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| 8372004664 | democracy | government by the people, rule by the people | 0 | |
| 8372012571 | the han dynasty | -Replaced the Qin dynasty -Trade along the silk road increased -Patriarchal society -Society was stratified, peasants and artisans -Paper was manufactured for the first time | 1 | |
| 8372126430 | The qin dynasty | -Came out of the Warring states period and replaced the Zhou dynasty -A defensive wall that became the nucleus of the Great Wall was constructed -Wights, measures, and coinage were standardized -Manufacturing of silk cloth was encouraged -New roads were constructed | 2 | |
| 8372152714 | The zhou dyansty | -Claimed they possessed the Mandate of Heaven-approval from the Gods, they dominated after the fall of the shang dynasty -Took steps to further centralize the Chinese government -Expanded Chinese territory to include the Yangtze River valley - | 3 | |
| 8372224977 | Mauryan | (321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya. | 4 | |
| 8372235307 | Ashoka | the ruler of the Mauryan Empire from about 269 to 232 B.C.E., whose edicts reflected Buddhist values, was known for his brutality | 5 | |
| 8372246607 | gupta | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism, growth of Sanskrit, arabic numerals originated from india | 6 | |
| 8372264036 | sati | involved the practice of a widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre | 7 | |
| 8372279638 | polis | Greek city-state | 8 | |
| 8372296073 | the greeks | indo-european people who migrated to the southern portion of the greek peninsula about 1700 BCE | 9 | |
| 8372321614 | stoicism | the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint | 10 | |
| 8372342559 | pax romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 11 | |
| 8374507213 | imperialism | the acquisition of colonies | 12 | |
| 8374537156 | marshall plan | A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952), also made to prevent communist-dominated nations east of the iron curtain from spreading totalitarianism | 13 | |
| 8374641323 | truman doctrine | president truman's promise to help nations (aid) struggling against communist movements | 14 | |
| 8374705302 | Nasser | Eventually became the leader of Egypt and a world power, involved in the Suez War, and nationalized the Suez Canal. | 15 | |
| 8374765758 | six-day war | nasser faced a defeated with Israel israeli occupation of gaza, sinai, old jerusalem, golan heights, and west bank | 16 | |
| 8374804803 | Joseph Stalin | -Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin. -Policy of collectivization: consolidated private farms into huge collective farms worked in common by farmers -Set up five year plans- concentrated on heavy industry -Known for his purges: expulsion or execution of his rivals | 17 | |
| 8374869528 | Berlin Wall | When large numbers of east germans began migrating to west berlin, this wall was constructed to stem the tide of refugees | 18 | |
| 8374893217 | Khrushchev | -Soviet leader, publicly denounced Stalin, free many political prisoners eased censorship -responsible for the cuban missile crisis, conflict between him and kennedy | 19 | |
| 8374923936 | glasnot | -openess -allowed Soviet citizens to discuss government policies and even criticize them | 20 | |
| 8374939156 | Gorbachev | -last Communist leader of the USSR; started giving the people more economic and political freedom -reduced Soviet nuclear armaments -glasnot and perestroika | 21 | |
| 8374951901 | perestrokia | -an economic reform program that permitted some private ownership and control of agriculture and industry -foreign investments were allowed and industry was permitted to produce more consumer goods | 22 | |
| 8375008047 | Juan Peron | -oppressive military dictator supported by the working class of Argentina -government controlled the press and denied civil liberties to its citizens | 23 | |
| 8375027221 | Fidel Castro | -Communist leader of Cuba -Proclaimed himself a marxist socialist -seized foreign property -Sided with the USSR and severed relations with the United States -Fascist | 24 | |
| 8375040057 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 25 | |
| 8375044301 | communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions | 26 | |
| 8375054511 | capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership of capital | 27 | |
| 8375054512 | decolonization of india | -British parliament passed the government of India act which increased voting rights and turned provincial governments over to Indian leaders -nonalignment: didn't choose to side with either the USA or the USSR | 28 | |
| 8376027064 | there are written records | what signifies the period known as history? | 29 | |
| 8380140473 | Red Guard | Name given to the young "communist enforcers" of China during the Cultural Revolution | 30 | |
| 8380140474 | Mao Zedong | Chinese communist leader instituted to great leap forward: attempted to accomplish industrialization through small scale projects in peasant communities | 31 | |
| 8380140475 | Tiananmen Square | Symbolic heart of Chinese politics; site in Beijing of protests and a massacre in 1989. | 32 | |
| 8380140476 | Geneva Conference | -A 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel -context: after world war two and the end of Japanese occupation of Vietnam, France wanted its former colony back. Ho Chi Minh proclaimed independence of Vietnam and they defeated the French | 33 | |
| 8380140477 | New Economic Policy | 1921 plan that permitted some capitalist activity in Russia in order to increase food production | 34 | |
| 8380140478 | Deng Xiaoping | -Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong. -Allowed some elements of market economy and some foreign investment | 35 | |
| 8380140479 | Persian Gulf War | -War fought between a coalition led by the U.S. and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders. | 36 | |
| 8380140480 | Saddam Hussein | -Iraqs dictator -Sought to take over oil deposits | 37 | |
| 8380140481 | -Czechoslovakia ended its communist government -Yugoslavia conflict broke out among Muslims, Serbs and Croats -Fighting between the Serbs and Albanians in the province of Kosovo | What happened after the fall of the Soviet Union? | 38 | |
| 8380140482 | India | the world's most populous democracy is? | 39 | |
| 8380140483 | Manifest Destiny | 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent. | 40 | |
| 8380140484 | Berlin Conference | Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa | 41 | |
| 8380140485 | Paleolithic Age | The old stone age 2.5 million - 8000 B.C. was known for the use of stone tools | 42 | |
| 8380140486 | Pastoralism | A strategy for food production involving the domestication of animals | 43 | |
| 8380140487 | Neolithic Age | -New Stone Age -People began to farm -Permanent settlements developed and the population increased -Many practiced animism -Saw the beginning of urbanization | 44 | |
| 8380140488 | Agricultural Revolution | -Saw the use of agricultural methods that encouraged migration | 45 | |
| 8380140489 | Tigris River | A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent | 46 | |
| 8380140490 | Shang Dynasty | -Lasts 500 years - Bronze: weapons, farm tools, and wheels - Writing: Pictograms - Rice farming | 47 | |
| 8380140491 | Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods | 48 | |
| 8380140492 | Sumerians | -First to control Mesopotamia -Ziggurats | 49 | |
| 8380140493 | Indus River Valley | -One of the locations where the 1st Urban Revolution occurred -noted for its unpredictable and often violent patterns of flooding | 50 | |
| 8380140494 | Alexander the Great | -king of Macedonia -conquered the Persian empire -led his armies as far as the Indus valley | 51 | |
| 8386609353 | daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. | 52 | |
| 8386615576 | Confucianism | -ideas of Confucius, emphasizing such values as family, tradition, and mutual respect -the importance of proper conduct; no churches or clergy; worship of ancestors encouraged | 53 | |
| 8386627647 | legalism | a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws | 54 |
