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| 48079856 | Alexander the Great | spread Greek officls widely; invaded & defeated Persia; took control of Egypt; hoped to merge Greek and Asian traditions; founded many cities | 0 | |
| 48079857 | Legalism | A belief that a ruler should use the legal system to force people to obey laws; state ruled army | 1 | |
| 48079858 | Caliph | the head of state; a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 2 | |
| 48079859 | Civilization | The way of life of a group of people who have a written language, laws, and a government | 3 | |
| 48079860 | Chinampas | floating farming islands made by the Aztec | 4 | |
| 48079861 | Caste System | divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation | 5 | |
| 48079862 | Four Noble Truths | 1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path | 6 | |
| 48079863 | Mandate of Heavan | People believed that heaven gave them the authority to rule. They also believed that heaven would take it away | 7 | |
| 48079864 | Neolithic Revolution | when humans went from being nomads/hunter-gatherers to settling in one place and farming | 8 | |
| 48079865 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 9 | |
| 48079866 | Scholar Gentry | an education elite class supported by both officials state posts and large rural estates in China | 10 | |
| 48079867 | Bubonic Plague | disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism | 11 | |
| 48079868 | The Crusades | European-Christian attempt to take control of the "Holy Lands" and convert people to Christianity. | 12 | |
| 48079869 | Dar al -Islam | an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule | 13 | |
| 48079870 | Footbinding | Process of wrapping young girls feet to stop growth, led to crppiling women for life | 14 | |
| 48079871 | Inca Socialism | carefully organized system in which every community contributed to the whole; view created by Spanish authors to describe Inca society as a type of utopia | 15 | |
| 48079872 | Neo-Confucianism | Philosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought; most important- Zhu Xi | 16 | |
| 48079873 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 17 | |
| 48079874 | Absolute Monarchy | a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited | 18 | |
| 48079875 | Catherine the Great | Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796) | 19 | |
| 48079876 | Columbian Exchange | the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa | 20 | |
| 48080462 | Divine Right of Kings | the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible only to God | 21 | |
| 48080463 | The Enlightenment | a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine. | 22 | |
| 48080464 | Louis XIV | This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France | 23 | |
| 48080746 | Martin Luther | a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. | 24 | |
| 48080747 | Parliamentary Monarchy | a state headed by a monarch who is not actively involved in policy formation or implementation | 25 | |
| 48080748 | Peter the Great | This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe | 26 | |
| 48086091 | Pugachev Rebellion | Unsuccessful peasant rising led by Cossack Pugachev during the 1770s; typical of peasant unrest during the 18th century and after | 27 | |
| 48086092 | Triangle Trade | a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa | 28 | |
| 48086093 | Meiji Restoration | The restoration of the Emperor Meiji to power in Japan, overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 | 29 | |
| 48086094 | Napoleon | Military Genius of France, who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America. | 30 | |
| 48086095 | Social Darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion | 31 | |
| 48086096 | Apartheid | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites | 32 | |
| 48086097 | Archduke Ferdinand | Heir to the Austrian throne who was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist | 33 | |
| 48086098 | Balfour Declaration | British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI | 34 | |
| 48086099 | Collectivization of Agriculture | (1930s) in Soviet Union, under Stalin. Part of the 5 Year Plan, entailed redistribution of land, run by a collective. SIG: fails --> killing of Kulaks (peasants who got kick off of NEP) because Stalin=upset | 35 | |
| 48086100 | Fascim | political system reuted in militarisum extreme nationalism | 36 | |
| 48086101 | Joseph Stalin | Brutal leader of Russia who took control when Lenin died. He renamed the country The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and arrested or killed millions of citizens who disagreed with him. | 37 | |
| 48086102 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms | 38 | |
| 48086103 | Mohandas Ghandi | (1869-1948) Leader of India's struggle for independence from Great Britain; he organized the population for protest through the methods of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience. | 39 | |
| 48086104 | Schlieffen Plan | Attack plan by Germans, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France | 40 | |
| 48086105 | Third World | The region of the world containing a high concentration of underdeveloped or emergent countries | 41 | |
| 48086106 | Total War | Type of war in which an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by attacking civilian and economic, as well as military, targets. | 42 | |
| 48086107 | Totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 43 | |
| 48086108 | United Nations | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security | 44 | |
| 48086177 | Mita | Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; an essential aspect of Inca imperial control | 45 |
