Unit 1
believing in many gods
polytheistic
The angel who delivered revelations to Muhammad
angel gabriel
spanish conquerors
conquistadors
This is the name of the French prison that was stormed by peasants, marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
bastille
England, France, and Russia
allied powers
the spread of cultural elements from one society to another
cultural-diffusion
the smaller branch of Islam that believes rightful leaders are solely descendants of Muhammad.
shia
they were the south american indian culture that was devastated by pizzaro and the spanish in the 1530's
incas
first successful colonial indedpendence movement against a European power, 1775-1783
american revolution
Austia-Hungary, Germany and Ottoman Empire
central powers
independent city and its surrounding land that have sovereighnty and therefore form a state
city-state
People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history.
mongols
this mexican peninsula seperates the gulf of mexico from the carriban sea
The Yucatán Peninsula
This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American colonies independent of British rule
Declaration of Independence
-Militarism -Secret Alliances -Imperialism - Nationalism
M.A.I.N causes of WW1
a group organized by rank
hierarchy
the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine Eastern Orthodox churches that occurred
The Great Schism
the aztec leader when the spanish conquistidors arrived in mesoamerican in the 16th century
Moctezuma II
Priest and the leader of the Mexican War of Independence
Miguel Hidalgo
Japan, Italy and Germany
Axis Powers in WW2
the world's first system of writing that was dominant in Mesopotamia
cuneiform
The famous Islamic scientist and philosopher famous for his discoveries in medicine, specifically his works in the Canon of Medicine
Ibn Sina
the system of communication used by the inca which consisted of knots tied in string
quipu
He was one of the primary leaders for South America's independence from Spain in the early 1800s and is generally considered to be the "George Washington" of the continent
Simon Bolivar
During a six-week period in 1937 in the city of Nanjing Japanese troops massacred thousands of Chinese civilians.
Rape of Nanjing