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Global History Basics

Subjects : literacy, history
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1. A person forced to work for another with no payment or freedom to seek work elsewhere. A slave can be bought and sold.






2. (1040?-1099) The head of the Roman Catholic Church Who issued the proclamation the began the First Crusade.






3. Land that is able to support the growing of crops.






4. Islamic mathematician who pioneered the study of algebra. His textbook on the subject became a standard in European universities for centuries.






5. The Islamic book of laws which regulates all aspects of life including - moral behavior - family life - business dealings - and government.






6. A policy of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which called for more openness with the nations of West - and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry.






7. (1900) A rebellion by the people of China to end foreign domination.






8. An area of land given to a person to farm in exchange for certain obligations.






9. Also known as The Three Baskets of Wisdom - a book written by John Locke describing his views on government which explained that all men have Natural Rights - which are Life - Liberty - and Property - and that the purpose of government was to protect






10. Theory of the universe that states the earth is the center - and that the sun revolves around it.






11. A group of people moving from their homeland to a new area in large numbers.






12. A person's beliefs concerning the existence and worship of a god or gods - and divine involvement in the universe and human life.






13. April 3rd of 1919. British soldiers killed close to 400 unarmed Indian men - women - and children - and wounded 1 -100 more. People had gathered in the center of town to protest British occupation of their country - and to demand equality. This was a






14. A gas containing carbon - hydrogen - chlorine - and fluorine. It is used in refrigerators and aerosol sprays. CFCs are reputed to be damaging to the Earth's protective ozone layer.






15. Early name of communists during the Russian Revolution of 1917.






16. Title of the ruler of Russia. Taken from the word Caesar - Which means emperor.






17. A form of government where the citizens elect members to represent them in a parliament - or legislative assembly.






18. American space agency responsible for administrating the United State's space program.






19. A person that is a member of a legislative body called a Senate.






20. A branch of mathematics pioneered by Islamic mathematician al-Khwarizimi in which letters are used to represent unknown numbers to generalize arithmetic.






21. A branch of Christianity developed in the Byzantine Empire - after its split from the Roman Empire. It spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean and Russia.






22. A political system in which a country is ruled by a monarch - who has absolute control.






23. Islamic physician - wrote a book called Canon on Medicine - which was an encyclopedia of Greek - Arabic - and his own knowledge of medicine. This book became the standard medical text in Europe for over five hundred years.






24. (1743?-1803) Revolutionary leader Who is responsible for ousting France from Haiti during the Latin American Revolutions in the early 19th century.

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25. The passing of information through a series of runners.






26. A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics - architecture - and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E..






27. A person who makes quality - practical or decorative goods.






28. The son of Maria Teresa and a enlightened despot who ruled over the Austrian Empire.






29. (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. He wrote Two Treaties on Government which explained that all men have Natural Rights - which are Life - Liberty - and Property - and that the purpose of government was to protect these rights.






30. In the political sense - this usually means freedom.






31. Uses observation and experimentation to explain theories on the workings of the universe.






32. The oldest known type of belief system in the world. It is still practiced in a variety of forms in many traditional societies. Animists practice nature worship. They believe that everything in the universe has a spirit. This is exemplified by the pr






33. The killing of all the people from a ethnic group - religious group - or people from a specific nation.






34. An enlightened Despot who ruled the Austrian Empire.






35. The enforced spreading out of a group of people. In history - there has been both a Jewish Diaspora and an African Diaspora.






36. Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries - and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq.






37. Name of German National Socialist Party - which gained control of Germany in 1933 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.






38. Movement in the English church in the late 16th to remove all catholic influences and purify.






39. Term given to the middle class people in society.






40. (1834-1900) German inventor. He is best know for his work in the development of the gasoline internal combustion engine.






41. First new government during the first stage of the French Revolution.






42. Period of North and South American history before the arrival of the Europeans in the late 15th century.






43. (1265-1321) Italian poet and Renaissance writer. His greatest work is The Divine Comedy.






44. (1823) A political policy of the United States by President James Monroe that states the Western Hemisphere is closed to European interference.






45. (1894-1895) Japan's imperialistic war against China to gain control of natural resources and markets for their goods. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth which granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights - control of Manchuria - the annexation






46. The re-conquest of Spain by the Christians after centuries of Islamic domination.






47. A device that combined thread to make cloth using steam power.






48. The pilgrimage or holy journey to the city of Mecca






49. The exchange of goods or services for other goods or services.






50. Name of the Russia Parliament.