Global Review 2
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- Nomad
- people who moved from place to place.
- Cultural Diffusion
- exchange of ideas, customs, and goods.
- Neolithic
- change of way of life
- Technology
- tools & skills used to meet basic needs.
- Civilization
- developed along river valleys;include cities, government, etc.
- Polytheistic
- belief in many gods.
- Pharoah
- egyptian ruler.
- Fertile Crescent
- a crescent shaped area of good farmland.
- Cuneiform
- wedge-shaped writing.
- Empire
- groups of states/territories governed by one ruler.
- Middle Kingdom
- The Chinese thought that their culture was the center of the earth.
- Dynasty
- ruling family.
- Mandate of Heaven
- divine right to rule
- Feudalism
- Local lords controlled their own regions but owed the lord military service.
- Qin
- had the "1st emperor"; had a centralized service.
- Han Dynasty
- founded by Gao Zu; lasted about 400 yrs.
- Maurya Dynasty
- ruled over the 1st united Indian Empire.
- Bureaucracy
- a system of managing government throught departments ran by appointed officials.
- Asoka
- ruled by moral instead of violence.
- Polis
- Another term for city-state
- Aristocracy
- a government ruled by landholding elite.
- Direct democracy
- male citizens took part of the activities of the government.
- Hellenistic
- culture that blended Greek, Persian Egyptian & Indian culture.
- Republic
- form of government where officials are chosen by the people.
- Senate
- most powerful government body.
- Patrician
- the landholding upper class
- Plebeian
- farmers,merchants,artisians & traders.
- Pax Romana
- time in Rome of peace and stability.
- Laws of the Twelve Tables
- written laws on 12 tablets.
- Aqueduct
- bridgelike structures that carry water from hills to cities.
- Silk road
- trade route that linked China as far as mesopotamia.
- Wudi
- Han emperor who conducted military campaigns to secure & expand Chinas border.
- Monopoly
- complete control of a product/buisness by 1 person or group.
- Augustus
- Ruled the Roman Empire & stabalized the government.
- Animism
- The belief that every living and non-living thing in nature has a spirit.
- Brahman
- One unifying spirit.
- Reincarnation
- the rebirth of the soul in a new body.
- Karma
- all the deeds of a persons life that affect his or her existance in the next life.
- dharma
- the moral & religious duties that are expected of an idividual.
- Upanishads
- philosophical dialogues about Hindu beliefs.
- Buddha
- the Enlightened one.
- Nirvana
- union with the universe and release from the cycle of death and rebirth.
- Monotheistic
- belief in one god.
- Torah
- sacred scriptures of the Hebrews.
- Messiah
- savior sent by God.
- Bible
- the sacred text of Christianity.
- Hijra
- Muhammands journey that was a turning point for Islam.
- Quran
- sacred scriptures of Islam
- Sharia
- body of laws from Muslim Scholars.
- missionaries
- people dedicated to spreading a religion.
- diaspora
- scattering of people.