Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
62 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Confucious |
creator of Confucianism. China 500 BC |
|
Gautama Siddhartha |
founder of Buddhism. China 500 BC |
|
Jesus |
christian who spread christianity. 0. |
|
Paul |
an missionary of Christianity. 20 AD |
|
Muhammad |
founder of Islam and created the Muslim empire. Believed to be last prophet sent by God in Islam. 600 AD |
|
Martin Luther |
1500. Protestant Reformation. 95 theses. |
|
Ninja Turtles |
Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael |
|
Ibn Battuta |
1300. Traveled Muslim world |
|
Marco Polo |
1300. Italian traveler who goes to China. |
|
Zheng He |
1400. Ethnocentric about China. Traveled around the world. Ming Dynasty. |
|
Asoka |
200 BC. Emperor of Maurya (India). converted to Buddhism. |
|
Akbar |
1600. Mughal Emperor of India. Muslim ruler |
|
Julius Caesar |
44 BC. turning point of Roman Republic to Empire. Pax Romana. Emperor during Christianity. |
|
Caesar Augustus |
0. First Roman emperor. |
|
Constantine |
300. Roman Emperor. Becomes Catholic. Builds Constantinople. |
|
Justinian |
500. Byzantine Emperor. Justinian's Code. |
|
Mansa Musa |
1300. Ruler of Mali. Muslim. Makes Hajj to Mecca. |
|
Ghengis Khan |
1200. Creator of Mongol Empire. Military leader |
|
Kublai Khan |
1200. the steppe. Expanded Mongol Empire. Emperor of Yuan dynasty. |
|
Sulieman |
1500. Ottoman emperor. Greatest of ottomans. Europeans scared, had to trade around them. |
|
Tokugawa Ieyasu |
1600. Japan. Unified Japan from feudalistic state. |
|
Machiavelli |
Renaissance. Political leader. Gave advise to rulers |
|
Henry VIII |
1500. England. Protestant. Many wives |
|
Elizabeth I |
1500. England. Turned England Protestant after Mary made is Catholic.
|
|
Peter and Catherine |
1700. Russia. Westernized. warm water ports. |
|
Louis XIV |
late 1600. France. Epitome of Absolute ruler. |
|
Judaism |
Originated in Palestine/ Israel. Predominates in Israel. Monotheistic. God. 10 Commandments |
|
Christianity |
Originated in Palestine/ Israel. Predominates in Europe and Americas. Monotheistic. God. 10 Commandments. Paul spread Christianity. Universal religion |
|
Islam |
Predominates in Middle East and Asia. Allah-God. 5 Pillars. Monotheistic. Final Prophet: Muhammad. God. Universal religion. |
|
Hinduism |
Originated in India. Predominates in India. Dharma=destiny Karma=destiny Polytheistic |
|
Buddhism |
Originates in India. Siddhartha=the Buddha. Predominates in China, Korea, Japan, and India. Eight fold path, four noble truths, Nirvana=Enlightenment. Dharma and Karma. No caste system |
|
Confucianism |
Originates in China. Predominates in China, Korea, and Japan. 5 Relationships, filial piety. examination system. |
|
Daoism |
Originates in China (Laozi). Predominates in Japan, China, and Korea. Ying-Yang=balance. Forces in nature. |
|
Shinto |
Originates in Japan. Predominates in Japan. Animistic- spirits in nature. Tradition and old. Kami-spirits. |
|
animism |
belief in nature spirits. Shinto |
|
Manorialism |
system in medieval Europe where Lords and serfs operated. Economic, political, and social system. |
|
Mercantilism |
trade to increase country's wealth. Ex. Triangular Trade. |
|
feudalism |
no central power. Lords hold power. Goes with manorialism. Land and power. Ex. Medieval Europe and Japan. |
|
Absolutism |
unrestricted/complete power. Ex. Absolute monarchs of Europe. Ex. Louis XIV |
|
Colonialism |
controlling foreign lands and have them make money for mother country. Ex. Spain in south America |
|
Archipelago |
chain of volcanic islands. Ex. Japan |
|
Isthmus |
narrow strip of land |
|
Peninsula |
land surrounded by water on three sides |
|
strait |
narrow waterway connecting two larges bodies of water. |
|
absolute location |
latitude and longitude |
|
relative location |
what it is close to. Ex. Japan is close to China. |
|
topography |
elevation |
|
steppe |
central Asia. Dry, cold, grassy area. Pastoral lifestyle. |
|
savanna |
grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. dry, warm, grasslands. |
|
tropical rainforest |
Amazon, West Africa, and East Asia. |
|
3 oceans |
Atantic, Pacific, and Indian |
|
3 seas |
Med, Red, and Black |
|
one gulf |
Persian gulf (on other side of Saudi Arabia) |
|
Arabia |
peninsula between Africa and Asia |
|
Persia/Iran |
country on Persian Gulf. |
|
China |
East Asia. Bump below Korea. |
|
England |
islands above Europe |
|
India |
Sub continent of Asia |
|
Japan |
Islands across from Korea |
|
Russia |
Northern Asia |
|
Bosporus Strait/Constantinople |
Constantinople is on Bosporus Strait between Asia Minor and Europe. Bosporus Strait connects Black and Med Seas. |
|
Strait of Melacca |
connects Malaysia and Sumatra in Indonesian area. |