History and Government Flashcards

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The type of government that allows the people to participate and rule themselves is called a ______; monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, democracy

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democracy

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A set of beliefs and laws that are used to govern a state, nation or organization is called a ______; philosophy, Draconian law, constitution

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constitution

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GREAT Macedonian king that created the Hellenistic Greek Empire; Euclid, King Philip, Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great

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Who was the Roman leader that ushered Rome into Pax Romana; Caesar, Solon, Philip, Augustus

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Augustus

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What empire grew out of eastern half of Rome; Persian, Mongol, Byzantine

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Byzantine

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Due to differences in the development of Christianity, what two religious denominations evolved in the Roman Empire; Hindu and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

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Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

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What are two Muslim factions exist today; Fatimid and Abbasid, Sunni and Shia, Sunnah and Quran

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Sunni and Shia

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What Muslims believe that the leader of Islam does not need to be a descendant of Muhammad- Sunni or Shia

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Sunni

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What two groups in Japan depended on a feudal relationship; samurai and Mongols, daimyo and samurai, merchants and shoguns, emperors and pheasants

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daimyo and samurai

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What two minerals were important to the West African trading economy; gold and lumber, salt and diamonds, gold and salt

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gold and salt