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68 Cards in this Set
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Neolithic Revolution |
- Beginnings of civilization
- Domestication of plants and animals
- Subsistence Agriculture |
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Cultural Diffusion |
- Exchange of ideas and trade between societies |
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Traditional Economy |
Barter, an economy based on trade |
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Bantu Migration |
- Africa
- Migrated to find rich soil
- Used slash and burn farming techniques |
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Himalayan Mountains |
- Mountains in India
- Separated early India from China |
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Huang He/River of Sorrows |
- Large river in China
- Helped with trade |
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Mesopotamia |
- Ancient civilization
- Cuneiform (type of writing)
- Located between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers |
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Tigris & Euphrates |
- Large rivers in the Middle East
- Helped with trade |
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Code of Hammurabi |
- One of the first codes of law
- "An eye or an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
- Punishments were different based on which class you belonged to |
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Indus River Valley |
- Used water irrigation for farming
- Forged metals like bronze and copper
- Created buildings and homes |
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Monotheistic |
- Belief in one god |
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Polytheistic |
- Belief in many gods |
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Judaism |
- Monotheistic
- Torah (Holy Book) |
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Christianity |
- Monotheistic
- Bible (Holy Book)
- Jesus Christ
- 10 Commandments |
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Islam |
- Monotheistic
- Koran (Holy Book)
- 5 Pillars of Islam
- Muhammad |
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Buddhism |
- Siddartha Guatama
- 8 Fold Path
- 4 Noble Truths
- Nirvana |
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Hinduism |
- Karma
- Reincarnation |
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Confucianism/Filial Piety |
- Chinese Religion
- Filial Piety - Superior should care for the inferior - inferior should honor the superior
- Created civil service exams |
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Animism/Shinto |
- Belief that all things in nature have spirits
- Shinto - Japan |
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Ancient Greece - Athens |
- First civilization to create a democracy
- People in charge of government |
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Ancient Greece - Sparta |
- Warrior Society
- Oligarchy government (a few wealthy men were in charge) |
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Ancient Greece - 3 Philosophers |
- Socrates/Plato/Aristotle
- Advanced education in numerous ways |
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Han Dynasty |
- Golden Age in China
- Created the Silk Road trade route |
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The Silk Road |
- Major trade route in China that connected Asia to Europe |
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Maurya & Gupta Empire |
- Golden Age in India
- Used the Silk Road to make money through trade
- Created concept of absolute zero in math |
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Ancient Rome Accomplishments |
- 12 Tables - First form of law
- Roads
- Aqueducts |
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Golden Age of Islam Accomplishments |
- Advancements in mathematics
- Advancements in astronomy (astrolabe & compass)
- Advancements in medicine |
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Ibn Battuta & Marco Polo |
- Travelers who raised interest in China and Asia
- Journals are primary sources |
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Byzantine Empire |
- Took over after the fall of the Roman Empire
- Justinian was the most famous ruler |
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Byzantine Empire - Justinian |
- Improved upon the Roman 12 Tables of Law |
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Byzantine Empire Influence On Russia |
- Cyrillic Alphabet
- Orthodox Christian Religion |
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Ottoman Empire |
- Took over following the fall of the Byzantine Empire
- Suleiman The Magnificent |
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Mali/Ghana/Songhai Kingdoms |
- African trading kingdoms
- Trans-Saharan Trade
- Dealt in gold and salt |
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Mansa Musa |
- Emperor who brought the Muslim religion to parts of Africa |
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Mongol Empire |
- Led by Genghis Khan
- Took over nearly the entire continent of Asia
- Traded a great deal |
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Tang & Song Dynasties |
- China
- Used gunpowder
- Used porcelain |
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Feudalism |
- Social structure in Europe's Middle Ages |
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Reasons For The Crusades |
- The Pope wanted to capture Holy Land
- If people fought the Pope would grant them salvation (forgiveness) from their sins |
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Effects Of The Crusades |
- Cultural diffusion increased between Europeans & Muslims
- Increased trade |
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The Black Death/Bubonic Plague |
- Spread from Asia to Europe
- Caused labor shortages and massive deaths |
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Commercial Revolution |
- Led to the creation of banks
- Capitalism develops
- Guilds |
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Italian City-States |
- Located on the Mediterranean Sea
- Led to wealth through trade and cultural diffusion |
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
- Wrote The Prince
- This book instructed rulers on how to gain more power
- Be bad if you have to |
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The Printing Press |
- Invented by Gutenberg
- Allowed ideas to spread much faster
- Cause of the Protestant Reformation |
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Protestant Reformation |
- Led by Martin Luther
- Divided the Christian religion
- Luther was upset about the indulgence system
- You could pay to have your sins forgiven
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95 Theses |
- 95 arguments Martin Luther made against the indulgence system
- Posted on church doors |
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The Renaissance & Humanism |
- A rebirth of Greek ideas
- Shifted the focus from religion to wordly ideas and individuals |
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Renaissance Artists |
- Leonardo DaVinci
- Michaelangelo |
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Scientific Method |
- Discoveries should be based on scientific thought rather than on religion and faith |
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Age Of Exploration Technology |
- Astrolabe
- Compass
- Cartography
- Ship rudders |
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Middle Passage |
- The voyage slaves took from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean |
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Encomienda System |
- Way in which Spanish settlers kept power in the New World
- Natives were made slaves |
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Mercantilism |
- Economic system based on trade
- Colonies were sources of raw resources
- Colonies were markets for manufactured products |
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Colombian Exchange |
- Cultural diffusion between Old World & New World
- Europe: new foods led to population increase
- Americas devastated by population loss from disease & conquest |
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Divine Right |
- Belief that God wanted Monarchs (Kings and Queens) to rule |
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Absolutism/Monarchy |
- When one person (King or Queen) rules a country or empire
- Louis XIV, Elizabeth I, Peter The Great |
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Limited Monarchy |
- When 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 |
- Use of scientific reason and movement away from religion
- Modern forms of government are created
- Democracy |
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John Locke |
- Believed everyone was born with 3 Natural Rights
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of property
- The right to rule should come from the people (consent of the governed) |
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Montesquieu |
- 3 Branches of Government |
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Isaac Newton |
- English scientist
- Laws of physics and gravity |
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Galileo |
- Discovered the heliocentric model of the universe with his advanced telescope
- Sun is at the center of the universe
- Was thrown in jail for this |
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Elizabeth I |
- English Monarch
- Eased religious tensions between Protestants and Roman Catholics |
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Peter The Great |
- Russian Monarch
- Modernized Russia, introduced European ideas |
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Latin American Independence Leaders |
- Toussaint L'Overture (Haiti)
- Simon Bolivar (Colombia, Peru, etc.)
- Jose de San Martin (Argentina) |
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The French Revolution |
-Time period in which the French people overthrew the Monarchy
- Wanted to establish a democracy |
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French Revolution - 3 Estates |
- Like the Caste System in India
- Wealthy had all the power
- Power had no power and had to pay all the taxes |
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Maximillian Robespierre |
- Leader of the French Revolution
- Executed for taking things too far |
