Made right off of Mr. Cushing's list for first semester finals. Majority of definitions from Mr. Cushing and the textbook.
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| 294822889 | 5 Pillars of Islam | 1. Belief in God 2. Charity 3. Hajj (trip to Mecca) 4. Pray 5 times a day 5. Fasting | 0 | |
| 294822891 | 16th Century Poland | Disappeared Partition (split up) between Austria, Prussia, and Russia | 1 | |
| 294822893 | Adam Smith | Economic theory No taxation No government regulations | 2 | |
| 294822895 | Ancient China | Isolated geographically Very advanced Accurate Calendar | 3 | |
| 294822897 | Ancient Egypt | Nile River Polytheistic Organized and unified | 4 | |
| 294822899 | Ancient India | Harappa and Mohandaro Gupta-Golden Age | 5 | |
| 294822901 | Anglican Church | Henry VIII established it to get divorced from his wife Protestant 1534 | 6 | |
| 294822902 | Aryans | Invaded India Brought caste system to India European Conquered Girvidians | 7 | |
| 294822903 | Aztecs | Polytheistic Many city-states Human sacrifice New World Thought the universe was destroyed every 52 years | 8 | |
| 294822904 | Barbarians | Anyone who didn't live in a civilization To China- anyone who wasn't Chinese | 9 | |
| 294822905 | Bartolome de las Casas | Missionary Said to use Africans instead of Native Americans as slaves | 10 | |
| 294822906 | Bedouin | Nomadic sheep or cattle farmers of the Arabian peninsula Converted to Islam | 11 | |
| 294822907 | Bourgeoisie | French middle-class Doctors and lawyers No old money | 12 | |
| 294822908 | British East India Company | English chartered company formed to trade with East and Southeast Asia and India | 13 | |
| 294822909 | Bullion | The only thing Indian merchants would take from the Europeans in exchange for goods and spices | 14 | |
| 294822910 | Bushi | Warrior leaders in feudal Japan | 15 | |
| 294822911 | Byzantine Empire | Continuation of Roman Empire Constantinople Eastern Orthodox Church | 16 | |
| 294822912 | Caliph | Successor to Muhammad | 17 | |
| 294822913 | Cape of Good Hope | Southern tip of Africa Portuguese circumnavigated it to reach India | 18 | |
| 294822914 | Catherine the Great | Russian tsarina Appearance of enlightened rule Accepted western cultural influence Granted nobility power over peasantry | 19 | |
| 294822915 | Chinggis Khan | Khagan of all Mongol tribes Conquered Northern China Legal code creator Sons fought over the spot as next ruler | 20 | |
| 294822916 | Christian Crusades | Goal: conqueror the Holy Land-failed Muslims didn't learn anything from Christians | 21 | |
| 294822917 | Clovis | Frankish King Converts kingdom to Christianity | 22 | |
| 294822918 | Columbian Exchange | People, animals, plants, and diseases traded Europe, Africa, and the New World | 23 | |
| 294822919 | Columbus | Italian navigator Sailed for Spain Looking for a route to China Landed in the New World | 24 | |
| 294822920 | Confucianism | Firm hierarchy Civil servis exams Males > Females Elderly > Younger Analects | 25 | |
| 294822921 | Copernicus | Ideas went against the Church Said that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe, the sun was | 26 | |
| 294822922 | Cossacks | Peasants recruited to migrate to Russia | 27 | |
| 294822923 | Daimyos | Most powerful warrior land lords of feudal Japan except for Shoguns | 28 | |
| 294822924 | Daoism | Go with the flow Government that governs the least is the best | 29 | |
| 294822925 | Demography | Study of populations | 30 | |
| 294822926 | Duchy of Moscow | Group in Moscow Liberate Russia from Mongol control | 31 | |
| 294822927 | Dynastic Cycle | China Mandate of Heaven Power handed down from generation to generation | 32 | |
| 294822928 | Eastern Orthodox Church | Greek Permitted marriage of clergy | 33 | |
| 294822929 | Empress Wu | Tang ruler Wanted Buddhism to be the official religion-failed | 34 | |
| 294822930 | Encomiendas | Grant of Indians to Spaniards | 35 | |
| 294822931 | Enlightenment | Intellectual movement in France Scientific advances | 36 | |
| 294822932 | Ethnocentrism | Thought that one's culture was superior | 37 | |
| 294822933 | Excommunicate | Kick someone out of the Christian Church | 38 | |
| 294822934 | Feudalism | Social organization in Japan and Eastern Europe King on top then Lords, lesser lords, knights Lords pledged soldiers to fight After fall of Roman empire | 39 | |
| 294822935 | Feudal Japan | Emperor-Head figure Shoguns-Held real power Minomoto-marks beginning of feudal period | 40 | |
| 294822936 | Fiefs | Land and estates given to lesser lords in engage for soldiers and military loyalty | 41 | |
| 294822937 | Foot Binding | Chinese practice Women would bend and wrap their feet into small, deformed shapes to make them smaller Seen as a sign of beauty and submission | 42 | |
| 294822938 | Francisco Pizarro | Led conquest of Incan Empire in Peru | 43 | |
| 294822939 | Ghana | Gold | 44 | |
| 294822940 | Gothic Architecture | Flying bustraces Replaced Roman-esque | 45 | |
| 294822941 | Government of Ancient Greece | Direct democracy | 46 | |
| 294822942 | Griots | African poets | 47 | |
| 294822943 | Hellenistic Society | Greek | 48 | |
| 294822944 | Hernán Cortés | Led expedition of Mexico Conquistador that defeated Aztec Empire Captured Tenocntitlan | 49 | |
| 294822945 | Hinduism vs. Buddhism Similarities | Emerged in India Reincarnation Dmara Karma Ahimsa | 50 | |
| 294822946 | Hinduism | Moksha | 51 | |
| 294822947 | Buddhism | Nirvana | 52 | |
| 294822948 | Hundred Years War | England vs. France 1337-1453 Fought over lands England possessed in France Feudal rights vs. national states | 53 | |
| 294822949 | Iconoclastic Controversy | Byzantine Christian Church Emperor Leo III wanted all icons taken down so people would pray to God, not icons | 54 | |
| 294822950 | Incan Empire | Peru Cuzco- capital Inti- Sun God Road systems only for news and army | 55 | |
| 294822951 | Islam | Monotheistic Means submission and peace Tolerant | 56 | |
| 294822952 | Ivan the Great III | Fights off Mongols Frees Russia Takes name of czar | 57 | |
| 294822953 | Ivan the Terrible IV | Confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking boyars power Russian expansion established with European contacts | 58 | |
| 294822954 | Johannes Gutenberg | Movable type | 59 | |
| 294822955 | Justinian | Byzantine empire Builds Hagia Sophia Wife-Theodora Codified Roman law Expansionist | 60 | |
| 294822956 | Ka'ba | Most revered religious shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia Box | 61 | |
| 294822957 | Key Features of Early Civilizations | River Valleys | 62 | |
| 294822958 | Kiev | First Russian capital Vikings from Scandinavia | 63 | |
| 294822959 | Legalism | Harsh rules Hanfeizi-founder | 64 | |
| 294822960 | Louis XIV | Absolute monarch of France | 65 | |
| 294822961 | Magellan | First to circumnavigate the globe Sailed for Spain | 66 | |
| 294822962 | Magna Carta | Great charter England King obeys law | 67 | |
| 294822963 | Mansa Musa | Muslim who made the hajj that resulted in more trade | 68 | |
| 294822964 | Martin Luther | German monk Started Protestant Reformation | 69 | |
| 294822965 | Mercantilism | Economic theory Governments promotion of limitation of imports to improve tax revenue | 70 | |
| 294822966 | Merchants and Confucian Society | Low status Making money off of low status people | 71 | |
| 294822967 | Mesopotamia | Between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Often not united Sumarians Hamburabi's code-First law code | 72 | |
| 294822968 | Middle Passage | Slave voyage from Africa to the Americas | 73 | |
| 294822969 | Ming Dynasty | 1368 Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor-founder | 74 | |
| 294822970 | Moldboard | Plow-heavy and more durable | 75 | |
| 294822971 | Mongol conquest of Russia | Isolate Russia from Western Europe Russian peasants became serfs Moscow prospered | 76 | |
| 294822972 | Mongol military tactics | Calvary Fake retreat | 77 | |
| 294822973 | Mongol society | Nomadic tribe Tolerant Defeated Qin Dynasty | 78 | |
| 294822974 | Muhammad | Prophet of Islam Merchant | 79 | |
| 294822975 | Neolithic Age | New Stone Age Middle East Sedentary farming | 80 | |
| 294822976 | Neolithic revolution | Farming Domestication of animals | 81 | |
| 294822977 | Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age Simple tools Believed in afterlife | 82 | |
| 294822978 | Patrician | Roman society | 83 | |
| 294822979 | Patrician Plebeians | Land-holding elites Senators Tributes | 84 | |
| 294822980 | Pax Romana | Roman peace Enforced by Roman rule and military control | 85 | |
| 294822981 | Peter the Great I | Continued growth of absolutism and conquest Imitated Europe in economy and culture | 86 | |
| 294822982 | Predestination | The belief that one's fate is determined before they are born | 87 | |
| 294822983 | Proletariat | French working-class | 88 | |
| 294822984 | Protestant Reformation | Martin Luther attacked the sale of indulgence Reform spread out of Germany John Calvin converted | 89 | |
| 294822985 | Reasons for the fall of Rome | Too big Plaques Heavy taxes Government corruption | 90 | |
| 294822986 | Reconquista | Spain Reconquer Kick Jews and Muslims out Fernand and Isabella marry | 91 | |
| 294822987 | Religions and Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa | Islam dominated Market economy Gold, salt, and silver | 92 | |
| 294822988 | Religious Policies | Mongols Tolerant | 93 | |
| 294822989 | Renaissance | Period of great art and philosophy | 94 | |
| 294822990 | Romanov | Dynasty elected in 1613 at the end of the Time of Troubles in Russia | 95 | |
| 294822991 | Rome's Attitude Towards Other Religions | Tolerant | 96 | |
| 294822992 | Russian Merchant Class | Limited | 97 | |
| 294822993 | Samurai | Member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan | 98 | |
| 294822994 | Scholasticism | Medieval Europe New way to educate- focus on science, math, language | 99 | |
| 294822995 | Serfs | Peasant agriculture laborers within the mansions of the Middle Ages | 100 | |
| 294822996 | Seven Years War | England vs. France and Indians England won Fought in India and New World | 101 | |
| 294822997 | Shi'is and Sunnis | Sunni Majority Shi'is radicals | 102 | |
| 294822998 | Shogun | Top of Japan's military Samurai generals | 103 | |
| 294822999 | Song Dynasty | After collapse of Tang Dynasty Agricultural developments | 104 | |
| 294823000 | Spanish/American Economy | America's provide raw materials for Spain Spain sells finished good Caused inflation | 105 | |
| 294823001 | Split in Islam | People disagreed over who should rule | 106 | |
| 294823002 | Socratic Method | Importance of questioning | 107 | |
| 294823003 | Tang Empire | Yuan-founder Largest dynasty | 108 | |
| 294823004 | Tartars | Mongol invaders Ruled Russia for two centuries Literature and trade declined in Russia | 109 | |
| 294823005 | Thomas Aquinas | Christian theologian Used reason and religion to understand the world | 110 | |
| 294823006 | Toltec | Tribe of Meso-America natives Mexico City Agricultural civilization Brought Meso-America under one unified government | 111 | |
| 294823007 | Trans Saharan Slave Trade | Female slaves sent north across the Saharan to be used as concubines | 112 | |
| 294823008 | Triangular Trade | Slaves carried to America for sugar and tobacco transported to Europe | 113 | |
| 294823009 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer Led first naval expedition to INdia Opened commercial sea route | 114 | |
| 294823010 | Vassals | Military elite Received land from feudal lord Pledged military service and loyalty | 115 | |
| 294823011 | Vedic Age | Aryan Age No monuments or cities Destroyed everything | 116 | |
| 294823012 | Vikings | Sea going Scandinavian raiders from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway Disrupted coastal areas of western Europe | 117 | |
| 294823013 | Zheng He | Imperial eunuch (guard women's living area) Muslim Ming emperor Yongle sent him on voyage | 118 |
