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History Final 2
end of the year final
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oral Tradition | Stories. |
| Ghana's trade | Salt & Gold |
| Savannah | Grasslands of Africa dotted with trees. |
| Great Rift Valley | Where life began. Natural fault zone. |
| Swahili | comination of African & Arab language |
| Mansu Musa | Great leader of Mali Empire |
| Sahara | 1/6th of world's landmass. |
| Chosan | Korean City |
| Chinese influence | Chinese invade Korea |
| Martin Luther | Salvation - achieved through faith in God. |
| Black Death | Started by rats & fleas |
| Henry VIII | wanted son, church wouldn't let divorce. |
| Treaty of Westphalia | ended 30 years War |
| Jesuits | Catholic group, stopped Catholic Reformation |
| Thirty Years War | devistated Germany |
| Council of Trent | Started Catholic Reformation |
| John Calvin | started Protestant religion - God knows if you go to heaven or hell at birth |
| Elect | chosen by God to go to Heaven |
| Calvinism | strict Catholic religion by John Calvin - Heaven or Hell |
| Protestant Reformation | by Martin Luther - Large church split |
| Catholic Reformation | Catholic Church trys to stop Protestant Reformation |
| Indulgences | pay for sins |
| Sect | small religion group |
| Scientific Method | observation, experimentation, logic |
| Galileo | sun is center of universe |
| Isaac Newton | laws of gravity & calculus |
| Geocentric | earth centered universe |
| Heliocentric | star centered universe |
| Rousseau | enlightenment Philosopher - civilization currups |
| Philosophes | Enlightenment thinkers |
| Adam Smith | believed in free markets. |
| Enlightenment | people use reason & logic that humans have progress |
| Samurai | Japanese warriors |
| Shogun | top general |
| Bushido | coat of honor |
| Seppuku | assisted suicide |
| Wendi | founded Su dynasty |
| Grand Canal | waterways - aided Chinese trade |
| Inventions of China | NOT astrolabe |
| Analects | confusious' thoughts written down by students |
| Great Wall of China | kept people out |
| Silk Road | trade route |
| Acupuncture | medical exam based on Daoism |
| Four Noble Truth | foundation of Budhism |
| Eightfold Path | guidelines to reach nirvana |
| Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Budhism |
| Suttee | Hindu wife throws herself on husband's cremation fire. |
| Cast System | Hindu social class system |
| Reincarnation | rebirth |
| Dharma | special moral duty |
| Karma | what goes around comes around |
| Bhakti | ultimate love & devotion of God |
| Hieroglyphics | written language with symbols |
| Inca | king of Inca |
| Quipu | keep track of all things |
| Huitzilopochtli | Aztec God fighting darkness |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec city built on swamp |
| Hernan Cortez | conquered Aztecs by making deals |
| Francesco Pizzaro | conquered Inca |
| Ferdinand Magellan | circum navigate |
| Lateen sails | triangle sails - go into wind |
| Henry the Navigator | started school of boating |
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