6739757686 | Democracy | Type of government ruled by the people. | 0 | |
6739757687 | Direct Democracy | All citizens decide , works better in small populations. | 1 | |
6739757688 | Representative Democracy | Citizens vote for representatives to make decisions for them. | 2 | |
6739757689 | Parliamentary Democracy | Executive and legislative functions both reside in the elected assembly. | 3 | |
6739757690 | Autocracy | A system of government by one person with absolute power. | 4 | |
6739757691 | Dictatorship | When power is seized by or granted to an individual member of society. | 5 | |
6739757692 | Totalitarian Dictatorship | A political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority. | 6 | |
6739757693 | Absolute Monarchy | A form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and no restrictions. | 7 | |
6739757694 | Constitutional Monarchy | A form of monarchy following a constitution. | 8 | |
6739757695 | Theocracy | Ruled by a single leader usually claims to be chosen by God. | 9 | |
6739757696 | Oligarchy | A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. | 10 | |
6739757697 | Anarchy | No government | 11 | |
6739757698 | Religion | A particular system of having faith or worshipping | 12 | |
6739757699 | Abrahamic Religion | - Christianity, Judaism, Islam - All monotheistic - Abraham was a prophet | 13 | |
6739757700 | Christianity | 100 CE; Christians were the minorities of many civilizations until 324 CE; In the Roman Empire Christians were persecuted; Emperor Constantine(Rome) eventually makes it the official religion of Rome and rebuilt churches | 14 | |
6739757701 | Judaism | Abraham was the first Jew to speak to God Started in the Middle East Torah - Jewish Holy Book | 15 | |
6739757702 | Islam | 700 CE in Saudi Arabia; By 800 CE it spreads to Africa, Asia, and Europe through trade; Muslim book of law = Quran/Kuran | 16 | |
6739757703 | Buddhism | Not an Abrahamic religion 2,500 years ago in Nepal Siddhartha Gotama = Buddha, No god | 17 | |
6739757704 | Hinduism | 900 million followers today; 150 BCE, began in India; Henothesitic - One god presented in many - Main god is Brahman | 18 | |
6739757705 | Mesopotamia | - Began to live here as early as 10,000 BCE - Land between two rivers (Tigris & Euphrates) - Fertile Crescent | 19 | |
6739757706 | Ancient Greece | - 800 BCE to 500 BCE - Created Democracy - Art, poetry, sports - City State | 20 | |
6739757707 | Ancient Rome | - 753 BCE to 476 CE - Italy - Tiber River - Representative Democracy - Military - Laws | 21 | |
6739757708 | Han Empire | - Located in China - 206 BCE - 200 CE - Fought with the Romans and lost - Pacific Ocean | 22 | |
6739757709 | Mauryan Empire | - Located in India - 321 BCE to 185 BCE - Ganges River - Largest standing army - Buddhism | 23 | |
6739757710 | Abbasid Empire | Second of the two greatest dynasties of the Muslim Empire of the caliphate 750-1258 CE Overthrew the Umayyad caliphate in 750 | ![]() | 24 |
6739757711 | Christian Crusades | Religious War, Byzantine Empire vs. Abbasid Empire. Christianity against Muslims. Started in approximately 1095 | 25 | |
6739757712 | Han Dynasty | -Fall of Rome: Fell 220 CE -Lost the Battle of Red. -The Jin Dynasty took over Next. China was in Chaos -there was many wars and then that fell in 580 CE | 26 | |
6739757713 | The Middle Ages | 400-1400s started with the fall of Rome and ended with the Renaissance. Also called the dark times and Medieval Times. In the Dark Ages education, learning, art, and innovation was forgotten. Barbarians (Germans) and Vikings (Norway) were attacking Europe. | 27 | |
6739757714 | Sui Dynasty | 589-618 CE Their Goals -build Great Wall of China -1 million Men died while creating it - Expand China - Religion: Confucianism Sui Dynasty fell when their own Military attacked the emperor. -military wasn't treated well | 28 | |
6739757715 | Song Dynasty | Poetry : 960 - 1279, Daoism, Extended Trade, song raised taxes, song valued government, both did calligraphy song only had a male ruler | 29 | |
6739757716 | Feudalism | Social system in Europe during the Middle Ages. 1.) King 2.) Lords 3.) Knights 4.) Surfs/Peasants | 30 | |
6739757717 | Tang Dynasty | Poetry, Daoism, Extended Trade, Tang: 618-907, lowered taxes between tang and song there was a 53 year gap and it was complete chaos. Tang had a female ruler, Valued Military. | 31 | |
6739757718 | Bishops | Where often wealthy and came from noble families ruled over groups of parishes | 32 | |
6739757719 | Parish Priests | They came from humbler backgrounds and often had little education | 33 | |
6739757720 | Village Priests | Tended to the sick and indigent and if he was able taught Latin and the Bible to the youth of the village | 34 | |
6739757721 | Catholic Church | is the only name of the only church in Europe during the middle ages | 35 | |
6739757722 | Magna Carta | The Magna Carta limited the Kings power of taxation and will require trials before punishment | 36 | |
6739757723 | Women Roles in Medieval Europe | Women held a difficult positionthey were mainly doing household tasks and other than that they hunted or fought in battles. Women have different rules like blacksmith merchants mid wives and apothecaries | 37 | |
6739757724 | Social Class in Medieval Europe | King, Lords, Knights, Serfs/Peasants | 38 | |
6739757725 | Silk Road | 206 CE to 1453 CE China, India, the Middle East, Europe. The Black Plague was spread through the Silk Road | 39 | |
6739757726 | Trans-Saharan Trade | Northern Africa trade, 600 CE to 1300 used camels | 40 | |
6739757727 | Indian Ocean Trade | 800 CE-1500's CE connected Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Used boats. | 41 | |
6739757728 | Bubonic Plague | Took place from 1347 to 1353 there are four symptoms fever, no appetite or pains, and black boils that oozed blood. This plague settled in the lungs and liquefied them, caused bleeding to death, and you would cough blood and you would have organ failure. The Plague spread by catapulting dead bodies, merchant boats, rats and airborne. | 42 | |
6739757729 | Golden Age | While Europe is going through dark ages China was growing. There was three dynasties Sui Tang Song. China's culture improved some examples include printing, weapons, education, and art. | 43 | |
6739757730 | Confucianism | Led by Confucius in 400 CE. that valued education ,respect Hard work, hierarchy (separate social classes) | 44 |
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