Unit 2 Flashcards

Government

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Government

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Any group of people living together in a country, state, city or local community that have to live by certain rules

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Democracy

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Everyone has decision power (USA)

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Direct Democracy

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Everyone gets a vote in every major decision, works for small governments, ruled by all citizens (Switzerland)

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Indirect/Representative Democracy

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Fair election to represent citizens/country, ruled by one(USA)

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Oligarchy

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A small group of people who have power based social class or race (Historic South Africa when on white people lead when mass population was black)

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Autocracy

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1 person has all the power (Dictatorship, Monarchy) (Adolf Hitler)

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Monarchy

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King or queen rules and next ruler is in the family line, autocracy (UK)

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Constitutional Monarchy vs. Absolute

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Constitutional: Shares power with government and follows constitution, limits on power
Absolute: Has all power, autocracy

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Dictatorship

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1 leader has absolute control of citizens’ life autocracy (North Korea)

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Anarchy

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nobody is in control, no present government (Chinese Period of Dissunion)

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Theocracy

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Recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority, religious law is to solve disputes [Iran(also has democracy)]

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Tribe

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Collection of families ruled primarily by male but sometimes female (Native Americans)

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Matriarchal

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Leaded/Ruled by a female

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Patriarchal

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Leaded/Ruled by a male

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B.C.

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Before Christ, letter follows number; 10 BC

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B.C.E.

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Created to replace B.C., Before Common Era, Ends at same time
letter follows number; 100 BCE

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A.D.

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Anno Domini, After Jesus was born, letter beofre year; AD 40

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C.E.

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Common Era, replaces A.D, letter follows number; 800 C.E.

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Buddhism

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Type of religion that spread during Period of Disunion; Revoled around suffering is a part of life; Started by Buddha

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Confucianism

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Type of religion that spread during Period of Disunion; A belief system that focuses on proper conduct, respect for elders, scholarship, gov. service

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Sui Dynasty

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After the Period of Disunion Sui Dynasty emerged; 589-616

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Period of Disunion

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Barbarians ended the Han Dynasty with no dynasty following; 220-589

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Hierarchy

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any system of persons or things ranked one above another; government by ecclesiastical rulers.

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Feudalism

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the money was given to higher power, the serfs got poorer(from paying for protection/home) while the queens/kings got richer(by owning the land)

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Middle Ages

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medieval period; dark ages;5-15 century; wars, great plagues,cruety

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Christianity

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Devotion to Jesus and God; Based on the learnings of Jesus Christ

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Knight

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honorable military and social rank in society;

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Serf

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type of rural farmer who live in Europe; paid taxes for land

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Mongols

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nomadic; from steppes of eastern, central Asia; largest empire in history, from Poland to China

30
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Yasa

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Lawcode of Mongols

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Yang Jian/ Emeror Wen

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Ended Period of Disunion with Sui Dynasty; Followed Han traditions;

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Genghis Khan

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Started the Mongolian Empire; Conquered in 25 years more territory than Rome did in 400

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Kublai Khan

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Son of Genghis Khan; Weaker, leading to weaker emperors; 2nd emperor of Mongols

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Mughals

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The name of Mongols after moving to India; 1526-1857; Parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan

35
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Taj Mahal

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Built by Shah Jahan; Made for a Tomb for Shah Jahan’s wife; Combined styles of Indian, Islamic, Persian; Took 22 years to make

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Babur

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1st Mughal Emperor; Struggled to maintain lands; Relative to Genghis Khan;

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Akbar

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Made fair for all religions; diverse empire; invested in art/literature; traded with the West; maintained cunning military strategy/ land

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Jahangir

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Made Golden Chain of Justice; Alcoholic, Druggie, Infliction on Siks;

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Shah Jahan

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Built Taj Mahal; Wife Died after 14th Child born; Emerpor from 1628-1658

40
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Checks and Balances

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each branch has to check another; never can be majority power from 1 branch; 1 branch could never have more than the other 2;

41
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Veto

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do away with