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Global History Basics
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1. The legislative body of France. Composed of representatives from the three estates which are Clergy in the First Estate - Nobles in the Second Estate - and peasants in the Third Estate. Each Estate is entitled to one vote on legislative matters. The
Vishnu
Estates General
nomad
coup d etat
2. The spiritual leader of the Tibetan sect of Buddhism - and is considered to be the reincarnation of the bodhisattva - or 'buddha-to-be.'
extinction
Dalai Lama
Moksha
Pericles
3. The cutting out of flat areas (terraces) into near vertical slopes to allow farming. Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. This adaptation allowed both the early Chinese - and the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their la
Ben-Gurion - David
terrace farming
Enlightenment
United Nations
4. The killing of a political leader or other public figure.
Baron de Montesquieu
assassination
Kong Fu Zi
bureaucracy
5. The biological study of animals.
Curie - Pierre
Panama Canal
zoology
Torah
6. Letters of forgiveness for one's sins provided by the medieval Church - and one of the causes of the Reformation.
indulgence
Magellan - Ferdinand
Khmer Rouge
dynasty
7. Concept of John Locke's that states all people have the right to life - liberty - and property.
Brahma
slave
natural rights
Engels - Friedrich
8. (1894?-1978) Independence leader who help lead Kenya out of European imperialism after World War II.
Nkrumah - Kwame
Ten Commandments
Kenyatta - Jomo
armistice
9. Feelings of loyalty to individual tribes - and the cause of much war and strife in modern Africa.
stockholder
tribalism
Shaman
golden age
10. The rebirth of a soul into another body.
reincarnation
trench warfare
Meiji Restoration
Kaiser Wilhelm
11. The complete control of a weaker nation's social - economic - and political life by a stronger nation.
militarism
Imperialism
aqueducts
Joseph II
12. A system of government in which a single - totalitarian - party holds power. It is characterized by state control of the economy - and restriction on personal freedoms. It was first proposed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifest
Industrialization
Confucianism
communism
Korean War
13. (1869-1940) Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1937 to 1940. He is responsible for the policy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Maurya - Chandragupta
Mandate of Heaven
Gandhi - Mohandas
Chamberlain - Neville
14. 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.
Model Parliament
Puritan Revolution
Ibn Sina
Walpole - Robert
15. (1852-1912) Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. He was responsible for the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rapid modernization and industrialization of Japan.
Meiji
evolution
architect
river
16. A place where something lives.
divine right
blitzkrieg
migration
habitation
17. In ancient China - they were pieces of bone or turtle shell used by Shang priests to tell the future. They would write a question addressed to either one of the gods - or an ancestor on the bone - then heat it until it cracked. They believed that by
oracle bones
Kana
Holy Land
ummification
18. Leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Chosen by the College of Cardinals.
Columbian Exchange
check and balance
Pope
Bhagavad Gita
19. Soviet satellite put into orbit around Earth in 1957. It was the first man made satellite put into orbit.
fraternity
chancellor
Sputnik
Mecca
20. A system of government where the legislative - judicial - and executive powers are held by directly or indirectly elected officials.
Nasser - Gamal Abdel
Mecca
Don Quixote
representative democracy
21. The process in which land slowly dries out until little or no vegetation exists becoming a desert.
Brezhnev - Leonid
chancellor
desertification
Monroe Doctrine
22. A 3 line poem that has 17 syllables in the Japanese language - and expresses a single thought - feeling or idea.
mulattoes
Haiku
Louis XVI
river delta
23. A belief in the superiority of a certain ethnic group or race.
capitalism
gunpowder
ethnocentric
messiah
24. Jewish nationalist movement to establish a homeland in Palestine. This movement began in the late 1800s - as anti-Semitic feelings intensified in Europe. The main leader of this movement was a journalist by the name of Theodor Herzl. Herzl's dream of
95 Theses
Zionism
peninsula
Greek column
25. March the Mao Zedong and his Communist Party underwent to avoid being captured and killed by China's Nationalist Party.
scholar
Counter-Reformation
Long March
Walesa - Lech
26. (346? CE - 395 CE) Emperor of the Roman Empire Who is responsible for making the Christian religion the official religion of the empire.
N
Theodosius
New Imperialism
absolute monarchy
27. A member of the lower class of ancient Roman society.
Amin - Idi
famine
plebeian
Meiji Restoration
28. A branch of mathematics pioneered by Islamic mathematician al-Khwarizimi in which letters are used to represent unknown numbers to generalize arithmetic.
algebra
chinampas
Hippocratic Oath
Hinduism
29. Throughout the 20th century - scientists worked on improving agriculture - especially in areas with high populations. Some of the technologies developed included better irrigation systems so farmers could get water to their crops. New machinery was b
Deng Xiaoping
Cabinet System
Green Revolution
fief
30. A comedic book written by Miguel de Cervantes during the Renaissance. The title character is now used to refer to idealists that champion hopeless or fanciful causes.
dynastic cycle
Augustus
Holocaust
Don Quixote
31. A person who spreads the teachings of a religion.
Pacific Rim
Alexander the Great
missionary
Mayans
32. A book circulated throughout China during the reign of Mao Zedong - which contained his political philosophy for China. It was required reading in all schools.
capitalism
Baron de Montesquieu
Gautama - Siddhartha
Little Red Book
33. To exclude a Christian from receiving the Sacraments.
excommunicate
Bessemer - Sir Henry
King Leopold
Seljuk Turks
34. (1842) An unequal treaty between Great Britain and China resulting from the Opium War. The treaty stated that China was to reimburse Britain for costs incurred fighting the war. The Chinese were forced to open several ports to British trade - provide
Treaty of Nanjing
NATO
Bol
Genghis Khan
35. Important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.
Wheel of Life
Mazzini - Guiseppe
arable
block printing
36. The economic program designed to increase farm and industrial output though the creation of communes. Communes are similar to Soviet collectives in that groups of people live and work together on government owned farms and in government owned industr
Great Leap Forward
Menes
Diocletian
fundamental
37. A branch of Christianity developed in the Byzantine Empire - after its split from the Roman Empire. It spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean and Russia.
Open Door Policy
Scramble For Africa
blitzkrieg
Orthodox Christianity
38. A reusable space vehicle built by the United States.
Prince - The
Locke - John
Pacific Rim
Space Shuttle
39. Feudal Japanese theater where men wore decorative mask and performed on stage - while a chorus sang the lines. N
Indian National Congress
Peninsulares
Internet
N
40. A hemispherical roof.
N
dome
Canon on Medicine
Michelangelo
41. The Chinese philosophy of Taoism (or Daoism) developed in the latter part of the Chou Dynasty - during a period of turmoil in which it was not clear that Chinese civilization would survive. It represents a naturalistic ideal of how one should live th
Dutch East Indies
Taoism / Daoism
Descartes - Rene
working class
42. An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods. Also promotes a free market regulated by supply and demand.
Buddha
capitalism
algebra
Talmud
43. The respect or devotion that others show someone or something
reverence
Scramble For Africa
protectorate
Society of Jesus
44. (1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain - France - Russia - Italy - and the United States defeated the alliance of Germany - Austria-Hungary - Turkey - and Bulgaria.
World War I
Al-Qaeda
Muezzin
Deng Xiaoping
45. (1491-1556) Founded the Society of Jesus - the Order of the Jesuits. He worked to combat the Protestant Reformation by providing strong Catholic leadership to monarchs across Europe.
Jiang Jieshi
Warsaw Pact
Loyola - Ignatius
Five Pillars of Islam
46. Muslims who believe the Quran to be a literal guide to political - social - and religious life.
movable type printing machines
Kaiser Wilhelm
Islamic fundamentalists
Gutenberg - Johannes
47. Islamic holy book.
rigid social class system
Quran
Edict of Milan
terrace farming
48. Affecting the underlying principles or structure of something.
fundamental
priest
Mohammed
Cavalry
49. A rebirth of cultural and intellectual pursuits after the stagnation of the Middle Ages. This period in European history - from about the 14th through 16th centuries - features major cultural and artistic change.
reincarnation
Mali
Renaissance
multinational company
50. Handheld weapon that uses small balls of lead as projectiles and gunpowder as the blasting agent.
musket
38th Parallel
Herzl - Theodor
Guevara - Che