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Directions: Each term should be defined and explain significance. Include dates where necessary.
Number each term and type your answers. This will count as a project grade. If you are working
on this with a group, email Mr. Greer your group members’ names before a copy of it is due on
Wednesday, 12 May 2010 by 3:00pm. Those working alone should have different answers.
CHAPTER 1
BEFORE HISTORY
(Terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
1. Paleolithic:
2. Neolithic:
3. Agricultural transition:
CHAPTER 2
EARLY SOCIETIES IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN
MIGRATIONS
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
4. Hammurabi
5. Mesopotamia*:
6. Lex talionis*:
7. Bronze metallurgy:
8. Indo-Europeans*:
CHAPTER 3
EARLY AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND THE BANTU MIGRATIONS
(Terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
9. Akhenaten:
10. Herodotus:
11. Hieroglyphics*:
12. Bantu*:
CHAPTER 4
EARLY SOCIETIES IN SOUTH ASIA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
13. Aryans*:
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14. Harappan society*:
15. Sanskrit:
16. Vedas*:
17. Jati*:
CHAPTER 5
EARLY SOCIETY IN EAST ASIA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
18. Xia dynasty*:
19. Huang He:
20. Shang dynasty:
21. Mandate of heaven*:
22. Zhou dynasty:
23. Ancestor worship:
24. Oracle bones (dragon bones)*:
CHAPTER 6
EARLY SOCIETIES IN THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
25. Olmecs*:
26. Maya*:
27. Tikal*:
28. Chichen Itza:
CHAPTER 7
THE EMPIRES OF PERSIA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
29. Zoroastrianism*
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30. Ahura Mazda*:
CHAPTER 8
THE UNIFICATION OF CHINA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
31. The Analects:
32. Laozi:
33. Qin Shihuangdi:
34. Confucianism*:
35. Daoism*:
36. Legalism*:
37. Qin dynasty*:
38. Han dynasty:
39. Yellow Turban Uprising:
CHAPTER 9
STATE, SOCIETY, AND THE QUEST FOR SALVATION IN INDIA
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
40. Ashoka:
41. Mauryan Empire
42. Gupta dynasty:
43. Caste:
44. Jainism*:
45. Buddhism*:
46. Hinduism*:
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CHAPTER 10
MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY: THE GREEK PHASE
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
47. Homer:
48. Pericles:
49. Socrates:
50. Plato:
51. Aristotle:
52. Euripides:
53. Stoicism*:
CHAPTER 11
MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY: THE ROMAN PHASE
(terms with an asterisk are defined in the glossary)
54. Augustus Caesar:
55. Jesus of Nazareth:
56. Roman roads:
57. Judaism:
58. Christianity:
59. Latifundia*:
60. Pax Romana*:
61. Pater familias*:
CHAPTER 12
CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGES ON THE SILK ROADS
62. Attila:
63. Silk roads*:
64. Monsoon system:
65. Visigoths:
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66. Huns:
67. Edict of Milan:
68. Council of Nicaea:
CHAPTER 13
THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUM
69. Constantine:
70. Justinian
71. Vladimir of Kiev:
72. Iconoclasm*:
73. Eastern Orthodox Church:
74. Crusades:
75. Ottomans*:
76. Cyrillic alphabet:
CHAPTER 14
THE EXPANSIVE REAL OF ISLAM
77. Islam*:
78. Mohammed
79. Muslim*:
80. Dar al-Islam*:
81. Five pillars of Islam*:
82. Sharia*:
83. Abbasid*:
84. Cordoba :
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CHAPTER 15
THE RESURGENCE OF EMPIRE IN EAST ASIA
85. Sui Dynasty*:
86. Tang Dynasty*:
87. Chang’an:
88. Equal-field system:
89. Bureaucracy of merit:
90. Middle Kingdom:
91. Song Dynasty*:
92. Shogun*:
93. Bushido*:
CHAPTER 16
INDIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN BASIN
94. Sultanate of Delhi:
95. Monsoons:
96. Angkor* :
97. Melaka* :
CHAPTER 17
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WESTERN EUROPE
98. Charlemagne:
99. Pope Gregory I:
100. Vikings:
101. Holy Roman Empire:
102. Manor:
103. Serf*:
104. Monasticism:
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CHAPTER 18
NOMADIC EMPIRES AND EURASIAN INTEGRATION
105. Chinggis Khan (Temujin)*:
106. Osman:
107. Golden Horde:
108. Yuan Dynasty*:
109. Ilkhanate of Persia*:
110. Bubonic plague:
111. Ottoman Turks:
112. Istanbul:
CHAPTER 19
STATES AND SOCIETIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
113. Mansa Musa:
114. Ali ibn Muhammad:
115. Griots:
116. Kin-based society:
117. Camels:
118. Gao:
119. Kingdom of Ghana*:
120. Mali Empire*:
121. Swahili*:
122. Zimbabwe*:
CHAPTER 20
WESTERN EUROPE DURING THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
123. Duke William of Normandy:
124. Leif Ericsson:
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125. Saladin:
126. Investiture contest*:
127. Three estates :
CHAPTER 21
WORLDS APART: THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA
128. Toltecs*:
129. Quetzalcoatl*:
130. Inca*:
131. Cahokia Mound*:
CHAPTER 22
REACHING OUT: CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTIONS
132. Ibn Batutta:
133. Marco Polo:
134. Zheng He:
135. Christopher Columbus:
136. Black Death:
137. Reconquista*:
138. Renaissance:
139. Humanism:
CHAPTER 23
TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
140. Ferdinand Magellan:
141. Seven Years’ War:
142. Columbian Exchange:
143. Joint-stock companies*:
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CHAPTER 24
THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE
144. Martin Luther:
145. Peter I (the great):
146. Nicolaus Copernicus:
147. Isaac Newton:
148. John Locke:
149. Adam Smith:
150. Absolutism*:
151. Capitalism*:
152. Putting-out system*:
153. Enlightenment*:
CHAPTER 25
NEW WORLDS: THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA
154. Hernan Cortes:
155. Francisco Pizarro:
156. Encomienda* :
157. Conquistadores* :
158. Treaty of Tordesillas:
159. Indentured labor*:
CHAPTER 26
AFRICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD
160. Songhay:
161. Antonianism*:
162. Triangular Trade*:
163. Middle passage:
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CHAPTER 27
TRADITION AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIA
164. Ming Dynasty*:
165. Great Wall:
166. Forbidden City:
167. Qing dynasty*:
168. Scholar-bureaucrats:
169. Footbinding:
170. Tokugawa shogunate*:
CHAPTER 28
THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES
171. Mehmed the Conqueror:
172. Suleyman the Magnificent:
173. Ottoman Empire*:
174. Mughals*:
175. Janissaries:
176. Sikhs*:
177. Taj Mahal:
CHAPTER 29
REVOLUTIONS AND NATIONAL STATES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD
178. Maximilien Robespierre :
179. Toussaint Louverture :
180. Otto von Bismark:
181. Declaration of Independence*:
182. Conservatism:
183. Liberalism:
184. Congress of Vienna*:
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CHAPTER 30
THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
185. Thomas Malthus:
186. Robert Owen:
187. Bessemer converter:
188. Socialism*:
189. Communism*:
190. Proletariat*:
191. Trade unions:
192. Zaibatsu*:
193. Economic dependency:
CHAPTER 31
THE AMERICAS IN THE AGE OF INDEPENDENCE
194. Benito Juarez:
195. Manifest destiny:
196. Emancipation Proclamation:
197. Caudillos*:
198. La Reforma*:
CHAPTER 32
SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS
199. Tanzimat*:
200. Young Turks*:
201. Zemstvos*:
202. Soviets*:
203. Cohong system *:
204. Taiping rebellion*:
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205. Spheres of influence:
206. Meiji restoration*:
CHAPTER 33
THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES
207. Charles Darwin:
208. Imperialism*:
209. Great Game:
210. Berlin Conference*:
211. Social Darwinism*:
CHAPTER 34
THE GREAT WAR: THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL
212. Mustapha Kemal (ataturk):
213. V. I. Lenin:
214. Woodrow Wilson:
215. Bolsheviks*:
216. League of Nations*:
217. Mandate system*:
CHAPTER 35
AN AGE OF ANXIETY
218. John Maynard Keynes:
219. Uncertainty principle:
220. New Deal:
221. New Economic Policy*:
222. Five-Year Plans*:
223. Collectivization*:
224. Fascism*:
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CHAPTER 36
NATIONALISM AND POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN ASIA, AFRICA,
AND LATIN AMERICA
225. Mohandas K. Gandhi:
226. Mao Zedong:
227. Indian National Congress:
228. Good Neighbor Policy
229. Dollar diplomacy:
230. Yankee imperialism:
CHAPTER 37
NEW CONFLAGRATIONS: WORLD WAR II
231. Munich Conference:
232. Russian-German treaty of Nonaggression:
233. The “final solution”:
234. Truman Doctrine*:
235. Marshall Plan*:
236. NATO*:
237. Warsaw Pact*:
CHAPTER 38
THE BIPOLAR WORLD
238. Berlin blockade:
239. Berlin Wall:
240. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD):
241. Containment*:
242. Détente*:
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CHAPTER 39
THE END OF EMPIRE
243. Decolonization*:
244. Balfour Declaration:
245. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)*:
246. Jihad:
247. Liberation theology:
248. Dependency theory:
249. Apartheid*:
CHAPTER 40
A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS
250. General agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)*:
251. World Trade Organization (WTO)*:
252. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)*:
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