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54 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
A civilizations practices and way of life |
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Cultural Diffusion |
The spreading of ideas between cultures |
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Cultural diversity |
The differences within a culture |
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Racism |
The belief that one race is superior from the other |
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Sumer |
-Flooding of Tigris and Euphrates unpredictable -No natural barriers -Limited natural resources for making tools and buildings |
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Egypt |
-Flooding of the Nile predictable -Nile an easy transportation link between Egypt's villages -Deserts were natural barriers |
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Indus Valley |
-Indus floodong unpredictable -Monsoon winds -Mountains, deserts were natural barriers |
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China |
-Huang He flooding unpredictable -Mountains, deserts natural barriers -Geographically isolated from other ancient civilizations |
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Mesopotamia |
"Between two rivers" A fertile crescent of land were Sumer is located |
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Babylonia |
Southern part of Mesopotamia |
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Problem: Unpredictable flooding |
Solution: irrigation |
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Papyrus |
One of the first examples of paper; made from reeds along the Nile |
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Egyptian Decline |
945 BC- Egypt split into two kingdoms North was controlled by Libyans South was controlled by Kushites |
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Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
2 planned cities in the Indus River valley |
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Planned cities |
Cities that were layed out before being created |
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Divine Approval |
The emperor had God's blessing to b the ruler |
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Xia dynasty |
First chinese dynasty |
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Shang dynasty |
Developed first cities and writing systems in China |
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Oracle bones |
Earliest writing in Ancient China that predicted the future |
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Mandate of Heaven |
Rulers who were just and effective received a mandate to rule from the gods |
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Hammurabi |
Ruled Babylonian empire for 42 years and created a code of lawz |
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Religion |
A system of attitudes, beliefs, and practices, that help man answer the "big questions" we seek to understand |
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Philosophy |
A system in which people question and create theories about the nature of reality |
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Faith |
A belief and trust in God that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence |
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Theist |
A person who believes there is a God, vods, or any divine power |
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Atheist |
A person who denies the existence of God, gods or any divine power |
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Agnostic |
A person who claims that one cannot know whether or not there exists a God, gods, or divine |
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Confucious |
Previously named Kung Fu Zi |
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Lao Zi |
Founder of Taoism and advisor to the Chinese emperor |
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Wu wei |
"Let nature take its course, everything happens for a reason" (Taoism belief) |
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Han Fe Zi |
Founder of Legalism |
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Legalism |
Religion with beliefs such as human nature is naturally selfish and the ruler must rule with a strong punishing hand |
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Shinto |
Indigenous religous beliefs of Japan |
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Kami |
Spirits or gods in Shintoism |
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Judaism |
Religion with the belief that God agrees to protect these people as his chosen people; in return they agree to obey him |
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The Exodus |
Enslaved jews in ancient Egypt freed by Moses |
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Torah |
Jewish equivalence if the Bible; Holy book |
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Christianity |
Religion based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus |
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Old testament |
First five books of the Hebrew Bible |
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New Testament |
Written after Jesus' death by his followers during the first century |
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The Christian Holy Trinity |
God the father, God the son, God the Holy ghost |
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The Great Schism |
The breaking of the church into 2 groups leading to many other break offs and branches of Christianity |
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Islam |
Religion that believes that there is only one God, called Allah, who speaks Arabic |
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Shariah |
Islamic Law |
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Qur'an |
"To recite" Holy book of Islam |
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Five Pillars of Islam |
1. Shahadah (declaration of faith) 2. Salah (prayer) 3. Zakat (charity) 4. Saum (fasting) 5. Haj (pilgrimage) |
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Mosque |
Muslim building for Islamic worship |
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Bantu Migration |
Large migration of the first people in Africa to the rest of the continent |
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Ghana |
Early west African kingdom that controlled the Gold salt trade "land of gold" |
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Mansa Musa |
King of Mali who made the Hajj to Mecca and forged diplomatic and economic ties with Muslim states |
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Indigenous |
Existing, born, or produced in a land or region |
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Patriarchal |
Families in Africa that are male dominated |
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Matriarchal |
Families in Africa that are female dominated |
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Gold Coast |
First country in Africa to win imdependence south of the Sahara |