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The name of the group of nations that won WWII
Allies
Name of group of nations that lost WWII
Axis
Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.
Silk Roads
A new racial concept that develops in Latin America following the intermixing that occurred between European colonists and the native American population.
Mestizo
#1 song on iTunes as of 8:00 AM June 4, 2019
Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) by Lil Nas X
Ancient region between the Tigris and the Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Earliest known form of writing; used by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
Opposing or even destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.
Iconoclasm
A social class that derives social and economic power from employment, education, and wealth, as opposed to the inherited power of aristocratic family of titled land owners or feudal privileges. It's a term for the middle class common in the 19th century. It's characterized by their ownership of property and their related culture.
Bourgeoisie
Biggest box office of year (so far)
Avengers: Endgame (duh)
Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Hellenism
Between Shang and Qin dynasties of China
Zhou
City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
Impressionist artist known for his mental health battles, use of color, and broad paint strokes.
Hint- famous painting is Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
the cycle of life and rebirth in Hinduism
Samsara
Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China
Daoism
A Muslim Moroccan scholar, best known for extensively traveling the Medieval world
Ibn Battuta
A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
Deism
Capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
The theologians and legal experts of Islam. Best known as the arbiters of sharia law.
Ulama
a portable dwelling used by the nomadic people of Central Asia such as Mongols, consisting of a tentlike structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles.
Yurts
The _________ Empire that ruled Persia (Iran) between 1502-1736.
Safavid Empire
A slave soldier of the Ottoman Army
Jannisaries
Nuclear weapons- possessing nations
USA, UK, France, Israel, Pakistan, India, Russia, China, DPRK