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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.