mid-term Flashcards

(41 cards)

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monsoon

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it tells you what time of season it is and if its ending or begining

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bubonic plague

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a very common plague

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3
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hindusm

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a major religon

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buddhism

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a religion named after there god buddha

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5
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reincarnation

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the rebirth of someone

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6
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moksha

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when your let go from the cycle of reincarnation

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nirvana

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its a time when suffering, desire, or sense of self disaperes for karma

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eight fold path

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its the teachings of buddha

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sanskrit

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a old indian language used to write

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10
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caste systems

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a socail structure for many cultures

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cultural system

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the combination of different elements

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12
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judaism

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a religion for jews

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christianity

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the religion on the teaching of Jesus

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islam

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the religion for Muslims

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ten commandments

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commandments of Moses

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five pillars

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the five basic things you should do as a islamic person

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17
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torah

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the law of God as shown to Moses and he wrote five books

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animism

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the belief that supernatural powers organizes the material universe

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shintoism

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an old japan religion characterized by nature spirits

20
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four noble truths

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four beliefs saying Buddhist teaching

21
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polytheism

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the belief in more than one god

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monotheism

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belief in one god

23
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code of hammurabi

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Babylonian law code from 1772

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brahma

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a god for the hidues

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dharma
protection
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silk road
ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean
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middle kingdom
names of Chinese cultures
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confucianism
teachings by Confucius
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pax romana
peace that existed in the Roman Empire
30
guilds
a medieval group of craftsmen or merchants
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democracy
a system of government
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hieroglyphics
a type of Egyptian writing
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cuneiform
ancient writing of Mesopotamia
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fertile crescent
fertile land in the Middle East
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hagia sophia
masterpiece of Byzantine architecture
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justinian's code
the works of justinian the emporer made in 529 to 534
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terrace farming
wood or something cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms
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commercial revolution
a period of European economic expansion
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chivalry
a knights code for them to live by
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one hundred years war
series of conflicts From to 1453
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manorialism
a rural economy for three classses