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Misc Voc.-10th (extr
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| B.C.E. | "Before Common Era", dates count up from 0 |
| C.E. | "Common Era", dates count down to 0 |
| dynasty | ruling family |
| empire | people/civilization governed by a single ruler |
| prehistory | before written history |
| classical civilization | nickname for Ancient Greece and Rome |
| dynasty cycle | rise and fall of ruling families in China |
| Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that rulers got the right to rule from the gods |
| polis | Greek city-state |
| dharma | caste rules of Hinduism and Buddhism |
| filial piety | respecting ones parents under Confucianism |
| karma | life actions under Hinduism and Buddhism |
| synagogue | Jewish place of worship |
| epidemic | disease that affects a large area, ex: Black Death |
| fief | land given by the lord to a vassal |
| bushido | samurai code |
| secular | non-religious action |
| circumnavigate | traveling around the world, ex: Magellan |
| Smallpox | disease brought by European to the Americas during the Age of Exploration |
| Enlightenment thinkers | John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Voltaire |
| natural rights | Enlightenment idea that people have a right to life, liberty, and property |
| encomienda | document issued by the Spanish kings that forced the natives of the Americas to work on plantations |
| Social Darwinism | the idea of "survival of the fittest" is used to explain stronger countries taking over weaker countries |
| realpolitik | making political decisions based on the end justifies the means |
| rotten boroughs | rural British towns that had no citizens but received a vote in Parliament |
| Russification | forcing people to act Russian (language and customs) |
| spheres of influence | areas of control |
| Pan-Slavism | Russia's belief that is should defend all Slavic people |
| self-determination | right to rule oneself |
| total war | war that required all of a nation's resources |
| soviet | council of workers that ruled Russian cities and were led by the Communist Party |
| island hopping | US attack only the Japanese islands that would help them during World War Two and ignored those that were less valuable |
| kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots |
| guerrilla warfare | hit and run military attacks |
| detente | decrease in tension between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War |
| mutually assured destruction | idea of the Cold War that the world would be destroyed if nuclear weapons were used |
| containment | US policy to stop the spread of communism around the world |
| nonalignment | when a country stays neutral |
| AIDS | disease that kills millions of people in Africa every year |
| Blood Diamonds | diamonds that are sold to pay for weapons in Africa |
| Islamic fundamentalism | belief that Islam should control all parts of society |
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