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Stack #141770
WGU World Civ & Economics
| Paleolithic Era | Fishing, Fire Building |
|---|---|
| Huitzilopochtli | Aztec sun god required human blood in order to rise each day |
| Bartoleme de las Casas | Dominican friar criticized Spanish conquest and wrote "Black Legend" |
| Hernando Cortes | marched on Tenochtitlan with only 500 men and a few horses, defeated Aztec empire |
| Montezuma | Aztec emperor that welcomed Spanish explorers but was led to his death by Cortes |
| peasants during Feudalism | comprised largest social group, gave produce and services to lord of the manor |
| Mao Tse-tung | implemented the Great Leap Forward that caused 20-30 million deaths from starvation |
| Mohandas Gandhi | drew on elements of Hindu, Western, and Christian thought to force British rule from the country |
| Nelson Mandela | won Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end Apartheid, was imprisoned for 27 years prior to becoming president of Africa |
| V.I. Lenin | outlined the New Economic Policy, created a land of small farms and private economic enterprise |
| populares | politicians sought the approval of the people, not the aristocracy |
| hubris | overbearing pride and arrogance |
| shrines | physical places of worship |
| libations | offered in hopes of protection and favors |
| Acropolis | religious center of Athens |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Han Dynasty contribution | establishment of the Silk Road |
| Gross Domestic Product | GDP-value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year |
| features of monopolies | single seller with no close substitutes, profit-maximization price or quantity |
| international trade | countries specialize in products and services and exchange them with other nations |
| Atahualpa | Inca ruler lured and killed by Pizarro |
| Silk Road | trade route from China to the West that stretched across Central Asia,established during the Former Han Dynasty |
| Agricultural Revolution | innovations in farm production began in the 18th century and led to scientific agriculture |
| Black Legend | claimed that all Spanish treatment of Native Americans was inhumane, written by Bartoleme de las Casas |
| Columbian Exchange | transport of animals, plants and diseases from Europe to the Americas |
| ecomienda | grant by the Spanish to crown to a colonist of the labor of a specific number of Indians |
| repartimiento | labor tax in Spanish America that required adult male Indians to devote a set number of days a year to help Spanish economy |
| Chiang Kai Shek | lieutenant of Sun Yat-sen sent to the Soviet Union to study, established military academy |
| Apartheid | racist policies enforced by White-dominated regime in South Africa |
| Lusitania | British liner torpedoed by German submarine |
| Paleolithic Age | The earliest period when stone tools were used, from about 1,000,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. From the Greek meaning "old stone." |
| Bronze Age | The name given to the earliest civilized era, ca. 4000 to 1000 B.C.E. The term reflects the importance of the metal bronze for the people of this age in making weapons and tools. |
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