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Online World History Vocab Lesson 6
World History Vocabulary
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/15/2012

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Quipu
Definition

A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keepings records. 

 

It is our only source of records of what happened in Incan history.

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Longhouse
Definition
Iroquois house about 150 to 200 feet long built of wooden poles covered with sheets of bark.
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Clan
Definition
A group of related families.
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Tepee
Definition

A circular tent made by stretching buffalo skins over wooden poles. 

 

These were the homes of the Indians.

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Pueblo
Definition
A multistoried structure of the Anasazi civilization that could house up to 250 people.
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Mesoamerica
Definition
The name used for areas of Mexico and Central America that were civilized before the arrival of the Spanish.
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Hieroglyph
Definition

A picture or symbol used in a hieroglyphic system of writing.

 

Many records of history are written in this language.

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Tribute
Definition

Goods or money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors.

 

 

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Maize
Definition

Another name for corn.

 

 

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Scholar Gentry
Definition
In China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for the civil service.
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Neo-Confucianism
Definition

A revised form of Confucianism that evolved as a response to Buddhism.

 

A movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.

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Marco Polo
Definition

A Venetian traveler who lived from 1254 - 1324; wrote prolifically about his travels.

 

His account of his travels spurred the European quest for the riches of the East.

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Empress Wu
Definition
The only female emperor in Chinese history; lived from 625 - 705; ruled during the Tang dynasty.
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Samurai
Definition

Japanese warriors similar to knights.

 

A member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.

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Bushido
Definition
The strict code by which Japanese Samurai were supposed to live - similar to chivalry in Europe.
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Shogun
Definition
A powerful military leader in Europe.
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Daimyo
Definition
Heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast landed estates and relied on samurai for protection.
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Zen
Definition
A sect of Buddhism that became popular with Japanese aristocrats and became part of the samurai's code of behavior.
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Shinto
Definition
The Japanese state religion dating from the 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami) in both animate and inanimate things.
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Porcelain
Definition
A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures.
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