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Histroy Vocabulary

History vocabulary for the finals

TermDefinition
Import Bring goods in
Export Sent goods out
Navigation Finding your way (traveling)
Colony Place settled by people form another land
Cultural diffusion Spread of culture
Alphabet Set of latters
Profit Money gained
Cataract river rapids
Delta land at river mouth land at river mouth
Artisan skilled worker
Pharaoh Egypt ruler
Dynasty ruling family
Bureaucracy government officials
Mummy preserved dead body
Environmental about nature
Devotion strong loyalty
Hieroglyphic picture writing
Papyrus plant used as paper
Pyramid large tomb
Sculpture carved art
Commerce buying and selling goods
Ivory hard white material from elephant tusks
Ebony very dark black wood
Interdependence depending on each other
Meroitic script an early alphabet from ancient Nubia
Rely to depend on
Subcontinent a large land area smaller than a continent
River system a main river and all the smaller rivers that flow into it
Monsoon seasonal winds that bring heavy rain
Granary a place where grain (food) is stored
Citadel a strong fortress to protect a city
Veda ancient sacred Hindu writings
Caste a social class you are born into
Varna a large social group in the caste system
Jati a smaller group based on job
Reincarnation being reborn after deathbeing reborn after death
Karma your actions affect your future
Dharma your duty or right way to live your duty or right way to live
Ahimsa nonviolence (not hurting others)
Moksha freedom from the cycle of rebirth
Devote to give time or effort to something
Enlightenment deep understanding and peace
Nirvana Perfect peace and end of suffering
Monastery a place where monks live
Theravada Buddhism a simple, strict form of Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism a form of Buddhism that focuses on helping others
Dike wall/barrier
Pictograph picture symbol
Logograph word symbol
Mandate of Heaven right to rule
Warlord military leader
Chaos disorder
Philosophy ideas/belief
Filial piety respect parents
Standardize Make same
Legalism strict laws
Polis a Greek city-state
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