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105 Cards in this Set
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Russian leader title
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Tsar
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Group of people who share a culture
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ethnic group
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mixing of two cultures
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cultural diffusion
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belief that country is best/dominant
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Social darwinism
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Judging a person based on looks, religion, ethnicity
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Prejudice
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Islam began in
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Arabia
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Islamic codified law
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Sharia
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Largest group of Muslims
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Sunnis
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Group that believed in Islamic leader must be a descendant of Mohammed
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Shiites
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Mystic group in islam
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Sufis
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title of leadership in Islamic threocracy
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Caliph
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Islamic tower
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Minarets
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Ability to move up and down in social class
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social mobility
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hidus would not allow social movement because they had a ____ system
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caste
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Arabic number system that we use today came from
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India
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artistic penmanship
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calligraphy
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Mohammed's god
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Allah
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Religious temple of islam
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Kaaba and mosque
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islam: to a point of war
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Jihad
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hindu leadership title
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Rajah
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Shah Jahn built a temple to his wife called
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The Taj Mahal
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largest empire ever created (mongol) was built by
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Tamerlane
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china was isolated because of _____ desert
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Gobi
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Chinese early civilization began along two rivers
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Huang and Chang
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Early Chinese government
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feudal system
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Han dynasty became wealthy because of
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Silk
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Tang dynasty forced conquered territories to pay money
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Tributary states
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Chinese poetry reflected
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love and shortness of life
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who were the first people to use paper for money
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Chinese
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Greatest Chinese philosopher
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Confusious
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Dynasty known for Chinese art
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Ming
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European explorer, visited china, brought back spaghetti and gun powder
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Marco Polo
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Chinese developed way to get the best person the job through tests
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Civil service
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Japan is located on _____ islands
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Archepelhgus
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Japanese religion worship nature
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Shinto
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Japanese architecture 3story building with roofs
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Pagoda
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Japanese woman wrote 1st ____
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Novel
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mongols stopped by Japanese army "storms"
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Kamakazi
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Japanese warlord
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Shogun
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warriors code
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Samuri
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point of calm and peace with nature, japanese
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zen
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Japanese drama
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Kabuka
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accepting only certain things from other countries
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Selective borrowing
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belief in man's accomplishments
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humanism
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Rebirth of society
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rennisance
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1st man to sail to india around africa
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De gama
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1st to sail around the world
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magellen
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renaissance began in
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Italy
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person that supported the arts
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patron
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man who painted Sistine chapel and "david"
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michalangelo
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man who painted the last supper and mona lisa
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de vinci
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man that wrote the book "the prince" about leaders
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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invented the printing press
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Gutenberg
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language of commons
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vinacular
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most famous English writer
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shakespear
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movement to stop catholic church from worldliness
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protestant reformation
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catholic church used to sell enterance to heaven
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indulgences
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king of England started church of england
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henery
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german priest led reformation
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luthar
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religion, taught we are preordained by god by success or failure
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calvinism
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religious group
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sect
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used by Spanish kings to rid of heritics
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inquisiton
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most persecuted people in europe
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jews
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developed telescope sun centered galaxy
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galileo
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step by step method to find info
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scientific method
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discovered gravity
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newton
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leader has ultimate power
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absolutism
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1st Spanish king with absolutism
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phillip
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1st French king with absolutism
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Louis 14th
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1st Austrian absolute king
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Fredrick
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1st Russian absolute king
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peter 1st
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spains wealth came from
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Aztec and incas
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man who conquered aztecs
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cortez
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man who conquered incas
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pizzaro
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Spanish navy, tried to conquer england
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armada
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English queen, stopped the spanish
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elizabeth
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French prodestants
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hugenots
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french novel about rein of Louis 16th
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three musketeers
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Louis 14th great palace
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versailles
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English get rights from the king with
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petition of rights
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french legislature
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estates general
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English king, beheaded
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charles
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french king beheaded
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louis
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revolution(the poor)
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roundheads
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revolution (nobles)
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caveliers
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man who led peasents in revolution
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oliver cromwell
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Austria ruling family
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hapsburg
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Prussia ruling family
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hollenzarens
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great Russian who modernized russia
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peter the great
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noble land owner class
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boyars
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great Russian explorer who claimed the west coast
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Berring
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Gov. religion is centeral power
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theocracy
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gov. people rule
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democracy
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gov. people elect someone to rule
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republic
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gov. leadership is inherited through family
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monarchy
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gov. economy has = financial security
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communism
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gov. economy is based on competition
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capitalism
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gov. one man rules, extreme power
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dictatorship
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gov. state controls all business
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socialism
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gov. legislation has to be of the same party as leader
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parlimentary
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gov. llegislation can be of a different party
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presidential
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gov. few nobles rule
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aristocracy
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gov. small group of people rule
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oligarchy
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strong nat. gov.
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federal
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weak nat. gov.
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confederate
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