Vocabulary:
Amritsar Massacre an incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians performing acts of civil disobedience
Balfour Declaration statement issued by the British government in 1917 supporting the establishment of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine
civil disobedience illegal nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws
collective large farm owned and operated by peasants as a large group
command economy economic system in which government officials make all basic economic decisions
fascism the totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state, nation, and race over the individual and assigns control to the state over every aspect of national life thereby destructive to basic human rights (political regime that exalts nation and race above …show more content…
1) Achievements of the Phoenicians:
Alphabet of 22 letters
Purple dye
Glass
How did geography affect Egyptian civilization?
2) The Egyptian civilization was located along the Nile River which flooded and provided fertile soil, irrigation, and transportation. Additionally, since they lived in a desert, they had isolation.
Describe Egyptian achievements: 3) Egyptian achievements:
Hieroglyphics- system of