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Yellow Turban Rebellion
Wudi
Wu, Empress
Wang Mang
A massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teaching…
The Chinese emperor (r. 141-87 BCE) who started the Chinese ci…
The only female "emperor" in Chinese history (r. 690-705 CE),…
A Han court official who usurped the throne and ruled from 8 C…
Yellow Turban Rebellion
A massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teaching…
Wudi
The Chinese emperor (r. 141-87 BCE) who started the Chinese ci…
Venus Figurines
trance dance
shaman
San, or Ju/'hoansi
Paleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerate…
In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a person's…
In many early societies, a person believed to have the ability…
A Paleolithic people living on the northern edge of the Kalaha…
Venus Figurines
Paleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerate…
trance dance
In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a person's…
Zunghars
yasak
Siberia
settler colonies
Western Mongol group that created a substantial state (1671-17…
Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples o…
Russia's great frontier region, a vast territory of what is no…
Colonies in which the colonized people settled in large number…
Zunghars
Western Mongol group that created a substantial state (1671-17…
yasak
Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples o…
Tikal
Teotihuacan
"Semi-sedentary"
Pueblo
Major Maya city, with a population of perhaps 50,000 people.
The largest city of pre-Columbian America, with a population b…
Term frequently used to describe the peoples of the eastern wo…
"Great house", a large, apartment building-like structure that…
Tikal
Major Maya city, with a population of perhaps 50,000 people.
Teotihuacan
The largest city of pre-Columbian America, with a population b…
al-Qaeda
antiglobalization
bin Laden, Osama
Bretton Woods system
International organization of fundamentalist Islamic militants…
Major international movement that protests the development of…
Wealthy Saudi Arab who turned to militant fundamentalism and i…
Named for a conference held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, i…
al-Qaeda
International organization of fundamentalist Islamic militants…
antiglobalization
Major international movement that protests the development of…
Hunter gatherers
Patriarchy
Urbanization
Social Hierarchy
People who forage for food, relying on their natural environme…
A social structure in which men have higher authority than wom…
The development of large cneters of people, generally complex…
The separation of people into classes by power and wealth. Gro…
Hunter gatherers
People who forage for food, relying on their natural environme…
Patriarchy
A social structure in which men have higher authority than wom…
Assess/Evaluate
Compare
Contrast
Describe
To judge the value or character of something
To examine for the purpose of noting similarities and differen…
To examine to show points of differences
To give a word picture through details
Assess/Evaluate
To judge the value or character of something
Compare
To examine for the purpose of noting similarities and differen…
Bakufu
Shoguns
Minamoto
Emperor Kammu
A military government established in Japan after the Gempei Wa…
Military leaders of Japan during its feudal era and the actual…
Defeated the rival Taira family in the Gempei Wars and establi…
Empereror during the shift from Nara to Heian period in 795. B…
Bakufu
A military government established in Japan after the Gempei Wa…
Shoguns
Military leaders of Japan during its feudal era and the actual…
aqueduct
Augustus
Ashoka
Byzantine Empire
A conduit, either elevated or underground, using gravity to ca…
Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principate, t…
Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.)…
Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire f…
aqueduct
A conduit, either elevated or underground, using gravity to ca…
Augustus
Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principate, t…
Absolutism
Anarchism
Anti-Semitism
Chartism
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictato…
a political theory favoring the abolition of governments
policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against…
the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who…
Absolutism
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictato…
Anarchism
a political theory favoring the abolition of governments
Agriculture
Agrarian
Bands/ Clans
Barbarian
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface t…
pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform, ag…
extended family groups that generally lived together
without civilizing influences
Agriculture
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface t…
Agrarian
pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform, ag…
Abolition
Absolutism
Administer
Admonishment
Refers to the act of putting an end to something by law
The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in politica…
manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, orga…
to speak to (someone) in a way that expresses disapproval or c…
Abolition
Refers to the act of putting an end to something by law
Absolutism
The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in politica…
Minoans
Mycenaeans
Dark Ages
colonization
A Neolithic people that started around 3000BC, supposedly the…
first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek…
the early years of the middle ages in which there was a lot of…
The expansion of countries into other countries where they est…
Minoans
A Neolithic people that started around 3000BC, supposedly the…
Mycenaeans
first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek…
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
ziggurat
pictograms
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square o…
A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept
Mesopotamia
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
Yellow Turban Rebellion
Xiongnu
Wudi
Solon
A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and help…
Nomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who we…
Han emperor who began the Chinese civil service by establishin…
Athenian statesman and lawmaker whose reforms led the Athenian…
Yellow Turban Rebellion
A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and help…
Xiongnu
Nomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who we…
Silk Roads
Black Death
Indian Ocean trading network
Srivijaya
Eurasian trading network that connected Rome, China, and India…
Another name for the plague. Decimated much of Eurasia and Nor…
Stretched from Southern China to Eastern Africa, carried some…
Malay kingdom, dominated the critical choke point of Indian Oc…
Silk Roads
Eurasian trading network that connected Rome, China, and India…
Black Death
Another name for the plague. Decimated much of Eurasia and Nor…
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
ziggurat
pictograms
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square o…
A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept
Mesopotamia
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
agriculture
animism
bureaucracy
city-state
The breeding and nourishing livestock and maintaining the heal…
Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural eve…
a system of government in which most of the important decision…
A state that contains a capital city with its own working gove…
agriculture
The breeding and nourishing livestock and maintaining the heal…
animism
Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural eve…
Location
Absolute Location
Fixed (Doesn't Change) absolute location
Relative Location
Describes where places are at on Earth
Exact location on Earth
Lat/Long Lines... Hemispheres... Grid System... Address
compared to other places...changes dependent upon where you ar…
Location
Describes where places are at on Earth
Absolute Location
Exact location on Earth
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
ziggurat
pictograms
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square o…
A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept
Mesopotamia
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
Dowry
Icon
Heresy
Excommunication
property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their m…
a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically i…
belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially C…
a kind of banishment, a punishment that's handed out by a chur…
Dowry
property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their m…
Icon
a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically i…
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
ziggurat
pictograms
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square o…
A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept
Mesopotamia
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that develope…
Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known a…
Silk Roads
Black Death
Indian Ocean trading network
Srivijaya
Eurasian trading network that connected Rome, China, and India…
Another name for the plague. Decimated much of Eurasia and Nor…
Stretched from Southern China to Eastern Africa, carried some…
Malay kingdom, dominated the critical choke point of Indian Oc…
Silk Roads
Eurasian trading network that connected Rome, China, and India…
Black Death
Another name for the plague. Decimated much of Eurasia and Nor…
Aristotle and classical Greek learning
Byzantine Empire
caesaropapism
Charlemagne
Some works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.)…
Term used by modern historians to refer to the surviving easte…
A political-religious system in which the secular ruler is als…
Ruler of the Carolingian Empire (r. 768-814) who staged an imp…
Aristotle and classical Greek learning
Some works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.)…
Byzantine Empire
Term used by modern historians to refer to the surviving easte…