Geography Rocks?
All early civilization began on these geographic features like the Tigris and Euphrates
River Valley
West African empires like Ghana and Mali became wealthy through trading these two primary commodities (goods).
gold and salt
Term used to describe complete political, economic, social, and cultural takeover and control of one state over another.
Imperialism
Africa faced many problems with the systematic killing of ethnic groups because of conflict based on European borders
genocide
social scientist that excavates artifacts to tell the human story
archaeologist
A social scientist that analyzes the trade, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the Abrahamic Religions that all share a belief in one deity.
Monotheism
The partition of Africa by European Countries.
Berlin Conference
Kemal Ataturk in Turkey and Emperor Meiji in Japan both insisted their countries grow and develop like European and American countries in a policy known as
Westernization or Modernization
First written laws of Mesopotamia..."eye for an eye"
turning point in human history when humans changed from hunting and gathering to farming
Neolithic Revolution
Ancient Babylonian Empire united city-states in this region including Mesopotamia between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
Fertile Crescent
Indian Nationalist who used Civil Disobedience to fight and win independence over British Rule in India.
The white minority in South Africa spent the 20th century trying to impose this racial segregation policy on their black majority.
Apartheid
blending or mixing of ideas and customs
Cultural Diffusion
This geographic feature is a strategic location made up of many small islands like Japan or Hawaii.
archipelago
Followers of this religion in India have a strict belief in reincarnation and moving up in this social system.
Caste System
Rudyard Kipling's poem describing Imperialism and the European's role.
White Man's Burden
Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism are in constant conflict over land in these two competing states.
Israel and Palestine
the return to traditional beliefs and ways like what happened during the Iranian Revolution of 1979
Fundamentalism (Islamic)
The process of bringing water to crops to enhance agricultural output.
irrigation
According to the Dynastic Cycle in China, leaders claimed their power using divine right also known as...
Mandate of Heaven
The Treaty of Nanjing which gave the island of Hong Kong to British took place after this conflict between China and Britain over the sale and distribution of this opioid.
Opium (Opium War)
Mao Zedong is notorious for using propaganda to support this cause in China which encouraged young people to have their own revolution.
Cultural Revolution
Founder of Buddhism who searched for enlightenment or nirvana with the Eight Fold Path and Four Noble Truths.
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha not an answer for 500)