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Grade 9 Global Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cultural Diffusion | the exchange of ideas, customs, goods, and technologies among cultures. |
| Characteristics of Civilization | social structure, stable food supply, religion, government, writing, culture, and technology. |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient region of southwestern Asia in present-day Iraq. |
| Bantu Migration | the movement of West African peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their culture, from around 500 BC to 1000 AD |
| Mandate of Heaven | according to Chinese tradition, the divine right to rule. |
| Bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials. |
| Hellenism | type of culture, resulting from Alexander the Great's conquests, that blended eastern and western influences. |
| Justinian | the Byzantine emperor in the 500s. |
| Animism | the belief that every living and nonliving thing in nature has a spirit. |
| Caste System | a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity. |
| Subsistence Farming | a system that provides for the basic needs of the family working, without surpluses for marketing. |
| Manorialism (Feudalism) | a system of government in which local lords control their own lands but owe military service and other support to a greater lord. |
| Renaissance | period of great creativity and change in Europe from the 1300s through the 1600s; the word means "rebirth." |
| Filial Piety | in Confucian philosophy, the owed respect for one's parents and ancestors. |
| Bushido | code of conduct for samurai during feudal period in Japan. |
| Mansa Musa | strictly Islamic emperor of Malian empire; "King of Kings." |
| Zheng He | leader of the Chinese treasure voyages. |
| Theocracy | a government ruled by or subject to religious authority. |
| Ghana, Mali, Songhai | African empires. |
| The Encomienda System | system created by Spanish government in the Americas allowing colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans. |
| The Columbian Exchange | global exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas, and technology that began in the late 1400s. |
| Mercantilism | economic policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its national wealth. |
| The Middle Passage | the voyage from Africa to the Americas on slave ships. |
| The Reformation | the religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the improvement of the Roman Catholic Church, and that led to the establishment of Protestant churches |
| Humanism | intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than religious ones. |
| Ibn Battuta | one of the greatest travelers of all time; a Moroccan and Berber explorer. |
| Genghis Khan | the founder and leader of the Mongol empire. |
| Hammurabi | the king of Babylon who successfully conquered Mesopotamia. |
| Confucius | the Chinese philosopher who coined the phrase: "do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself." |
| Mohammed | as believed by Muslims, the last prophet sent by god for mankind. |
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