World History EOC

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  1. 3. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
  2. 5. ("Birthday of the Church) The fiftieth day following Passover in the OT, which commemorates the giving of the law on Mt. Sinai; 50th day after in the Crucifixion in the NT, which marks the day the Holy Spirit fell on the early Apostles and disciples.
  3. 6. small river or stream that flows in to a larger river or stream; a branch of the river
  4. 7. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams enabling crops to grow
  5. 8. A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government (successors to Muhammad - as in the 4 Rightly Guided caliphs who ruled, one after the other, following Muhammad's death)
  6. 10. City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion.
  7. 12. Groups of related families, loosely joined together
  8. 13. the official count of a population
  9. 14. A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials
  10. 17. concerning farms, farmers, or the cultivating of land
  11. 18. Preparing the land to grow crops; improvement for agricultural purposes
  12. 19. A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
  13. 20. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water.
  14. 21. A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  15. 23. characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place
  16. 25. seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
  17. 26. religion; based on the teachings of Muhammad; followers are called Muslims
  18. 27. A description of surface features of land.
  19. 28. mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs (for example, during the Tang Dynasty, Buddhists were persecuted, as the Tang leaders feared the growing influence these "outsiders" were having on Chinese thought)
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  1. 1. a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
  2. 2. Belief in one God
  3. 4. half of a sphere, one half of the earth
  4. 8. extended families claiming a common ancestor
  5. 9. A black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine
  6. 11. The three initial letters of Christ's name in Greek, which came to serve as a monogram for Christ (chi-rho-iota).
  7. 13. A large arena in Rome where gladiator contests and other games and sporting events were held. Christian persecutions also occurred here, as well.
  8. 15. suitable for growing crops; "farmable"
  9. 16. regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator.
  10. 22. bring together parts of a country under one government (ex: China under Wendi's leadership in the Sui Dynasty)
  11. 24. Islamic God