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Mr. Brothers - Taking Brothers Off The Streets
Flashcards for freshman final - Mr. Brothers S.W.S. Honors
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History
9th Grade
06/19/2010

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Name the SPECDG Factors
Definition
Social, Political, Economic, Cultural, Diplomatic, Geographic
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What is the Social SPECDG factor?
Definition
Class systems, demographics, family life
Example: White collar, president, middle class
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What is the Political SPECDG factor?
Definition
How "a people" govern themselves
Example: republican, voting, democracy, theocracy, laws, Edicts
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What is the Economic SPECDG factor?
Definition
How people earn a living as a whole
Example: stores, merchants, farmers, trading, business. Country A trades with Country B.
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What is the Cultural SPECDG factor?
Definition
The way and beliefs of a people
Example: religion, Buddhism, marriage is okay between 13 year old girl and a middle-aged man
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What is the Diplomatic SPECDG factor?
Definition
How a people relate to other people (countries)
Example: War, peace, treaty,
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What is the Geographic SPECDG factor?
Definition
Place, time, resources of people
Example: Florence, Italy. 1439 - Medici found new resource of iron in the sky (but more realistic)
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Name all of the factors of Cultural Diffusion:
Definition
1: Monarchs
2: Printed Word
3: Trade
4: War
5: Exploration
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What year did Rome fall, and why?
Definition
476 AD
1: Sack of Germanic tribes (Vandals and Visigoths)
2: Poor emperors, which lead a very poor economy which could not pay soldiers, mercenaries, could do nothing to help poor, etc. This lead to unloyal soldiers and citizens, who would riot and hurt the empire from within.
3: Empire spread too thin: emperors started having little power in farther corners, soldiers were outnumbered in battles in order to cover the land, etc.
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What was the Edict of Prices?
Definition
Set by Diocletian, it was an order to freeze wages and maximize prices for goods. But it failed due to black market.
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Who was Commodus?
Definition
Terrible Roman emperor, spent treasury money on personal pleasures. Bankrupted Rome. Died in AD 192 by his own soldiers.
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Who was Diocletian?
Definition
Great Roman emperor, split Roman Empire temporarily in AD 284, ruled eastern half of it. Had General Maximian rule western half.
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Who was Constantine?
Definition
Roman emperor, made Christianity legal. Came to power in AD 312. Moved capital to Byzantium, and had it renamed Constantinople.
Term
Theodosius was...
Definition
Roman emperor, permanently split Roman empire into two.
Term
The Visigoths...
Definition
Were a Germanic Tribe that had Alaric as their chief. Looted Rome before the Vandals.
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The Vandals...
Definition
Were a Germanic Tribe that raided Rome last, destroyed everything in the city.
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Odoacer
Definition
Visigoth soldier who assassinated last Roman Emperor and his son. Proclaimed himself emperor. Never announced a successor, and was the final reason for the Western Roman Empire's fall.
Term
Pax Romana -
Definition
The golden period in Rome started by Julies Ceaser. Ended by Commodus.
Term
Important book of Jewish law
Definition
Talmud
Term
Two of the first people who helped spread Christianity (other than Jesus)
Definition
Peter and Paul
Term
The idea that God is forgiving to those who repent was originally taught by
Definition
Jesus
Term
Messiah of the Jews
Definition
Jesus of Nazareth
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Who built the Hagia Sophia?
Definition
Justinian
Term
What did Theodora do?
Definition
Helped women by creating laws that helped them (death sentence for rape, protection of women in divorce cases)
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The schism that formed the Eastern Orthodox sect was between
Definition
The patriarch (west) versus Pope (east)
Term
First Rome, Second Rome, Third Rome:
Definition
Rome, Constantinople, Moscow
Term
Alphabet created by two mercenaries used in all Slavic languages is...
Definition
The Cyrillic alphabet
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What emperor banned the use of Icons in Byzantium?
Definition
Leo III
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Kiev prospered as a city because it...
Definition
Lay on a fertile river and profited from its trade routes
Term
Justinian accomplished a lot during his reign, but did he not?
a: made a corpus of civil law
b: reconquered almost all land lost
c: built Hagia Sophia
d: united the Slavs
Definition
Justinian did NOT unite the Slavs
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The schism between religions of the patriarch and the pope was because...
Definition
There was much competition between both the Pope, and Patriarch; the icon controversy, and the Pope did not receive help from Byzantium when he was being invaded.
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What is the MAIN difference between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox faiths?
Definition
The issue of whether the pope/patriarch or king/emperor has power over the region
Term
Mosaics are...
Definition
Pictures created by setting small pieces of glass into mortar.
Term
Who is the prophet of Allah?
Definition
Muhammad
Term
Name the five pillars of Islam
Definition
Faith, Prayer, Alms Giving, Fasting, Pilgrimage
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Muhammad and other townspeople escaped from ... to ... it is known as the ...
Definition
Medinah to Mecca; Hijrah
Term
Holy city of Islam
Definition
Mecca
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