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Unit 6 - 9th (extra)
Unit 6: Middle Ages Around World (extra)
Term | Definition |
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archipelago | chain of islands, ex: Japan |
Aztecs (location, achievements) | civilization began in Mexico, capital was Tenochtitlan and created floating gardens |
bushido | samurai code |
daimyo | lessor lord under Japanese feudalism |
Great Rift Valley | where first humans began in Eastern Africa |
Ibn Battuta | Muslim traveler who wrote about his journeys to East and West Africa |
irregular coastline | jagged coastlines that allowed for trading ports |
Japanese Feudalism | a rigid class system in Japan that included: emperor, shogun, daimyo, samuarai, peasants |
Justinian Code | Byzantine laws |
Maya (location, achievement) | civilization began in Central America that developed pyramids |
Pax Mongolia | Mongol golden age |
shogun | lords under under Japanese feudalism |
slash and burn agriculture | cutting down trees and burning them to make fertile land, typically used in jungle and leads to deforestation |