |
Limits are placed on the amount of power a King or Queen has
Magna Carta
Glorious Revolution
Bill of Rights |
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Enlightenment |
time period in which people began to believe they should have a say in government |
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John Locke |
Enlightenment philosopher that believed everyone was born with Natural Rights
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Montesquieu |
Enlightenment philosopher that believed in 3 Branches of Government |
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Copernicus & Galileo |
Discovered the heliocentric model of the universe during the Scientific Revolution
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Peter The Great & Catherine The Great |
Modernized/Westernized Russia, introduced European ideas |
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Latin American Independence Leaders |
Toussaint L'Overture/Simon Bolivar/Jose de San Martin |
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3 Estates System |
Commoners had to pay 100% of the taxes, major cause of the French Revolution |
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The French Revolution |
when the French switched from divine right rule to a democracy |
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Maximillian Robespierre |
Began the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
Restored political stability at the end of the French Revolution |
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Economist |
studies factors of production and transfer of wealth |
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Physical/Topographic Map |
map that shows bodies of water, physical barriers, deserts, mountains, etc |
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Political Map |
map that shows capital cities, boundaries, etc. |
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Peninsula |
landmass that is surrounded by water on 3 sides |
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Archipelago |
a chain or group of islands |
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Communist Economy |
economic system - government controls all major business decisions |
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Capitalist/Laissez-Faire Economy |
economic system - private business owners make their own decisions with no government involvement
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Hellenistic Culture |
Alexander the Great blended Persian, Greek, India and Egyptian culture together |
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Centralized Government |
one ruler has total control of the government - they are the center of attention |
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Decentralized Government |
several rulers control a small region/territory |
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Suleiman The Magnificent & Akbar The Great |
Believed in religious tolerance |
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The Encounter |
when European explorers came into contact with the Native people of the Americas |
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Incas |
Terrace farming and a road system in South America |
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Scientific Revolution |
time period - discovery was based on observation and experimentation - Copernicus, Galileo, Newton |