Cold War
This Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa is loosely based on the authos's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor.
What is Barefoot Gen?
What historiographic term describes the social, political, and economic systems of Western Europe in the Middle Ages?
What is feudalism?
What are the two main sects of Islam & the original dispute/ primary difference between them?
What are Shi'ite and Sunni Islam?
Dispute: Those who followed the Prophet's closest companion (Abu Bakr) became known as Sunni (the followers of the Prophet's example – Sunnah). Those who followed the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law ('Ali) became known as Shi'a (the followers of the Party of 'Ali – Shi'atu Ali).
In a feudal system, this landless peasant would exchange labor on fiefs for protection and shelter.
What is a serf?
This philosopher was Plato's teacher.
Who was Socrates?
This former U.S. senator is in large responsible for the Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This term means, "ruling or dominant in a political or social context."
What is "hegemonic?"
This is the youngest Abrahamic religion.
What is Islam?
This term refers to the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across borders and cultures.
What is globalization?
What roles could a slave have had during the Golden Age of Athens? Name four.
What are, tutor, miner, police official, herders (paint rope), and domestic workers.
J. Edgar Hoover labeled this civil rights leader a communist and covertly worked to intimidate and discredit them.
Who is MLK?
This term describes a political ideology that prioritizes extreme devotion to one’s nation and race or ethnicity above the individual.
What is facsism?
Jesus and his family fled persecution from this person, according to the Bible.
Who is King Herod?
The historiographic term, "The Dark Ages," specifically refers to the time when there was no ________ Emperor in the West.
What is Roman/ Holy Roman Emperor?
What are the three proposed definitions of justice presented in Plato's The Republic?
Justice as honesty in word and deed
Justice as helping friends and harming enemies
Justice as the interest of the stronger
Gorbachev’s decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of ___________ that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is democratization?
This was the first hominid to enter space.
Who is Ham?
According to the Torah, God first revealed himself to a Hebrew man named _______, who became known as the founder of Judaism.
Who is Abraham?
This Emperor of Byzantium was able to successfully fend off the Barbarians and restore some Western territories. He also wrote a code of law.
Who is Justinian I?
This philosopher said thinking is "the talking of the soul with itself.'’
Who is Plato?
To fight off both Japanese occupiers and the French colonial administration, political leader Ho Chi Minh—inspired by Chinese and Soviet communism—formed this group.
What is the Viet Minh, or the League for the Independence of Vietnam?
In this near global catastrophe, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) railed against the invasion and threatened to rain down nuclear missiles on Western Europe if the Israeli-French-British force did not withdraw.
At the time of Jesus' birth, this town was the center of Jewish life in Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
This was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas; it is infamous for the severity of its tortures and its persecution of Jews and Muslims.
What is the Inquisition?
The word “philosopher” comes from these two Greek words.
What are philo (meaning love) and sophia (meaning wisdom)?