IMPORTANT PEOPLE

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IMPORTANT PEOPLE
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DIRECTIONS

• 1. Write the description of the person on the
  lined side of your index card.
• Identify the persons name based on the picture
  and clues on the other side of the card.
• Use paper if you do not have cards.
• 2. When you are finished, go to regentsprep.org
  and work on some multiple choice questions.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TO TRY

• Go to Review of Global History and Geography
• A. Belief Systems ? Practice ? Multiple Choice
• B. Change and Turning Points ? Multiple Choice
  on 1. Geography 7. Political Revolutions (just
  French)
• D. Golden Ages

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• G. Human and Physical Geography ? 1. Multiple
  Choice on Human and Physical Geography
• K. Justice and Law ? 1. Religion and Philosophy
  5. Islamic Empires
• N. Political Systems ? 1. Early People and
  Neolithic Revolution European Enlightenment
• P. Science and Technology ? 1. Neolithic
  Revolution 6. Scientific Revolution

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SHI HUANGDI

• Leader of Qin dynasty
• Name means first emperor
• Unified China by repairing roads, making a
  uniform system of weights and measures
• Finishing Great Wall
• Used strict Legalist principles

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ASOKA

• United diverse people of India during Mauryan
  Empire
• Converted to Buddhism, but was tolerant to other
  religions

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PERICLES

• Led Athens during its Golden Age
• Athens had limited, direct democracy

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT

• Conquered Greece, Nile Valley, Persia, parts of
  India
• Spread Hellenistic culture, (mixture of Greek,
  Persian, Egyptian, Indian) and achievements in
  math and science

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CHARLEMAGNE

• Frankish king
• Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
• United central Europe
• Revived learning

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GENGHIS (CHINGISS) KHAN

• United Mongol tribes
• From central Asian steppes
• Conquered largest empire of the time, from China
  to eastern Europe

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MANSA MUSA

• Powerful king of African kingdom of Mali
• Made Timbuktu a center of learning
• Made a pilgrimage to Mecca

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JUSTINIAN

• Autocratic Byzantine leader
• Gathered Roman laws into a new law code
• Beautified city of Constantinople

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NAPOLEON

• Emperor of France at end of French Revolution
  through coup detat
• Napoleonic Code equality and freedom of
  religion
• Abolished serfdom, reduced power of RCC

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ELIZABETH I

• Leader of England 1558-1603
• Restored religious unity
• Defeated Spanish Armada
• England united, stable, nationalistic

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PETER THE GREAT

• Westernization of Russia
• Obtained land from Sweden on Baltic Sea
• Built new capital at St. Petersburg

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CATHERINE THE GREAT

• Encouraged Enlightenment ideas
• Autocratic czarina of Russia
• Partitioned Poland
• Obtained warm water port from Ottoman Empire

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ADAM SMITH

• Author of Wealth of Nations
• Free market economy, capitalism
• Noninvolvement of govt in econ.
• laissez faire hands off

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JOHN LOCKE

• Author of Two Treatises on Government
• Enlightenment philosopher of 1700s
• Rulers stay in power with consent of governed
• Natural rights life, liberty, property

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GALILEO

• Scientist who improves telescope, 1600s
• Earth revolves around the sun
• Tried by RCC as heretic

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LOUIS XIV

• Absolute monarch of France c. 1700
• Sun King and Palace of Versailles
• Left France in debt

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MACHIAVELLI

• Author of The Prince in Renaissance Italy
• end justifies the means in ruthless politics

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MARTIN LUTHER

• 95 Theses starts Protestant Reformation
• Protests indulgences, corruption, worldliness of
  RCC
• Ends religious unity in W. Europe

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CONFUCIUS

• Chinese philosopher 500 b.c.
• Social order based on 5 relationships
• Valued family, government, education, ethics
• Foundation of Chinese civilization

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SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

• Founder of Buddhism, the Buddha
• Rejected wealth and meditated on human suffering
• Four Noble Truths
• Noble Eight-Fold Pah to nirvana

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JESUS

• Founder of Christianity
• Teachings rooted in Jewish tradition, and Bible
• Arrested, tried, and executed by Romans

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MUHAMMAD

• Founder of Islam
• Born in Mecca
• Preached faith in Allah, 5 Pillars
• Fled to Medina after persecution (hejira)

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PEOPLE ON EXAM

• RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY Confucius, Jesus, Muhammad,
  Siddhartha Gautama, Luther
• AUTHORS/THINKERS Locke, Smith, Galileo,
  Machiavelli
• WESTERNIZATION Peter the Great
• LAW CODES Hammurabi, Justinian, Napoleon

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• LEADERS Pericles, Louis XIV, Elizabeth I,
  Catherine the Great, Akbar the Great, Genghis
  Khan, Napoleon
• EXPLORERS Zheng he, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta,
  Columbus