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History Final
1st semester
53
History
10th Grade
12/16/2010

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Term
Eightfold Path
Definition
Path to reach Nirvana according to buddist
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Four Noble Truths
Definition
Buddist belief system
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Autocracy
Definition
A government in which the ruler has unlimited power
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Confucianism
Definition

Filial Piety.

led to the development of civil service system

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Mandate of Heaven
Definition
God given right to rule or chosen by god
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Two Major philosophies or ancient China
Definition
Confucianism and Daosism
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Legalism
Definition

Believed in harsh punishment.

 

Term
Alexander the greats main contribution
Definition

spread of greek culture

Hellenism

Term

Characteristics of greek city states

 

Definition

a city and its surronding lands functioning as its own state

-acropolis

-agora-marketplace/meeting place

-small population

-Phalanx

Term

Greeks greatest rival for dominance in trade

 

Definition
Persia
Term
Two groups that fought for power in the roman government
Definition
Patricians and plebians
Term
Romes rival for the medditerranean
Definition
Carthage
Term
Advantage to Romes geography
Definition

-pennisula

-midway between alps and italys southern tip

-midpoint of medditerranean

Term
Collapse of rome
Definition

-barbarian tribes invade

-empire is to big

-infaltion

-loss of patriosm

-govt strenth declines

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Spread of Christianity in Roman empire
Definition

Pax Romania

-promise of a salvation and afterlife for rich and poor

Term
Five Pillars of Islam
Definition

1. Fasting during Ramadan

2. chairity (alms)

3. prayer 5 times a day facing mecca

4. faith, believe in alah

5. pilgramiage to mecca

Term
Feudal system
Definition
lords grant a fief to vassal who offer protection
Term
Role of churchs in the middle ages
Definition
-people worked for the glory of god in hopes of getting into heaven, strongest civilization force.
Term
2 institutions that lost power after the middle ages
Definition
church and fuedalism
Term
Magna Carta
Definition

-limited power of monarchs

-makes citzens have more say

-signed by king john

 

Term
Results of the crusades
Definition

-mixed culture

-kings become more powerful

-power of catholic church declined

Term
Ideas that led to growth of the renaissance
Definition
the old ideas of the classics of greece and rome
Term
Causes of Reformation
Definition

-commitment of many to a religous life

-bibles availability

-abuses and lack of education amoung many preiests

Term
Counter-reformation
Definition

reform of the church

encourages protestants to return to catholicism, maintain power.

-Heretics faced the inquisitions

Simony=illegal

Term
Martin Luther's Beliefs
Definition
Justification (salvation) by faith alone
Term

Protestant

 

Definition
anyone that is not catholic
Term
Examples of decline of church authority
Definition

sale of indulgences

great schism

reformation

Term
Commercial Revolution
Definition
European economy underwent massive change
Term
Profitable crops in america
Definition

patatoes

tabacco  corn

Term
French and Indian War
Definition
English vs French
Term
Slave trade
Definition
the trip from africa to america was known as the middle passage
Term
Columbian Exchange
Definition

-food

-plants

-animals

-slaves

for the colonization of america

Term
Mayan Codex
Definition
used to record historical events
Term
Iroquois Leage
Definition
promotes joint defences and cooperation among tribes
Term
WHy did mayans create a calendar
Definition
religous beliefs
Term
Aztecs and northeastern Woodlands
Definition
both worshipped the great spirit
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Order:
Definition

1.Black Death

2.Voyage of colombus

3.African slave trade

4. reign of Louis XIV

Term

Order 2:

 

Definition

1. Founding of the Roman Empire  

2.Conquests of Alexander the Great

3. Rise of christianity

4. start of the middle ages

Term
What was the role of geography on the growth of greek city-states
Definition

mountains, rocky soils, valley-greeks are independent

surrounded by seas= great sailors

Term
What steps led Rome from being a republic to being ruled by an emperor?
Definition
Julius ceasar- gathers power, attacks rome and defeated pompeys army and later became dictator
Term
How did icons and the authority of the pope lead to a split in the early christian church
Definition
byzantine emperor doesnt like the idea of using icons and the roman emperor promotes the use of icons. leader of the church in constantinople denis authority of the bishops
Term
What lead to the split of the Shia and Sunni muslims
Definition
disagreement over who would be leader of Ummah
Term
dynasty
Definition
a series of rulers from a singal family
Term
where did the indian civilization begin?
Definition
indus river valley
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what is the signaficance of chinas location?
Definition
kept china isolated
Term
change of life from the manor to towns?
Definition
people began moving to towns from the manors in search of work and ways to make money
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values that shaped the renaissance
Definition
celebration of the individual, love of classical learning, enjoyment of worldly pleasures
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descrive the conquering of the inca include what led to their decline
Definition
spainsh conqueroes; pizarro captured inca emporer; used him to control the empire and dismantl it then executed him
Term
justinian code
Definition
law made by eastern emperor justinian- a civil law code for the eastern roman empire. code consisted of four works
Term
civil service system
Definition
msst take a test to make a gov't job. improved quality of gov't
Term
silk road
Definition
trade with india and china, connected china with mediterranean sea through india, afganistan
Term
chinese dynastic cycle in 4 stages:
Definition
formation: new family takes over the dynasty
expansion: borders are expanded and it is during the golden time
regression: coming down from power.
collapse: dynasty falls and a new one begins
Term
relationship between caste system in india and hindu belief in reincarnation
Definition
when you are at the highest level you have a better chance in reaching moksha which is the stop of reincarnation you need to obey rules and you will have good karma which is being reincarnated in a higher level of the caste system.
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