Global History & Geography for 14-15 Yr olds USA) (Thomas Caswell)

Hindu god called the Destroyer. Shiva is the third member of the triad that includes Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.

Military ruler of feudal Japan.

A belief system which blends Hindu traditions with Islamic monotheistic traditions. Based in India and Pakistan.

Trade route from China to the Middle East. Called the Silk Road due to China’s most important export.

Very fine grains of dirt deposited by a moving body of water.

(1894-1895) Japan’s imperialistic war against China to gain control of natural resources and markets for their goods. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth which granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights, control of Manchuria, the annexation of the island of Sakhalin, and Korea became its protectorate.

A Catholic church in Vatican City, Italy. Its ceiling was painted by the Renaissance artist Michelangelo.

(1967)War between Israel and Egypt, Syria, and Jordon where Israel defeated the three in six days, capturing territory from each.

A person forced to work for another with no payment or freedom to seek work elsewhere. A slave can be bought and sold.

The buying and selling of people for the purposes of slavery.