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Why is culture referred to as blueprint for society?

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way of life; all things that make up a civilization-belief, gov’t, language, social system, work

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How does cultural diffusion occur?

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contact or interaction with more than one culture; mix/blend usually through trade or migration

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Define ethnocentrism.

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Belief one’s culture is superior/China

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What do Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle have in common?

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Greek Philosophers

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Which leader is associated with the expansion of Hellenistic Culture?

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Alex the Great of Greek culture

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Which ancient civilization is associated with the Twelve Tables and a Senate under a republican form of government?

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Rome

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Which ancient civilization with the development of the alphabet ?

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Phoenicians gave to Greece

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What time period is associated with the formation of guilds and what is their purpose?

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Middle Ages;; group of workers (trade) that work to standardize goods

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Which two nations are linked by the Korean “cultural bridge”?

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China and Japan

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How did China’s ethnocentric view of itself as the “Middle Kingdom” impact its relationship with other cultures?

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Limited and controlled contact with others

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What philosophy had the greatest impact on Chinese history and their social order?

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Confucianism

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List the four geographic features that isolated China for centuries.

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Himalaya Mountains, Gobi Desert, Pacific Ocean, jungles

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Describe the central beliefs of Taoism.

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Harmony with nature- China

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What common goal are shared by followers of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism?

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achieving piece and harmony with nature

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Explain why educated people were held in high esteem in ancient China and Japan.

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Key success and positions of power (gov’t)

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Describe how the Knight’s code of Chivalry and the Samurai code of the Bushido are similar.

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Honor code that promises protection

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How were the policies regarding contact with other civilizations in the Ming Dynasty in China and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan similar?

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Isolated/ Closed-Door Policy

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Why did the Chinese, Japanese, and Inca develop terrace farming?

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Mountainous environment

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Why are the Romans, Mongols, and the Incans considered to be empires?

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Controlled vast territory including neighboring people

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What factor led to the development of diverse cultures in Africa and South America before their contact with Europe?

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Geographic isolation/ diversity (mountains rainforests, deserts

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What elements are consistent with a golden age, such as the Golden Age of Muslim Culture?

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Peace, Prosperity, Progress- achievements in art, math, intellectual

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Which religion had the greatest influence over Mali and its leader Mansa Musa?

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Muslim/ Islam

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Which five African kingdoms are associated with developing trans-Sahara trade routes in order to gain wealth and power?

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Ghana, Mali, Kush, Axum, Songhai

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Which region and time period is associated with feudal kings exchanging fiefs (land) for service with lords, knights, peasants, and serfs?

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W. Europe

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Why were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer Mayan, Aztec, and Incan land rapidly?
better weapons and technology
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What time period is associated with the invention and use of caravels, astrolabs, and compasses?
Age of Exploration to the Americas
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Which economic system is associated with the taking of colonies to gain vast resources and wealth?
Mercantalism
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What is the most notable regarding the development of the Pre-Columbian civilizations of Latin American, the ancient Kingdoms of India's Gupta Empire and ancient African trading kingdoms?
Developed without contact or aid from Europe/ without influence
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What European action led to the destruction of many powerful African kingdoms and increased tribal warfare in Africa?
slave trade hastered the decline of African Kingdoms
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According to supporters of mercantilism, why must a nation possess colonies?
Acquire as markets to sell to sell to and for natural resources/ raw materials
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What event is associated with the end of regional isolation, merging of the hemispheres, and the start of European global domination?
Age of Exploration
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Which event in associated with the concept that all individuals are born with natural born rights?
Enlightenment
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What type of government is associated with the belief that a king's power is derived from God?
Divine Right
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Which term is most associated with the unification of Italy and Germany and/or the breakup of the Austria-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires?
Nationalism
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Why did the French bourgeoisie support revolution in 1789?
Resented their lack of political power
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Which European nation had the greatest impact of the development of Latin America in 1500s-1800s?
Spain
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What happened to the size and power of the middle class as result of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution?
increased
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
Abundance of natural resources- coal, iron, water
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How did the Industrial Revolution lead to the age of New Imperialism and growth of new European empires?
Taking colonies for natural resources, labor, markets to sell to
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Which continent was mostly under French and British rule by the end of the 1800s?
Africa
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Why are Louis XIV, Peter the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent considered to be absolute monarchs?
Total power, ruled without consent
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Which document ended the Mexican Revolution and established a democratic republic?
Constitution of 1917
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What type of government was established in China after the revolution of 1911?
Democratic Republic
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List the primary causes of WWI: M.A.I.N.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism/Industrialism/Independence, Nationalism
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What was the League of Nations and why did it fail?
- Peace-keeping organization created after WWI | - Lacked membership and power
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Which nation is associated with a revolution led by a former slave, Toussaint L' Ouverture, following the success of the American Revolution?
Haiti against France
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What was the goal of both the Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China?
end foreign influence
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Which event is most associated with the meeting of the Estates General, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, Robespierre, and his Reign of Terror?
French Revolution
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Why did Japan begin empire building in the late 1800s, after the industrialization process began?
lack of natural resources
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What caused the "scramble for Africa"?
European's desire for/competition for valuable land and resources
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What event marks the height of New Imperialism in Asia and Africa?
World War I
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What type of government was taken out power as a result of the French Revolution, the Mexican Revolution, the Chinese Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution?
Totalitarian/autocrat
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What was the theme of Thomas Malthus' Principles of Population?
hoping to slow population growth
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What did Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels encourage unhappy workers to do in an industrial, capitalist society?
overthrow the system
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What did Wilson suggest regarding colonies in Europe, Asia, and Africa in his 14 Points for peace in 1918?
self-determination
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What word best describes the mass killings of Armenians during World War I?
Genocide
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What was the goal of the MEIJI Restoration?
Modernization, Emperor Meiji/Empire, Industrialization, Japan, Imperialism {westernization and studied western culture}
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What term best describes the result of setting up British Protectorates in the Middle East?
Imperialism
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What was the slogan of Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
"Peace, Land, Bread"
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What leader is closely associated with the New Economic Policy?
Vladimir Lenin
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Define hastened
Encouraged/ increased

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