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| High Tension between US and Soviet Union |
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| A member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan |
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| Social Class system of the Hinduism beliefs |
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| Hereditary commander of the Japanese army who until 1867 exercised absolute rule under nomial leaders |
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| African countries that rely on trade of salt gold and oil |
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| Ritual suicide practiced by Japanese samurais also called Hara-Kiri |
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| Tests to see if you can do a cretain job |
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| a feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner |
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| Elected group of officials |
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| Treaties that favored one side over the other |
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| form of government which a ruler holds power by force |
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| society that is how it starts and maintains itself |
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| policy of avoiding foreign involvements |
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Ruler; Ruled
Friend; Friend
Husband; Wife
Older Brother; Younger Brother
Father; Son |
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| local lords ruled the land |
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| Policy in China that parents can only have one child |
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| Belief in one god; Muslim movement against westernization, return to values of the Koran |
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| Living in the Middle East belief in Muslim or Islam |
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| all the things that make up people's way of life |
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| practice of having more than one spouse |
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| Chinese Communist Revolution |
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| When Mao Zedong lead the Chinese government; the creation of China's communist government |
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| American born Spanish settler desendents |
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| Policy that didn't favor the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
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A new ruler: Unites China, founds a new dynasty, and gains the Mandate of Heaven. Under the new dynasty, achieves prosperity and a new golden age. The population increases
Corruption becomes rampant in the imperial court, and the empire begins to enter decline and instability.
The ruler loses the Mandate of Heaven |
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| Nomadic people; people who follow their food |
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| Belief that the souls of people are reborn when they die |
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First set of laws made in history.
In Babylon written on a stone tablet |
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| Belief that every deed (mental, physical) in life affects a person's fate |
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where the first cities and towns wee first started
usually along rivers
Tigris and Euphrates, Yellow, Indus, and Nile river valleys |
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| Right to demand labor from the native people |
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| The main area of Islam, in the Middle East |
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| Thoughts or ideas that will keep you well minded |
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| Lowest caste in the Caste System; do the worst jobs |
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| Theory that a country's economic strength depends on trade |
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| Belief that everything has a living spirit |
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| Officials sennt from Spain to Latin America |
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| Chinese philosophy meaning "the way" emphasizing the link between people and nature instead of the proper behavior. Religion featuring the yin and the yang |
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an indigenous soldier serving in the army of a foreign of a foreign conqueror, especially an Indian soldier serving under the British command in India
Lowest rank in the British Indian Army and its succerssors, equivalent to private |
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| in anthropology, the process by which a cultural trait, material object, idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another; also called diffusion |
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| The Boxer movement or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese uprising from November 1899 to Siptember 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion, and technology that occured in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| Policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies |
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- Authoritative command or instruction
- a Command or and authorization given by a political electorate to its representative
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| The crier who, from a minaretor other high part of a mosque, at stated hours 5 time daily, intones a loud call summoning Muslims to prayer. |
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- Often Crusades of any military on any expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th 12th and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims
- Holy war under taken with papal sanction
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| Strong local traditions that divide people within a country or region |
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| A holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Musilims |
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| an extensive open area in central Beijing, China, the world's larges public square. In 1989 chinese troops fired on student demonstrators killing and estimated 2,000 or more |
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| War between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the Brithish, the opening of 5 Chinese ports to foreign merchants and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privaleges in the Treaty of Nanking. |
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| the worship or belief in more than one god |
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Samurai warrior code was a strict code that demanded
- Loyalty
- devotion
- and honor to the death
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| The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group |
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- Devotion to the intrests or culture of one's nation
- Belief that nations benefit from acting independently, emphasizing national goals
- Aspirations for national independance in a country under foreign domination
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| statement issued by the British government n November 2, 1917 favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews without prejudice to the civil and religous rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine |
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| supposed or presumedresponsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to non white people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism |
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| Organization established by Palestinian leaders in 1964 to set up a Palestine state, associated with terrorism |
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- the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory or people
- system or policy by which a nation matains or advocates such control or influence.
- an dea, custom, or practice peticular to a colony
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| The belief that Jews should have their own nation; Jewish nationalism. The return of Jews to Palestine |
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| a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribedto the community as a whole or to the state |
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| Revolt of the Sepoy troops in the British Indian Army (1857-1859) resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to Britain |
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| Ethnic, Gender, Racial, and Socioeconomic varety in a situation, istitution, or group; the coexistance of different ethic, gender, tacial, and socioeconomic grous with one social unit |
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- Process by which an area becomes a desert.
- rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundries and in semiarid regions, usually caused by combination of drought and the overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people
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The foods eaten, as by a particular person or group" The native diet consits of fish and fruit.
Food or feen habitually provided or partaken of: Televison has given us a steady deit of game shows and soap operas |
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| The arid area on the South Flank of the sahara dwsert that streaches across six countries from Senegal to Chad |
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| A turning point in Japanese history in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. The following Meiji Period (1868-1912) was marked by Japan's opening to the West and the establishment of a strong central government |
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- Wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally
- Wind from S or SW brings eavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.
- The rain that accompanies this wind
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| Terracing or the planting of frost resistant potatoes in the Andes |
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| The conversion of forestedareas to non-forested land; the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover |
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| The grassy plains that stretch from Argentina into Uraguay-known as the Breadbasket of South America |
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| The average number of people that live on a square unit of land |
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| Region of the world located between the earth's two "Sun Lines" |
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| Cool, wet winters an hot dry summers |
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| Where mountains and elevation make a huge impact on the climate on a region; temperatures decreases as elevation increases |
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| Open tropical grassland sometimes with scattering of shrubs and trees |
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| Climate in Latin American highlands with elevationsabove 6,000 ft; Spanish for cold land |
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| 3,700 mile crack in the earth's surface running from Syria to Mozambique |
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| a leveled section of a hilly or mountainous in order to cultivate crops |
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| Soil that is deposited by water and usuallt rich and suitable fo agriculture |
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| Narrow strip of land. In Panama the site of the Panama Canal |
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| A term for an uncivilized uncultured person; Chinese viewed al westerners this way |
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| Nationalist movement that began in the earlly 1900's and called for unifying all of Africa |
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| Area of earthquakes and volcanoes bordring Japan and other Pacific Islands |
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| Pride in one's nation that is often showed through independence movements |
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| Largest lowland area in South America and site of the world's largest rain forest |
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| Ican "runner" of messages |
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| Low land areas that border oceans |
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| Spanish Conquerors of Latin America |
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| When mountains block the flow of rain producing clouds |
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| Global Exchange of people, goods, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres and or between the "New" World and the "Old" World |
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| Regio of the world located south of the Rio Grande River including Central and South America and the Carribean |
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| Mutual Dependance of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world |
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| Rigid seperation of the races by law in the Republic of South Africa |
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| People of mixed European and Native American ancestry |
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| Latin American military leader who seizes power and rules as a dictator |
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| Cold War dictator that helped with the U.S.policy to block the spread of communism in Latin America, Africa and Asia |
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| Gave economic freedom to the Chinese |
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| Leadr of Communist Cuba agreed to make Cuban Missle Crisis |
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| Portuguese captain who reached India in 1498 by sea |
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| First president of Taiwan |
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President of Egypt
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| Ghana's President lead the gold Coast to independance over the British in 1956 |
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| lead independence movement in South America |
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| Spanish Conqueror of the Aztecs |
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| Preist of Mexico lead an independence movement |
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| Communist leader of China |
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| Leader of Confusism believes in harmony |
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| Friendly Tyrant of China to the US |
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Indian independance leader
leader of the Salt March |
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| Indian political leader (Doughter of Jawaharlal Nehru) |
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Founder of the Buddist Religion
"reached Nirvana" |
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| Ruled in England during the British rule in India is known for her marble boat |
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| the messenger of god for the Islamic belief |
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| Muslim politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General |
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| Ruler during the Qin Dynasty unified china the 1rst emperor of China. Known for the introduction of Legalism |
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| North Korean political leader, cheifof state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. |
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| Was the first founder and first shogun of Japan which ruled from 1603 til 1605 where he abdicated from office but remained in power until 1616 when he died |
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| He ws the US Navy Commander that opened trade with Japan |
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| Was the fifth Aztec emperor. |
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| Japanese Emperor that led to Japan's involvement in World War 2 |
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| born is Sivile in 1484. He became a priest in Cuba. Attempted to create a more equitable colonial society in Venezuela. |
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| Leader of The independance movement in Hati. Freed blacks and secured native control over the colony in 1797 while nominally governor of the colony |
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| Chilean military leader and dictator. He used harsh measures to retain power and gain wealth through many unfair policies |
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