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Vocabulary Words
Unit 4 Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Human Savrifce | A person who is killed as part of a religious ritual. |
Clan | A large group of friends of family. |
Ancestor Worship | Honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead. |
Logograph | A written character that represents a word. |
Economy | A system of managing the wealth of a community of region. |
Standardize | To make the same. |
Exiled | Living away from one's native country. |
Immortal | Able to live forever. |
Toga | A loose robe worn by men in Rhome. |
Mirage | An image of of something that isn't really there, such as water. |
Caravan | A group of people traveling together. |
Civil Servant | A person who works for a government. |
Yin | One half of the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature,shadow; the opposite of yang. |
Yang | One half of the Daoist concept of opposing forces if nature,sunlight; the opposite of yin. |
Feudalism | A system of government based on landowners and tenants. |
Mandate of Heaven | A power or law believed to be granted by a god. |
Compass | An instrument for determining direction. |
Seismograph | An instrument for detecting earthquakes. |
Lodestone | A type of iron ore. |
Anesthetic | Something that takes away the feeling of pain. |
Callegraphy | The art of fine handwriting. |