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WH Unit 6 GSE-CCHS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sultan | a Muslim sovereign |
| gentry | people of a specified class or group. |
| dowry | property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. |
| pagoda | a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower, in India and East Asia. an ornamental imitation of this. |
| steppe | a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. |
| abacus | an oblong frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating. |
| hangul | the Korean alphabet, created in the 15th century by Sejong the Great. It is the official writing system of South Korea and North Korea. |
| literacy rate | how much of the country has the ability to read and write |
| archipelago | a sea or stretch of water containing many islands |
| tsunami | a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. |
| selective borrowing | an example of cultural diffusion when a country is able to choose which aspects of culture they want to bring to their own country. |
| samurai | the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan. In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi |
| bushido | the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai. |
| kana | the system of syllabic writing used for Japanese, having two forms, hiragana and katakana. |
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