midterm vocab

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

A periodic wind especially in the Indian ocean and southern Asia

Question 2

Bubonic plague

Answer 2

A very serious disease that is spread especially by rats and killed many people in the middle ages

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

The dominant language of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

A religion of eastern and central Asia that is based on the teachings of Gautama buddha

Question 5

Reincarnation

Answer 5

The idea or belief that people are born again with a different body after death

Question 6

Nirvana

Answer 6

The state of perfect happiness and peace in Buddhism where there is release from all forms of suffering

Question 7

Sanskrit

Answer 7

A language that was spoken many years ago in India and is still used in the practice of Hinduism

Question 8

Christianity

Answer 8

The religion that is based on the the teachings of jesus

Question 9

Islam

Answer 9

The religion which teaches that there is only one god and that muhamand is gods one prophet

Question 10

Ten commandments

Answer 10

The ethical commandments of god given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on mount sinai

Question 11

torah

Answer 11

the body of wisdom and law contained to Jewish scripture and other sacred literature

Question 12

animism

Answer 12

the belief that all plants, animals, and objects have spirits

Question 13

shintoism

Answer 13

the traditional religion of japan

Question 14

polytheism

Answer 14

the belief that there is more then one god

Question 15

monotheism

Answer 15

the belief that there is only one god

Question 16

brahma

Answer 16

the creator god of the hindu sacred triad

Question 17

dharma

Answer 17

an individuals duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law

Question 18

guilds

Answer 18

an organized group of people who have joined together because they share the same job or interest

Question 19

moksha

Answer 19

release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma

Question 20

eightfold path

Answer 20

the path to nirvana

Question 21

caste system

Answer 21

a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

Question 22

cultural diffusion

Answer 22

in cultural anthropology and cultural geography, cultural diffusion is the difference in others

Question 23

Judaism

Answer 23

the monotheistic religion of the jews

Question 24

Five pillars

Answer 24

five basic acts in islam, considered mandatory by believers

Question 25

four noble truths

Answer 25

four principles which contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings

Question 26

code of hammurabi

Answer 26

a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1772 BC

Question 27

silk road

Answer 27

an ancient china and the Mediterranean

Question 28

middle kingdom

Answer 28

the middle kingdom is one of the classes

Question 29

confucianism

Answer 29

a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by mensius

Question 30

pax romana

Answer 30

the peace that existed between nationalities within the roman empire

Question 31

Democracy

Answer 31

a system of government of the whole population or all of the eligible members of a state

Question 32

Hieroglyphics

Answer 32

writing system in egypt

Question 33

cuneiform

Answer 33

relating to the wedged shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of mesopotamia

Question 34

fertile cresent

Answer 34

a geographical area of fertile land in the middle east stretching in a braud semi circle

Question 35

hagia Sophia

Answer 35

a 6th century masterpiece of byzantine archiculture in istanbul

Question 36

Justinians code

Answer 36

the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence

Question 37

terrace farming

Answer 37

a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successfully receding flat surfaces or platforms

Question 38

commercial revolution

Answer 38

a period of European economic expansion

Question 39

chivalry

Answer 39

the mideival knightly system with its religious, morel, and social code

Question 40

one hundred years war

Answer 40

a long struggle between England and france over succession to the French throne