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passing method (114 cards)

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Pros and Cons of monarchy

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Pros: most efficient government in theory, clear roles, and monarchs can be well trained.
cons: minimal accountability, succesion problems and lack of freedom

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How china and british justify monarchy?

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China: Mandate of heaven and the ancestral spirits approve of the emperor.
Britain: Divine right god made the monarch a monarch and the subjects the subjects

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whats a democracy

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people vote and whichever side with more votes wins

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what government is USA

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democractic republic a mix of both democracy and republic

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What communism want to do

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Create classless society and get rid of private property

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whats a republic

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representative government where people are elected to do government work

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pros and con of democractic republic

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Pros: people can participate in government, politicians can be held accountable by the elections, most popular(probably for a good reason).
Cons: Slow process, more powerful people dominate politics and receive more benefits, ignorant voters.

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what is fascism

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emphasis on order, loyalty to leader, “us vs them”, promises of good times ahead, nationalism and militarism

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How achieve enlightenment buddhism

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Accept the 4 noble truths (life is suffering) and follow the eight-fold path (let go of desires)

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what communist government promise (6)

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free education: education increased but mostly communist propoganda

free health care: chronic shortages and long waits to get care.

100% housing: everyone got a house but they dont got a choice for what or where they living

food for everyone: they tried but had huge shortages and long lines. famines common.

equality for all: achieved but women were still expected to do housework.

100% employment: got 100% employment but worker rights were poor and the economies suffered majorly

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why christianity popular(4)

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able to communicate god through payer, loving and forgiving god, promise of heaven, and all are equal in the eyes of god

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relationship between roman empire and christianity

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Jesus was a Jewish person outside the Roman Empire

Some Roman emperors saw Christianity as a threat and persecuted Christians

In 313 Emperor Constantine made Christianity Legal with Edict of Milan

In 380 Emperor Theodosius required Christianity in the Roman Empire

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who founded hinduism how old where and poly or monotheistic

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Unknown founder, 2500 BC, mainly in India, monotheistic

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Hindu and buddhist ideas of karma and reincarnation

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Karma was the record of consequences of your actions (affects future lives)
Reincarnation was the cycle of rebirth and being born again

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Moksha and Brahman

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Moksha was the breaking of the rebirth cycle and one’s soul becoming one with Brahman

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India’s caste system

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Based on occupation but also identifiable by skin color the caste system was a structure in society and people were expected to marry within their caste

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founder of buddhism how old where did it spread poly or monotheistic

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Siddartha Gautama 530 BC would spread in South Asia to Southeast and East Asia, does not believe in god

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Differences between the four largest branches in Buddhism

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Mahayana: Thinks that compassion is the ultimate virtue and that Buddha was more than a man
Theravada: Buddha was just a man and the utlimate virtue is wisdom
Vajrayana: Mystic form of buddhism in Tibet with a leader named the Dalai Lama.
Zen: Silent meditation and you can achieve enlightenment suddenly through a koan (riddle).

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Bodhisattva

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Someone who can reach nirvana but chooses to help others out of compassion. The buddha was a bodhisattva, named after the Bodhi Tree that the buddha prayed under.

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Founder of judaism how old and is it poly or mono

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1800 BC Abraham and its mono

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What does the bible consist of and how are the parts different and who wrote it

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The bible consists of 2 testaments with the old testament (jewish) having a more punishing god where in the New Testament (Christian) the god is more forgiving.

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impact of the 10 commandments

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If the jewish people follow the 10 commandments they are able to be protected by god (second covenant)

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Founder of Chrstianity, how old, poly or monotheistic

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Jesus Christ would’ve founded Christianity at 33 BC and it is a monotheistic religion

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What do Christians believe in the afterlife and how do you get to each of 3

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Heaven: Accept Jesus into your heart, get required sacraments, be forgiven for your sin.

Purgatory: Holding ground or limbo

Hell: It’s hell

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When Medieval Age/ Middle Ages
476 Ce was the fall of the Rome Western Empire until1453 which was the fall of the Byzantine Empire
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what was serfdom
serfs had to work on a plot of land for their lord in exchange for military protection food and and shelter. Would be ended by the black plague
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who picked on medieval early modern europe
jewish people and witches and heretics (false path christians) and lepers
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how catholic church get so powerful
tithe (10% religious tax) donations of money and land to church (for forgiveness or as a gift) payments to monks or nuns for prayer good works were required to get to heaven and money or land was common substitute Indulgences: give money to bypass purgatory and go straight to heaven
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Why crusaders go on crusade
adventure conquest and sins automatically forgiven
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#1 industry in Mughal
cotton and textiles
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Akbar the Great who?
religiously tolerant and abolished the gizya tax for christians and jews and held religious debates and started a creed combining religions
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Who is Aurangzeb
Mughal leader that expanded empire but was strict on Islam and restored gizya (often a bad ruler)
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What type of people Mongols
Nomadic
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Why mongols good conquerors
genghis khan great general and unified mongols nomadic lifestyle with them being very mobile and hearty expert horse archers spread propoganda about violence so that other places mostly surrendered without a fight
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