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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Latitude Lines | Runs east and west; Major line- Equator |
| Longitude Lines | Runs north and south; Major line- Prime Meridian |
| Physical Map | Type of map in which locations of landforms as well as countries, major cities, and significant bodies of water appear |
| Political Map | Type of map that shows only boundaries of countries, states ,major cities, and usually major bodies of water |
| Crusades | A series of military expeditions in the 11th , 12th , 13th centuries by eutopean christians to regain the holy land from muslims |
| Reformation | Resulted in the split in christianity between the roman catholic church and protestantism from 14X-17X; led by Martin Luther |
| Renaissance | Rebirth in greek and roman art and literature between 1300-1600 |
| Code of Hammurabi | First written code of law; idea that goverment had a responsibility for what occured in society |
| Magna Carta | Limited the power of the king, guaranteed no taxation without representation , trial by jusy, and equal pretection; basis for U.S Bill of Rights |
| Characteristics of civilization | Able to produce surplus of food, large towns/cities with a goverment, people performing different jobs also may have a calendar and system of writing |
| Cultural diffusion | Spread of culture from one are of the world to another |
| Democracy | Goverment ruled by citizens directly thorugh representatives |
| Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that belong to a king in exchange for preotection |
| Columbian exchange | Transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between asia, africa, and north america and south america |
| Enlightenment period | 18th century European movements in which thinkers attempeted to apply the principles of reason and the scientists method of all aspects of life |
| Industrial revolution | 1750-1900; shift from agriculture production to industrial production that originated in great britain and spread to the us and the rest of europe |
| subsistence agrictulture | Agriculture practice where agrictulture is produce |
| George Washington | Commander-in-chief of the Contenintal Army; 1st president of the United States |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independencee; purchased Louisiana from France |
| Abraham Lincoln | United States president during American Civil War |
| Vladimir Lenin | Influenced by Karl Marx; founder of the Russian Communist Party; led the November Resolution |
| Wiston Churchill | British Prime Minister during WWII; "victory at all costs...for without victory there is no survival."; predicted the "iron curtain" of the Cold War |
| Marie Curie | Proved that radio activity was an effective treatment of some diseases; discovered polonium and radium |
| Mao Zedong | Founded the People's republic of China; led the Long March |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Spiritual and moral leader of India that favored independence from Great Britain; practiced passive resistance, civil disobedience, and boycotts to generate social and political change |
| Pope John Paul II | Supported ageless Catholic traditions, strong papal authority, devotion to the virgin Mary, and inter-faith cooperationl; first non-Italian pope and served from 1978 - 2005 |
| Mother Teresa | Roman Catholic nun set a worldwide standard for humanitarian aid; founded the missionaries for Charity- doing work among the poor, dying, and abandoned India |
| Desomond Tutu | Leading spokesman for passive resistance to South African apartheld in 1980s; became the head of the South African Anglican Church |
| Articles of Confederation | Lacked a strong central government; 1st national government in the U.S. |
| U.S. Constitution | Replaced the Articles of Confederationl; created a strong central government |
| Federalists | Group who supported ratification of the U.S. Constitutuion; supported a strong central government |
| Anti-Federalists | Group who opposed ratification; supported states rights and U.S.; supported states rights and U.S. Bill of Rights |
| Unalienable Rights | Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness |
| Federalism | System of Government where power is shared between the states' and the national goverment. |
| Seperation of Powers | Government is divided into three branches |
| Checks and Balances | Branches can restrict and balance the power of other branches |
| Executive Branch | Includes the president; duty is to enforce laws |
| Judicial Branch | Includes the Supreme Court; duty is to interpret the laws |
| Legislative Branch | Includes Congress; duty is to make the laws |
| Manifest Destiny | 19th X belief that the U.S was destined by God to expand West |
| Nullification Crisis | Theory proposed by John C. Calhoun- state governments can ignore a national law; South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union |
| 1066 | Date of Norman Invation |
| 1215 | Date of the signing of the Magna Carta |
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus sailed for the East but discovered a new world |
| 1776 | Date the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| 1787 | Date the U.S. Constitution was ratified |
| 1861 - 1865 | Dates of the American Civil War |
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