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5036527438Culturea group's knowledge, language, beliefs, customs, and religion (Foels)0
5036527439ArtifactsObjects that people in the past have made. Example: Pottery, tools, sculptures. (Leslie V.)1
5036527440Paleolithic EraKnown as Old stone age, last for about 2.5 million years. (Leslie V.)2
5036527441NomadsPeople who move from place to place in search of food and water. (Leslie V.)3
5036527442Hunter-gatherersPeople who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs. (Leslie V.)4
5036527443Neolithic EraThe New Stone Age; the time period after Paleolithic Era. (Leslie V.)5
5036527444DomesticationTaming animals and adapting crops for human use. (Leslie V.)6
5036527445Surplusexcess (Leslie V.)7
5036527446Division of laborWhen certain people do specific task. (Leslie V.)8
5036527447Traditional economyEconomic system based of customs, beliefs, religion and habits. (Leslie V.)9
5036527448Cultural diffusionThe spreading of culture from one society to another. (Leslie V.)10
5036527449Fertile CrescentRich farmland that curves from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf centered on the area between the Tigris and Euphrates. (Leslie V.)11
5036527450Mesopotamia12
5036527451Ziggurat13
5036527452Polytheismthe belief in many gods.14
5036527453CuneiformSumerian writing15
5036527454Hammurabi's Codethe first written laws16
5036527455Judaismreligion of the Jews people17
5036527456Torahthe first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The most sacred texts of Jewish faith18
5036527457Christianitya religion based on the teaching of Jesus19
5036527458BibleBook of Jesus20
5036527459JesusGod's son21
5036527460Islamwas created by Muhammad22
5036527461Quranthe sacred text of Islam23
5036527462MuhammadStarted Islam24
50365274635 Pillarsbehaviors and obligations that are common to all Muslims25
5036527464Monotheismthe belief in one god26
5036527465Nile River27
5036527466Bureaucracy28
5036527467Hatshepsut29
5036527468Hieroglyphics30
5036527469Rosetta Stone31
5036527470Monsoons32
5036527471Castes33
5036527472Brahmins34
5036527473Untouchables35
5036527474Hinduism36
5036527475Reincarnation37
5036527476Karma38
5036527477Buddhism39
5036527478Four Noble Truths & Eightfold Path40
5036527479Dynasty41
5036527480Confucianism42
5036527481Daoism43
5036527482Greece44
5036527483Democracy45
5036527484Direct democracy...A type of government where people vote directly on an issue46
5036527485Pericles...prominent and influential Greek statesman and general of Athens during the Golden Age. Opened democracy up to more classes of citizens.47
5036527486Socrates...Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.48
5036527487Plato...Plato was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece49
5036527488Republic... A political system in which the citizens of a region to select a representative to run the government50
5036527489Representative democracy...a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to a direct democracy51
5036527490Pax Romana...A period of peace in the Roman empire lasting from the beginning from Augustus's reign to the death of Marco Aurelius52
5036527491Aqueducts...Manmade channels used to transport water53
5036527492Silk Road...Trade routes stretching from china to the Mediterranean, which allowed for the exchange goods and ideas from china to the roman empire54
5036527493Ashoka...Mauryan emperor one of the greatest rulers of ancient india55
5036527494Bantu Migration...The Bantu expansion is the name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group56
5036527495Gold-Salt Trade...exchange of gold and salt between North and West African traders57
5036527496Timbuktu...a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River.58
5036527497Mali59
5036527498Mansa MusaMansa Musa wast the African king of Timbuktu (luis)60
5036527499Byzantine EmpireThe name of the capital city before it was change to Constantinople (luis)61
5036527500Feudal systema political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other service(luis)62
5036527501Knightswhere people who fought for a king(luis)63
5036527502Magna Carta64
5036527503Crusades65
5036527504Black Death66
5036527505Renaissance67
5036527506Reformation68
5036527507Humanism69
5036527508Niccolo Machiavelli70
5036527509De Medici family71
5036527510Leonardo daVinci72
5036527511Printing Press73
5036527512Indulgences74
5036527513Martin Luther75
5036527514Theocracy76
5036527515Encomienda77
5036527516Conquistador78
5036527517Columbian exchange79
5036527518Mercantilismsystem that is held by power80
5036527519Capitalismsystem where most businesses are privately owned81
5036527520Joint-stock CompaniesGroup of people who make investments together and share profits82
5036527521Triangle Tradetrade between Europe, America and Africa83
5036527522Middle Passagepassage that brought slaves across the atlantic84
5036527523AztecsAmerican Indian people dominant in Mexico85
5036527524Montezuma86
5036527525Hernan Cortez87
5036527526Incas88
5036527527Absolute Monarch89
5036527528Divine Right90
5036527529Constitutional Monarchy91
5036527530Geocentric Model92
5036527531Heliocentric Model93
5036527532Scientific Revolution94
5036527533EnlightenmentIn 17- 1800 expressed reason rather than tradition95
5036527534John Locke96
5036527535Thomas Hobbes97
5036527536Sir Isaac Newton98
5036527537Galileo99
5036527538Voltaire100
5036527539Baron de Montesquieu101
5036527540Adam Smith102
5036527541American Revolution103
5036527542French Revolution104
5036527543Haitian Revolution105
5036527544Napoleon106
5036527545Industrial Revolution107
5036527546Mass Production108
5036527547Assembly Line109
5036527548Laissez-faire110
5036527549Berlin Conference111
5036527550Imperialisma policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. (Alena)112
5036527551Colonialismthe policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. (Alena)113
5036527552Social Darwinisman application of Charles Darwin's scientific theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to the struggle between nations and races; used in the late 1800s to justify imperialism and racism. (Alena)114
5036527553White-Man's Burdenthe task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies (Alena)115
5036527554world war IA war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.116
5036527555The Great Depressiona long and severe recession in an economy or market117
5036527556World War IIA war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.118
5036527557The Cold War119
5036527558Joseph Stalin120
5036527559Franklin Roosevelt121
5036527560Mohandas Gandhi122
5036527561Barack Obama123
5036527562Vietnam War124
5036527563OPEC125
5036527564Globalization126
5036527565Terrorism127
5036527566IRA128
5036527567PLO129
5036527568al-Qaeda130
5036527569atomic bomb131
5036527570HiroshimaJapanese city that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on ending World War II132
5036527571NagasakiJapanese city that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on ending World War II133
5036527572appeasementPolicy of allowing Nazi Germany to take over neighboring territories in order to prevent another world war. Did not work134
5036527573Marshall PlanPolicy of providing financial aid to European countries to rebuild after World War II. Also intended to stop spread of communist ideas.135
5036527574Cuban Missile CrisisA confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the "hottest" periods of the cold war. The Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, placed Soviet military missiles in Cuba, which had come under Soviet influence since the success of the Cuban Revolution three years earlier. President John F. Kennedy of the United States set up a naval blockade of Cuba and insisted that Khrushchev remove the missiles. Khrushchev did. (dictionary.com)136

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