Unit 1
A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, writing and social classes
What is civilization
trading system that flourished under the unity of the Mongols, only to lose favor again when the Mongols fell.
What is the Silk Road?
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land in both Japan and Europe
What is Feudalism?
America, France, Haiti, Latin America
What are Atlantic World Revolutions?
The cutting out of flat areas into near vertical slopes to allow farming. This adaptation allowed both the early Chinese, and the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.
What is terrace farming?
a type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations
River Valley Civilizations
What is Islam?
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they possessed as citizens
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
A West African storyteller
Who is a Griot?
first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey.
Hammurabi's Code
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
What are the Abrahamic Faiths?
An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Chinese Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.
Who is Zheng He?
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.
What is daoism?
a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society
What is the Caste System?
A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service.
What is Legalism?
French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they possessed as citizens
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
Urbanization, child labor, emerging middle class, spread of disease in living conditions
What are effects of the Industrial Revolution?
What is Mrs. Elrick Cooper's daughter's name?
Who is Helaine :)
a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
floating farming islands made by the Aztec
What are Chinampas?
A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
1783-1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. Inspired Europeans to trade.
What are the Crusades?