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34 Cards in this Set
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el nino
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develops in the central and east central equatorial pacific
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aztecs
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In central mexico, spoke Nahvatl language
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Incas
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largest empire in pre-columbian era, arose from peru highlands
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mayans
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mesoamerican- developed by maya peoples, only known fully developed writing system that was pre-columbian
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treaty of Tordesillas
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agreement between spain and portugal aimed @ settling conflicts over lands discovered by Columbus
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Balfour Declaration
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Stated Britains support for creation of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine w/o violating rights of Arabs living there
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Sikes-Picot Agreement
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Between France and Great Britain - An agreement to split the Ottoman empire between them instead of the Arabs like originally planned
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Eid
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Marks end of Ramadan
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Ramadan
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Fourth pillar of Islam. During the days of this month, eating, drinking, and smoking during the day are forbidden.
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Rosh Hashanah
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The new year
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Yom Kippur
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The Day of Atonement, the most solemn and important of Jewish holidays
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Sabbath
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Jews observe this period of holiness and rest from sunset on Friday to nightfall on Saturday
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The "Partition"
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When India split into 2 states - India and PakistanCaused a huge migration in which many people died
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Highest level in Indian caste system
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Brahmin |
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extreme poverty
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living on less then 1$ per daymeans households unable to meet basic human needs
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moderate poverty
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living on 1 - 2 dollars per daybasic needs met, but barely
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relative poverty
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household income below national average, means lacking things the middle class takes for granted
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boers
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dutch farmers with intentions of establishing settlements that went to South Africa
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Mercosur
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a trade agreement between many south american countries to promote free trade and the movement of goods, people and currency
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Ottoman Empire's influence on Europe
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New TechNumbering SystemMathematicsAdvances in Medicine, Engineering, and Architecture
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World war 2
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70 million people died
Marshall Plan helped rebuild western Europe after the war by having US provide financial assistance for rebuilding basic facilities |
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Confucianism
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values include courtesy, knowledge, inegrity, and respect for and loyalty to parents and government officialsOldest male held the seat of authority and was responsible for the well-being of everyone in the family
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The Nationalist Peoples party
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disliked foreign powers in China, influenced by western ideas
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The long march
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1920, split in the party between nationalists and communismCommunists wanted to give more power to workers and land to landless people but Chiang disagreed and ordered all communists to be killed
some survived and fled to a stronghold |
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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first president of the Chinas peoples republic after the nationalists seiezed power through a series of revolts
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The Great Leap Forward
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750,000 collectives were combinded into 23,000 peoples communes which were self sufficient and contained farms and industries.officials made all the decisions about what was made and who received itproductivity fell because difficult life in communes and people were offered no incentive to work harder
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Red Guard
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An army of radical young men and women to enforce Chiang's policies during the cultural revolution
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Deng Xiaoping
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Took over after Chiang died
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4 modernizations
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Agriculture Industry Science and Tech and Defense
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Where drip irrigation was developed |
Isreal |
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Brazil's greenhouse gas ranking |
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What country is not a full member of mercosur |
Venezuela |
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Temperature altitude zones (hottest to coldest and also lowest to highest) |
caliente, templada, fria, helada |
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largest civilization in Latin america |
Inca |
