World History -CST REVIEW
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hebrews | Ethnic group that believed in monotheism and that they had a covenant with God. |
| Monotheism | Belief in only one god |
| Indus River | Location where the first civilizations of India started |
| Silk Road | Trade route that connected China, India, Persia and Europe during ancient times. |
| Confucianism | "The duty of children to their parents is the foundation from which all virtues spring" aka. show respect to one's family. |
| Great Wall | Wall built to seperate the Chinese from the barbarians |
| Inventions of the Ancient Chinese | Magnetic Compass, Gunpowder, Paper |
| Importance of geography on Greece | Mountains created isolation. Islands led to trade and colonization |
| Homer | Wrote the epic poems the Illiad and the Odyssey |
| Galileo | the father of modern observational astronomy, he confirmed that sun was the center of the universe, yet his discovery cause conflict with the church authorities. |
| Sparta | City-state of ancient Greece based on military values. |
| Athens | City-state of ancient Greece based on democracy and the arts. |
| Democracy | Political system developed in the city-state of Athens |
| Socrates | "The unexamined life is not worth living", also know as challenge the authority through questioning. |
| Plato | "The objects we see with our senses are simply reflections of the "Ideal Form". Wrote the book "The Republic" about perfect government. |
| Aristotle | Analyzed and classified things based on observation and investigation |
| Alexander the Great | Spread Greek culture into Egypt, Middle East, Persia and India |
| Roman Republic | Political system where officials are elected to serve the needs of the citizens |
| Gladiators | Slaves in the Roman Empire who fought to death as entertainment |
| Colosseum | Famous Roman ampitheater that was the site of gladitorial contests, mock sea battles, etc. |
| Jesus | Founder of Christianity |
| Christianity | Changed the social values of the Roman people and the army to a more peaceful view. |
| Islam | "Submission to the will of Allah" |
| Muhammad | Founder of the religion of Islam |
| Quran | Holy scriptures of Islam |
| Jihad | Holy struggle by a Muslims for a moral or spiritual goal |
| Mongols | Asian nomadic people who held the worlds largest Empire and was able to control China, India, Middle East and parts of Western Europe. |
| Mosque | Muslim place of worship |
| Feudalism | The economic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages |
| Magna Carta | The "Great Charter," in which the king's power over his nobles was limited, agreed to by King John of England in 1215. |
| Ten Commandments | a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship to God, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. |
| Inquisition | A Catholic court established to judge heretics and excommunicate protestants. |
| Crusades | A series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims. |
| Black Death | An outbreak of bubonic plague that was spread by rats and fleas killing a third of Europe's population. |
| Hinduism | a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation |
| Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases |
| Qin Dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC) |
| Martin Luther | a priest and protest the church corruption/ inspire a massive reformation of Christianity. |
| Mesopotamia | in Greek, it means between two rivers ( the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) |
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