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Georgia Gizzi
Ch.7-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tamil | Language of the Tamil people. |
| Gupta Empire | India's second empire,founded by Chandragupta. |
| patriarchal | Headed by the eldest male. |
| matriarchal | Headed by the mother then rather the father. |
| Mauryan Empire | The first empire in India headed by Chandragupta. |
| Asoka | Emperor of India 269-232bc. Converted to Buddhism and established it as the state religion. |
| Religious toleration. | The recognition of peoples right to hold differing religious beliefs. |
| Mahayana | A sect of Buddhism that offers salvation to all and allows popular worship. |
| Theravada | A sect of Buddhosm focusing on the strict spiritual discipline originally advocated by the Buddha. |
| stupas | Mounded stone structures built over holy relics. |
| Brahma | Believed to be the creator of the world. |
| Vishnu | Believed to be the preserver of the world. |
| Shiva | Believed to be the destroyer of the world. |
| Silk roads. | A system of ancient caravan routs across Central Asia, where traders carried silk and other goods. |
| Han Dynasty | A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 202BC to AD 9 and again from AD23 -220. |
| Centralized government | A government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject. |
| Civil service jobs. | Government jobs that civilians obtained by taking examinations. |
| Monopoly | A group's exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods. |
| Assimilation | The process of making conquered people's part of Chinese culture. |
| Sahara Desert | A desert in North Africa that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. |
| Sahel | The African region along the southern border of the Sahara. |
| Savana | Flat, grassy plain. |
| Animism | The belief that spirits are present in animals, plant and other natural objects. |
| Griot | A West African story teller. |
| Nok | An African people who lived in what is now Nigeria between 500 BC and AD 200. |
| Djenné-Djeno | A city along a river or Oasis in Africa. |
| Migration | A permanent move from one country or region to another. |
| Push-Pull factors | Conditions that draw people to another location or cause people to leave their homelands to migrate to another region. |
| Bantu-speaking peoples |
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