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Unit 6 Study Guide

Vocabulary for our unit on Post Classical Asia

TermDefinition
Dynasty a series of rulers from the same family or group
Harmony peace and balance
Missionary a person sent to promote a religion in a foreign place
Sultan the word for “ruler” in many Arabian societies including the Ottoman Empire.
Centralized controlled by a single government or person
Feudalism a decentralized system of power when a ruler gives small pieces of land to elites in exchange for work and loyalty.
Reform to change (verb), a change (noun)
Unify to bring together as a single unit
Scholars a specialist in an area of study
Food Staple a food that makes up a dominant portion of a regular diet in an area (includes, wheat, potatoes, rice, beans, and corn).
Filial piety respect for one’s elders as described by Confucius
Hierarchy a system of ranking groups of people
Social mobility the ability to become part of a social class other than the one you are born into
Codify to arrange into a system of rules or laws
Decentralized when governmental power is held by many different groups or people and are not unified together.
Power Vacuum a condition that exists when someone has lost someone has lost control and no one has replaced them.
Secular non-religious
Divergent developing or growing differently or in different directions.
Warlods a military ruler that has total control over a land’s economics, culture, and military
Canal Artifical rivers that are built by humans to control flooding or to create water transportation
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