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Unit 1 Identify 5 World Religions Judaism Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism
Unit 1 Founders Judaism - Abraham + Moses Christianity - Jesus Islam - Mohammad Hinduism - No main founder Buddhism - Siddhartha Guatama
Unit 1 Practices Judaism - Fast during Yom Kippur + eat kosher foods Christianity - Baptism + worship Islam - Follow the five pillars Hinduism - Meditation Buddhism - Follow the five precepts
Unit 1 What happens when you die (karma)? When you die, based on karma, you are reincarnated. Bad karma=reborn with low social class, or even an animal. Good karma=reborn with high social class.
Unit 1 Karma Definition A persons actions that goes on to decide what they get reincarnated as.
Unit 1 Five Pillars Declaration of Faith: Only one God, Mohammad is his prophet Donation of 2.5% of income to charity Pray 5x a day toward Mecca/Kaba Hajj: Travel to Mecca once in lifetime Ramadan: Fast sunrise through sunset during holy month
Unit 1 Eightfold Path Right Understanding Right Thinking Right Speech Right Conduct Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Concentrate + meditate to reach a higher state of consciousness
Unit 1 Four Noble Truths Dukkha - Suffering exists Samudays - There is a cause for suffering Nirodha - There is an end to suffering Magma - Suffering ends when one follows the Eightfold Path
Unit 1 Holy Texts Judaism - The Tanakh (Torah/Talmund) Christianity - The Bible Islam - Karan Hinduism - Veda (Rig Veda) Buddhism - Triptaka
Unit 2 Origins and transmission of the plague Originated in China and spread to Europe through trade/silk road. Originally carried by infected fleas and rats. Eventually the plague became airborne.
Unit 2 Symptoms of the plague Swollen lymph nodes, chills, fever, buboes, coughing up blood, diarrhea, vomiting.
Unit 2 Blame for the plague People blamed the Jewish for the plague and claimed they poisoned the wells. Some people also believed that it was a curse from God.
Unit 2 Martin Luther German monk who wrote the 95 thesis and objected to the practices of the Catholic church.
Unit 2 95 thesis 95 points that go against the Catholic church.
Unit 2 Henry VIII reasons for wives' outcomes (Catherine A + Anne B) Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) - 4 sons but they all died, daughter (Mary), Henry wanted a son. Anne Boleyn (Beheaded) - Daughter (Elizabeth), Henry wanted a son + accused her of adultery + treason.
Unit 2 Henry VIII reasons for wives' outcomes (Jane + Anne C) Jane Seymour (Died) - Had a son (Edward) but she died soon after due to infection. Anne of Cleaves (Divorced) - Married for Politics.
Unit 2 Henry VIII reasons for wives' outcomes (Katherine H + Catherine P) Katherine Howard (Beheaded) - She was unfaithful; 2 years later was accused of treason. Catherine Parr - Took care of him and his kids until he passed
Unit 2 Epidemic Outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease.
Unit 2 Inflation Economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available.
Unit 2 Vernacular Everyday language of ordinary people.
Unit 2 Predestination Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation.
Unit 2 Theocracy Government run by religious leaders.
Unit 2 Canonize Recognize a person as a saint.
Unit 2 Schism Permanent division in a church.
Unit 2 Heliocentric Belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
Unit 2 Geocentric Belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
Unit 2 Scientific Method Careful, step-by-step process used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis.
Unit 2 Galileo Views contradicted the church. Used his telescope to disprove the geocentric theory.
Unit 2 Newton Discovered the law of gravity.
Unit 2 Johann Gutenberg German inventor who invented the printing press with movable type.
Unit 2 Henry XVIII Broke away from the Catholic Church. Wanted a divorce but the church refused.
Unit 2 Copernicus Proposed the heliocentric (sun-centered) theory.
Unit 3 Positives of Columbian Exchange Improved diet which lead to population growth. Native Americans acquired horses which improved transportation and hunting of buffalo.
Unit 3 Negatives of Columbian Exchange Diseases killed many people, especially in the New World because of lack of immunity. As a result, Europeans expanded slave trade to Africa.
Unit 3 Middle Passage (4 examples) The conditions were unsanitary because little movement was allowed. very cramped because slave traders wanted maximum profit (tight pack). Slaves were forced to eat to ensure they would live. Men were chained, women weren't children were allowed to roam.
Unit 3 Mestizo Person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
Unit 3 Encomienda System in which Spanish landlords forced Native Americans to farm, ranch, or mine for them.
Unit 3 Columbian Exchange Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas.
Unit 3 Olaudah Equiano An enslaved person who wrote about the inhumane treatment of captured Africans.
Unit 3 Middle Passage The voyage of captured Africans to the West Indies and North and South America.
Unit 3 Atlantic Slave Trade The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas.
Unit 3 Triangular Trade The transatlantic trading network that transported enslaved people, manufactured goods, and raw materials
Unit 3 Capitalism An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money for profit.
Unit 3 Mercantilism Policy where nations increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.
Unit 3 Favorable balance of trade When you sell more goods than you buy.
Unit 4 Absolute Monarchs Louis XIV, Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great
Unit 4 First Estate
Unit 4 Second Estate
Unit 4 Third Estate
Unit 4 Why was there tension between the estates
Unit 4 What were four causes of the French Revolution
Unit 4 What financial troubles plagued France prior to the revolution?
Unit 4 What did Peter the Great do for Russia?
Unit 4 Enlightenment ideas
Unit 4 Storming of the Bastille
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