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globalregents
some random global regents study terms that i need to study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| There were 4 important river valleys: | The Nile (Africa), The Tigris-Euphrates (Mesopotamia), Yellow (China), and Indus (India) Rivers. |
| the nile? | africa(egypt) |
| The Tigris-Euphrates? | mesopotamia |
| yellow? | china |
| indus? | india |
| Which ancient civilization established the basis of western democracy?what city was military dictator ship? | Greek(athens) sparta |
| athens golden age= | classical age |
| what did the eastern half of the roman empire become? | bzintine empire |
| what did the the end of the roman empire lead into? | dark ages |
| what are the dark ages? | begining of middle ( mideival)ages |
| who was the most famous person to travel the silk roads? | marco polo |
| who did marco polo serve under? | kubli kan for 17 years |
| ____ came up with the "___ Pa___", and the "____ _____ Tr_____". | buddah, eightfold path, four noble truths |
| who preached to get rid of worldy desires | buddah |
| Dominant religion in India. Believe in r...? Believe in ...system. Believe in (heavenish thing) | hinduism,reincarnation, moksha |
| Was the worlds first monotheism? holy book? | judiasm, old testemit and torah |
| Not really a religion but is the dominant philosophy which guides the Chinese people. | confunsionism |
| what did confusios teach? | taught that harmony can be achieved if one maintains good relationships with those around them.also Filial Piety, which urges people to respect their ancestors and elders. |
| difference between islam and muslim? | Islam is the name of the religion. Muslims are people who practice Islam. |
| what did muslims influence? | math and science |
| ISLAM: A.who founded B.when C.where D.holybook E.how popular F.where center? | A.MOHAMID B.YEAR600 C.MIDDLE EAST D.KORAN E.SECOND LARGEST F.MECCA |
| Christianity: a.where founded b.main beliefs | a.Founded in Rome after Jesus died. b.It is based on his teachings and the belief that he is the son of God. |
| 2 important events( splits)? | The Religion split in the early 1500's during The Reformation. Before The Reformation, all Christians were Catholic. After the Reformation - Protestants (Baptists, Methodists, Calvinists, Episcopalians, etc.)split off from the Catholics. |
| diff between catholic and protestatnt? | The two divisions of Christianity are very similar, but Protestants do not recognize The Pope. |
| judiasm book? | TORAH!! |
| who made rome the efficial religioun in rome? | constantanine.313 |
| what 3 branches did christianity branch into? | catholic protestant and eastern orthodox. |
| 5 relationships were from? | confusios |
| what is filil piety? | respect for parents |
| what are the antalects? | confusious teachings in a book |
| eastern roman empire= | byzantium empire |
| what is the holy city? | jeruselum in israel. |
| The Medieval age was dominated by F____ and the C_____ c___. | fuedalism,catholic church |
| The Catholic Church was very important during this time -it provided--- and---? | medival, it provided order and unity |
| vassale= medival people who received land(lord) | |
| crusades, best mistake? expaline. | cultural diffusion btwneast and west, tryed to get holy land back from muslims |
| islam= | muslims |
| compare European and Japanese Feudalism? | They were similar systems - offering little social mobility.knights=samurai codes of honor |
| Tokugawa Shogunate= | early japan isolationism fuedalism |
| how big was the mongol empire? | giant |
| where did the renassunce start?why? | italy, lots of money through trade |
| reasounce not what? | religious, it was secular |
| what is meso america? | MesoAmerica is the term for American civilizations before the arrival of Europeans. |
| aztec lived in and warshipped | mexico, sungod on ziggerot |
| incas lived in and had for farming | andes and terrices |
| mayas lived in developed | central america, writting system |
| what is the columbian exchange? | Europeans got new world goods (corn and potatoes), and the New World people got Old World goods (horses, and eventually slaves). |
| what is mercantalism? | Mercantilism is the idea that a nation is more powerful and wealthy if it has overseas colonies. |
| how did absolute rulers justify being so absolute? | divite right |
| what is natural law? | |
| what was the response of absolutism? | magna carta, english bill of rights, steps toward democracy |
| who is one of the most famous enlihgtenment thinkers? | john locke, all men are created equal life liberty and property |
| who is Jean Jacques Rousseau? | another of these French philosophers. He believed that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the general will of society - a direct democracy |
| Cesare Bonesana | fair justice sytem |
| Latin American Revolutions were led mainly by ? | Simone Bolivar(heldago,san martin...) |
| 3 examples of nationalism? | ustra hungry into lots of countries and greece away from ottoman empire italy coming together garballdi |
| who is karl marx? | father of communism, did not like factories being bullies and invended comunism where everybody was equal. |
| what were proleiterat? | workers in industrail revolution |
| what was the mejiji restoration? | accepted moternization +western ideas |
| The Russian Revolution of 1917 - also called the _____ | bolsheivik revolution |
| who was the leader of the Communists (Bolsheviks) during the revolution? | Lenin |
| who took over the revolution when lenin died? | stalin |
| what plan did stalin come up with?what was is supposed to do? | 5 year plan industrailize russia. |
| who was mustafa ataturk? | modernize russia and He overthrew the sultan, installed a secular (non-religious) constitution, and gave women power and rights. |
| what was fascism, why did it occur? | The people were desperate for leadership that would offer a solution. Into this void stepped the fascist governments of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini. |
| random fact: | japan needeed recources This Japanese expansion led to Japan's attacking the US during WW II to control the Pacific ocean. |
| appeasment ? | letting go of rules, not fully making them real, little by little, okok just a little more |
| how did ww2 end? | nuclear bomb on japan |
| us +allies in cold war? | NATO |
| communists in cold war? | warsaw pact |
| iron curtain? | russia isolated self |
| The Truman Doctrine The Marshal Plan??? | unknown |
| favorable balance of trade"? | would export (sell) more than it would import (buy) |
| OPEC? | organization of petroleum exporting countries). |
| what happened in china after ww2 | civil war |
| in chinese civil war who led the communists, what did he do, how did he win | mao zedong, great leap forward and communes, got support from the peasants |
| who was kenyas independance led by | kenyatta |
| who was south african independance led by | mandella ended aparteid |
| boers,laissez-faire | ? |
| Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika. | these policies tried to open up and reform the old fashioned system of communism. |
| zionism? | want of jewish homland |