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PCS Global9 week7voc
Global Studies Vocab for Week 7
Term | Definition |
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belief system | a set of ideas and practices that help explain the origins of life, what happens after people die and how to live a good life (note: all religions are belief systems, but not all belief systems are religions. |
Buddhism | This religion/philosophy taught one to seek the middle path through mediation. Understanding the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold path would help one reach the goal of Nirvana. It started in Northern India in 500s BCE |
Christianity | religion that started around 30 CE in Palestine after the death of Jesus, a Jew: Belief that Jesus is the son of God and the redeemer of humankind: the bible is the holy text, Ten commandments. |
Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family or group |
Empire | group of once separate areas ruled by a single person or government |
Government | he group of people that have the power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation |
Hinduism | The Vedas are considered sacred. There is one God who can take many forms. The goal of this religion is to achieve Moksha and one can do this through having good Karma and Dharma and reincarnation. Ahimsa, or nonviolence is observed |
Judaism | religion that started around 2000 BCE in Palestine where they believe in one God, the Ten Commandment, and their holy test is the Torah. |
Corroborate | to confirm, substantiate, verify, authenticate, validate mean to attest to the truth |
Confucianism | His students gathered his ideas in a book called the Analects. this philosophy taught proper conduct through the Five Relationships-respect for parents, ancestors, teachers, and rulers. Good government was important |
Daoism | Began in china 500 BCE: belief in following natural spontaneity,. desire for harmony and the sense of the absurd, and to follow "The Way" |
Legalism | a school of Chinese philosophy that grew popular during the turbulent Warring States era (475–221 BCE),believed that human beings are inherently selfish and short-sighted,strict laws, strict punishments, rewards for specific behaviors. |
Polis | Greek work meaning city-state |
Republic | a sovereign state or country which is organized with a form of government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law |