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World History Final 2008

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Napoleon
Created Lycees, expanded French Empire, then fell at the Battle of Waterloo
Father
_____ is to Son
Himalayas
A mountain range to the southwest of China
Pompeii
city destroyed by volcanic eruption
Older Brother
_____ is to Younger Brother
Mehmet II
Renames Constantinople Istanbul
Loess
A yellow silt deposited by the Huang He
Osman
A famous warlord in the Muslim Empire
Bronze
A technology used for agriculture (not war) in the Shang Dynasty
Mercantilism
Country's power based on wealth
Siddhartha Gautama
Founder of Buddhism; later called "The Buddha"
Homo Habilis
Hominids, having stone tools
Henry VIII
King of England who broke away from the Church because of a wanted divorce
Divine Right
The belief that God picked the kings
Shi'ites
believed the caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad
Printing Press
An invention of the Renaissance that increased book production
Neanderthals
First hominids to show signs of rituals
Australopithecines
First Hominids, having opposable thumbs
Silk
A product of China that was kept secret within
Haiti
First Latin-American territory to free itself from European rule
Hammurabi's Code
282 laws posted around the empire
Copernicus
developed the belief in the heliocentric theory
Adam Smith
created Capitalism
Hinduism
A belief system with beliefs in karma and reincarnation
Renaissance
An age of art and humanism in Italy
Nationalism
A loyalty to a nation and its culture rather than to its leader
Nok
First known African civilization
Confucius
believed in the 5 basic relationships
Empire of Rome
fell in 376 AD
Aksum
Main trade port in Adulis
Oracle Bones
A method of speaking to ancestors; the beginning of ideographic writing
Middle Passage
The voyage between Africa and the Americas that slave ships took
Archipilago
The geographical layout of Japan
Fiefs
Land given to vassals in Feudalism
Pax Romana
An age of peace and advancement in Rome
Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership and investment of wealth for profit
Huang He
A river in Northern China
Trojan War
War between Greece and Troy over the Aegean Sea
Feudalism
A system of agreements: land for loyalty
Mesopotamia
"Land between two rivers"
Congress of Vienna
Restored balance of the main powers of Europe
City of Rome
Located between 7 hills
Hajj
Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
England
Ended up controlling most of the Americas
Wu Zhao
Empress who ruled when China conquered Korea
Treaty of Tordesillas
The agreement to follow the new Line of Demarcation
Battle of Talas
A war that signified the end of the Mandate of Heaven
Absolutism
An age of monarchs believing they should have complete rule
Cultural Diffusion
Mixing Cultures
Chivalry
A code of law followed by knights
Crusades
Holy Wars between Muslims and Christians
Mecca
The religious center of Islam
Edo
The new capital of Japan, later to be named "Tokyo"
Liu Bang
An emperor (the first) of the Han who removed Legalism
Daoism
A belief system founded by Laozi
Atlantic Slave Trade
The buying and selling of Slaves in the Americas
Filial Piety
The respect for parents and elders
Cro Magnum
First hominids with communication and art
Effects of the Crusades
Pope's power decreases, increase in trade, increase in king's power
Pax Mongolica
Period of peace in the 13th and 14th centuries
Charlemagne
Leader of the Franks; called the "Roman Emperor"
Montesquieu
Believed powers should be separated
Devshirme
A system of using Janissaries as beurocrats
Allah
The Muslim name for God
Peninsulares
Men born in Spain, living in Latin America
Homo Erectus
Hominids, created fire
Voltaire
Believed in the freedom of speech
Almavorids
Spread Islam in Africa
Bubonic Plague
A disease spread after the Crusades throughout almost all of Europe
Djenne-Djenno
First African City
Triangular Trade
A network of trades touching the Americas, Africa, and Europe
Friend
_____ is to Friend
Ghana
African empire where Islam spread through
Sunni
believed in following Muhammad's example
Diseases in the Americas
Smallpox, flu, malaria, ...
Muslim
One who follows Islam
Yonglo
Emperor when Zheng He was sent out to explore
Wang Mang
Overthrew the Han
Mali
An empire in Africa associated with the Sundiata
Ruler
_____ is to Subject
Caste System
A system with the Untouchables at the bottom
Mandate of Heaven
The basis of the Dynastic Cycle
Muhammad
The founder of Islam
Song and Tang Inventions
Porcelain, Mechanical Clocks, Gunpowder, Paper Money,...
Chasquis-System
A system of running messages throughout the kingdom
Industrialization
Caused by crop rotation, Enclosure Movement, ...
Taklamakan
A desert to the west of China
Great Canal
connected the Huang He and the Yangtze
Ka'ba
An important Muslim building in Mecca
Julius Caesar
Killed by Senator on March 15
Tarquin the Proud
Last king of Rome
The Analects
A collection of Confucius' writings
Thomas Hobbes
Believed that we all have a social contract
Reformation
A division of the Church, creating divisions such as Lutherism and Calvanism
Quar'an
The Muslim bible
Hundreds Years' War
A war between the French and the English
Legalism
A belief system based off of harsh punishment for law breakers
Suleiman the Magnificent
A highly respected ruler during the time of the Golden Age of the Ottomans
Middle Ages
The age following the fall of Rome
Taj Mahal
A building built by Shah Jahan for his dead wife Mumtaz Mahal
Umayyad Dynasty
Ruled after Ali was killed and continued conquest
Shinto
a Japanese form of Animism; the original belief system of Japan
Gupta Empire
An empire run by Rapjuts
Kamikazi
A Japanese military force that kept Kublai Khan out of Japan
Hijrah
Muhammad's forced fleet to Yathrib
Kublai Khan
Unified China, opened up international trade, and respected Chinese customs
Anglican Church
The Church of England, created by King Henry VIII
Husband
_____ is to Wife
Magna Carta
A law that increased the common law and the court system
Marxism
A belief that all people should be given equal goods...
Bushido
"The Way of the Warrior"
Yangtze
A river in Southern China
Anyang
The capital of the Shang Dynasty
Haiku
A form of poetry with three lines
Marx
creator of Marxism
John Locke
Believed that we all have natural rights
Joint-Stock Company
A group of people combining wealth for a common purpose
Line of Demarcation
A boundary drawn by the pope, giving Spain the Americas and Portugal Asia
Hammurabi
A ruler during the Babylonian Empire
Han
The empire that most Chinese people say they are descendants of

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