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- alliance
- a group of countries, city-states, or other entities who agree to work together, often to fight a common enemy
- pagoda
- a tower-shaped structure with several stories and roofs
- cartography
- the art and science of mapmaking
- causeway
- a raised road built across water or low ground
- courtier
- a member of the ruler's court
- martial arts
- styles of fighting or self-defense, such as modern-day judo and karate, that mostly began in Asia
- chapel
- room, sometimes in a larger church, that is set aside for prayer and worship
- glyph
- a symbol or character in a hieroglyphic systen of writing
- aviary
- enclosed space or cage for keeping birds
- slash-and-burn agriculture
- farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
- playwright
- author of plays
- circumnavigate
- to travel completely around something
- dowry
- gift of money or goods presented to a man or woman upon marraige
- nationalism
- identification with, and devotion to, the interests of one's nation
- divination
- art of telling the future or finding hidden knowledge through religious means
- papacy
- the office, or position, of pope as head of the catholic church
- circulation
- movement of blood through the body
- barometer
- an instrument used for measuring changes in the pressure of the atmosphere
- rationalism
- belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge
- herecy
- beliefs that contradict the official teachings of a religion or church(one who holds such beliefs is called a heretic)
- scripture
- sacred writings
- oracle
- a person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak
- syllable
- a unit of sound in a word
- social pyramid
- social structure in the shape of a pyramid with different layers representing social classes of different rank or status
- theocracy
- a government or state in which god is the supreme ruler and religious officials govern in god's name
- caravel
- a light sailing ship that is easy to manuever and can sail in shallow water
- capitalism
- an economic system based on investment of money for profit
- puritan
- protestant who wants to purify the anglican church
- mercenary
- a soldier who is paid to fight for another country or group
- hieroglyphic
- writing that uses pictures as symbols
- litter
- a seat or chair on which a person is carried
- absolute monarchy
- a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited
- doctrine
- the official teachings of a religion or church
- dike
- wall or dam built to hold back water and prevent flooding
- ritual
- a set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony
- mass
- the amount of matter in an object
- secular
- relating to earthly life rather than to religion or spiritual matters
- projectile
- an object that is fired or launched
- market economy
- an economy in which prices are determined by the buying and selling descisions of individuals in the market place
- daimyo
- a local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai
- denomination
- a particular religious grouping within a larger faith
- mercantilism
- an economic policy by which nations try to gather as much gold and silver as possible by controlling trade and establishing colonies
- engraving
- a print of an image that has been engraved, or etched, in a hard surface, such as metal
- woodcut
- a print of an image that has been carved in wood
- polygamy
- marrain in which a man or a woman has more than one spouse
- satire
- work that uses sharp humor to attack people or society
- massacre
- the killing of many helpless or unresisting people
- plaza
- public square or other open area in a city where people can gather
- Old Testament
- first part of the christian bible, corresponding to the Jewish bible
- hereditary
- passed on from parent to child(inherited)
- mystic
- a person who is devoted to a religion and has spiritual experiences
- indulgence
- grant by the catholic church that released a person from punishments for sins
- ayullu
- an inca clan
- city-state
- an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
- colony
- a country or an area ruled by another country
- dialect
- a regional variety of a language
- imagery
- descriptive or imaginative language, used to inspire mental pictures
- Mesoamerica
- "Middle America"
- original sin
- in christian belief, the sinful state into which all are born
- hoist
- a mechanical device used to lift people or heavy objects
- epidemic
- an outbrak of a disease that affects many people within a geographic area
- blasphemy
- an act of disrespect towards god
- dissect
- to cut and separate the parts of a living thing for scientific study
- strait
- a narrow body of water that connects two seas
- coming-of-age-ceremony
- ceremony that celebrates the end of childhood and the acceptance into the adult community
- sacrifice
- a gift of an animal for slaughter as a way to honor gods
- shogun
- the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai
- pok-a-tok
- a Mayan ball game that has religious significance
- corruption
- dishonest or illegal practices(involving money)
- humanities
- areas of study that focus on human life and culture
- aristocracy
- a ruling class of noble families
- republic
- form of government in which people elect representatives to rule in their name
- tragedy
- serious play with a sad ending
- pulpit
- a platform or other structure in a church from which a priest or minister preaches
- communal
- shared by a community
- plantation
- a large farm where crops such as sugar, rubber, or tobacco are grown
- axis
- an imaginary line drawn through a sphere, or ball, such as the earth
- semidivine
- more than human but not fully god
- pictograph
- a written symbol that represents an idea or object
- proportion
- the relative sizes of things
- stele
- a stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions
- patron
- person who sponsors the arts and other activities
- New World
- name given to the Americas by the europeans
- oppression
- cruel or unjust treatment
- ward
- neighborhood that is a political unit within a city
- comedy
- amusing play with a happy ending
- regent
- one who rules in the name of another
- solar year
- the time it takes earth to travel once around the sun
- Noh theater
- a classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes, a chorus, and dance
- New Testament
- second part of the bible, includes gospels and other writings of the early christian church
- subject
- person under the rule of a monarch
- predestination
- the belief that the fate of each soul was decided at the beginning of time by god
- simony
- buying or selling of spiritual or holy things
- perspective
- the appearance of distance or depth on a flat surface, as in a painting
- Holy Communion
- in christian ritual, the sharing of bread and wine that has been consecrated by a priest or minister
- cottage industry
- a small scale buisness in which people work mostly at home
- suspension bridge
- a bridge whose roadway is held up by cables that are anchored on each end of the bridge
- meditation
- a spiritual discipline that involves deep relaxation and an emptying of distracting thoughts from the mind
- armada
- a large fleet of ships
- missionary
- person who works to spread a religion and make converts
- despotism
- ruled by a despot
- inflation
- an increase in the supply of money compared to goods, resulting in higher prices
- trephination
- a type of surgery that involves penetrating the skull
- imperial
- belonging or related to an emperor