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Chapter 20 Vocab
Mrs. Wilferts Class (Medevial Japan)
Term | Definition |
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Art and Architecture | Art- ways to express you creativity; scultures, painting,ect Architecture- Designs for things suchas buildings |
Social Structure | Ranking/ class based on your or your familys merit |
Cultural diffusion | The spread of culture to other places |
Religion | A sytem of beliefs |
System of Writing | A civilazations way of writting (sometimes different palces use the same style of writting) |
Technology | the use of tools and other inventions of practical purposes |
Government | People that rule a particular region |
Japan | An island on the pacific ocean |
China | A communist country in east Asia |
Kanji | a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters |
Pagoda | a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower, in India and East Asia. |
Shikoku | Smallest and least populated of the four main japaneese islands |
Buddhism | path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. |
Regent | a person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated |
Meditation | think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation |