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Social Chapters 7-8
Vocabulary for Social 8 Chapters 7-8
Term | Definition |
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Migrate | Move from one part of something to another |
Artifacts | Objects made by human beings, typically items of cultural or historical interest |
Dike | A long wall built to prevent flooding from the sea |
Codex | An ancient manuscript text in book form |
Solar Calendar | 365 day civil cycle |
Sacred Calendar | 260 day ritual cycle |
Didactic | Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive |
Compulsory | Required by law or rule; obligatory |
Calpolli/ Calpulli | A clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society |
Artisans | Workers in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand |
Calmecac | An Aztec school that prepared the sons of nobles in the duties of priests and chiefs |
Telpochcalli/ Telpuchcalli | Aztec school for boys (commoners) giving instruction in civil and military and arts |
Retributive justice | Punishment |
Restorative justice | Rehabilitation |
Upward mobility | The capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic position |