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Ch 15 Quiz Religion – Flashcards 20 terms

Maddison Bailey
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Ch 15 Quiz Religion – Flashcards
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A sociologist studying how religious beliefs become so deeply rooted in people that they can hate people of other religions probably is: a) A conflict theorist b) A feminist c) A symbolic interactionist d) A structural functionalist
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a) A conflict theorist
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When Rosa and Sergei realized that the poor were being neglected in their city, they mobilized the members of their synagogue to send letters to the government asking them to fix the growing rate of poverty, or at least, fund the citizens so they might help their neighbors. This is an example of: a) Social Theology b) Liberation Theology c) Protest Theology d) Zero-Tolerance Theology
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b) Liberation Theology
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Megachurches have become popular in certain parts of the United States. Where else in the world are megachurches widely popular? a) Mongolia b) South Korea c) the United Kingdom d) Samoa
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b) South Korea
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What correlation between religion and society did Max Weber see and study? a) Religion was just a way for governments to justify and control their people. b) Religion was pushed out of society as countries began to industrialize. c) Religion was important to lower class people, but not very important to those in higher classes. d) Religion was very influential over the economy and the habits of workers.
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d) Religion was very influential over the economy and the habits of workers.
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How many pillars are essential to the Islamic faith? a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) 3
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a) 5
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Some believe that religion is important because it adds meaning to people's lives and provides answers to difficult questions. A sociologist following which theory would agree with this statement? a) A symbolic interactionist b) A conflict theorist c) A feminist d) A structural functionalist
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d) A structural functionalist
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You are interested, like Durkheim, in how ordinary objects become sacred. Which theoretical approach will help you most in analyzing the data you collect? a) Symbolic interactionism b) Feminism c) Conflict theory d) Structural functionalism
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a) Symbolic interactionism
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Which two words did Émile Durkheim use to distinguish between religious objects and non-religious objects? a) Secular; religious b) Unclean; holy c) Sacred; profane d) Ordinary; sanctified
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c) Sacred; profane
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On any given day, there is often a story about prayer in schools in the news. For decades people have disagreeing over the constitutionality of prayer in schools. This controversy is a great example of the tension between: a) Church and State b) Different religions c) Social classes d) State law and Federal law
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a) Church and State
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What did Marx and Freud see as the downfall of religion that would lead to the secularization of society? a) Apathy of society b) Social strains of society c) Modernization of society d) Class stratification of society
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c) Modernization of society
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Roberto has just moved to a new city. He does not know anyone but he wants to find a mosque where he can practice Islam. Which theory will Roberto use, either consciously or subconsciously, to make a decision? a) Enlightenment Theory b) Rational Choice Theory c) Logical Approach to Decision-making Theory d) Pro vs. Con list
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b) Rational Choice Theory
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Sanchita worships three different and separate gods. Her religion falls into which category? a) Monotheism b) Totemism c) Atheism d) Polytheism
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d) Polytheism
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If someone who follows the teaching of Confucius mentions the word jen, they are referring to: a) A mystical type of meditation. b) Their sacred texts. c) The argument over whether Confucianism is a religion or a social system. d) A teaching that everyone should be treated kindly.
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d) A teaching that everyone should be treated kindly.
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The ___________ records Jewish interpretations of the _____________ which is their sacred text. a) Hasidic texts; Aggadic Midrashim b) Talmud; Torah c) Tanakh; Tawrat d) Torah; Talmud
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b) Talmud; Torah
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Which text is considered sacred to Christians of all sects? a) The Bible b) The Hymnal c) The Book of Mormon d) The Apocrypha
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a) The Bible
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What name do Buddhists give to their four basic rules? a) Noble Truths b) Pathways to Meditation c) Communion d) Commandments
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a) Noble Truths
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Many people are familiar with the yin-yang symbol. From which religion does this come? a) Baha'i b) Taoism c) Jainism d) Confucianism
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b) Taoism
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Which of the following is NOT true of the sociological perspective on religion? a) Religion is a system of beliefs. b) Religion is a cultural universal. c) Religion is a symbol of high culture. d) Religion is a social institution.
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c) Religion is a symbol of high culture.
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Which position describes Karl Marx's view of religion and society? a) Religion inspired the Proletariat to work harder while under the rule of the Bourgeoisie. b) Religion was something only the Bourgeoisie had time to contemplate. c) Religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class. d) Religion was the key to uniting the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat.
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c) Religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class.
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When Hildegard visited a Church of Christ, she realized just how similar their practices and beliefs are to her regular denomination of choice, the Episcopalian Church. These similarities probably mean that the Church Christ is: a) A cult within the Christian faith. b) A faith that is not part of any larger category. c) An ecclesia within the Christian faith. d) A sect within the Christian faith.
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d) A sect within the Christian faith.
A Level History
AP World History
Christianity And Islam
Important For Trade
Tigris And Euphrates Rivers
Trees And Shrubs
World History
History incorrect ones – Flashcards 68 terms

Alice Rees
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History incorrect ones – Flashcards
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Middle Kingdom of Assyria is located southwest ____
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Asia
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The Middle Kingdom of Assyria was located in an area also known as the
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Fertile Crescent
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China, Russia and Iran are all areas the ______ conquered and incorporated into their empire
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Mongols
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The development of financial institutions is a result of the _________ revolution
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comercial
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_____ _____ believes that the chief problem with the Roman Catholic Church is the practice of selling indulgences. The only way for Christians to receive salvation is through faith alone
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Martin Luther
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_____ _____ believes that is true that the bible, and not members of the clergy, is the ultimate source of religious truth. However God has already decided who will be saved and who will not
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John Calvin
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Labor unions were formed as a result of the _______ revolution
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industrial
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According to Thomas ______ , famine and war were natural checks on population growth
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Malthus
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Turkish leader Kemal Atatürk is associate with the adoption of _______ culture
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Western
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Athens and Gupta both promoted
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art and literature
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In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died as a result of a forced ______
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famine
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topographic maps shows _______ features
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physical
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The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by
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digging irrigation canals
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Which region had the greatest influence on the historical and cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?
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Rome
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The rule of Akbar the Great is important because he accepted _______ and practiced religious toleration
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diversity
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed with the intent of controlling the supply of oil to ____ prices
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raise
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Which factor contributed to the fall of the Han dynasty, the fall of the Roman Empire, and the fall of the Abbasid Empire? invasions by ______ peoples from Central Asia
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nomadic
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Which empires gained wealth by controlling the trade of gold, ivory, and salt across the Sahara Desert?
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Mali and Songhai
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The encomienda system, the latifundia form of land ownership, and the office of viceroy are all closely associated with ______ rule in Latin America
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Spanish
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Knowing the latitude of a location would be most helpful in determining
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temperature
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During the European Middle Ages, guilds were created to
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standardize goods and prices
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Both Ibn Battuta and Mansa Musa demonstrated their religious values by
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making a pilgrimage to Mecca
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WhichreformwasincludedinAtatürk'seffortsto modernize Turkey?
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granting women the right to vote
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WhathavemembersoftheEuropeanUnion(EU) and countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) both attempted to do?
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reduce regional trade barriers
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A goal of modern-day religious fundamentalism is to
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maintain traditional religious values in society
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Which leader is most closely associated with Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk?
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Jomo Kenyatta
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Which philosophy is most closely associated with the development of the Chinese civil service system?
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Confucianism
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13 One way Japanese feudalism during the Tokugawa shogunate was different from European feudalism is that during this period of Japanese feudalism
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political power was more centralized
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The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai prospered primarily due to their
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control of trade routes
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One similarity in the policies of Louis XIV and of Suleiman the Magnificent is that both leaders
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increased the power of their central governments
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What is a major belief associated with Marxism?
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The proletariat would rise up and overthrow the bourgeoisie.
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The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it
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established rules for the European division of Africa
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One way in which Kemal Atatürk of Turkey and Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran are similar is that both leaders
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implemented programs to modernize their nations
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FidelCastrowassuccessfulatleadingarevolution in Cuba because he gained the support of
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peasant farmers
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The policies of the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have both resulted in
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an increase in interdependence
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One way in which the Atlantic slave trade and the Jewish diaspora are similar is that both
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forced people to migrate
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Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties of China?
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gunpowder and movable wooden type
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The trans-Saharan trade carried out by West African civilizations was primarily based on an exchange of
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gold and salt
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13 China's image of itself as the Middle Kingdom is associated with
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controlling how contact occurs with other cultures
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One reason the Suez Canal has been of strategic importance to countries other than Egypt was that the canal
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allowed for faster movement between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean
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A similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both were
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attempts to remove foreign influence
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Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to
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the beginning of World War II in Asia and Europe
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Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?
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Balfour Declaration
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One way in which the actions of Alexander the Great, Saladin, and Shaka Zulu are similar is that each implemented
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military strategies to defeat opponents
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One way in which the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are similar is that each
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stimulated interest in other cultures
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Characteristics of the Inca Golden Age
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political stability, achievement in arts, science and technology, archeticture and transportation
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How did the geography of the Italian peninsula influence the development of the Roman Empire?
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The location of the peninsula contributed to Roman control of the Mediterranean region.
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TechnologicalachievementsmadeduringtheTang and Song dynasties were important because they
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contributed to economic growth and cultural advancement
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One way in which the Great Leap Forward and the Four Modernizations are similar is that each was an attempt to
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increase farm and factory output
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The Boxer Rebellion and the work of Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) are most closely associated with the
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rise of nationalism in china
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Polesin1918andJewspriorto1948areexamplesof
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peoples without their own state
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Which body of water is located between Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia?
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indian ocean
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Which civilization most influenced the style of Russian architecture shown in this photograph? Cathedral of st. something 1017-1036
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byzantine empire
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One important impact of the Mongol expansion across Asia and Europe was the
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rise in trade along the Silk Roads
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In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli was most concerned with
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the use of political power
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Which situation was an immediate cause for the collapse of the Aztec civilization?
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conquest by foreigners
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involved with renaissance?
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Galileo Galilei published information about a heliocentric universe.
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Before1914,nationalismintheBalkanPeninsula contributed to
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resistance by ethnic groups to Austrian rule
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Which action was taken by the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin?
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eliminating political opposition
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An economic change introduced in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin would include
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collectivizing agriculture
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AgoalofboththeEuropeanUnion(EU)andthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is to
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reduce trade barriers between member nations
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Which condition, in combination with drought, has most directly forced the migration of people out of the southern regions bordering the Sahara?
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desertification
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The Nuremberg laws are best described as
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anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany
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In studying the United Nations, an example of a secondary source would be
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a description in an encyclopedia of the first session of the United Nations Security Council
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A study of the achievements of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures would show that they
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sustained dense populations through intensive agriculture
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DuringtheIndustrialRevolution,whichdevelop- ment resulted from the other three?
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formation of labor unions
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According to Thomas Malthus, the rate of increase for human populations in relation to the rate of increase for food production was a problem. Malthus believed that
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famine and war were natural checks on population growth
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During the Cold War, which event occurred last
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destruction of berlin wall
AP World History
Christianity And Islam
India And China
Religious Beliefs And Practices
Transatlantic Slave Trade
APWH: Unit 5 – Flashcards 68 terms

Joseph Fraser
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APWH: Unit 5 – Flashcards
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All of the following have been African contributions to cultures in the americas except:
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african monetary systems
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The success of the European powers in penetrating the Asian trading system by 1600 can best be explained by the
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Opening of rich silver mines in Peru and Mexico
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During the eighteenth century which of the following reigned but did not rule?
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Japanese emperor
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In the period 1550-1750, most of the world's ten largest cities were located in which of the following regions?
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East Asia
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Which of the following resulted from the arrival of Western Europeans in India and China during the time period 1450-1750?
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The establishment of small European enclaves in India and China
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Which of the following statement best describes the relationship between European and Asian commercial interest in the 1500s?
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Europeans found, after trial and error, that the only way to benefit from the Asian trading network was to join it as a peaceful partner
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Which of the following was problem common to the Abbasid, ottomans, and Mughals?
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The competing power structure of regional warrior aristocrats
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Triangular trade referred to the network connecting:
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The west coast of Africa, North America, and Western European
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Compared to European exploration in the Indian Ocean, that of the Chinese:
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Was designed to establish a military presence
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Which of the following was true of the cultures of Ming and Qing China?
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the Chinese were introduced to american food crops
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Between 1500 and 1800 the Islamic empires
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We're ethnically diverse
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Which of the following was the primary goal of Zheng he's expedition?
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To impress foreign people with the power and might of the Ming Dynasty
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Chinese naval expeditions were abruptly ended in 1433 because
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Many aiming the fleet was Considered a needless waste of national resources
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The first European country to enter into direct trade with the Far East and established colonies there was:
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Portugal
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By the 16th century the center of commerical activity had shifted from the Mediterranean to the:
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Atlantic Ocean
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One of the most significant impacts of sugar cane production in global economies was
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The increased demand for slave labor
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In spite of the ravages of the slave trade the opus took of Africa actually increased in the eighteenth century due to
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The introduction of new staple food from the Americas
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The middle passage of the slave trade was
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The ship voyage across the Atlantic in the cargo decks
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On the plantations of the caribbeans and Brazil, slaves
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Suffered heavy losses due to tropical diseases and brutal conditions
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How did the mining industries of the Americas stimulate global economic Growth?
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The Spanish Quito (profit from tax on mineral products) circulated throughout European and Asian markets
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An undeterred servant differed from a slave in that he or she
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Worked for a limited period of time usually 7 years to repay passage to America
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The Mughal empire is distinguished from The ottomans and Safavids Mostly because it was
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A Hindu land ruled by Muslims
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Why did the ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires decline simultaneously?
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Inability To adjust to the changes in military technology and the world economy
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After the period of civil wars ended in Japan
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Japanese leaders established the Tokugawa shogunate a centralized Military government
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What European organization was a transmitter of science and technology to china
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Society of Jesus or Jesuits
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The janiasaaries were
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Christian taken from Conquered Territories and raised as special forces
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The isolationism of the Tokugawa government included
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forbidding Japanese from going abroad
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Which of the following did NOT lead to the low fertility among African slaves in the Caribbean?
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Many more Men than women were imported
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Why did European planters try to curtail African cultural traditions?
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They thought that space revolts were led by slaves with the strongest African heritage
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The triangular trade was
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A route that carried rum to west Africa slaves to the West Indies and modals and rum back to England
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In general what trade goods were the Africans most Interested in improving from Europe?
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Textiles, hardware, and guns
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How did African kings and merchants obtain salves for sale?
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Most of them were prisoners of war
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The organization of Atlantic trade in Africa was based on a partnership between
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European and African elites
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During the 18th century, powerful African leaders in Angola gained control of refugees driven from their home regions by
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Severe drought
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The European cultural impact on Africa during the Atlantic system is Best described as
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Minimal
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Women were more in demand than men in the teams-Saharan slave trade because
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Women were intended as concubines and servants
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Which areas of Africa were the most negatively affected by the slave trade?
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Inland areas behind major ports
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Most Scholars agree that effects of the Atlantic and Islamic trade on sub-Saharan africa
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We're severe in the regions that contributed heavily to the slave trade
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How did European goods such as Textiles and metals affect Africa?
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They were intended only for consumption and did not help to develop the economy
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Which was the most Long-lived of the post Mongol Muslim empires?
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Ottoman Empire
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Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire?
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The erasure of all previous political systems by the Mongol invasions
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How did the ottomans capture of Christians territories in the Balkans late in the 14th century enhance ottoman military strength?
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It gave them christian prisoners of war to sue as military slaves
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The devshirme system imposed a tax on the Christian villages in the Balkan. This tax was paid in
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Make children for the janissary crops
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When the ottoman sultan needed money to support the janissaries in the 16th century, he raised it by
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Reducing the number of landholding Calvary so that he could keep their share of the taxes
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Why were the ottoman sultans male relatives confined to the Palace after the Mid-17th century?
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This way the sultan could keep them from meddling in politics or from planning coups
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Which of the following best describes European impact on ottoman territory?
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The Europeans stopped short of colonial settlement and first poltical administration
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Which of the following statements about the Safavid empire is not true?
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Its founder, Ismail, unlike later shahs was mostly a secular man unconcerned with religion
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The Safavid empire of Iran resembled the Ottoman Empire in many ways. However unlike the ottomans the Safavid empire
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Derived part of its legitimacy from pre-Islamic dynasties
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The Portuguese left the Safavid island of Hormuz in 1622 because
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The English brought Iranian soldiers to Hormuz so that the Safavids could expel them
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What single factor distinguished themmughal empire form the ottoman and Safavid Empire?
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The majority of Indian society was non-Muslim
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Albar's religous Attitude can be best described as
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Tolerant and inquisitive
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Big the ottoman and the Safavid empires came to depend on
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Armies made up of former Christian slaves
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The primary theatre of Mughal accomplishment was
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India
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Which of the following is not true about Mughal India?
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The cline of the Mughal empire allowed yeh another Muslim sultanate to reunify India
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Historians have theorized that the first progators of Islam in southwest Asia were
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Merchants
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The highest prices in the Asian network were paid for
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Spices
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Rather than try to control trade in Indian Ocean as had Portugal, the Dutch
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Attempted to monopolies the spice trade from the East Indies
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The Portuguese were able to control trade in Asian waters because
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They had superior weapons and controlled trade through force
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The Dutch and empires in Asia relied on all of these expect:
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Migration of thousands of Europeans to settle in asia
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Europeans learned that the greatest trading profits to be made with Asia could be made by
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"Turning" pirate and raiding other nation merchant ships
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In Asia, European naval technologies and trade practice had little effect against
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Asian states with strong militaries and determined rulers
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Europeans learned that the most successful missionary work in Asia occurred by
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Converting areas that have never previously been converted by Muslims
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Following the defeat and expulsion of the Mongols from China
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The ming dynasty arose
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The first Ming emperor of china attempted to end of the abuses except
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The influence of scholar-gentry
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During the Ming dynasty, the true power of China resided with
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Rural landlord families with relatives in the imperial bureaucracy
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The Ming abandoned the naval expeditions for all these reasons except:
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The Portuguese defeated the Chinese navies on the last voyage
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When the Europeans reached Japan, the Japanese
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We're engaged in a cycle of civil wars
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The Japanese dealt with the long-term european challenge by
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Self-imposed isolation and forbidding most European contacts
AP Human Geography
Christianity And Islam
Norms And Values
AP Human Geography: People, Place and Culture Chapter 4 – Flashcards 20 terms

Jonathan Walsh
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AP Human Geography: People, Place and Culture Chapter 4 – Flashcards
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Culture
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A group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a people
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Popular Culture
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is large, incorporates a heterogeneous population, is typically urban, and experiences quickly changing cultural traits
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Local Culture
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A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and triats and work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others
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Material Culture
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Includes things they construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance, and foods
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Nonmaterial Culture
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Includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics (what they see as attractive), and values
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Hierarchical Diffusion
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In popular culture, fashion trends spread quite quickly through the interconnected world
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Hearth
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The point of origin
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Assimilation
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People of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family. The US government wanted to do this to the Native Indians
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Custom
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A practice that a group of people routinely follows
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Cultural Appropriation
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The process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit
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Neolocalism
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Seeking out regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world
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Ethnic Neighborhoods
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Some local cultures have successfully built a world apart, a place to practice their customs, within a major city by constructing these tight knit areas
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Commodification
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The process by which something (a name, a good, or an idea) that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought or sold becomes an object that can be bought, sold and traded in the world market
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Distance Decay
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The intensity of human activity, process, or function declines as distance from its source increases
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Time-Space Compression
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Explains how quickly innovations diffuse and refers to how interlinked two places are through transportation and communication technologies
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Reterritorialization
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A process in which people start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their local culture and place, and making it their own
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Cultural Landscape
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The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape
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Placelessness
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The loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape to the point that one place looks like the next
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Global-local Continuum
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In less obvious ways, cultural borrowing and mixing is happening all around the world
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Glocalization
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People in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processess
Christianity And Islam
Modern World History
Signs And Symbols
World History
AP World History: Period 2 – Flashcards 90 terms

Paula Corcoran
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AP World History: Period 2 – Flashcards
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Land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan river, occupied by Israelites.
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Israel
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Also known as the Old Testament. Several collections of materials that originated with different groups, employed distinctive vocabularies, and advocated particular interpretations of past events.
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Hebrew Bible
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Born in the city of Ur in Southern Mesopotamia. His grandsons Isaac and Jacob succeeded him as a leader of the wandering group he had established. Left his city of birth because he was disgusted by the idol worship, and he and his animals moved to Israel where he supposedly was promised to he and his disciples by a covenant with the god Yahweh. He and his followers were nomadic.
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Abraham
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When Jews spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in antiquity, and can still be found there today. The synagogue was built/created during this time.
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Jewish Diaspora
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-In present day Lebanon -Developed small city states that revolved around commerce. -Invented the first alphabet -City of Carthage near Tunis, Hannibal was great military leader of Punic Wars -Religion was Polytheistic.
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Phoenicia
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A city located in present day Tunisia, founded by the Phoenicians. Major commercial center and naval power in the Western Mediterranean until defeated by Rome in the third century BCE.
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Carthage
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A religion originating in ancient Iran with the prophet Zoroaster. Centered on single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda, who engaged in a twelve thousand year struggle with demonic forces before prevailing and restoring a pristine world. Emphasis on truth telling, purity, and reverence for nature. Choose sides in the struggle between good and evil. Rewarded in afterlife by doing good things for Ahuramazda.
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Zoroastrianism
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Greek term for "city-state". An urban center and the agricultural territory under it's control. Characteristic form of political organization in souther and central Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. Some polis' were oligarchic, others were democratic.
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Polis
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A heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation. Superior to all military forces for awhile, made up of middle and upper class citizens supplying their own equipment.
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Hoplites
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A system of government in which all citizens have equal political and legal rights, privileges, and protections, as in the Greek city-state Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.
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Democracy
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A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
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Republic
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A Greek term used to describe someone who seized and held power in violation of the normal procedures and traditions of the community. Appeared in Greek city-states and often took advantage of the disaffection of the emerging middle class and, by weakening the old elite, unwittingly contribution of democracy.
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Tyrant
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A gift given to a deity, often with the aim of creating a relationship and gaining favor, and obligating the god to provide some benefit to the sacrificer, sometimes in order to sustain the deity and thereby guarantee the continuing vitality of the natural world.
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Sacrifice
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Heir to the technique investigation developed by the Greeks in the late Archaic period. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively, collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands. Chronicled the Persian Wars between the Greek city-states and the Persian empire.
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Herodotus
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Conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persian empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt through Darius' punitive expedition that failed at Marathon and the defeat of Xerxes' massive invasion of Greece by the Spartan-ed Hellenic League. Herodotus chronicles these events.
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Persian Wars
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Son of Darius, ruler of Persia. Was defeated by the Greeks.
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Xerxes
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Greek and Phoenician warship of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. It was sleek and light, powered by 170 oars arranged in three vertical tiers. Manned by skilled sailors, it was capable of short bursts of speed and complex maneuvers.
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Trireme
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Athenian philosopher who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior. Made enemies by revealing the ignorance and pretensions of others, culminating in his trial and execution by the Athenian state.
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Socrates
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A protracted and costly conflict between the Athenian and Spartan alliance systems that convulsed most of the Greek world. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism. Possession of a naval empire allowed Athens to fight a war of attrition. Sparta prevailed because of Athenian errors and Persian financial support.
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Peloponnesian War
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King of Macedonia in northern Greece. He conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread the Greek culture around the Middle East.
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Alexander the Great
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The age in which Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Islam in the seventh century C.E.
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Hellenistic Age
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The period from 507-31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate.
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Roman Republic
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A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia, he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but after receiving a revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus he became Christian. Traveled preaching his religion and establishing churches. Began the process of separating Christianity and Judaism.
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Paul
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A conduit, either elevated or under ground, using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.
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Aqueducts
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A Roman emperor. After reuniting the Roman Empire, he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity the favored religion.
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Constantine
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In the Wei Valley of eastern China. The ruler was Shi Huangdi. They had a totalitarian structure and forced the individual to support the state. Ignored Confucianisms non-violent ideas and embraced legalism. Abolished passing on land to the eldest son (primogeniture). Abolished slavery, created a unified China with standards like weights, measures, coinage, and laws. Lots of roads to help move the army. Very oppressive labor projects led to a rebellion and brought the Qin down.
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Qin Dynasty
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Founder of the short lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire. Remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states.
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Shi Huangdi
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Took over the Qin Dynasty. Followed the mandate of heaven. Set the stage for imperial China that exists today. Agriculture was big and was used to pay taxes. Human labor was common, built canals between the Yellow and Yangzi river. All able bodied men donate a month to public works. Most important export was silk. Capital was Chang'an. Decline was due to lack of border maintenance, nomads taking over.
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Han Dynasty
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The class of prosperous families in China, next in wealth below the rural aristocrats, from which the emperors drew their administrative personnel. Respected for their education and expertise.
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Gentry
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Built to protect the borders of the Chinese empire.
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Great Wall of China
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Civilization of north coast of Peru. An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples.
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Moche
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Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucantan peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a singe empire. Major contributions in mathematics, astronomy, and the development of the calendar.
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Maya
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A powerful city-state in Central Mexico. It's population was about 150,000 at it's peak in 600 C.E.
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Teotihucan
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Farming system where farmers move on from one place to another when the land becomes exhausted.
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Swidden Agriculture
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Early Indian sacred knowledge-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down. Religious texts that include the thousand poetic hymns to various deities.
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Vedas
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Based on skin color and evolved into the caste system: -Brahmin, Kshatriya (warrior), Vaishya (merchants), Shundra Peasants, and the Untouchables. Reincarnation through immortal essence=atman.
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Varna System
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In Indian tradition, the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a spirit and determines what form it will assume in it's next cycle of life.
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Karma
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The Hindu concept of the spirit's liberation from the endless cycle of rebirths. There are various avenues, such as physical disciplines, meditation, and acts of devotion to the gods.
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Moksha
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Founder of Buddhism. Preached the middle path, and the 4 noble truths. 1. Life is suffering 2. Suffering arises from desire. 3. The solution to suffering lies in curbing desire. 4. Desire can be controlled through the eightfold path.
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Siddhartha Gautama
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One of the two branches of Buddhism. The focus is on the reverence of Buddha. Enlightened persons who have postponed nirvana to help others attain enlightenment.
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Mahayana Buddhism
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One of two branches of Buddhism. Downplays the importance of gods and emphasizes austerity and the individuals search for enlightenment.
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Theravada Buddhism
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The first centralized empire in India. Collected 25% agricultural taxes. Had a very large army, and also had coinage. Had Hindu rulers, one by the name of Ashoka. After this empire collapses, there was no central government in India for 500 years.
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Mauryan Empire
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Ruled North and Central India, but NOT the South. Considered the Golden Age of India. A "theatre state". Hinduism dominated, and the collapse was due to the huns.
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Gupta Empire
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The third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India. He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing.
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Ashoka (Asoka)
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The most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.
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Bhagavad-Gita
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Term historians use for a state that aquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies to attract and bind subjects to the center.
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"Theater State"
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Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad on the basis of his reception of divine revelations, which were collected after his deaeth into the Quran. Islam calls on all people to recognize one creator god- Allah- who rewards or punishes believers after death according to how they led theirs lives.
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Islam
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An adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who subits to the will of God.
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Muslim
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Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.
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Muhammad
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City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, a ritual center of the Islamic religion.
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Mecca
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The community of all Muslims. A major innovation agaisnt the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.
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Umma
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Office established in succesion to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic Empire; also the name of that Empire.
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Caliphate
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Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca.610 and his death in 632; the sacred text is of the religion of Islam.
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Quran
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Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies.
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Ulama
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Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.
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Sunni
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Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Shi'ism is the state religion of Iran.
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Shi'ite
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Mystic fraternities in Islam. The spread of the doctrines and rituals of certain Sufis from city to city gave rise to the first geographical extensive Islamic religious organizations.
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Sufi
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The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head.
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Papacy
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A formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions
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Schism
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Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.
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Holy Roman Empire
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Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands.
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Investiture Controversy
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Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty. It was a prominent element of medieval Christianity and Buddhism. Monasteries were the primary centers of learning and literacy in medieval Europe.
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Monasticism
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Lasting importance from the time of Justinian and his influential wife the empress Theodora is the architectural tradition represented by Hagia Sophia, the great domed cathedral of Constantinople.
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Hagia Sophia
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Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.
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Horse Collar
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When the Christians tried to take back land from the Muslims through a series of wars and battles.
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The Crusades
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Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety, fulfill vows, or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions, such as the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and the pilgrimages made by early Chines Buddhists to India in search of sacred Buddhist writings.
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Pilgrimage
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Concerned with non-religious subjects.
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Secular
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A system of moral principal.
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Ethics
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The body of a doctrine, myth or belief that guides and individual or social movement, institution, class, or large group.
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Ideologies
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Government by many bureaus, administrators and petty officials.
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Bureaucracies
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The principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
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Rationalism
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A variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.
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Humanism
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The earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450 B.C. that became the foundation of Roman law.
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The Twelve Tables
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A general term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the indian subcontinent since antiquity. Hinduism has roots in ancient Vedic, Buddhist, and south Indian religious concepts and practices. It spread along the trade routes to Southeast Asia.
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Hinduism
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"The Creator," the first member of the Trimurti, with Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer. Related with Hinduism.
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Brahma
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A religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.
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Buddhism
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Ancient type of water-supply system developed and still used in arid regions of the world. A qanat taps underground mountain water sources trapped in and beneath the upper reaches of alluvial fans and channels the water downhill through a series of tunnels, often several kilometres long, to the places where it is needed for irrigation and domestic use. The development of qanats probably began about 2,500 years ago in Iran, their technology then spreading eastward to Afghanistan and westward to Egypt.
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Qanat
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The governor of a province in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, often a relative of the king. He was responsible for protection of the province and for forwarding tribute to the central administration. Satraps in outlying provinces enjoyed considerable autonomy.
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Satrap
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The theory that the universe has been ruled from its origins by two conflicting powers, one good and one evil, both existing as equally ultimate first causes
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Dualistic
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Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
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Totalitarian
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Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
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Primogeniture
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Relating to or associated with an empire
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Imperial
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A collections of 1, 017 Sanskrit hymns composed about 1500BC earlier; Hinduism's oldest text.
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Rig Veda
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Religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism
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Jainism
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The most powerful members of a society
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Aristocracy
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A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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Despotism
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A group of countries under a single authority
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Empire
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An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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Monarchy
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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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Republic
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558- 333B.C.E, first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus who capitalized on weakening Syrian and Babylonian empires. Peak was under Darius
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Achaemenid