| A | B |
| They study artifacts and relics | Archeologists |
| Monsoon | Seasonal wind |
| They study prodction and exchange of goods | Economists |
| A geographic barrier in China | Mountains |
| Aspects of Civilizations | Job specialization, writing, religion etc. |
| Had advances in science, math and medicine | Gupta Empire |
| Ghengis Khan/Kublai Khan | Fierce Mongol warriors; good horeseman, conqoured and isolated Russia |
| Grand Canal | Connected China for trade |
| Medieval Manors | Agriculture was important; self sufficient |
| Ghana, Mali and Songhai | Powerful African trading kingdoms (gold and salt) |
| Why did Renaissance start in Italy? | Good location on the Mediterranean Sea |
| Goal of monarchs during Age of Absolutism | To centralize their power |
| Columbian exchange | Movement of goods from the Old to New World |
| Middle Passage | Journey of slaves to the Americas |
| Scientific Revolution | Used observation and experimentation |
| Rousseau and Locke | Enlightenment philosophers; consent of the governed; natural rights |
| Karl Marx | Author of The Communist Manifesto; the working class will eventually rise up |
| Japan's geography | Lack natural resources |
| Five Year Plans and Collectivization in the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin |
| WWII | Caiused by aggression of Hitler (Germany), Italy (Mussolini) and Japan (military |
| Fascism | Germany/Hitler and Italy/Mussolini; extreme nationalism, blind loyalty to leader, censorship of media |
| Holocaust | Genocide of Jewish people in Germany during WWII |
| Rwanda | Civil War between Tutsi minority and Hutu majority |
| One child policy in China | Goal to reduce population rate |
| Amristar Massacre/Tiananmen Square | Movements toward democracy |
| Cutural Diffusion | Exchange of ideas/goods; McDonald's in China |
| Desertification | The Sahara Desert gets bigger each year; less farmland |
| Justinian | Leader of Byzantine Empire |
| Martin Luther | Posted 95 Theses; led to Protestant Reformation |
| Age of Exploration | Advances like the compass led to exploration by sea led by Spain and Portugal |
| Mercantalism | Economic theory colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country |
| Puritan and Glorious Revolutions | England; beginning of a parliamentary democracy; limited power of monarchs |
| Simon Bolivar | Led independence movement in Bolivia |
| Imperialism | Desite for more land; spheres of influence |