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Nationalism - ✔✔-Devotion people feel towards their country/society; Became a cause for conflict in
Europe at the turn of the 20th Century as Europeans competed for territories and power.
Imperialism - ✔✔-A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially,
and economically.
Muhammad - ✔✔-Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. Unified the Bedhouin tribes.
Neolithic Revolution - ✔✔-The change from hunting-gathering to farming and domestication of animals;
A period when humans first started to learn to plant crops and domesticate animals for their food,
instead of hunting and gathering
Ghengis Khan - ✔✔-Leader of the Mongols; Ruthless warrior that terrified Islamic and Asian societies
Shi Huangdi - ✔✔-First emperor of China, (259 - 210 BC) Ruler of china, he united china for the first
time. He built roads and canals and began the great wall of china. Shi hiungdi also imposed a standard of
laws, money, weights, and writting system in china.
Alexandria - ✔✔-City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic
civilization, the next center of Greek culture after Athens, contained a library and museum-a center for
leading scientific figures.
Potosí - ✔✔-A large city in Bolivia based on its silver mines, colonized by the Spanish
Hernan Cortes - ✔✔-Led expedition to the coast of Mexico in 1519; conquistador responsible for defeat
of Aztec Empire; captured Tenochtitlan.
, Janissaries - ✔✔-30,000 Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite
of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.
Aryans - ✔✔-Nomadic invaders who moved into India during the centuries after Harappa's collapse. The
Buddha founded the religion of Buddhism.
Byzantine Empire; impact on Russia - ✔✔-The Russians came in contact with Christianity through the
Byzantine Empire and adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The Russians also imitated Byzantine
emperors instead of monarchs of Western Europe.
Julius Caesar - ✔✔-(100-44 B.C.E.) was one the leading figures in transforming the Roman republic into
an imperial form of government ruled by one dictator.
Chabi - ✔✔-Influential wife of Kubilai Khan; promoted interests of Buddhists in China; influenced
Mongol women to not adopt restrictive social conventions of the Chinese.
Causes of World War II - ✔✔-Unfair treaties like the Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to resent a lot
of countries and want revenge. Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in January 1933 was a major
cause. He began to build up Germany's army and invaded Austria in March 1938.Fail of the League of
Nations did nothing to stop the war either. September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and
ended when the Japanese surrendered in 1945.
cotton gin - ✔✔-Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could
be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more
acres of cotton fields
Classical Chinese Culture and Society - ✔✔-Filial Piety, the important virtue and primary duty of respect,
obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members. Confucianism was extremely
important.
Hellenism - ✔✔-the diffusion of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world after the conquest
of Alexander the Great.