9631611967 | Paleolithic | Old Stone Age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture. | 0 | |
9631611968 | Pastoral Society | social system in which the breeding and herding of domestic animals is a major form of production for good and other purposes | 1 | |
9631611969 | Neolithic | late phase of Stone Age, advanced stone tools used | 2 | |
9631611970 | Bantu Migrations | series of migrations of the Bantu people from the Congo area to present day Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, | ![]() | 3 |
9631611971 | Mesopotamia | region in West Asia situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system | 4 | |
9631611972 | Hammurabi's Code | Sophisticated law code associated with the Babylonian king Hammurabi | 5 | |
9631611973 | Iron Metallurgy | technique or science of working or heating metals into tools | 6 | |
9631611974 | Patriarchy | A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line | 7 | |
9631611975 | Phoenicians | Ancient Semitic people living in the Eastern Mediterranean, responsible for creating an alphabet that has influenced many modern day alphabets | 8 | |
9631611976 | Indus River Valley Civilization | Civilization along one of the longest rivers in South Asia | 9 | |
9631611977 | Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 10 | |
9631611978 | Yellow River Valley | Cradle of Chinese civilization, along one of the longest rivers in East Asia | 11 | |
9631611979 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population | 12 | |
9631611980 | Warring States Period | the period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty, characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty. | 13 | |
9631611981 | Olmecs | One of the earliest known major civilization in Mexico | 14 | |
9631611982 | Persian Wars | Series on wars between Greece and Persia | 15 | |
9631611983 | Zoroastrianism | Monotheistic religion; influenced future religions like Judaism, Islam, and Christianity | 16 | |
9631611984 | Confucianism | A system of thought based on the teachings that turned into the ruling ideology of the Chinese state, involves ancestor reverence and a profound human-centered religiousness | 17 | |
9631611985 | Daoism | Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China | 18 | |
9631611986 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that argued that people were by nature evil and would follow the correct path if coerced by laws | 19 | |
9631611987 | Jainism | an Indian religion that stresses extreme simplicity and non violence towards all living creatures | 20 | |
9631611988 | Buddhism | Religion, based on Four Noble Truths, associated with Siddhartha Gautama; its adherents desired to eliminate all distracting passion and reach nirvana. | 21 | |
9631611989 | Hinduism | Main religion in India,emphasizes reincarnation and the desire to end the cycle and death and reincarnation | 22 | |
9631611990 | Polis | ancient Greek city state | 23 | |
9631611991 | Sparta | Greek city state, known for its emphasis on military service and strength | 24 | |
9631611992 | Athens | Greek city state, birthplace of democracy | 25 | |
9631611993 | Hellenistic | relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony | 26 | |
9631611994 | Socrates | Greek philosopher, father of western philosophy | 27 | |
9631611995 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher and scientists, student of socrates | 28 | |
9631611996 | Julius Caesar | Roman military general and politician, assassinated by a group of nobles | 29 | |
9631611997 | Christianity | Religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth | 30 | |
9631611998 | Silk Road | Network of trading routes connecting East and West | 31 | |
9631611999 | Justinian Code | Laws developed under Justinian, the Byzantine Emperor | 32 | |
9631612000 | Lateen Sail | a triangular sail, made sailing in the wind easier | 33 | |
9631612001 | Dhow | ship of small to moderate size used in W Indian Ocean; triangular sail and sewn timber hull | 34 | |
9631612002 | Magnetic Compass | Navigational Tool, indicates direction of travel | 35 | |
9631612003 | Islam | Monotheistic religion announced by the prophet Muhammad; influenced by Judaism and Christianity | 36 | |
9631612004 | Indian Ocean Trade Network | Trade network throughout the Indian Ocean, connected places like India, China, East Africa and the Middle East | 37 | |
9631612005 | Neo-Confucianism | Philosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought | 38 | |
9631612006 | Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to a king in return for loyalty and military service | 39 | |
9631612007 | Holy Roman Empire | Multi ethnic group of territories in central Europe during the Middle Ages, first emperor was Charlemagne | 40 | |
9631612008 | Hanseatic League | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to a king in return for loyalty and military service | 41 | |
9631612009 | Mongols | Central Asian group, created a largest land based empire through brutal conquest and military warfare. | 42 | |
9631612010 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan traveler, made the pilgrimage to Mecca and helped spread Islam throughout Africa | 43 | |
9631612011 | Marco Polo | Italian merchant whose accounts of his travels to China and other lands became legendary | 44 | |
9631612012 | Crusades | (1095-1204) Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation. | 45 | |
9631612013 | Toltecs | Central American society, predates the Aztecs | 46 | |
9631612014 | Aztecs | Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century | 47 | |
9631612015 | Mercantilism | Economic policy common to many absolute monarchies. Government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the military security of the country. In particular, it demands a positive balance of trade and desires new sources of gold and silver bullion, thus fueling more colonialism. | 48 | |
9631612016 | Trading Post Empire | First used by the Portuguese to control trade routes by forcing merchants to pay taxes in trading ports | 49 | |
9631612017 | Joint Stock Company | A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors. | 50 | |
9631612018 | Diffusion | The spread of ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another | 51 | |
9631612019 | Zheng He | Chinese explorer who traveled throughout the Indian Ocean | 52 | |
9631612020 | Renaissance | A period in European history where ancient Greek and Roman art and culture was revived | 53 | |
9631612021 | Bubonic Plague | Deadly disease that spread through Europe, believed to be brought to Europe by traders from Asia | 54 | |
9631612022 | Trans-Saharan Trade | trade route that traveled across the Sahara desert | 55 | |
9631612023 | Junks | Chinese sailing ship | 56 | |
9631612024 | Sikhism | Indian syncretic religion that combines elements of Hinduism and Buddhism | 57 | |
9631612025 | Caravels | European fast sailing ship | 58 | |
9631612026 | Columbian Exchange | An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa. | 59 | |
9631612027 | Encomienda System | A labor system set up by the Spanish government where Spanish colonists could work the native Americans on their land while compensating them and agreeing to educate some of them and teach them about Christianity | 60 | |
9631612028 | Haciendas | An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa. | 61 | |
9631612029 | Indentured Labor | Labor source for plantations; wealthy planters would pay the laboring poor to sell a portion of their working lives in exchange for passage | 62 | |
9631612030 | Martin Luther | Author of the 95 thesis, began the protestant reformation by protesting against the Catholic church | 63 | |
9631612031 | Protestant Reformation | 16th century, European movement where religious figures broke away from the Catholic church | 64 | |
9631612032 | Printing Press | Machine used to mass produce text, responsible for increasing literacy rates and spreading information at a faster rate | 65 | |
9631612033 | Scientific Revolution | Started in the 1500's, that brought about major advancements in math, physics, astronomy, and biology | 66 | |
9631612034 | Industrial Revolution | the process of change from an agrarian society to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing | 67 | |
9631612035 | Factory System | Method of manufacturing using machines and division of labor | 68 | |
9631612036 | The Enlightenment | Intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe that emphasized natural rights, reason, and changes in government to meet the needs of the people | 69 | |
9631612037 | Haitian Revolution | successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial revolt led by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule | 70 | |
9631612038 | Simon Bolivar | Leader of the revolutions that took place in Latin America | 71 | |
9631612039 | Nationalism | Extreme pride in ones country or advocacy of political independence | 72 | |
9631612040 | Liberalism | Political view that emphasizes liberty and equality, civil rights | 73 | |
9631612041 | Conservatism | Political view that holds that society changes slowly overtime against rapid change | 74 | |
9631612042 | Socialism | Political theory that advocates that the community should own he means of production | 75 | |
9631612065 | Marxism | 76 | ||
9631612066 | Communism | 77 | ||
9631612067 | Social Darwinism | 78 | ||
9631612068 | Scramble for Africa | 79 | ||
9631612069 | Indian Revolt, 1857 | 80 | ||
9631612070 | "White Man's Burden" | 81 | ||
9631612071 | National Assembly | 82 | ||
9631612072 | French Revolution | 83 | ||
9631612073 | Indian National Congress | 84 | ||
9631612074 | King Leopold | 85 | ||
9631612075 | Opium War | 86 | ||
9631612043 | Berlin Conference | Meeting organized by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1884-1885 that provided the justification for European colonization of Africa | 87 | |
9631612076 | Taiping Rebellion | 88 | ||
9631612077 | Self-strengthening Movement | 89 | ||
9631612078 | Sphere of Influence | 90 | ||
9631612079 | Boxer Rebellion | 91 | ||
9631612080 | Seneca Falls Convention | 92 | ||
9631612081 | Meiji Restoration | 93 | ||
9631612082 | Mexican Revolution | 94 | ||
9631612083 | WWI | 95 | ||
9631612084 | Paris Peace Conference | 96 | ||
9631612044 | Armenian Genocide | Campaign of extermination undertaken by the Ottomans against two million Armenians living in Ottoman territory during World War I. | 97 | |
9631612085 | Treaty of Versailles | 98 | ||
9631612045 | League of Nations | Forerunner of the United Nations, the dream of American president Woodrow Wilson, although its potential was severely limited by the refusal of the United States to join. | 99 | |
9631612086 | Great Depression | 100 | ||
9631612087 | Russian Revolution | 101 | ||
9631612046 | Mandate System | System that developed in the wake of World War I when the former colonies ended up mandates under European control | 102 | |
9631612088 | New Deal | 103 | ||
9631612089 | Fascism | 104 | ||
9631612090 | Benito Mussolini | 105 | ||
9631612091 | Adolf Hitler | 106 | ||
9631612092 | WWII | 107 | ||
9631612093 | Stalin's Five Year Plan | 108 | ||
9631612094 | Mao Zedong | 109 | ||
9631612095 | Mohandas Gandhi | 110 | ||
9631612096 | Nazi-Soviet Pact | 111 | ||
9631612097 | Mukden Incident | 112 | ||
9631612098 | Rape of Nanking | 113 | ||
9631612099 | Holocaust | 114 | ||
9631612100 | United Nations | 115 | ||
9631612101 | Cold War | 116 | ||
9631612102 | Iron Curtain | 117 | ||
9631612103 | Truman Doctrine | 118 | ||
9631612104 | Marshall Plan | 119 | ||
9631612105 | NATO | 120 | ||
9631612106 | Warsaw Pact | 121 | ||
9631612107 | Green Revolution | 122 | ||
9631612108 | U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1965 | 123 | ||
9631612047 | Apartheid | South African system of "separateness" that was implemented in 1948 and that maintained the black majority in a position of political, social, and economic subordination. | 124 | |
9631612109 | Decolonization | 125 | ||
9631612110 | Zionism | 126 | ||
9631612111 | Geneva Conference | 127 | ||
9631612112 | Pan-Africanism | 128 | ||
9631612113 | Pan-Arabism | 129 | ||
9631612114 | Iranian Revolution | 130 | ||
9631612115 | Globalization | 131 | ||
9631612116 | Climate Change | 132 | ||
9631612117 | Rwandan Genocide | 133 | ||
9631612118 | Satellite Nations | 134 | ||
9631612048 | Absolutism | Political philosophy that stressed the divine right theory of kingship: the French king Louis XIV was the classic example. | 135 | |
9631612049 | capitalism | An economic system with origins in early modern Europe in which private parties make their goods and services available on a free market. | 136 | |
9631612050 | Agricultural Revolution | changeover from food gathering to food production that occurred between ca. 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. | 137 | |
9631612051 | Syncretism | Combination of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought, the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language | 138 | |
9631612052 | Fertile Crescent | The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10,000 years ago and the first known cities about 5,000 years ago. Includes Mesopotamia, Palestine, and the Nile. | 139 | |
9631612053 | Mita | When colonists were allowed to use Indians for forced labor in colonial South America as a form of taxation. The Inca had previously used a similar practice. | 140 | |
9631612054 | Mansa Musa | Ruler of Mali who made a pilgrimage from Egypt to Mecca | 141 | |
9631612055 | Filial Piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors | 142 | |
9631612056 | Irrigation system | a means of supplying land with water | 143 | |
9631612057 | Secular | Non-religious | 144 | |
9631612058 | Specialization of Labor | To train or specialize people in certain areas of work so that people can accomplish tasks quicker | 145 | |
9631612059 | Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 146 | |
9631612060 | codification | a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | 147 | |
9631612061 | Monasticism | Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty. | 148 | |
9631612062 | Caliphate | Office established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire. | 149 | |
9631612063 | Tribute system | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities | 150 | |
9631612119 | appeasement | 151 | ||
9631612120 | Brahman | 152 | ||
9631612121 | Caliph | 153 | ||
9631612122 | Catholic Reformation | 154 | ||
9631612123 | Chinampas | 155 | ||
9631612124 | Civil Service Exam | 156 | ||
9631612125 | Conquistadors | 157 | ||
9631612126 | Containment | 158 | ||
9631612127 | Creoles | 159 | ||
9631612128 | Daimyo | 160 | ||
9631612129 | Detente | 161 | ||
9631612130 | Direct Rule | 162 | ||
9631612131 | Indirect Rule | 163 | ||
9631612132 | Foot binding | 164 | ||
9631612133 | Glasnost | 165 | ||
9631612134 | Good Neighbor Policy | 166 | ||
9631612135 | Great Leap Forward | 167 | ||
9631612136 | Indulgence | 168 | ||
9631612137 | Laissez Faire | 169 | ||
9631612064 | Plato | Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, author of the allegory of the cave | 170 |
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