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Global 9R SHS
Studies of the world, SHS 9R
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History
9th Grade
01/19/2008

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Akbar
Definition
Mughal emperor from 1556-1605, during its Golden Age
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Asoka
Definition
Maurya Dynasty, 269-262 B.C., during its Golden Age
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General Reginald Dyer
Definition
Amritsar Massacre, India
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Robert Clive
Definition
Administrator in the British East India Company, helped defeat the French and the British took control of India
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Shah Jihan
Definition
Administrator in the British East India Company, helped defeat the French and the British took control of India
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Mohandas Gandhi
Definition
– Led the Indian independence movement
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Definition
First Indian Prime Minister
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Definition
– First Pakistan governor general
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Indira Gandhi
Definition
– Daughter of Nehru, became Prime Minister of India
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Rajiv
Definition
Son of Indira, Prime Minister of India, assassinated
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Tamil / Tamil Tigers –
Definition
minority in Sri Lanka, want to gain more rights, calling for separate nation, guerilla warfare
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Muhammad –
Definition
founder of Islam
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Siddhartha Gautama
Definition
founder of Buddhism
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Harappans
Definition
– early Indian civilization around Indus River Valley
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Aryans
Definition
– Early invaders of India from Central Asia, who developed Hinduism
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Mughals
Definition
Muslim invaders of India
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Louis Leaky
Definition
– Archeologist who found remains of early humans in Africa
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Charles Darwin –
Definition
“Theory of Evolution
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Mansa Musa –
Definition
Mali ruler, converted to Islam, made a trip to Mecca, brought back Muslim culture to Sub-Saharan Africa
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Desmond Tu Tu –
Definition
Nobel Peace Prize winner, anti-apartheid
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Nelson Mandela –
Definition
one time leader of the ANC, first black president of South Africa
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Jomo Kenyatta –
Definition
African Nationalist, first President of Kenya
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Kwame N’Krumah –
Definition
African Nationalist, led the Gold Coast to independence, later was the first Prime Minister of Ghana
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Julius Nyerere
Definition
– first Tanzanian President, tried socialism in his country
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F.W. deKlerk –
Definition
South African President that started the end of Apartheid
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Mobutu Sese Seko –
Definition
military strongman that gained control in Congo and changed its name to Zaire
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King Leopold II –
Definition
Belgian King who ruled Congo harshly
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Cecil Rhodes
Definition
British imperialist in Africa
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Market Economy –
Definition
Capitalism, private ownership, competition driven
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Command Economy
Definition
– Government run industry
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Mixed Economy
Definition
Government owns some of the major industries, but some industries are still independently run
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Capitalism
Definition
Free market economy, government plays minimal role in controlling industry
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Communism
Definition
– Government controls the industry and business making decisions, control of resources
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Socialism –
Definition
government control of industry, in more of a democratic system than Communism
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Mercantilism/Colonialism –
Definition
the colony exists for the benefit of the mother country
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Nationalism
Definition
– pride in one’s nation, often related to independence movements
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Ethnocentrism – Belief that ones culture is better than others
Definition
– Belief that ones culture is better than others
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Racism
Definition
– discrimination based on someone’s race
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Pan-Africanism
Definition
“Africa for Africans” movement for a united Africa
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Culture
Definition
Ones way of life; economically, religiously, morally, socially
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Cultural Diffusion –
Definition
spread of ideas from one culture to the next
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Interdependence
Definition
– countries relying on one another
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Diversity
Definition
– differences or varieties between cultures
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Caste System
Definition
– Hindu social system based on birth
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Reincarnation
Definition
– Rebirth after death
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Karma
Definition
the belief that the good and bad deeds that one does in this life affects their standing in the next life
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Darma –
Definition
the Hindu belief in the duties of each caste
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Moksha
Definition
the Hindu belief in the freeing of the Soul from the body
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Satyagraha –
Definition
Gandhi’s method of non-violent civil disobedience
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Nirvana –
Definition
The Buddhist equivalent to heaven, “Wanting Nothing”
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Social Class –
Definition
peoples standing in the hierarchy of their culture
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Social Mobility –
Definition
The ability for a person to move up or down in social class
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Apartheid
Definition
– Rigid separation of people by race, South Africa
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Bride Wealth
Definition
– The money a man pays his bride’s family at his wedding to her
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Dowry –
Definition
The money a bride’s family gives to her husbands family at their wedding to ensure her a good life
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Per Capita Income –
Definition
The average amount of money a person makes in a country in a year
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Gross National Product
Definition
the amount of goods and services produced by a country in a year
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Polygamy
Definition
– the practice of having more than one spouse
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Boycott
Definition
– refusal to buy certain goods or services
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Embargo –
Definition
complete halt to trade
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Civil Disobedience –
Definition
refusal to obey an unjust law
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Passive resistance
Definition
Nonviolent protest
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Monotheism
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– belief in one god
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Polytheism
Definition
– belief in many gods
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Theocracy
Definition
– a country where religious leaders run the government
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Stereotype –
Definition
to judge someone based on physical characteristics, or their belonging to a certain group
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Extended Family
Definition
– a family that includes several generations living in one home
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Nuclear Family –
Definition
only immediate family living in one home, - mother, father, and children
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Hunter-Gatherer –
Definition
early form of society, wherein the people are nomadic
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Developing / Third World Nations –
Definition
countries that are trying to become a part of the industrialized world
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Evolution –
Definition
gradual change
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Natural Selection
Definition
– only the strong survive to reproduce-
"survival of the fittest"
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Subsistence Farming –
Definition
producing only enough to survive
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Cash Crop
Definition
a crop raised for the sole purpose of sale
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Green Revolution
Definition
– the development of crops that have a higher yield and larger harvest due to genetic altercation and technology
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Agricultural Revolution –
Definition
the point at which people began to settle in one place to raise crops, and began to domesticate animals
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Civilization –
Definition
highly organized group of people with their own language and ways of living
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Paleolithic vs. Neolithic –
Definition
old and new Stone Age
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Urbanization –
Definition
the growth of cities, involves people moving from the country or villages to the city
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Non-alignment –
Definition
Refusal to team up with either superpower in the cold war
Generally new countries are "non-aligned" as to not upset any other countries
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Brahmins –
Definition
the highest Caste in Hinduism
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Untouchables –
Definition
the lowest group in the Caste system
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Raw Materials –
Definition
Unrefined resources
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Famine –
Definition
a prolonged period of hunger commonly due to drought
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Civil War –
Definition
a war within a country
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Guerilla warfare –
Definition
a type of fighting where a smaller group uses covert tactics such as hit and run to chip away at the power of the larger force
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Coup d`Etat –
Definition
a military overthrow of a government
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Independence –
Definition
freedom from an external power
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Dictatorship –
Definition
a government where one person has total control
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Scarcity –
Definition
a lack of resources
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Patrilineal –
Definition
a system wherein heritage is traced through the males’ side of the family
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Gold-Salt trade –
Definition
Trans-Saharan trade by the Berbers WAY OF LIFE
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Golden Age –
Definition
The high point of a civilization, good trade, education and little warfare
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Tribalism –
Definition
pride in ones tribe – usually over ones nation
** think AFRICA and how British/Europe tookover w/pitting them against each other, bribing w/ guns/alcohol $...
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Archeology –
Definition
the study of remains left by early people
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Anthropology –
Definition
the study of early civilizations
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Geography –
Definition
study of people, their environments and their resources
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Topography –
Definition
physical features of a place or region
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Cartography –
Definition
the study of maps
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Desertification
Definition
– the spread of the desert
* think SAHARAN DESERT how it "GROWS" and expands, less grass every year...
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Monsoons –
Definition
seasonal storms
rainy seasons, connection 2 India RAIN SHADOWS
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Typhoons –
Definition
a violent storm involving high speed winds and water
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Climate –
Definition
average weather of a place over a long period of time
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Rain Shadow****
Definition
an area next to mountains that is blocked from rainfall by the mountains; a desert region
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Leaching –
Definition
the removal of nutrients from soil from an abundance of water
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Cataracts –
Definition
waterfalls
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Escarpments –
Definition
Steep cliffs
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Hinduism –
Definition
an eastern religion based on caste and reincarnation
-arranged marriages, non-violence, vegetarianism, karma/darma,
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Buddhism –
Definition
an offshoot of Hinduism that is monotheistic and has no casts
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Sikhism –
Definition
a religion that combines some of the beliefs of Hinduism and Islam
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Islam –
Definition
A middle-eastern religion based on teaching of the prophet Muhammad
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Animism –
Definition
belief that spirits live in the natural world
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Great Zimbabwe / Ghana / Mali / Songhai –
Definition
early African civilizations
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Maurya / Gupta / Mongols –
Definition
early Indian civilizations
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Mughal –
Definition
Muslim invaders of India
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British Empire –
Definition
English control of various places around the world
"The sun never sets on the British empire"
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Sepoy Mutiny
Definition
1857 Indian soldiers in the British army turned revolted against the British in India because they heard that their guns and ammunition involved the use of animal products, and the Hindus thought they may be shipped overseas
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Amritsar Massacre
Definition
– 4/13/1919 General Dyer had his troops open fire on a group of Indians who were meeting peacefully
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Homespun Movement –
Definition
Gandhi’s call for Indians to make their own cloth which opposed British policy
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Salt March –
Definition
Gandhi led a march over 240 miles to protest the British monopoly on Salt in India
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Quit India Campaign –
Definition
movement to get the British out of India, involved refusal to support Britain in the war unless India was given its independence
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Partition of India
Definition
– split up of India into India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) once it was independent from Britain
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