Belief Systems
Vocabulary
Turning Points
Human Rights Violations
Modern Issues
100
In this social hierarchy or organization, a person is born into their class. It is practiced in India among Hindus.
What is the caste system?
100
Diaries and letters, autobiographies, journals, art, photos, video footage, and artifacts are all examples of
What are primary sources?
100
The document that established that the king was not above the law. Jay-Z’s 2013 album is named after this.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
This Italian explorer initiated the triangular trade, the slave trade, and the Columbian exchange. He decimated millions of Native Americans.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
An environmental issue that deals with the transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use is commonly known as
What is desertification?
200
Believers in Islam abide by these values that include: Faith in Allah, Prayer 5x/day facing Mecca, charity, holy pilgrimage, and fasting.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
200
Biographies, textbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries are known as
What are secondary sources?
200
This occured as a result of the colonial encounter between the Europeans (Cortez, Pizarro, Columbus) and the Native Americans (Aztecs, Incas, Mayas).
What is the fall of the ancient empires?
200
This German nationalist leader campaigned against the Jews by instituting the Nuremberg Laws and the Holocaust.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
200
After the September 11th attacks in 2001 run by Islamic jihadist, Osama bin Laden and his group, Al Qaeda, the United States launched this
What is the war on terrorism?
300
These principles of Buddhism call for right living and the elimination of selfish desire.
What is the Eightfold Path & the Four Noble Truths.
300
Japan and Hawaii are examples of which geographic feature
What is an archipelago?
300
Lenin’s slogan, “Peace, land, and bread” represent his attempt to gain support from peasants, workers, and soldiers to overthrow the government during this revolution.
What is the Bolshevik/Russian Revolution 1917?
300
This Cambodian communist dictator was influenced by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. In turn, he was responsible for “Khmer Rouge”, the massacre of Cambodians.
Who is Pol Pot?
300
In the Amazon Basin located in South America, the ecosystem is suffering from this phenomenon. This environmental issue results in more carbon dioxide and less oxygen in the atmosphere.
What is deforestation?
400
In China, this philosophy spelled out proper behavior for all parts of society, including family relationships, education, and service to government.
What is Confucianism?
400
A political theory that holds that total power is vested in one ruler or other authority.
What is absolutism?
400
Simon Bolivar, Toussaint L’Ouverture, Mohandas Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Jomo Kenyatta, Ho Chi Minh, Kwame Nkrumah, and Yasser Arafat successfully removed foreign colonial powers from their native countries. These movements were for
What is independence/decolonization?
400
This Russian communist leader was responsible for the "Great Purge" in which he executed anyone he thought might have questioned his authority.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
400
Which issue continues to raise concern from the world community regarding the nations of India, Iraq, Pakistan, and North Korea?
What is nuclear proliferation?
500
Religions that believe in more than one god, like Hinduism and Animism, are considered
What is polytheistic?
500
This word refers to an economy whose supply and demand is regulated by the government. This economy inspired Joseph Stalin’s 5-Year Plan.
What is a command economy?
500
"Liberty, Fraternity, Equality" summarize the revolutionary ideas of which turning point in European history?
What is the French Revolution?
500
This Bosnian leader began a massive campaign of genocide/ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serbs against Bosnian Muslims in Bosnia & Kosovo.
Who is Slobodan Milosevic?
500
Many scientists believe global warming is the direct result of
What is burning fossil fuels?
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