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4758751527Culturea group's knowledge, language, beliefs, customs, and religion (Foels)0
4758751528ArtifactsObjects that people in the past have made. Example: Pottery, tools, sculptures. (Leslie V.)1
4758751529Paleolithic EraKnown as Old stone age, last for about 2.5 million years. (Leslie V.)2
4758751530NomadsPeople who move from place to place in search of food and water. (Leslie V.)3
4758751531Hunter-gatherersPeople who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs. (Leslie V.)4
4758751532Neolithic EraThe New Stone Age; the time period after Paleolithic Era. (Leslie V.)5
4758751533DomesticationTaming animals and adapting crops for human use. (Leslie V.)6
4758751534Surplusexcess (Leslie V.)7
4758751535Division of laborWhen certain people do specific task. (Leslie V.)8
4758751536Traditional economyEconomic system based of customs, beliefs, religion and habits. (Leslie V.)9
4758751537Cultural diffusionThe spreading of culture from one society to another. (Leslie V.)10
4758751538Fertile CrescentRich farmland that curves from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf centered on the area between the Tigris and Euphrates. (Leslie V.)11
4758751539Mesopotamia12
4758751540Ziggurat13
4758751541Polytheismthe belief in many gods.14
4758751542CuneiformSumerian writing15
4758751543Hammurabi's Codethe first written laws16
4758751544Judaismreligion of the Jews people17
4758751545Torahthe first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The most sacred texts of Jewish faith18
4758751546Christianitya religion based on the teaching of Jesus19
4758751547BibleBook of Jesus20
4758751548JesusGod's son21
4758751549Islamwas created by Muhammad22
4758751550Quranthe sacred text of Islam23
4758751551MuhammadStarted Islam24
47587515525 Pillarsbehaviors and obligations that are common to all Muslims25
4758751553Monotheismthe belief in one god26
4758751554Nile River27
4758751555Bureaucracy28
4758751556Hatshepsut29
4758751557Hieroglyphics30
4758751558Rosetta Stone31
4758751559Monsoons32
4758751560Castes33
4758751561Brahmins34
4758751562Untouchables35
4758751563Hinduism36
4758751564Reincarnation37
4758751565Karma38
4758751566Buddhism39
4758751567Four Noble Truths & Eightfold Path40
4758751568Dynasty41
4758751569Confucianism42
4758751570Daoism43
4758751571Greece44
4758751572Democracy45
4758751573Direct democracy...A type of government where people vote directly on an issue46
4758751574Pericles...prominent and influential Greek statesman and general of Athens during the Golden Age. Opened democracy up to more classes of citizens.47
4758751575Socrates...Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.48
4758751576Plato...Plato was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece49
4758751577Republic... A political system in which the citizens of a region to select a representative to run the government50
4758751578Representative democracy...a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to a direct democracy51
4758751579Pax Romana...A period of peace in the Roman empire lasting from the beginning from Augustus's reign to the death of Marco Aurelius52
4758751580Aqueducts...Manmade channels used to transport water53
4758751581Silk Road...Trade routes stretching from china to the Mediterranean, which allowed for the exchange goods and ideas from china to the roman empire54
4758751582Ashoka...Mauryan emperor one of the greatest rulers of ancient india55
4758751583Bantu Migration...The Bantu expansion is the name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group56
4758751584Gold-Salt Trade...exchange of gold and salt between North and West African traders57
4758751585Timbuktu...a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River.58
4758751586Mali59
4758751587Mansa MusaMansa Musa wast the African king of Timbuktu (luis)60
4758751588Byzantine EmpireThe name of the capital city before it was change to Constantinople (luis)61
4758751589Feudal systema political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other service(luis)62
4758751590Knightswhere people who fought for a king(luis)63
4758751591Magna Carta64
4758751592Crusades65
4758751593Black Death66
4758751594Renaissance67
4758751595Reformation68
4758751596Humanism69
4758751597Niccolo Machiavelli70
4758751598De Medici family71
4758751599Leonardo daVinci72
4758751600Printing Press73
4758751601Indulgences74
4758751602Martin Luther75
4758751603Theocracy76
4758751604Encomienda77
4758751605Conquistador78
4758751606Columbian exchange79
4758751607Mercantilismsystem that is held by power80
4758751608Capitalismsystem where most businesses are privately owned81
4758751609Joint-stock CompaniesGroup of people who make investments together and share profits82
4758751610Triangle Tradetrade between Europe, America and Africa83
4758751611Middle Passagepassage that brought slaves across the atlantic84
4758751612AztecsAmerican Indian people dominant in Mexico85
4758751613Montezuma86
4758751614Hernan Cortez87
4758751615Incas88
4758751616Absolute Monarch89
4758751617Divine Right90
4758751618Constitutional Monarchy91
4758751619Geocentric Model92
4758751620Heliocentric Model93
4758751621Scientific Revolution94
4758751622EnlightenmentIn 17- 1800 expressed reason rather than tradition95
4758751623John Locke96
4758751624Thomas Hobbes97
4758751625Sir Isaac Newton98
4758751626Galileo99
4758751627Voltaire100
4758751628Baron de Montesquieu101
4758751629Adam Smith102
4758751630American Revolution103
4758751631French Revolution104
4758751632Haitian Revolution105
4758751633Napoleon106
4758751634Industrial Revolution107
4758751635Mass Production108
4758751636Assembly Line109
4758751637Laissez-faire110
4758751638Berlin Conference111
4758751639Imperialisma policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. (Alena)112
4758751640Colonialismthe policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. (Alena)113
4758751641Social 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
4758751642White-Man's Burdenthe task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies (Alena)115
4758751643world 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
4758751644The Great Depressiona long and severe recession in an economy or market117
4758751645World 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
4758751646The Cold War119
4758751647Joseph Stalin120
4758751648Franklin Roosevelt121
4758751649Mohandas Gandhi122
4758751650Barack Obama123
4758751651Vietnam War124
4758751652OPEC125
4758751653Globalization126
4758751654Terrorism127
4758751655IRA128
4758751656PLO129
4758751657al-Qaeda130
4758751658atomic bomb131
4758751659HiroshimaJapanese city that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on ending World War II132
4758751660NagasakiJapanese city that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on ending World War II133
4758751661appeasementPolicy of allowing Nazi Germany to take over neighboring territories in order to prevent another world war. Did not work134
4758751662Marshall PlanPolicy of providing financial aid to European countries to rebuild after World War II. Also intended to stop spread of communist ideas.135
4758751663Cuban 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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