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China/Africa Vocab

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Animism The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects
Assimilation the adoption of a conquerer's culture by a conquered people
Autocracy a government in which the ruler had unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner.
Bantu-speaking people the speakers of a related group of languages
Bureaucracy a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of the government
Chavin the first major South American civilization
Civil service government jobs that civilians obtained by taking examinations
Clan a group that shared common ancestors
Codex a bark-paper book containing glyphs
Daoism the philosophy of Laozi- people should be guided by a universal force called the Dao(Way)
Desertification process of the drying of soil
Dynastic Cycle the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
Extended family a group of family including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
Feudalism a political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king
Fidial piety respect for parents and elders
Glyphs hieroglyphic symbols of Mayan writing
Griots West African story-tellers that pass on history
Legalism a Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficiant and powerful government is the key to social order.
Loess a fertile deposit of windblown sand
Mesoamerica an area extending from central Mexico to Honduras, where several of the ancient complex societies of the americas developed
Monopoly when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods
Olmec first known Mesoamerican civilization
Oracle bones animal bones of tortise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the Gods
Savanna flat, grassy plains
Yin and Yang two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life (representing women and man)
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