Isms
Religiosity
More General Terms
Causes of Conflict
Leftovers
100

A governmental policy of building empires

Imperialism

100

Belief in one God

Monotheism 

100

moving from one country to another

Immigration

100

Changing history to suite your worldview or narrative

Revitionist History 

100

When the Catholic church and Protestants broke up 

Reformation 

200

Extreme Patriotism

Nationalism

200

Belief in multiple gods

Polytheism

200

A savage or uncivilized person in general.  Historically any non Greek or non Roman 

Barbarian

200

First hand or eye witness accounts of history 

Primary Source

200

Period in history when technology drastically advanced because of new inventions like the steam engine and new fuel sources like coal 

Industrial Revolution 

300

Being open to changes or new ways of doing things in a society 

Liberalism

300

Everything has a spirit that is to be revered. 

Animism 

300

Defending your point of view and proving your correctness 

Apology 

300

Historical sources not from the time period or area in which they are writing about 

Secondary Sources

300

 A holy war

Crusade

400

Not being open to changes or new ways of doing things in society 

Conservatism

400

The orthodox system of beliefs of any religion. 

Dogma

400

Any person taking a long journey for religious reasons 

Pilgrim 

400

A philosophy that values natural science over superstition, and espouses the inherent goodness of people. 

Humanism 

400

A war in which factions inside of one nation fight each other 

Civil War

500

When Britain conquered a place, they did not just establish unfair trading partners, they sent waves of settlers that attempted to recreate British life in their territory. 

Colonialism 

500
From the Catholic perspective, when Martin Luther claimed the sacraments were fake and the Pope was the Antichrist. 

Heresy 

500
After Ali was once again denied the right to be Caliph against Muhammad's wishes, Islam broke into Sunni and Shia factions 

Schism 

500
"It is our duty to save Africa from the Africans who are unable to properly govern themselves or advance their civilization."

Paternalism 

500

The American colonist rose up against the British government in 1776 over the issues of taxation without representation 

Insurrection 

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