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FVR Quiz 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethnocentrism | the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group[ or culture |
| Fertile Crescent | an arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Feudalism | A political,social, and economic system which has a rigid class structure and in which land was exchanged for military service. The social systems in Europe during the Middle Ages and Japan in the 1600's and 1700's are examples of _________ |
| Filial Piety | In Confucianism, the important virtue and primary duty of respect,obedience,and care for one's parents and elderly family members. |
| Five Pillars of Islam | Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage |
| Five Relationships | ruler to subject, father to son, husband to wife, elder to younger and friend to friend |
| Four Noble Truths | Everything in life is suffering and sorrow, The cause of all suffering is people's selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of this world, The way to end all suffering is to end all desires,the way to end all desires is to follow the Eightfold path. |
| Fundamentalism | a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts |
| Ghana | a kingdom just south of the Sahara desert. They began to use camels to carry goods across the Sahara desert. From the north came salt; from the west came the rich resources of gold, ivory, and other goods. _____ was located in the gold trade routes. |
| Golden Age | a peaceful period in the history of a culture in which its literature, the arts, and sciences flourish. |
| Gupta Empire | the second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta I in AD 320. The two centuries of _____ rule are sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Hindu Culture |
| Hijrah | the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution in Islam |
| Hinduism | a religion followed by millions of people in South Asia. ______ believe in reincarnation (a person's soul never dies, but leaves the body to be reborn in another living thing). ______ also believe in may God's and goddesses |
| Humanism | intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than religious ones |
| Hunter -gatherer | a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild |
| Inca | The ____ began settling in the Valley of Cuzco in the Andes Mountains of central Peru around the year 1200. The lands they occupied included mountains,coastal desert, and low lying jungle. They also developed highly advanced terracing and irrigation metho |
| Islamic fundamentalism | Movement by Muslim reformers who oppose westernization and want to apply Islamic principles to problems in their nations |
| Justinian's Code | code of laws organized by the Byzantine emperor _________ in the 500's |
| Karma | a person's good or bad actions |
| Koran/Quran | the sacred text of Islam |
| Kshatriyas | a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class |
| Legalism | the principles and practices of a school of political theorists advocating strict legal control over all activities, a system of rewards and punishments uniform for all classes, and an absolute monarchy |
| Louis XIV | King of France who led an absolute monarchy during France's classical age |
| Magna Carta | A "Great Charter" signed by King John of England, which limited the power of the English monarchy. The Charter promised that the King would not imprison English English nobles or townspeople except according to the laws of the land and after a fair trial |
| Mali | located in a grassland region on the southern border of the Sahara Desert in an agriculturally rich area along the upper Niger River. It became powerful by controlling the rich trans-Saharn trade routes between northern and western Africa, especially the |
| Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source. |
| Manorialism | an estate or territorial unit, consisting of a lord's lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc |
| Mansa Musa | _____ ____ was Mali's greatest king, ruling from 1312 to 1337 A.D. _____ ____, who was Muslim, made a Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 A.D. |
| Martin Luther | a German monk who wrote the 95 Theses. |
| Maya | lived in farming villages on the Yucatan Peninsula and the highlands to the south. They built city-states in Central America that included great pyramid temples and public plazas featuring huge stone columns that recounted their history. The limestone of |
| Mercantilism | an economic theory that a nation's wealth is measured by the amount of its gold and silver. _____________ urged European rulers to acquire colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Modernization | The process of shedding traditional beliefs in favor of modern ideas, methods, and technologies. |
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