History 3rd 9 weeks exam
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- Clan
- A group of people descended from the same ancestor
- Disciple
- One of the 12 followers of Jesus
- Axum
- The city- statet that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea.
- Swahili
- A language that
- Laity
- Regular church members
- Doctrine
- The official church teaching
- Martyr
- A person willing to die for his or her beliefs
- Vassal
- A warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military leader
- Sultan
- A leader of a group of people
- Makkah
- Muslim holy city, also know as Mecca
- Tanka
- group formed to protest artisans and increase their profits
- Resurrection
- To rise from the dead
- Askia Muhammad
- Songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval West Africa
- Excommunicate
- To declare a person or group no longer belongs to church
- Clan
- A group of families related by blood or marriage
- Griot
- A storyteller
- Martial Arts
- Sports that involve combat adn self- defense
- Salvation
- To be saved from sin and allowed to enter heaven
- Basil
- A Frankish King given the title of emperor by the pope
- Icon
- A picture or images Jesus, Mary and the saints
- Shogun
- Commander of all emperors's military forces
- Apostle
- An early Christian leader who helped set up churches
- Sect
- a smaller religious group
- Constitution
- A plan of governement
- Schism
- A separation of the two most important branches of Christianity
- Parable
- A story that uses everyday life events to express spiritual ideas
- Charlemagne
- The bishop who created a list of rules for monks and nuns
- Dhow
- The sailboat invented by Arab traders
- Guild
- A five- lined unrhymed poem about nature
- Plateau
- An area of high flat land
- Hierarchy
- The organization of different levels of authority
- Shrine
- A holy place
- Animism
- The belief that all thing hace a spirit
- Jimmu
- Yamato leader who took the title
- Clergy
- Leaders of the church
- Meditation
- Helps people to relax and find inner peace
- Feudalism
- The bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
- Sunni Ali
- He stormed into Timbuktu and drove out the Berbers
- Samurai
- "One Who Serves"
- Daimyo
- a powerful military leader