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Test Card
Definition
This is only a test
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Thomas Malthus
Definition
18th century intellectual who named the pop.growth threatened future generations b/c he thought population growth would outstrip agricultural production.
Term
Usama Bin Laden
Definition
Mastermind of the 911 attacks - Deceased
Term
Mikhail Gorbachev
Definition
Head of the soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 his liberalization effort improved relations with the west but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of the communist goverment in Eastern Europe.
Term
Deng Xioping
Definition
Communist Party leader who forced Chinese reforms after the death of Mao Zedong
Term
Saddam Husain
Definition
President of Iraq from 1979 until overthrown by an American-led invasion in 2003. Waged War on Iran from 1980 to 1988. His invasion of Kuwait was repulsed in the Persian Gulf War.
Term
Francisco "pancho" Villa
Definition
A pop[ular leader during the mexcican revolution assasinated in 1923.
Term
Ayatiollah Ruhoollah Khomenini
Definition
Shiite philospher and cleria who led the overthow who led the the over throw of the shaow of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic republic.
Term
Salvador Allende
Definition
Socialist politician elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by the military in 1973. He died during the military attack.
Term
Blaise Diagne
Definition
First African elected to the French Nation Assembly. Sengalse political leader.
Term
getulio Vargas
Definition
Dictator of Brasil from 1930- 1945 / 1951-1954 .. Overthrew gvmt and created a "New State". A dictatorship that emphasized industrializationa nd helped urban Poor.
Term
Emilano Zapata
Definition
Revolutionary leader of pesants in the mexican revolution. He mobilizedf landless pesants; in south central mexico in an attempt to sieze and divide the land of the wealthy land owners. Asassinated.
Term
Mahatma Ghandi
Definition
Leader of the Inidian Independance movement an advocate of non-violent resistance after being educated as a lawyer in england.
Term
Mao Zedong
Definition
Leader of the Chinese Communist Party. 1927-1976 , led the communists on the long march and rebuilt the communist party and Red Army during the Japanese occupation of China. Uhm, after WW2 he led the Communist vistory over the Gumindong. Order the cultural revolution.
Term
Haile Selassie
Definition
Emperopr of Etheopia and symbol of African Independance. Fought Italian evasion in 1935, regained throne in WW2. He ruled a traditional Autocracy.
Term
Vladimir Lenin
Definition
1870-1924 leader of the Bolshevik. (later communist party) in exile in Switzerland until 1917.
Term
Margaret Sanger
Definition
American nurse and author pioneer in movement for family planning. established birth control.
Term
Hipolito Irigoyen
Definition
Argentine politician, president of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930. The first president elected by universal male suffrage, he began his presidency as a reformer byt late became conservative.
Term
Jawaharlal Nehru
Definition
Indian Statesman. He succeeded Mohandad K Gandhi asa leader of the Indian Nation Congress
Term
Juan Peron
Definition
president of argentina. championed the rights of labor. elected in 1946. hurt economy, but the poor loved him.
Term
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Definition
leader of Egyptian modernization in the early 19th century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governer, but had imperial ambitions.
Term
Persian Wars
Definition
two attacks on Greece, 546-323 BC
Delion League floowed as reaction; controlled polis
Term
Philosophy in Greece
Definition
Socrates, Alexander, Ptolomy, Archimedes
Term
Peloponnesion War
Definition
Athens vs. Sparta - Sparta won
Alexander the Great gained power
Helenistic power came around
Term
Roman Republic
Definition
Powers in Roman Senate
patron/client relationships
expansion through Italy & Mediterranean
failure through all land being
take away from pesants
Term
Roman Principle
Definition
followed Caesar
Urban Empire
Christianity grew
Term
Third-Century Crisis
Definition
235-284 BC
political, military, economic issues
almost destroyed Rome
reformed by Diocletian then Constantine
Term
Byzantine Empire & Germans
Definition
Eastern realm of Rome
Christian
Greek speaking
West came under German rule
Term
Han
Definition
Successor of Qin 206BC-220CE
attacks on boundaries brought about decline
Term
Imperial China vs. Rome
Definition
Same: defended bug boarders, government demanded high tax, patriarchal, agricultural, local officials, modeled after capital
Different: China-ephass as group, Rome- emphasis on individuals, Rome-more opportunists, Christian vs. Buddhism
Term
Vedic Age
Definition
1500-500BC
based on religious texts
pre-India
Aryas & Dasa mingled
Varna (class) based on skin color
Term
Jainism & Buddhism
Definition
After 700 BC
reaction against castes
India
Buddha= Siddhartha Guatama
Term
Rise of Hinduism
Definition
envolved from Vedic religions
incorporated Arya & Dravidian
many Gods part of one force
Term
Mauryan Empire
Definition
324-184 BC
North India (1st cetralized empire)
incorporated many groups
Term
Gupta Empire
Definition
320-550 CE
took over Mauryan legacy
North India
monopolies
not as centralized
*theater-state*
Term
Southeast Asia
Definition
3 Geological Zone:
-Indochina
-Malay Peninsula
-Islands

Malay people- dominant
Funan- major center
Term
Silk Road
Definition
trade route linking Medditerranean with China
China vis Mesopotamia, Iran, Central Asia
began 100 BC
Term
Parthians
Definition
Northeast Iran 247 BC
originally from Caspian Sea area
Term
Sasanid Empire
Definition
224-600 Iran
came after Parthian Empire
new crops
Zoroastianism & Christianity
vs. Byzantines
Term
Indian Ocean Maritime System
Definition
across Indian Ocean & South China Sea
linked East Africa, South Arabia, Persian, Gulf, India, Southeast Asia, South China
-Eastcoast of India to islans of Southeast Asia
-South China Sea
-West Coast of India to Persian Gulf & East Coast Africa
Term
Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes
Definition
expanded over time started
300 BCE
slave trade
Term
great vs. small traditions
Definition
great- written language, legal, beliefs, ethical codes, intellectual
small- local customs
Term
Mecca
Definition
late blooming caravan city
Arabian Peninsula
contains Ka'ba
Term
Umma
Definition
community defined bu being Muslim
caliph ruled Umma
Term
Quran
Definition
holy book of Islam
Term
Islamic Conquests
Definition
began under 2nd Caliph
defeated parts of Byzantine Empire
expanded rapidly
Term
Mamlucks
Definition
Turkic slaves that fought for the Caliphatic
made up a huge portion of fighting force
Term
Charlemangne
Definition
first in Europe to bear the title "emperor" in 300 yrs.
King of the Franks
Term
Kievan Russia
Definition
emerging kingdom
shaped by Christian Church & Byzantine Emperors
Term
Schism
Definition
Rift between Latin Church & Orthodox
Term
Early Medieval Europe
Definition
600-1000
Chrlamange
Vikings attacked
Feudalism
Term
The Western Church
Definition
papacy become more powerful
pope entire power
Holy Roman Empire
investiture controversy
pope vs. nobles
Term
Crusades
Definition
religiously inspired Christian military campaigns against Muslims
4 major one
more goods from East consumed
adopted trends of Byzantine & Islam
used to break up fights between fuedal
Term
Tang
Definition
618-755
Succeeded Sui
political use of Buddhism
grand canal-Chang'an
tributary system
independent countries aknowledged emperor
Term
Uighur
Definition
Turkic group
taken much of inner Asia
Caravan cities
collapsed to Tibet
Term
Tibet
Definition
effected by Buddhism, India, math, astronomy, divination, farming, grain
found in Central Asia
exelled at war
Term
Song
Definition
premodern state closest to industrial rev
came after Tang
advanced
junk-ships
gunpowder
neo confucionism
movable type
Term
Korea
Definition
little agri land
officers-noble families
confucian texts
woodblock printing
Term
Japan
Definition
Gov. offices went to noble families
went on confucian texts
Buddhist studies
emperor
shogunate
Term
Vietnam
Definition
Confucian interest in herarchy
rice based agri
bureaucratic training
Term
Teotihuacan
Definition
NE modern Mexico City
height of power- 600 Ce
Chinampas-floating gardens
religious- polythesian architecture
unknown decline
Term
Maya
Definition
never politically unfied
swidden agriculture
smaller dependent cities
3 layered cosmos "tree" calendar
environ degredation-war-DOOM
Term
The Yuan
Definition
Empire created in china by Kublai Khan (a mongolian)
Term
Herodotus
Definition
Heir to the technique of historia - 'investigation' developed by the Greeks in the late archaic period.. Originator of traditional historical writing
Term
The Black Plague / 1347
Definition
Originating in Asia this was responsible for the death of 1/3 of Europe. What year did it strike?
Term
Cuniform / Hieroglyphs
Definition
Name two types of ancient writing techniques...
Term
Sunni/ Shiites
Definition
Name the two branches or sects of Islam
Term
Henry the Navigator
Definition
Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa
Term
Laozi / Yin Yang
Definition
The founder of Daoism/ What is the symbol of Daoism
Term
Panama Canal
Definition
Ship route cut across the isthmus of panama by the United States Army Corps. of Engineers; it opened in 1915 and greatly shorterned the sea voyage
Term
The Maginot Line
Definition
Botched French military fortification (WW2) - Led to their swift defeat
Term
Fascism
Definition
A political movement that is characterized by extreme nationalism, one party rule, and the denial of personal rights - A personality cult
Term
Polis
Definition
translated 'city-state' consisted of an urban center and rural area that it controlled
Term
Fief
Definition
A grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service (middle ages)
Term
Byzantine Empire
Definition
Name of the eastern Roman Empire, after the seventh century - (place)
Term
Agricultural Revolution
Definition
The switch from food gathering to food production; includes domestication of plants and animals.
Term
Code of Hammurabi
Definition
Rule of the Babylonian empire; single uniform code of laws / one of the earliest law codes / an eye-for-an-eye
Term
Nubia
Definition
African rivals of the anicent Egyptians/ Kingdom of Kush/ Their language has yet to be decrypted
Term
Aparthied / Nelson Mandella
Definition
Term used to describe extreme racial segregation in South Africa/ and who ended it?
Term
Faisal
Definition
Arab Prince leader of Arab Revolt in WWI - British made him king of Iraq 1921-1933
Term
Olmec
Definition
Was the most influential early Mesoamerican civilization - Flourishing between 1200 and 400 B.C.E.
Term
Laissez Faire
Definition
The idea that government should refrain from interfeering in economic affiars (political philosophy)
Term
Tributary System
Definition
A type of political relationship dating from the Han times by which independent countries acknowledge the Chinese Emperor's supermacy
Term
Religion of the Mongols?
Definition
Did the Mongols have a religion?
Term
Franz Ferdinand
Definition
This man's assassination was one of the main causes of WWI.
Term
Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Secret Alliances, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Definition
List the five main causes of WWI
Term
Pericles
Definition
aristocratic leader who guided the Athenians state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens, supervised construction of Acroppolis, and pursued a policy of imperial expansion that led to peloponnesian War
Term
Driver
Definition
privileged male slave whose job was to ensure that a slave gang did its work on a plantation
Term
Conquistadors
Definition
Early-16-Century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru
Term
Hausa
Definition
Agricultural and trading people of Central sudan in West Africa
Term
Songhai
Definition
people, language, kingdom, and empire in western Sudan in West Africa
Term
Maroon
Definition
Slave who ran away from his or her master. Often in community of runaway slaves in West Indies and South America
Term
Plantocracy
Definition
in West Indian colonies, rich men who owned most of slaves and land, especially in 18th century.
Term
Tupar Amaru II
Definition
members of Inca aristocracy who led a rebellion against Spanish authorities in peru in 1780-1781, was captured and executed with his wife and other family members.
Term
Coureurs des bois
(Runners of the woods)
Definition
French fur traders, many of mixed American Indian heritage, who lived among and married with American Indian people of North America
Term
Puritans
Definition
English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. Founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.
Term
Pilgrims
Definition
group of english Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands
Term
Indentured Servant
Definition
migrant to British colonies in americas who paid passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years
Term
Mulatto
Definition
term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent
Term
Mestizo
Definition
term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed American Indian and European descent.
Term
Creoles
Definition
in colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in New world. Used to describe Non-native peoples.
Term
Bartolome de Las Casas
Definition
(1474-1566) 1st bishop of Chiapas, in south. Mexico devoted most of life to protecting American Indian people from exploration. Major achievement was the New laws of 1542, which limited the ability of the Spanish settlers to compel American Indians to labor for them.
Term
Habsburg
Definition
powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors, founded the Austrian Empire, and ruled 16th and 17th century Spain.
Term
Gentry
Definition
class of landholding families in England below the aristocracy
Term
bourgeoisie
Definition
in early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied professions.
Term
Atahualpa
Definition
(1502?-1533) last ruling Inca emperor of peru. Executed by the Spanish
Term
Tyrant
Definition
term used to describe someone who seized and held power in violation of the normal procedures and traditions of the community.
Term
Suleim an the Magnificent
Definition
(1494-1566) most illustrious Sultan of Ottoman Empire (ruled 1520-1566); also known as Suleiman Kanuni, "The Lawgiver",. Significantly expanded empire in Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.
Term
Francisco Pizarro
Definition
(1475?-1541) Spanish explorer wholed the conquest of Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.
Term
Moctezuma II
Definition
((1466?-1520) last Aztec emperor, overthrown by the Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes.
Term
Carthage's Commercial Empire
Definition
Carthage was one of the largest cities in the world by 500 B.C.E, that stretched between Byrsa, the original hilltop citadel of the community, and a double harbor
Term
Song Empire
Definition
Chinese-speaking empire,came into being in 960 in central china
Term
Israel
Definition

Israel is a crossroads, linking Anatolia, Egypt, Arabia, and Mesopotamia

 

Israel is an importance in history out of all proportion to its size.

 

Term
Iran
Definition

The land of Aryans

links western Asia and southern and central Asia

Term
Persia
Definition
Greek enemy of 5th and 4th century B.C.E.
Term
Alexandria
Definition
was situated near to the westernmost branch of the nile
Term
Athens
Definition
possessed an unusually large and populous territory
Term
Greece
Definition

relatively resource-poor region

large ecological zone tht encompasses the Mediterranean Sean and the lands surrounding it

Term
Sparta
Definition
followed a typical path of development, participating in trade and fostening the arts
Term
Korea
Definition

a land of mountain, particularly in the east and north

was largely covered by forest until modern times

Term
Olmec
Definition

1200-400 B.C.

Mesoamerica

heads, plytheistic

Term
Chavin
Definition

900-250 B.C.

Meso america

urban center, llamas, pottery

metallurgy

Term
Major Western Asian states
Definition

Babylonia(South)

Assyria(North)

Hammurabi made it grow

Term
specialization
Definition
surpluses allowed jobs
Term
Economy
Definition
because of the agricultural revolution, surpluses rose, the control of these surpluses resulted in the development of economies
Term
Writing
Definition

record keeping of surpluses;

resulted in writing; cunelform

Term
Bronze Age
Definition

began using bronze rather than copper and stone

-weapons

-tools

started=3000 B.C.

Term
Fertile Crescent
Definition
includes Mediterranean and Mesopotamia; where farming ect, started
Term
City-States
Definition
independent and surrounding area's
Term
Sumeria
Definition

-advanced cities

-specialization

-complex institution (priest/rules)

-record keeping (cunelform)

-improved tech

found in fertilleCrescent

Term
Polytheism
Definition

belief in more that 1 god

common in ancient cities and cultures

Term
Nile
Definition
allowed egypt to grow;irrigation
Term
Shang
Definition

1750-1027 B.C.

China

divination; worshipped ancestors

Term
Zhou
Definition

1027-221 B.C.

mandate of heaven

-son of heaven

Confucius, Daoism

Term

Nubia

 

Definition

early dominated egypt

center of Mero

Kingdom of Kush

Term
Hammurabi's Code
Definition
ruled Babylonian empire;single uniform code of laws
Term
Greek Polis
Definition
translated "city-state" consisted of a urban center and the rival territory that it controlled.
Term

Mesopotamia 8000-1500 B.C.E.

 

Politics

Definition

-city-states- self governing urban centers

-Head priests had political power

-Lugals (Big men) began arising and gaining power.

-Akkadian State-2350-2230 B.C.E., Sargon united many cities under his rule

-Third Dynasty of Ur-2112-2009 B.C.E., 5 King dynasty

-Semitic Amorites -1900-1600 B.C.E, Hammurabi Law code

Term
Russification
Definition
insistence on the acceptance of Russian culture by its various ethnic groups
Term
Nationalism
Definition
an intense pride in one's nation and its people
Term
Raj
Definition
Anskrit name for name for the British government in India.
Term
Indian National Congress
Definition
group that promoted a greater role for Indians in their country's government
Term
Economic Imperialism
Definition
the exertion of economic influence rather than political control over the region
Term
Social Darwinism
Definition
application of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection to society to justify the conquest by European nation of some western societies.
Term
Reign of Nicholas I
Definition
1825-1855
Term
Keigh of Alexander II
Definition
1855-1881
Term

The Aegean World

2000-1100 B.C.E.

Definition
King Minos kept a minotaur (half man, half bull)
Term

Agricultural revolution

Definition

the transformation of farming that resulted in the 18th century from the spreas of new crops, improvement in cultivation tachniques and livestock breeding.

Term

abolitionists

Definition

men and women who worked to end slavery

Term

atlantic system

Definition

network of trading links after 1500 tat moved goods, welath, people, and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin.

Term

Argentina

Definition

land of rich soil that produced wheat, beaf, and hides, gained the longest and best developed rail networks south of the U.S.

Term

African Religion

Definition

they wre willing to try Christianity. Deeply impressed with the new religion, the royal family made Catholicism the Kingdom's official faith.

Term

Aztec Religion Belief

Definition

Aztecs suggest that some believed the Cortes was the legendary ruler, whose return to Eath had been prophesied, and treated him with great difference.

Term

Americas People's Food

Definition

they cultivated maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, and hot peppers, as well as cotton and tobacco, and they met their other material needs form the sea & wild plants.

Term

Adolf Hitler

Definition

Born in Austria, Hitler became a radical German nationalist during WWI. Led  the German Worker's Party - the Nazis - in the 1920's and became dictator of Germany in 1933.

Term
Australia
Definition
relied exclusively on foraging until recent centuries, as did some peoples on the other countries
Term
Auschwitz
Definition
biggest camp, was a giant industrial complex designed to kill up to 12,000 people a day
Term
Arabian Peninsula
Definition
caavan trading, camels, practiced Christianity & various forms of Christianity.
Term
Ancient Iran
Definition
links Western Asia and Southern and Central Asia
Term
Assyrian Empire
Definition
the king was literally and symbolically the center of the Assyrian
Term
Assyrian: God and King
Definition
gods chose the jing, all state acitons were carried out in the name of Ashur, the chief God. Military victories were cited proof of Ashurs superiority over the gods of the conquered peoples.
Term
Assyrian Culture
Definition
gov. normally didnt distinguish between native Assyrians & deportees. Worked on land; individual artisans & small workshops in the towns manufactured pottery, tools, and clothing, and most trade took place at the local level.
Term
Alexander the Great
Definition
King of Macedonia in Northern Greece, 334-323 BCE - conquered Persian Empire; made it through the Indus Valley
Term
Asante
Definition
the kingdom in the gold Coast rose up in 1874, 1896 and 1900 before it was finally overwhelmed.
Term
Alexander Nevskii
Definition
(1200-1263) Prince of Novgorod. Submitted to mongols in 1240 & recieved recognition as leader of Russian princes under Golden Horde.
Term
Aden
Definition
city with a large advantage in the Indian Ocean trade.
Term
Akhar
Definition
1542-1605; most illustrious sultan of Mughal Empire in India. Expanded empire & pursued policy of conciliation with Hindus.
Term
Anasazi
Definition
Archeologists use Anazai a navajo word meaning ancient one.
Term
Benjamin Franklin
Definition
1706-1790; American intellectual, inventor, & politician. Helped negotiate French support for American Revolution.
Term
Business Cycles
Definition
recurrent swings form economic hard times to recovery & growth, then back to hard times & a repitition of the sequence.
Term
Bolsheviks
Definition
radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin; seized power in 1917
Term
Bengal
Definition
Region of NE India, was the first part on India to be conquered by the British in the 18th century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the 19th century.
Term
Byzantine Empire Religion
Definition
emperors est. Christianity as official religion. Combined the imperial role with political oversight over the Christian Chruch.
Term
Berlin Conference
Definition
partitioned Africa into colonies dominated by Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Italy.
Term
Buddhism
Definition
embraces the popular new features, while practitioners of Theravada. Buddhism followed most of the original teachings of the founder.
Term
Buenos Aires
Definition
capital city of modern Argentina; was the 2nd important center of revolutionary acitivty in Spanish South America.
Term
Boer War
Definition
between British & individual Boer republica in South Africa due to resources and territory.
Term
Buddha
Definition
Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who renounced his welath and social position after becoming "enlightened", he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.
Term
Brazil
Definition
the loyalty of the colonial elite & stimulate the local economy was maintained by the arrival of the Portugese royal family in 1808.
Term
Britain's Empire
Definition
centered on slave-based plantation & settler colonies in the America's.
Term
China
Definition
remained the source of superior silks; China became the sole supplier of porcelain.
Term
Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese Society
Definition

-Confuscism:more family oriented, but towards all humanity

-Daoism:sought to stop wafare by following the Dao or "path"

-Ying-Yang: explanation of the male/female roles in nature.

Term
Christianity
Definition
religion based off Judaism, believed Jesus was the son of God, was intially unwelcome in Rome because because Christians refused to worship the emporer.
Term
Chang'an
Definition
capital of Han China, in Wei Valley; surounded by a wall of pounded Eath & brick 15 miles in circumference.
Term
Christopher Columbus
Definition
1451-1506; led expeditions across Atlantic re-establishing contact between people of Americas & old world & opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.
Term
Chavin
Definition
first major urban civilization in south america, became politically & economically dominant in a densely populated region that included two distinct ecological zones, the peruvian coastal plain & the Andean foothills.
Term
Confucius
Definition

during Zhou dynasty

minor aristocrat; western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi.

Term
Caracas
Definition
capital city of Venezuela; revolutionary Junta led by Creoles declared independence in1811.
Term
Cossacks
Definition
peoples of Russian Empire who lived outside farming vilalgesm often as herders, merchantiles, or outlaws.
Term
Cape Colony
Definition
est. in 1652 in South Africa as a Dutch-way station.
Term
Cyrus
Definition
founder of the Achamenid Persian Empire, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon; revered in the tradition of both Iran and the subject peoples, he employed Persians and Medes in his administration.
Term
Cold War
Definition
Standoff U.S. nuclear warfare; communism vs. capitalism.
Term
Crystal Palace
Definition
huge greenhouse made entirely of iron and glass and large enough to enclose the tallest trees.
Term
Caravel
Definition
small ship; 1/5 the size of the largest European ships of their day; able to enter shallow coastal waters and upriver, but strong enough to weather ocean storms.
Term
Cecil Rhodes
Definition
British entrepenuer and politician involved in expansion from south Africa to central Africa
Term
Chinampas
Definition
also called "floating gardens";narrow artificial islands constructed along lakeshores or in marshes.
Term
Chartered Companies
Definition
groups of private investors who paid an annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the west  indies colonies.
Term
Chiefdom
Definition
tradition where in a territory that had a population as large as 10,000 was ruled by a chief; a hereditary leader.
Term
Capitalism
Definition
the economic system of large financial institutions, banks, stock exchanges, investment companies, that first developed in early modern Europe.
Term
Champa Rice
Definition
quick maturing rice, can allow two harvests in one growing season.
Term
Dutch West India Company
Definition
trading company chartered by the Dutch gov. to conduct its merchants trade in the America's & Africa.
Term
Division of Labor
Definition
manufacturing techinique that breaks down a craft into many simple & repetative tasks that can be performed by unskilled workers.
Term
Darius I
Definition
third ruler of the Persian Empire; gave all major gov. posts to Persian rather than to te Medes; expanded Persian control in the east and west.
Term
Dhow
Definition
characteristic cargo & passanger ship of the Arabian Sea.
Term
Democracy
Definition
the exercise of political power by all the free adult males; wealthier members of society.
Term
Duma
Definition
Russian Parliament
Term
Divination
Definition
strong riles used to determine the will of the gods.
Term
Durbar
Definition
Elaborate display of political power  & wealthier in British India in the 19th century.
Term
Documented History
Definition
written records began with the Sumarians around 5000BCE; semetic languages began around 2000 BCE; mesopotamia began developing city-states
Term
Egypt
Definition
split into upper and lower Egypt; Rosetta Stone unlocked mysteries.
Term
European Community
Definition
organization promoting economic unity in europe; formed in 1967
Term
Early Saharan Cultures
Definition
sprawling sand dunes, sandy plains, & vast expanses of exposed rock make up most of the great desert.
Term
Emilio Aguinaldo
Definition
leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain
Term
Eastern Africa
Definition
slavery aslo beca,e more prominent with eastern africa itself.
Term
Early Mongols
Definition
nomads, superb riders, herdsmen, hunters;leader was the Khan, no official religion.
Term
European Technology
Definition
mills powered by water & wind; water wheels;printing press.
Term
Equites
Definition
well-to-do Italian merchants & landowners second in status to the senatorial class
Term
Early Medival Society in the West
Definition
knightly guilds developed;"fuedal society"; gave land for military support.
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Electrical Telegraph
Definition
device for rapid, long distace transmission of info. over an electric wire
Term
Fertile Cresent
Definition
bewtween the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea. Surrounded by the tigris and euphrates
Term
Fujiwara
Definition
Aristocratic family that dominated the Japanese imperial court between 9th and 12th centuries.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Definition
Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish Expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
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Fief & Vassal
Definition
grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service.
Term
Francois Dominique Toussaint L' Ouverture
Definition
173-1803; leader of Haitian revolution; freed slaves & gained independence for Haiti despite military interventions by French and British.
Term
Fascism
Definition
political movemnt that is characterized by extreme nationalism, one-party rule, and the denial of individual rights.
Term
Funan
Definition
first major southeast Asian center
Term
Feng Shui
Definition
orientation of buildings
Term
Greek Religion
Definition
wide range of cults and beliefs, ancestors of Greeks brought a collection of sky-gods with them
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Gupta Empire
Definition
4th century CE; grew out of the kingdom of Magadha
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Germany
Definition
united after a series of short, successful wars by the kingdom of Prussia against Austria in 1866.
Term
Great Zimbabwe Culture
Definition
mixed farming & cattle-herding was the economical base; gold exports brought Zimbabwe to the peak of it political and economic power.
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Genghis Khan
Definition
title of Temujin when he rules Mongols; means "oceanic" or "universal" leader; founder on Mongol Empire
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Gunpowder
Definition
used to propel clusters of flaming  arrows
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Gods, Priests, Temples
Definition
Sumarian Gods embodied nature; Gods were imagined as anthromorphic.
Term
Gujarat
Definition
trading port in the Arabian Sea Network
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Gupta Women
Definition
last right to own or inherit propety;barred from studying sacred texts;married at early age;
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Gentry
Definition
class next in wealth below the aristocrats
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Hinduism
Definition
religion of hundres of millions of people in south Asia;intense devotions to the deity and the oriminence of fertility rituals and symbolism.
Term
Hoplites
Definition
new kind of warfare; heavily armored infantrymen who fought in close formation protected by a helmet,breastplatem and leg guards.
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Herodotus
Definition
heir to the techinique of historia-developed by Greeks in the late Archaic period;came from Greek community in Anatolia & traveled extensively.
Term
Hiroshima
Definition
bombed by the U.S. on August 6, 1945; killing about 80,000 people and leaving 120,000 more to die.
Term
Hernan Cortes
Definition
spanih explorer and conquistador wholes conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain
Term
Hidden Imam
Definition
last in series of 12 descendents of Muhammad's son-in-aw Ali, whom Shiites consider divinely appointed leaders of Muslim Community.
Term
Hausa States
Definition
largest of the new muslim reform movement occured, under the leadership of Usuman Dan Fodio, a muslim cleric of the Fulani.
Term
Hausa
Definition
an agricultural & trading people of central Sudan in West Africa.
Term
Han Chinese Beliefs
Definition
believed ancestor maintained a interest in the fortunes of living family members.Doctrine of confucius.
Term
Holy Roman Empire
Definition
esentially a loose confederation of German prince who named one of their own to the highest office.
Term
Hidalgo
Definition
lesser nobles, were Spanish merchants, artisans, miners, priests, and lawyers.
Term
Hitties
Definition
people from Central Anatolia who est. an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age.
Term
Horse and Plow
Definition
horses plowed faster then oxen but were delicate, so came the iron horseshoe, which protected their feet, but added to the farmers expenses.
Term
neo-confucianism
Definition
term used to describe new approaches to understanding classic confucian texts that became the basic ruling philosophy o China from song period to the 20th century. 
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Han Technology
Definition
advent of bronze tools and cast iron tools; used the crossbow,water mills, horse collars, paper, etc.
Term
Influences
Definition
influences from Central Asia and Islamic world introduces lively new motifs to ceramics, painting, and silk designs.
Term
Il-Khan
Definition
secondary or peripheral Khan based in Persia.
Term
Iron Age
Definition
iron tools started to be used as a substitute to bronze tools.
Term
Inca Belief
Definition
emperor was sustained by beliefs that he was descended from the son god & by an efficient system of roads & messengers that kept him informed about major events in the empire.
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Italy
Definition
described as a "geographical expression"; its unification was achieved by the expansion of the kingdom of Piedmont-sardinia.
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Indian Ocean Maritime System
Definition
trade nnetwork across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.
Term
Indian National Congress
Definition
movement & political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in gov.
Term
Israel
Definition
Hebre Bible is the fundamental collection of writtings; first temple to strength the link between religion ans authority.
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Islam
Definition
religion started by Muhammad; Muslims means "submission to the will of God"; leader is the Caliphate; Quran is their holy book.
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Inca
Definition
largest & most powerful Andean empire; controlled the Pacific Coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile form its capital Cuzco.
Term
Imperialism
Definition
quest for empire, war in part a result of the industrial revoultion.
Term
Indus Valley
Definition
civilization suffered system failuire - a breakdown of the fragile interrelationships of political, social, and economic, systems that sustained order and prosperity.
Term
Ibm Battuta
Definition
Moroccan Muslim scholar, most widely travleled individual of his time;writer.
Term
Industrial Revolution
Definition
the transformation of the economy.
Term
Indian Civil Service
Definition
the elite professional class of officials who administered the gov. of British India.
Term
Inequality in Classical Greece
Definition
slaves, 1/3 of the population; marriages are unequal; marriages primarily for producing children, preferably male.
Term
Josiah Wedgwood
Definition
English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.
Term
Joseph Brant
Definition
Mohawk leader who supported British during American Revolution.
Term
Jacobins
Definition
radical republicans during French Revolution, led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793-1794.
Term
James Watt
Definition
Scot who invented the condenser & other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry and transportation.
Term
Japan
Definition
ruled by various shoguns or military leaders; due to Mongol attacks, Japan secluded itself from the outside world.
Term
Junk
Definition
large flat bottom sailing ship produced for long-distance commercial travel.
Term
Joseph Stalin
Definition
Bolshevik revolutinary, head of the Soviet Communist Party after 1920 & dictator of the Soviet union from 1928 to 1953.
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King Henry VIII
Definition
switched England from Catholic to Protestant.
Term
Kmakura Shogunate
Definition
the first of Japan's decentralized military governments.
Term
Koryo
Definition
Korean kingdom founded in 918 and destroyed by a Mogol invasion 1259.
Term
Karma
Definition
New body depended on this, from insect to an animal.
Term
Kievan Russia
Definition
political power denied from trade rather than from land.
Term
Khublilai Khan
Definition
last of Mongol Great Khans and founder of Yuan Empire.
Term
Khipus
Definition
knotted colored cords, used to aid administration and record population counts and tribute obligations.
Term
Kang Xi
Definition
Qing eperor, oversaw greatest expansions of Qing Empire.
Term
Life in France from 1821-1850
Definition
Adult men given voting rights, slavery abolished in France, ten hour workday was legislated,death penalty ended.
Term
Lama
Definition
in Tibetan Buddhism, a teacher.
Term
Lishimin
Definition
one of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second mperor; he led the expansion of the empire into central Asia.
Term
Lazaro Cardenas
Definition
President of Mexico, distributed millions of acres to peasants.
Term
Laissez Faire
Definition
idea that the gov. should refrain from interfeering in economic affairs.
Term
Moche
Definition
civilization in the north coast of Peru; Andean civilization that made irrigation systems and urban centers made of brick.
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition
Sumerian Gods represented forces of natur; semantic gods replaces the Semerian gods but became the same things.
Term
Muslim
Definition
adherent of Islam; person "submits" to will of God.
Term
Manifest Destiny
Definition
U.S. expansion from Altantic to Pacific
Term
Mongol Denomination in China
Definition
Yuan Empire-Khubilai Khan, by law, Mogols had highest social status.
Term
Mongols
Definition
nomads in northern Eurasia, after 1206 est. empire under Genghis Khan linking west and east Eurasia.
Term
Mali Religion
Definition
when Maa Musa returned from his journey, he brought Islamic religion with him; built new mosques and opened Quaranic schools.
Term
Manors & Serfs
Definition
self-sufficient farming estates that became the primary center of agricultural production.
Term
Maximilien Robespierre
Definition
young provincial lawyer who led most radical phases of French Revolution.
Term
Movable Type
Definition
allowed chepaer printing of many kinds of info. books & of text materials.
Term
Mestizos
Definition
Few European of Creole fathers recognized their mixed offspring.
Term
Maroons
Definition
Runaways in the Carribean
Term
Moksha
Definition
individual pursuit of insight into nature and oneself, and the universe through physical and mental discipline, special dietary practices, and medetation.
Term
Mexico
Definition
was Spain's wealthiest and most populous colony in 1810; capital - Mexico City
Term
Maya
Definition
Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never united into a single empire.
Term
Ming Empire
Definition
founded by Zhu Yuanzag; moved capital to Nanjing
Term
Manchu
Definition
federation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded Qing Empire.
Term
Mit'a
Definition
rotational labour draft that organized on larger scale.
Term
Mayan Culture
Definition
military force fought to secure captives rather than territory. Battle scenes and torture and sacrifice of captives.
Term
Monasticism
Definition
featured prominently in the religious lfe of almost all mediveal Christian lands.Those who lived by these rules became regular clergy, in contrast to secular clergy, pritests who lived in souety instead of seclusion
Term
Mulattos
Definition
Individuals of mixed European and African descent, came to occupy intermediate postitions mestizos in mesopotamia and the Andean region.
Term
Middle Passage
Definition
the part of the Atlantic circut involving the trasportation of enslaved Africans across Atlantic to the Americas.
Term
Mercantilism
Definition
European gov. policies of the 16th,17th and 18th centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country and its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland country.
Term
Manumission
Definition
a grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.
Term
Mechanization
Definition
the application of machinery to manufacturing and other countries.
Term
Mass production
Definition
the manufacture of many indentical products by the division of labor into many small repetitive tasks.
Term
Sumerian Religion
Definition
Gods represented nature: Anu=sky Enlil=Air Enki=water Utu=sun, Nanna=moon. Gds were anthropomorphic. Each city had a temple for the gods. Amulets were thought to protect the bearer from evil
Term
Nasir al- Din Tusi
Definition
Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for movement of the planets that jelped to inspir copernican model of solar system.
Term
Noblewomen
Definition
Women could own land, a women  sometimes administered her husbands estates when he was away at war.
Term
Neolithic
Definition

"new stone age"; agricultural revolutions; new specialized tools; populations grew.

 

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Neolithic Government
Definition
they had city-states (self-governing center & agriultural territories it controlled).
Term
Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition
overthrew French directory in 1799 and became emperor of French in 1804. Failed to beat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Died in exile.
Term
Napoleonic System
Definition
depended on the success of  French arms and French dipolmacy.
Term
Northern Nubia
Definition
made tradition from seminomadic hunting and gathering to a settles life based on grain agriculture and culture hearding.
Term
New French Government
Definition
members from middle class were Jacobins, there were "Girondist" modem Jacobins and the radicals called "the mountain" cause their seats were on the highest level.
Term
Hammurabi's Law code
Definition
Mesopotamian law code. Penalties depended on social classes.
Term
The Nile River
Definition
Egyptian life focused on the Nile. Travel, communication, and agriculture depended on the Nile. Papyrus reed that grew near the nile were used as paper
Term
Confucianism
Definition
ideas were to become so important in chinese though. In the era of the early emperors, confucianism became the dominant political philosophy and the core of the educational system.
Term
Daoism
Definition
avoid violence if at all possible and take minimal action necessary for a task. Daoists believe all that matters is the individuals fundamental understanding of the "path"
Term
Nubla
Definition
six cataracts, barriers formed by large bolders and rapids, obstructed boat traffic. Commerce and travel were achieved by boats operating between the cataracts and by caravan tracks alongside the river or accross the desert.
Term
Chavin
Definition
900-250 B.C. Mesoamerica
Urban center
llamas
pottery, metlallurgy
Term
Henry Morton Stanley
Definition
British-American explorer of Africa, famous for his expeditions in search of Dr. David livingstone. Stanley helped King Leopold II establish the Congo free State.
Term
Yamagata Aritomo
Definition
One of the leader of the Meiji Restoration
Term
Byzantine Empire
Definition
Became the name for eastern part of the previous roman empire
Term
Roman Empire
Definition
modern Italy
Roman repulic lasted from 507-31 B.C.E.
maintained pax deorum "peace of the gods"
Urban empire
Term
Japan
Definition
consists of four main islands and many smaller ones stretching in an arc from as far south as georgia to as far north as maine
Term
Vietnam
Definition
Coastal regions east of the mountainous spine of mainland South East Asia
Term
teotihuacan
Definition
longest city in the Americas
100 C.E.
Term
Mesoamerica
Definition
civilization was culmination of several centuries of growth involving several different languages
Term
The toltecs
Definition
originally a satellic population that that tcotimacan had placed on northern frontier.
Term
The Aztecs
Definition
among the northern peoples who pushed into cenral Mexico in the wake of the corps of Tula.
Term
Tiwanaku
Definition
in Andeon Highlands, in the high treeless plain by lake titticaca
Term
Nomadism
Definition
Central + Inner Asia
Term
Wari
Definition
Near the modern peruvian city of Ayacucno
Term
Russia
Definition
Asia + Kipchak
army in 1223 started at a unified state
Term
China
Definition
Mongos conqured Northern china in the 1230's
Term
East Asia
Definition
all major states were affected by conrontation
Term
Maya
Definition
Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire
Term
Fujiwara
Definition
Aristocratic family that dominated Japanese imperial court between 9th and 12th centuries
Term
Uighurs
Definition
group of turkic-speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744 to 840 in Mongolia and central Asia.
Term
Vassal
Definition
in medieval Europe, a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord
Term
Charlemagne
Definition
King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Established the carolingian Empire, through military conquests encompassing all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy.
Term
Origins of Contact and Trade
Definition
by 2000 BCE Sumerian record indicate regualr trade between Mesopotamia, Island of Perisna Gulf, Oman and the Indus Valley.
Term
Ohoman Empire
Definition
Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatola; After fall of Byzantine EMpire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Instanbul
Term
Panama Canal
Definition
ship canal cut acrosss the Isthmus of Panama by United State Army engineerl opened in 1915. Shortened sea voyage.
Term
Pharoah
Definition
Egyptian Ruler; burried in pyramids; central figure in the ancient Egyptian state.
Term
Plant and Animal Domestication
Definition
they domesticated cattle and wolves, as well as wheat, maize and barely as crops.
Term
Politics and the Church
Definition
pope can be judged by noone
Term
Pilgrimages
Definition
pilgrims traveled under royal protection, few being tramps, thieves, beggers, peddlers and merchants finding a safe way to travel.
Term
Polis
Definition
1st flowering of Greeks in the Mycenaen civilization was largely an adpation of imported institutions;consisted of an urban center and the rural territory that it controlled.
Term
Peloponnesian War
Definition
struggle for survival between Athenian and Spartan alliance systems.
Term
Phoenicia and the Mediterranean
Definition
city states; Mesopotamia deities;
Term
Paleolithic
Definition
first stone age; made up of foraging (hunting and gathering)
Term
Pork
Definition
SE Asians ritualized the eating of pork; Egyptians prohibited the eating of pork cause it was associated with the evil god set; people in Iran used pig figurines as religious offering.
Term
Papacy
Definition
Romans lost controlof the office of the Pope and it became a more powerful international office after the tenth centry.
Term
Pearl Harbor
Definition
bombed by Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941; sinking or damaging scores of warships.
Term
Persian Satrap
Definition
govenor who was like to be realted or connected by marriage to the royal family; duty was to collect and send tribute to the king.
Term
Puritans
Definition
people who wished to "purify" the church of England, not break with it. Wanted to abolish its hierarchy of bishops and priests, free it from governmental interference and limit membership to people who share their beliefs.
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